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Sit Down Sis (A Podcast To Empower Black Women)

34 Episodes

14 minutes | May 17, 2021
What Is Sorella Magazine?
Sorella Magazine is an online magazine that discusses both the social, economic and psychological empowerment of Black women. It is a space that prioritizes the needs and desires of dark-skinned Black women.Check it out here.Don't forget to rate/review this show on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends and family.Are you a Gen Z or millennial Black woman? Check out Sorella Magazine, an online publication for Black women.Join our community on social media: Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Support the show (http://paypal.me/SorellaMagazine)
14 minutes | May 10, 2021
Black Men's Lives Matter...But What About Black Women and Girls?
A 15-year-old girl named Makiyah Bryant has been murdered by the police and the worldwide marches and protests are nowhere to be found. When are we going to call out the double standard in the Black community? Why do we react differently to Black men who are victims of police brutality versus Black women who fall victim to the same fate?Black Lives Matter Doesn't Include Black Women and Girls.Don't forget to rate/review this show on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends and family.Are you a Gen Z or millennial Black woman? Check out Sorella Magazine, an online publication for Black women.Join our community on social media: Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Support the show (http://paypal.me/SorellaMagazine)
17 minutes | May 3, 2021
Colorism Impacts Dark-Skinned Black Women & Girls The Most.
Colorism impacts and affects dark-skinned Black women and girls the most. This is not up for debate. Check out the article version of this episode right here. I also mentioned the article Dark Skinned Black Women Are Being Erased In The Entertainment Industry.Don't forget to rate/review this show on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends and family.Are you a Gen Z or millennial Black woman? Check out Sorella Magazine, an online publication for Black women.Join our community on social media: Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Support the show (http://paypal.me/SorellaMagazine)
23 minutes | Apr 20, 2021
Why Are Biracial Women The Standard Of Black Beauty?
Every day I'm growing more tired of only seeing biracial women in the media, or biracial women representing Black women in the media. This episode is based on the Sorella Magazine article: I'm Tired of Biracial Women Being The Standard of Black Beauty In The Media.Don't forget to rate/review this show on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends and family.Are you a Gen Z or millennial Black woman? Check out Sorella Magazine, an online publication for Black women.Join our community on social media: Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Support the show (http://paypal.me/SorellaMagazine)
41 minutes | Apr 12, 2021
Why Black Women Can't Afford to Date Down or Settle.
Black women need to learn to stop settling for every Dick, Tom and Harry or Ray-Ray and Tyrone. If he can't offer you anything substantial, should he be in your life? I vote no.This episode is based on two Sorella Magazine articles. The first one is about why we should celebrate single Black women and the second is based on the problem with dating down and settling.Don't forget to rate/review this show on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends and family.Are you a Gen Z or millennial Black woman? Check out Sorella Magazine, an online publication for Black women.Join our community on social media: Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Support the show (http://paypal.me/SorellaMagazine)
41 minutes | Apr 5, 2021
Black Lives Matter Doesn't Include Black Women.
The title says it all.The Sorella Magazine article about Black Lives Matter is linked here. Likewise, here's why Black women shouldn't risk our lives protesting.Don't forget to rate/review this show on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends and family.Are you a Gen Z or millennial Black woman? Check out Sorella Magazine, an online publication for Black women.Join our community on social media: Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Support the show (http://paypal.me/SorellaMagazine)
18 minutes | Mar 29, 2021
When Your Wigs Don't Look Like Your Real Hair.
In this episode, Grace discusses the problem with wearing straight-textured wigs and weaves for 364 days out of the year. She asks Black women the question: why don't the wigs and weaves that we wear look like our real natural hair?For a shorter, more concise version of this podcast episode, check out the Sorella Magazine article here.Don't forget to rate/review this show on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends and family.Are you a Gen Z or millennial Black woman? Check out Sorella Magazine, an online publication for Black women.Join our community on social media: Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Support the show (http://paypal.me/SorellaMagazine)
57 minutes | Mar 22, 2021
Are Black Women Dying To Redeem Black Men?
Are Black women dying to redeem Black men, even when they're problematic, or when they abuse and mistreat us?Today, I'm joined by Arah the Writer to discuss this topic, which she wrote about in an article for Sorella Magazine linked here.Enjoyed this episode? Please remember to rate and review this show on Apple Podcasts as well as to share it with your friends and family.Are you a Gen Z or millennial Black woman? Check out Sorella Magazine, an online publication for Black women.Join our community on social media: Instagram,  Facebook and Twitter.  Support the show (http://paypal.me/SorellaMagazine)
20 minutes | Mar 17, 2021
Normalize Type 4 Natural Hair. It's Underrated.
We need to normalize Black women wearing our natural hair or wigs and weaves that look like our natural hair. Natural hair is currently underrated and the only way to normalize it and jump in the game, is to wear it often and with pride.For a shorter, more concise version of this podcast episode, check out the article here.Enjoyed this episode? Please remember to rate and review this show on Apple Podcasts as well as to share it with your friends and family.Are you a Gen Z or millennial Black woman? Check out Sorella Magazine, an online publication for Black women.Join our community on Instagram and Facebook and Twitter. Support the show (http://paypal.me/SorellaMagazine)
28 minutes | Mar 10, 2021
Reject The Struggle Narrative, Black Women.
Just because you're a Black woman doesn't mean you have to struggle. Many Black girls grow up thinking that, in order to have value, they must join their sisters, mothers, aunts and grandmothers in the tradition of struggle. Struggle is not only present in the strong Black woman stereotype; it is also prevalent in who Black women choose to marry and spend our lives with.Check out a shorter, more concise version of this episode and click here.Enjoyed this episode? Please remember to rate and review this show on Apple Podcasts as well as to share it with your friends and family.Are you a Gen Z or millennial Black woman? Check out Sorella Magazine, an online publication for Black women.Join our community on Instagram and Facebook and Twitter. Support the show (http://paypal.me/SorellaMagazine)
21 minutes | Feb 26, 2021
Femininity As A Black Woman.
