1 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 1: Good morning, peeps, and welcome to woke F Daily with 2 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:19,759 Speaker 1: Meet your Girl Danielle Moody. Pre recording from the Home Bunker. Folks, 3 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: you know, I love whenever I get the opportunity to 4 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: bring on new voices to WOKF and I'm very excited 5 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:35,280 Speaker 1: today for just a very fun, light, engaging conversation with 6 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 1: La Portia Thomas and La Porsche is the host of 7 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 1: Up and Out with La Porscha on the Advocate Channel, 8 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 1: having you know, a range of conversations about culture, about politics, 9 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 1: about black queer culture, etc. And you know, it's not often, 10 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 1: honestly that I get to have more laughter and more 11 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 1: light on this show than kind of marinating in the misery. 12 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 1: And in this conversation, we talk about the upsides of 13 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:12,200 Speaker 1: being you know, black and queer identified in media, the 14 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:17,960 Speaker 1: opportunity to share stories and you know, uplift narratives and 15 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 1: disrupt stereotypes in a lot of different ways, and also 16 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 1: have some fun in chatting about a mutual musician that 17 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:30,840 Speaker 1: we both adore so very much. So I hope, friends, 18 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 1: that you all enjoy this conversation. I hope that you 19 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 1: are getting the rest and restoration and joy and relaxation 20 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:46,679 Speaker 1: on this holiday break that you all deserve and by 21 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 1: the way, we're deserving just by being not because we've 22 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 1: grinded ourselves into the ground all year. So coming up 23 00:01:54,720 --> 00:02:02,920 Speaker 1: next my conversation with La Portia Thomas Folks. I am 24 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 1: very excited to welcome to ok F Daily for the 25 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 1: very first time, Laporscha Thomas, who is the host of 26 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:14,920 Speaker 1: Up and Out with La Porsche on the Advocate channel, 27 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:18,640 Speaker 1: talking about all things Black, LGBTQ, what it means to 28 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 1: be a creative in media doing all of the things, 29 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 1: La Porsche. Let's start off with tell us a little 30 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 1: bit about you and how you got into media, into 31 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:34,640 Speaker 1: being a creative. I think your website, La Porsche speaks 32 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 1: I love one because you quote Beyonce two two, because 33 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 1: you lay out all of you know, the ways that 34 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 1: you create and who you reach right. You talk about 35 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:53,359 Speaker 1: uh gen X and millennials and Z and Y and 36 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 1: digital first. So I just want to get a little 37 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 1: bit about your about your background and how you got started. 38 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 2: So, I mean, I have been like a journalist and 39 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 2: in front of the camera since I was eight years old. 40 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:10,360 Speaker 2: I remember I would read the cafeteria menu and I 41 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:12,639 Speaker 2: read it with my full heart on our ps TV. 42 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:15,960 Speaker 2: That's what it was called in elementary school, right, And 43 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 2: I always knew I wanted to tell stories, and I 44 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 2: know people always usually say I wanted to be the 45 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 2: voice for the voiceless, and I don't believe that anybody 46 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 2: is voiceless, right like period. I think it's our job 47 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 2: as journalists, as media personalities to make sure that we 48 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 2: put forth the information that people need to pay attention to. 49 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:39,480 Speaker 2: And so I got my start at the CBS affiliate 50 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 2: in Columbus, and then I went from there to big market, 51 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 2: top ten market right there in Atlanta, and that's where 52 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 2: I really grew as a journalist, Danielle. I mean that's 53 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 2: when the awards came, the digital first came, pieces came, 54 00:03:56,680 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 2: and that really taught me one that I was very 55 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 2: blessed to have my journalism experience in Atlanta, the black 56 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 2: capital of the world, right because I from an early start, 57 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 2: I've always told story with black and brown voices in mind, 58 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 2: and I've always told stories with the LGBTQ A plus 59 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 2: voice in mind. That's always been very important to me 60 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 2: because I noticed we would celebrate pride, but it wasn't 61 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 2: black ride. 62 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 1: You're right, right, right. 