WEBVTT - Conversations Change the World 0:00:11.760 --> 0:00:14.680 Good morning, peeps, and welcome to woke F Daily with 0:00:14.800 --> 0:00:19.759 Meet your Girl Danielle Moody. Pre recording from the Home Bunker. Folks, 0:00:20.280 --> 0:00:23.520 you know, I love whenever I get the opportunity to 0:00:23.720 --> 0:00:29.560 bring on new voices to WOKF and I'm very excited 0:00:29.600 --> 0:00:35.280 today for just a very fun, light, engaging conversation with 0:00:35.720 --> 0:00:39.720 La Portia Thomas and La Porsche is the host of 0:00:39.960 --> 0:00:43.400 Up and Out with La Porscha on the Advocate Channel, 0:00:44.000 --> 0:00:48.400 having you know, a range of conversations about culture, about politics, 0:00:48.440 --> 0:00:53.440 about black queer culture, etc. And you know, it's not often, 0:00:53.840 --> 0:00:57.760 honestly that I get to have more laughter and more 0:00:57.920 --> 0:01:01.640 light on this show than kind of marinating in the misery. 0:01:01.680 --> 0:01:06.280 And in this conversation, we talk about the upsides of 0:01:06.800 --> 0:01:12.200 being you know, black and queer identified in media, the 0:01:12.240 --> 0:01:17.960 opportunity to share stories and you know, uplift narratives and 0:01:18.040 --> 0:01:22.240 disrupt stereotypes in a lot of different ways, and also 0:01:22.600 --> 0:01:26.640 have some fun in chatting about a mutual musician that 0:01:26.680 --> 0:01:30.840 we both adore so very much. So I hope, friends, 0:01:31.120 --> 0:01:34.520 that you all enjoy this conversation. I hope that you 0:01:34.680 --> 0:01:42.000 are getting the rest and restoration and joy and relaxation 0:01:42.480 --> 0:01:46.679 on this holiday break that you all deserve and by 0:01:46.720 --> 0:01:50.560 the way, we're deserving just by being not because we've 0:01:50.560 --> 0:01:54.680 grinded ourselves into the ground all year. So coming up 0:01:54.720 --> 0:02:02.920 next my conversation with La Portia Thomas Folks. I am 0:02:03.160 --> 0:02:06.160 very excited to welcome to ok F Daily for the 0:02:06.280 --> 0:02:11.120 very first time, Laporscha Thomas, who is the host of 0:02:11.360 --> 0:02:14.920 Up and Out with La Porsche on the Advocate channel, 0:02:15.040 --> 0:02:18.640 talking about all things Black, LGBTQ, what it means to 0:02:18.639 --> 0:02:23.040 be a creative in media doing all of the things, 0:02:23.280 --> 0:02:26.760 La Porsche. Let's start off with tell us a little 0:02:26.800 --> 0:02:30.400 bit about you and how you got into media, into 0:02:30.440 --> 0:02:34.640 being a creative. I think your website, La Porsche speaks 0:02:34.680 --> 0:02:40.320 I love one because you quote Beyonce two two, because 0:02:40.360 --> 0:02:44.840 you lay out all of you know, the ways that 0:02:45.080 --> 0:02:49.600 you create and who you reach right. You talk about 0:02:49.919 --> 0:02:53.359 uh gen X and millennials and Z and Y and 0:02:53.760 --> 0:02:56.120 digital first. So I just want to get a little 0:02:56.120 --> 0:02:59.680 bit about your about your background and how you got started. 0:03:00.360 --> 0:03:03.800 So, I mean, I have been like a journalist and 0:03:03.840 --> 0:03:06.480 in front of the camera since I was eight years old. 0:03:06.560 --> 0:03:10.360 I remember I would read the cafeteria menu and I 0:03:10.400 --> 0:03:12.639 read it with my full heart on our ps TV. 0:03:12.760 --> 0:03:15.960 That's what it was called in elementary school, right, And 0:03:16.360 --> 0:03:18.880 I always knew I wanted to tell stories, and I 0:03:18.880 --> 0:03:21.600 know people always usually say I wanted to be the 0:03:21.680 --> 0:03:25.680 voice for the voiceless, and I don't believe that anybody 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:28.800 is voiceless, right like period. I think it's our job 0:03:28.840 --> 