The world has created so little room for Black women to express every facet of ourselves. We see the overrepresentation of Black female masculinity in the media and the underrepresentation of ourselves as dainty, vulnerable, soft and beautiful.For a shorter, more concise version of this episode, check out the article here.Don't forget to rate/review this show on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends and family.Are you a Gen Z or millennial Black woman? Check out Sorella Magazine, an online publication for Black women.Join our community on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Support the show (http://paypal.me/SorellaMagazine)
29 minutes | Feb 18, 2021
Body Dysmorphia Among Black Women & Tessica Brown (a.k.a Gorilla Glue girl)
Tessica Brown is a symptom of a larger problem. Unfortunately, many Black women go to extreme lengths for our beauty and hair, because we feel the need to overcompensate for not "living up" to European standards of beauty.Don't forget to rate/review this show on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends and family.Are you a Gen Z or millennial Black woman? Check out Sorella Magazine, an online publication for Black women. Join our community on Instagram and Facebook and Twitter. Support the show (http://paypal.me/SorellaMagazine)
13 minutes | Feb 3, 2021
Celebrate Single Black Women.
We need to celebrate Black women, single or not.For a shorter, more concise version of this episode, check out the article.Don't forget to rate/review this show on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends and family.Are you a Gen Z or millennial Black woman? Check out Sorella Magazine, an online publication for Black women.Join our community on Instagram and Facebook and Twitter.Support the show (http://paypal.me/SorellaMagazine)
25 minutes | Jan 27, 2021
Twitter Drama + The Term "wOmAn oF cOloR"
Here's an update on the twitter drama of this past weekend. Long story short, I'm over it.Also, today's episode is about how the term "woman of color" implies solidarity and allyship between non-white people, which truthfully doesn't exist.For a shorter, more concise version of this episode, check out the article on Sorella Magazine.Don't forget to rate/review this show on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends and family.Are you a Gen Z or millennial Black woman? Check out Sorella Magazine, an online publication for Black women.Join our community on Instagram and Facebook and Twitter.Support the show (http://paypal.me/SorellaMagazine)
21 minutes | Jan 11, 2021
In Hollywood, Black Girls Can Only Be Sidekicks.
Hollywood, stop casting Black girls as the sassy sidekick or the comedic relief of your movies and television series.For a shorter, more concise version of this episode, check out the article on Sorella Magazine. Don't forget to rate/review this show on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends and family.Are you a Gen Z or millennial Black woman? Check out Sorella Magazine, an online publication for Black women. Join our community on Instagram and Facebook and Twitter.Support the show (http://paypal.me/SorellaMagazine)
30 minutes | Dec 28, 2020
Don't Be A Strong Black Woman.
Here's why you shouldn't even try to live up to the "strong Black woman" stereotype. Instead, be vulnerable and ask for help.For a shorter, more concise version of this episode, check out the article on Sorella Magazine.Enjoyed this episode? Please remember to rate and review this show on Apple Podcasts as well as to share it with your friends and family.Are you a Gen Z or millennial Black woman? Check out Sorella Magazine, an online publication for Black women.Join our community on Instagram and Facebook and Twitter.Support the show (http://paypal.me/SorellaMagazine)
22 minutes | Dec 22, 2020
Black Women Can't Be Friends?
Should every Black woman strive to make connections and relationships with other Black women? Why or why not?For a shorter, more concise version of this episode, check out the article version.Enjoyed this episode? Please remember to rate and review this show on Apple Podcasts as well as to share it with your friends and family.Are you a Gen Z or millennial Black woman? Check out Sorella Magazine, an online publication for Black women.Join our community on Instagram and Facebook and Twitter.Support the show (http://paypal.me/SorellaMagazine)
34 minutes | Oct 25, 2020
Dark-Skinned Black Women Celebrities.
How many dark-skinned Black women in media can you list? Not as many as you probably think. Here's why that's a problem.For a shorter, more concise version of this episode, check out the article. Enjoyed this episode? Please remember to rate and review this show on Apple Podcasts as well as to share it with your friends and family.Are you a Gen Z or millennial Black woman? Check out Sorella Magazine, an online publication for Black women.Join our community on Instagram and Facebook and Twitter.Support the show (http://paypal.me/SorellaMagazine)
16 minutes | Oct 19, 2020
Black Love? Nope.
Here's the problem with forcing Black love down Black women's throats...For a shorter, more concise version of this episode, check out the Sorella Magazine article: Enjoyed this episode? Please remember to rate and review this show on Apple Podcasts as well as to share it with your friends and family.Are you a Gen Z or millennial Black woman? Check out Sorella Magazine, an online publication for Black women.Join our community on Instagram and Facebook and Twitter.Support the show (http://paypal.me/SorellaMagazine)
40 minutes | Oct 11, 2020
Social Media (ft. Melanation)
Let's get real about the hate that Black girls and women get on social media. How can Black girls use social media in a way that it benefits them? Listen to my chat with Jasmin from Melanation to discover the answer to this question and more.Don't feel like listening? Read a shorter, more concise version of this episode at Sorella Magazine. Enjoyed this episode? Please remember to rate and review this show on Apple Podcasts as well as to share it with your friends and family.Are you a Gen Z or millennial Black woman? Check out Sorella Magazine, an online publication for Black women.Join our community on Instagram and Facebook and Twitter.Support the show (http://paypal.me/SorellaMagazine)
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