63 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:29,719 Speaker 2: This Pride is marketed for everyone, but it doesn't include everyone. 64 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 3: So I really. 65 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:35,479 Speaker 2: Always moved like that in the newsroom, and I said, 66 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 2: my goal is to be a media mogul, so I 67 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 2: have to leave the newsroom and learn other skill sets 68 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 2: outside of the newsroom. And so I went and did 69 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:46,839 Speaker 2: some podcasting and I got to work with Carlos King, 70 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:50,839 Speaker 2: and now I have my own show, and I'm taking 71 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 2: part in a lot of the building and the branding 72 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 2: at Equal Pride. So it's really been an interesting ride, 73 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 2: a fun ride. I've done a a lot. Like sometimes 74 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:03,280 Speaker 2: people ask me to tell my story, I'm like. 75 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:07,360 Speaker 3: Which part, Yeah, yeah, journalism one like which part? I 76 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 3: don't know? 77 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:11,600 Speaker 1: No, And I get that, and I think, you know what, 78 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: what I really enjoy is the fact that, you know, 79 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:21,239 Speaker 1: for far too long, there were very few black queer 80 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:26,640 Speaker 1: out voices in media, right, and whenever folks were called 81 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 1: upon myself included, it was in the beginning just to 82 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:36,919 Speaker 1: talk about being black and being gay. And then you know, 83 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:41,160 Speaker 1: thankfully that has evolved over time, right, And it is 84 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 1: it is definitely is the perspective and lens with which 85 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:47,160 Speaker 1: I see the world through, But it is not the 86 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 1: only thing that I'm called upon to talk to talk about. 87 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:55,720 Speaker 1: And so for you, how has your storytelling and kind 88 00:05:55,760 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 1: of your narrative grown and changed since the beginning to 89 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:03,280 Speaker 1: now in terms of like what you focus on and 90 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:06,720 Speaker 1: talk about and how you focus and talk about those things. 91 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:14,159 Speaker 2: I definitely think that I recognize that I have had 92 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 2: a very blessed experienced family wise, right, so there was 93 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:26,599 Speaker 2: no coming out process for me. 94 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:28,840 Speaker 3: And just to be clear, I'm paying you know what 95 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:29,159 Speaker 3: I mean? 96 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 2: And so I see the world through the lens of 97 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 2: loving everyone, do you know what I mean? It's not 98 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:42,720 Speaker 2: like or at least understanding that everyone has their own 99 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 2: story and just because you don't understand it doesn't mean 100 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:47,920 Speaker 2: that it's not real or doesn't exist. 101 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 3: And so. 102 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:52,599 Speaker 2: I feel like because I've always had that thought that 103 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:55,480 Speaker 2: I remember telling my mom, I'm gonna send this episode 104 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 2: to my mom. I remember telling my mom like my 105 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 2: mom was like, you know, honey, it's okay, you're gay, 106 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:01,800 Speaker 2: And I was like, I'm not gay. I knew for 107 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:05,040 Speaker 2: me young age, I'm not gay, right, And she was like, okay, well, 108 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:06,719 Speaker 2: why don't you have no boyfriend? 109 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 4: And I was like, but she just damn she couldn't 110 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 4: understand that I was so focused on my goals that 111 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 4: like nothing could distract me, right, Like I was like, 112 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 4: I don't know, I'm just not chasing that, Like that's 113 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 4: not what I was after. 114 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 2: But I always knew that, you know, I wasn't completely straight. 115 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 2: I always knew that, And so now there are words. 116 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 1: For it, like yeah, yeah, and I'm like, oh, there's 117 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 1: words for it. 118 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 3: But I've never my mom my auntie. 