Separating Art & Artist, WAP, Perceptions Of Black Hair & Ambitious Women | ETHNICALLY SPEAK

The ladies explore whether it’s acceptable to engage with the work of someone who has committed a serious crime and if you can ever separate the art from the artist, their reactions to Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s new single WAP and whether the song is an anthem for female sexual liberation or simply perpetuates the over-sexualisation of Black women, their personal hair journeys and thoughts on new research revealing that Black women with natural hairstyles are perceived as “less professional”, and why some men seem to be threatened by ambitious women following the appointment of Kamala Harris as Joe Biden’s running mate.

00:00 Intro
01:55 Can you ever separate the art from the artist?
15:47 Is WAP an anthem for female sexual liberation?
33:20 How do you decide which Black hair to wear?
48:44 Why are some men threatened by ambitious women?

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LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

https://unitedmelaningroup.com/es010
(Website – Show notes)

https://youtu.be/hsm4poTWjMs
(Video – WAP [Official Music Video] – Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion)

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/c....eelo-green-interview
(Article – Far Out Meets: CeeLo Green, offering up lessons from the past for the kids of the future – Mike Milenko for Far Out)

https://youtu.be/U9FM49Tzhn4
(Video – Ben Shapiro Reacts to "WAP" by Cardi B! – Ben Shapiro YouTube Channel)

https://journals.sagepub.com/d....oi/full/10.1177/1948
(Abstract/Research Paper – The Natural Hair Bias in Job Recruitment – Christy Zhou Koval, Ashleigh Shelby Rosette in Social Psychological and Personality Science journal)

https://www.vogue.com/article/....kamala-harris-ambiti
(Article – The Veep Watch: Some People Seem to Have a Problem With Kamala Harris’s ‘Ambition.’ I Wonder Why. – Michelle Ruiz for Vogue)

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Each week join Anissa, Linda E, Luanda Yasmin and Sophie Hannah, four smart, curious and opinionated highly-melanated women, as they discuss everything from current affairs to pop culture, and everything in between. No subject is off limits for these ladies, especially when it comes to issues affecting British communities of colour. Get ready to laugh, learn and liberate your mind, because if there’s one thing you can guarantee, it’s that the Ethnically Speaking ladies will be giving it to you straight!

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