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TV Talk With The Sistas
In this podcast, two sisters chat about iconic television shows and their impact on the African American and American culture.
Episode One
The Sistas examine the 1970s hit Sanford and Son starring Redd Foxx and the British murder mystery series, Midsomer Murders.
Episode Two
The Girls focus on the Netflix series The Crown and the 1980s crime drama In the Heat of the Night. They find similar qualities in the way they tell their stories.
Episode Three
The Girls focus on the 1980s Norman Lear sitcom The Jeffersons and the Netflix limited series Self Made: The Madam CJ Walker Story. They examine the impact of these stories on African American culture.
Episode Four
The Sistas talk about the James Bond,007 franchise and the impact they think it has had on society and culture. These two Bond lovers go toe to toe over who is the best Bond. They also introduce you to their rating system
Listen up…TV Talk With the Sistas Episode 4
They Made Brown Beautiful
My Thesis examines how African American beauty was marginalized through laws over hundreds of years. The story examines some moments in time that left a mark in history on my people. These marks shaped what we think is beautiful and continues to limit us today.
Dark skin was not attractive and over the years we have tried to convince them to lighten their skin if they want to be. In 1910s and 20s, women like Nina Mae McKinney could not play mammy roles because of her light skin and European features. She was a talented singer and dancer who scored so big the all African American movie Hallelujah (1929) that she became the first African American to be signed to a 5 year movie deal.
With this deal, she was limited to playing maids and servants. She knew she would never make it as a star being a maid so she moved to France, which welcomed her with open arms.
Nina Mae McKinney is a woman who used her talent despite what others thought. Her beauty is not only in how she looks but in how she lived. She didn’t let them stifle her talent.
The only role models little African American girls saw on the big screen in the United States were maids and servants for many decades. Generations grew up thinking beauty was for fair skinned and Flaxen hair as one author put it. We didn’t think brown skin and kinky hair had much value.
But times are changing. My new book More Than A Color will tell the story.
Keeping It Spicy
Fresh pico is everything.
Resilient
I have also learned to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions. This week lets be resilient.
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Self Confidence
Name Five Things About Yourself
In May lets reflect on 5 ways we see ourselves. It may not be the way others see us, but it is what we see in ourselves, or would like to see.
For me, I am faith filled. I believe God is the answer to all the questions.
Episode 3 is Available!
In this podcast, two sisters chat about iconic television shows and their impact on the African American and American culture.
Episode One
The Sistas examine the 1970s hit Sanford and Son starring Redd Foxx and the British murder mystery series, Midsomer Murders.
Episode Two
The Girls focus on the Netflix series The Crown and the 1980s crime drama In the Heat of the Night. They find similar qualities in the way they tell their stories.
Episode Three
The Girls focus on the 1980s Norman Lear sitcom The Jeffersons and the Netflix limited series Self Made: The Madam CJ Walker Story. They examine the impact of these stories on African American culture.
Listen up…
TV Talk with the Sistas Podcast
New Episode is Available
In this podcast, two sisters chat about iconic television shows and their impact on the African American and American culture.
Episode One
The Sistas examine the 1970s hit Sanford and Son starring Redd Foxx and the British murder mystery series, Midsomer Murders.
Episode Two
The Girls focus on the Netflix series The Crown and the 1980s crime drama In the Heat of the Night. They find similar qualities in the way they tell their stories.
Episode Three
The Girls focus on the 1980s Norman Lear sitcom The Jeffersons and the Netflix limited series Self Made: The Madam CJ Walker Story. They examine the impact of these stories on African American culture.
Listen up…Episode 3
I Can’t Believe It
Two years has gone fast. There has been numerous hot tamales, tortilla chips and NCIS Los Angeles episodes.
In about two weeks I graduate from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a Masters degree. The pandemic has stolen the thunder from my little crew, but we are still heading toward our goal. There won’t be a ceremony but there will be a presentation.
My crew is made up of five other people who with I have taken classes, eaten meals and solved the world’s problems. Like iron sharpening iron, we have honed each others talents, laughed till we cried and learned more than our minds could hold.
So what I have learned is that not all of the people you hang with today are permanent in your life. Some are just there for a season. Enjoy the season. Learn from the season. Recognize when it is over.
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