119 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:35,080 Speaker 2: They never made me feel like I was weird or 120 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 2: wrong or anything for being. 121 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 3: Who I was. 122 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:41,679 Speaker 2: And so coming into the actual world and seeing people 123 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 2: get kicked out of their homes, their families not respect. 124 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 3: That, it was like a what but yeah, why why 125 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:49,880 Speaker 3: does this matter? 126 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 2: And I that train of thought, Dan Yelle really allowed 127 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:59,320 Speaker 2: me to always keep an open mind. 128 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:02,440 Speaker 3: Like they're people who say they keep an open mind. No, yeah, 129 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 3: my life is an open mind. 130 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 2: So that's really how I've used my own experience experiences 131 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 2: to really become a great storyteller. You know, if you're 132 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:17,679 Speaker 2: not even limited in certain things that you do, then 133 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 2: there is a higher chance that you're going to be 134 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 2: a limitless storyteller. 135 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 1: And I love the fact that you started to at 136 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 1: the top with talking about the fact that you're not. 137 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: You've never aspired to be a voice of somebody or something, 138 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:41,680 Speaker 1: which assumes that there is no voice. Right, that we 139 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:46,199 Speaker 1: all actually have stories to tell. It's just about being 140 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:49,840 Speaker 1: past the microphone. It's about or creating the space in 141 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:52,800 Speaker 1: place for yourself. But like all of our stories, if 142 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 1: we learn from them, you would see how they intertwine 143 00:08:56,440 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 1: with one another. But also you know how interesting, sting 144 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 1: and colorful everyone's experience is, right, And I talk about 145 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 1: that in a lot of ways in terms of politics, 146 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:13,680 Speaker 1: in moving with a curious mind as opposed to from 147 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:17,320 Speaker 1: a place of fear. Right that where we find ourselves 148 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 1: right now, I think in this political climate is that 149 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 1: there is this huge gap in terms of knowledge that 150 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:28,320 Speaker 1: people have about the quote unquote other. And instead of 151 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:34,199 Speaker 1: being excited and curious about what you know, how people pray, 152 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 1: how they love, who they are, how they identify, they 153 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:42,560 Speaker 1: have instead been programmed to be fearful of it. And 154 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 1: that's why I think that storytelling is so important and 155 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:48,960 Speaker 1: stories are so important, and we see bands that happen 156 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:52,679 Speaker 1: right now in terms of books and programming, in all 157 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:56,000 Speaker 1: of those things, because the more that people see and consume, 158 00:09:56,280 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: the more curious, they become the less afraid that they become. 159 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:03,559 Speaker 1: And that's what I think is really powerful about storytelling. 160 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:04,280 Speaker 3: I agree. 161 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:07,200 Speaker 2: I think storytelling, you know, the right conversation can change 162 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:08,960 Speaker 2: the world. That's like a thing that I have said 163 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:11,720 Speaker 2: throughout my life. Conversations can change the world, because I've 164 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 2: seen conversations change the world. You know, at first, it's 165 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:18,800 Speaker 2: like the way you may have viewed the black gay man, 166 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 2: you know, was this way, and then you realize like, 167 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:25,400 Speaker 2: oh no, there are different versions of the black gay man. 168 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 2: And I always am telling you know, my homeboys, you 169 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 2: only look at the black gay man as this flamboyant person, 170 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 2: but there. 171 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 3: Are lent two a people money that are you're chilling 172 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:41,600 Speaker 3: with right now? 173 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:45,319 Speaker 2: Yeah, that it is also at black gay men. But 174 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 2: you have confined yourself to thinking through different media and 175 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:51,960 Speaker 2: different and stuff like this, that oh, this is the 176 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 2: only version that exists of this person. And I do 177 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:56,520 Speaker 2: think that that's our job. I think it's our job 178 00:10:56,600 --> 00:11:00,320 Speaker 2: to really tell the world that, hey, you know, here, 179 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:02,320 Speaker 2: look who I found a look all the good that 180 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 2: this person is doing. Also look at this other person 181 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 2: who's doing bad. You know, I'm not here to be 182 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 2: the positive train all the time because sometimes the world 183 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:13,199 Speaker 2: war hurts, Like, yeah, you need to see that these 184 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:15,600 Speaker 2: kids are dying, you know what I mean, so that 185 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 2: you can call you a congresment congressman and say something 186 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 2: about it, like those are things that need to happen. 187 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:21,680 Speaker 3: You know. 188 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:24,160 Speaker 2: You can't just see the oh it's kumbaya, you know, 189 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 2: because then that's not how change happens, you know. 190 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:30,760 Speaker 1: So yes, so talk to us about up and out 191 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:36,200 Speaker 1: your show and the kinds of conversations that you have 192 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 1: on there. 193 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:41,400 Speaker 2: So up and out it's all about like culture charisma. 194 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 2: I really wanted to bring the funk over there to 195 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:49,959 Speaker 2: Equal Pride, Equal Pride Owns Advocate Magazine, Out Magazine, Pride Magazine, 196 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 2: those huge lgbt Q i A plus magazines. And it's 197 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:55,520 Speaker 2: my first time really working at a company like this, 198 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 2: and the one thing that I noticed is that we 199 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:04,280 Speaker 2: really need more blackness here, you know what I mean. Yeah, 200 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:07,120 Speaker 2: that's the thing because what we do know, Danielle, is 201 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 2: that black queer culture dominates a lot and are the 202 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 2: pioneers for a lot of cultures. So it's extremely important 203 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:19,679 Speaker 2: to make sure that we feature that. And that's what 204 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 2: I'm really here to bring and we have some other 205 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:24,280 Speaker 2: things coming down the pipeline line, some new shows and 206 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:26,720 Speaker 2: stuff like that, and I'm excited about that and really 207 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:29,719 Speaker 2: looking forward to see what happens over this next year. 208 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:35,080 Speaker 1: I love that talk to us about You know, this 209 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:40,200 Speaker 1: has been in politics, which is what this show focuses on, 210 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:45,199 Speaker 1: a rough year, right. It has been a I won't 211 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:48,360 Speaker 1: even say it's been a mixed bag, as many years are, 212 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:52,280 Speaker 1: but there's been a lot of stress. Right, There's been 213 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 1: a lot of just trauma, right, and kind of working 214 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:04,200 Speaker 1: through different version of traumas we've gone through twenty twenty three. 215 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 1: What kind of stuck out to you, right, the good? 216 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:12,079 Speaker 1: What was a high for twenty twenty three? And then 217 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 1: what was what was a low? Or you can do 218 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:16,320 Speaker 1: it in reverse, what was the low? And then we 219 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:17,960 Speaker 1: can go that, we can go. 220 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:22,680 Speaker 2: Oh okay, A high for me was please help me 221 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:28,960 Speaker 2: remember her name, congress Woman Florida black woman. Oh my gosh, 222 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 2: she like read them down doing their hair and when they. 223 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 3: Were trying to do an impeachment for Biden. Oh my gosh. 224 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:38,960 Speaker 2: She's such a popular Right now, I cannot think of 225 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 2: her name. She was recently on The Breakfast Club. 226 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:44,679 Speaker 1: Oh wait, Florida or Texas? 227 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:48,560 Speaker 3: Was it is it Texas? Maybe maybe it's Texas. Oh, 228 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:49,840 Speaker 3: it's maybe it's Texas. 229 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 1: I think it's Texas. Hold on, keep going. 230 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:56,480 Speaker 2: Well, she was a highlight because when I tell you, 231 00:13:56,559 --> 00:13:59,320 Speaker 2: I love that she came in there were her weed 232 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 2: O love. 233 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:06,560 Speaker 1: That Jasmine Crockett. Yes, And I'm like because I had 234 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 1: the opportunity to interview her right after that, right after 235 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 1: that read and I was just like, I said, you 236 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 1: single handedly get me to go to Texas first of all, 237 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 1: because I'm like, I didn't know that they were fighters 238 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 1: like that that were there. Yeah, and Jessin, I. 239 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 2: Tell you, Jasmine and I know that she is not 240 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:29,600 Speaker 2: a member of my sorority, but she is a member 241 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 2: of Delta Sigma Theta correctly, and. 242 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 3: I said, there we go, Greek sister. That was like 243 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 3: a highlight for me. I love that. I love that 244 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 3: we have voices like her that look like her. 245 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:42,080 Speaker 1: I think that's yeah. 246 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:45,040 Speaker 2: I think it's really important that people see all different 247 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 2: versions of a black woman black like you know, natural 248 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:52,200 Speaker 2: hair locks, we all of it, and know that all 249 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 2: of us can still read you down. Yeah. Yeah, So 250 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 2: she was definitely my highlight. The low oh, dang, no, 251 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:03,280 Speaker 2: I got one more highlight my bad. Yeah please Florida 252 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 2: Uh was running for president. 253 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:09,320 Speaker 3: Just got caught up with the porn and the missics. 254 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 1: Oh oh oh wait uh the Moms for Liberty. 255 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:17,120 Speaker 3: Uh, you knows, the sitting He just did a sit 256 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:20,080 Speaker 3: down with ze Way because he. 257 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 2: Got caught up with the mischarges and different things like that. 258 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:28,680 Speaker 2: I cannot believe. I am blanket Santos. 259 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 1: Santo, Santos Santo. 260 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:37,240 Speaker 2: I was listening, y'all. I'm I am happy that Santos 261 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 2: is gone. Yeah, like by. 262 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 3: Waste of our time in the first place. Honey. 263 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:44,880 Speaker 1: I'm embarrassed because he's from Long Island and I am 264 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 1: originally from Long Island and that's who he was, but 265 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:53,400 Speaker 1: not my county. But nonetheless, but an embarrassment. Glad that 266 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 1: he's gone. Very good highlight, Yes. 267 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 3: Low light. Trump still has the ability. 268 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, like that is like the low point for me 269 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 2: this year is that people are still willing to vote 270 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 2: for Trump. And I really want our people to be 271 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 2: freed of this idea Danielle that Trump did us good. 272 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 2: Trump did not do us good. I don't think a 273 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 2: lot of people really understand that there was, you know, 274 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 2: a democratic House at one point, a Democratic stenting at 275 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:22,600 Speaker 2: one point that was really making a lot. 276 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 3: Of those moves. 277 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 2: And I do feel like it's our job to make 278 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 2: sure as this next election come up, people know, maybe 279 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 2: Trump didn't do. 280 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 1: That, right, he didn't right? Yeah? Yeah, people, I mean 281 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 1: that is the thing about disinformation and misinformation, right, and 282 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 1: trying to break through, break through that noise in a 283 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 1: lot of ways. With a couple of minutes that we have, 284 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 1: I do because I just want to be in fun 285 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:58,880 Speaker 1: with you. Yeah. So did you see Renaissance? Did you 286 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 1: go and see the film? 287 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 3: Also? 288 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:03,680 Speaker 2: I'm okay, I saw the concert twice. I saw the 289 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:06,080 Speaker 2: film twice. I just did an interview with the King 290 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:08,760 Speaker 2: of the Beehive May and him. Somebody invited us to 291 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:15,680 Speaker 2: do an interview together deron Okays, especially you on Instagram, 292 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 2: and we. 293 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:19,560 Speaker 3: Had a bless I loved beyon Say so much. And 294 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:21,720 Speaker 3: when I heard that you loved Beyonce to us, said 295 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:23,960 Speaker 3: tell her, I'm. 296 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 1: Damn And I will tell you that this Renaissance album 297 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:37,160 Speaker 1: for me was like an experience, a movement, a an 298 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:40,280 Speaker 1: honoring and like a blessing in all of the ways. 299 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:44,680 Speaker 1: Like I have gone to a couple of Beyonce's shows. 300 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:50,200 Speaker 1: This was renaissance, was not a show. And that's how 301 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 1: my sister and I. I took my sister for her 302 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:55,399 Speaker 1: birthday over the summer and it was just like, this 303 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:59,240 Speaker 1: was not a show. It was from everyone flooding in 304 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:04,200 Speaker 1: the look, the outfits, the feeling, the creativity. It was 305 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:08,760 Speaker 1: just beyond for me. That was like the absolute highlight 306 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 1: of the year. Was that was that show? 307 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 2: I mean, so Beyonce told me she loved me literally 308 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:22,119 Speaker 2: on stage. I have it on camera and that was 309 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:26,919 Speaker 2: my of the year. Yes, that was my personal highlight. 310 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 2: I literally cry. I was like, this really happened. I've 311 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:36,360 Speaker 2: been doing Beyonce recreation videos. Girl, I've been I've driven, 312 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 2: I've taken a mega bus with only one hundred dollars 313 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 2: in my pocket to go see her with my best 314 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:44,640 Speaker 2: friend Darren. Shout out to Darren, like, we have literally 315 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:46,879 Speaker 2: traveled all up and down the East Coast to see Beyonce. 316 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:50,280 Speaker 2: And so when we got our shout out, we promised 317 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:52,240 Speaker 2: we would never tell how we got the shout out 318 00:18:52,280 --> 00:18:54,399 Speaker 2: at least now right now, and we just want to 319 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 2: say we're just gonna sit in our delusion. Okay, oh yea, 320 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,760 Speaker 2: that the shout out was real, that was really us, 321 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:09,919 Speaker 2: and it was such a Beyonce Beyonce and you know, 322 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:11,240 Speaker 2: just really quick, Danielle. 323 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:12,600 Speaker 3: My favorite part of the film. 324 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:15,200 Speaker 2: That keeps me going right there is when Beyonce said, 325 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 2: sometimes being a black woman, you know, people will. 326 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 3: Just try to play in your face. 327 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:26,840 Speaker 2: Yes, still they realized this bitch won't give up. And 328 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:30,280 Speaker 2: that that really resonated with me because that is something 329 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:32,640 Speaker 2: that I'm sure you face, that I face in this industry. 330 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:36,119 Speaker 2: Just that to rise you just had a you know 331 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:38,719 Speaker 2: which that's a whole other different episode, but I just 332 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:42,600 Speaker 2: really really needed her to say that she was so 333 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:45,080 Speaker 2: on time, and it reminded us that she is in 334 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:47,480 Speaker 2: fact a human, not a robot, and that she deals 335 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 2: with the same thing on an even bigger level, you know. 336 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:54,359 Speaker 2: Like I love when she was like, oh so there's 337 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:56,359 Speaker 2: nothing bigger, So there's nothing bigger. 338 00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 3: Oh well, that's funny because I. 339 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 1: Just looked at it because I just googled it. That's 340 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 1: weird that you're telling me that, like this can't happen, 341 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:07,200 Speaker 1: like y really and I and it's just like when 342 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:11,119 Speaker 1: I watched that portion and I was just like, still, 343 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:14,800 Speaker 1: like this is still happening, like people are still like 344 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:17,520 Speaker 1: the answer should be yes, and if not, I'll figure 345 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:21,080 Speaker 1: it out. Like I'm just confused, and that Beyonce is 346 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:24,440 Speaker 1: still being told no, this can't happen, Are you insane? 347 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:25,160 Speaker 3: Right? 348 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 1: Like she's not asking to go to the moon like tomorrow, right, 349 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:33,679 Speaker 1: and if she was, right, figure it out. So, you know, 350 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:35,919 Speaker 1: and I love the fact that you just you know, 351 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:38,239 Speaker 1: I know, we'll have a couple of seconds left. But 352 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:43,879 Speaker 1: you know, Taraji p Henson bringing up, you know, the 353 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:50,159 Speaker 1: consistent struggles and the disrespect in the industry that she 354 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:53,640 Speaker 1: continues to face that black women continue to face, and 355 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:56,240 Speaker 1: then to listen to watch like all of these other 356 00:20:56,320 --> 00:20:59,639 Speaker 1: people pipe up. I think is really important because when 357 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:02,960 Speaker 1: people see the success, the glitz and the glam, they 358 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:06,720 Speaker 1: honestly don't know in comparison to these no name white 359 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:10,240 Speaker 1: actresses that you may have seen in one flick, like 360 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:13,320 Speaker 1: are making twenty thirty million dollars a picture, and this 361 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:16,480 Speaker 1: person who has all of these accolades and all of this, 362 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:21,399 Speaker 1: you know, all of this history behind her, is still 363 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:25,080 Speaker 1: struggling to like make things happen. And when you see 364 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:27,920 Speaker 1: people have eight, nine to ten jobs, it's not because 365 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:30,720 Speaker 1: they want to right, like in a lot of cases. 366 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:35,320 Speaker 1: So I really appreciated her being very honest and just 367 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 1: kind of lifting the veil on what the experience still 368 00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:41,399 Speaker 1: is even in our eyes to people who we think, 369 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 1: quote unquote have made it. 370 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:47,800 Speaker 2: I definitely think and for everyone saying that Monique also 371 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:50,439 Speaker 2: brought this up, I do understand that, but sometimes it's 372 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:52,120 Speaker 2: the it's the messenger at the time. 373 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:53,919 Speaker 1: Yeah, the messenger at time. 374 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:55,919 Speaker 2: Means a lot. I love me some Monique, and I 375 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,160 Speaker 2: know Monique. I still with Monique when she was saying 376 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:01,320 Speaker 2: it right because I got under I understand this. I 377 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:05,720 Speaker 2: feel like most black women in this industry understand people 378 00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:07,680 Speaker 2: trying to play in our face when it comes to money. 379 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 3: We've all had to face that. And if you haven't, 380 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:10,720 Speaker 3: power to your sister. 381 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:13,680 Speaker 2: But I have had to fight for our money me 382 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 2: and I think that what's beautiful is that now people 383 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:22,840 Speaker 2: everywhere are speaking out with Taraji, and I think it 384 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:25,720 Speaker 2: seemed like such a genuine moment. You know, Gail was 385 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 2: asking her this question, and it was supposed to be 386 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:30,720 Speaker 2: this playful girl, You're not going anywhere, and then this 387 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:34,920 Speaker 2: real genuine like, y'all, I'm only working this much because 388 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:38,080 Speaker 2: they won't pay me what Julia Waders is getting paid. 389 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 2: And I've done the you know, accomplished amount of work. 390 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:44,320 Speaker 2: I'm in at least some of those same veils. I'm 391 00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:46,479 Speaker 2: not going to say the exact same veils list everyone, 392 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 2: but she deserves Taraji deserves her money. So I'm so 393 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:52,760 Speaker 2: happy that she's speaking up. I'm hoping that this only 394 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:53,639 Speaker 2: works in her favor. 395 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:56,480 Speaker 1: I'm yeah, you can do it. 396 00:22:56,880 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 2: Then she's opening up the door for me and yeah, 397 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 2: many others, So I'm praying that you know. 398 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:08,639 Speaker 1: It's not backlash for her. Yeah, yeah, Well, la Portia Thomas, 399 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:11,960 Speaker 1: this has been fantastic. Thank you so much for making 400 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:14,919 Speaker 1: the time for wok F and I hope that we 401 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:16,680 Speaker 1: get to talk to you again soon. 402 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 3: Of course, Thank you, Danielle. 403 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:28,280 Speaker 1: That is it for me today, Dear friends on wok F. 404 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:33,159 Speaker 1: As always, power to the people and to all the people. Power, 405 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:35,960 Speaker 1: get woke and stay woke as fuck.