0:03:32.160 as journalists, as media personalities to make sure that we 0:03:32.919 --> 0:03:36.240 put forth the information that people need to pay attention to. 0:03:36.400 --> 0:03:39.480 And so I got my start at the CBS affiliate 0:03:39.600 --> 0:03:43.320 in Columbus, and then I went from there to big market, 0:03:43.360 --> 0:03:46.040 top ten market right there in Atlanta, and that's where 0:03:46.040 --> 0:03:50.000 I really grew as a journalist, Danielle. I mean that's 0:03:50.000 --> 0:03:56.080 when the awards came, the digital first came, pieces came, 0:03:56.680 --> 0:04:00.960 and that really taught me one that I was very 0:04:01.000 --> 0:04:05.240 blessed to have my journalism experience in Atlanta, the black 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:09.560 capital of the world, right because I from an early start, 0:04:09.640 --> 0:04:12.920 I've always told story with black and brown voices in mind, 0:04:13.040 --> 0:04:18.240 and I've always told stories with the LGBTQ A plus 0:04:18.360 --> 0:04:20.560 voice in mind. That's always been very important to me 0:04:20.640 --> 0:04:23.400 because I noticed we would celebrate pride, but it wasn't 0:04:23.400 --> 0:04:24.120 black ride. 0:04:24.320 --> 0:04:26.080 You're right, right, right. 0:04:26.240 --> 0:04:29.719 This Pride is marketed for everyone, but it doesn't include everyone. 0:04:30.320 --> 0:04:31.680 So I really. 0:04:32.920 --> 0:04:35.479 Always moved like that in the newsroom, and I said, 0:04:35.800 --> 0:04:37.600 my goal is to be a media mogul, so I 0:04:37.680 --> 0:04:41.560 have to leave the newsroom and learn other skill sets 0:04:41.600 --> 0:04:44.080 outside of the newsroom. And so I went and did 0:04:44.120 --> 0:04:46.839 some podcasting and I got to work with Carlos King, 0:04:48.040 --> 0:04:50.839 and now I have my own show, and I'm taking 0:04:50.880 --> 0:04:54.800 part in a lot of the building and the branding 0:04:54.960 --> 0:04:58.200 at Equal Pride. So it's really been an interesting ride, 0:04:58.240 --> 0:05:01.440 a fun ride. I've done a a lot. Like sometimes 0:05:01.520 --> 0:05:03.280 people ask me to tell my story, I'm like. 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:07.360 Which part, Yeah, yeah, journalism one like which part? I 0:05:07.360 --> 0:05:07.760 don't know? 0:05:08.920 --> 0:05:11.600 No, And I get that, and I think, you know what, 0:05:11.600 --> 0:05:16.000 what I really enjoy is the fact that, you know, 0:05:16.240 --> 0:05:21.239 for far too long, there were very few black queer 0:05:21.720 --> 0:05:26.640 out voices in media, right, and whenever folks were called 0:05:26.720 --> 0:05:31.760 upon myself included, it was in the beginning just to 0:05:31.839 --> 0:05:36.919 talk about being black and being gay. And then you know, 0:05:37.400 --> 0:05:41.160 thankfully that has evolved over time, right, And it is 0:05:41.279 --> 0:05:44.760 it is definitely is the perspective and lens with which 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:47.160 I see the world through, But it is not the 0:05:47.160 --> 0:05:50.400 only thing that I'm called upon to talk to talk about. 0:05:51.360 --> 0:05:55.720 And so for you, how has your storytelling and kind 0:05:55.760 --> 0:06:00.400 of your narrative grown and changed since the beginning to 0:06:00.480 --> 0:06:03.280 now in terms of like what you focus on and 0:06:03.360 --> 0:06:06.720 talk about and how you focus and talk about those things. 0:06:07.200 --> 0:06:14.159 I definitely think that I recognize that I have had 0:06:14.520 --> 0:06:24.760 a very blessed experienced family wise, right, so there was 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:26.599 no coming out process for me. 0:06:26.680 --> 0:06:28.840 And just to be clear, I'm paying you know what 0:06:28.839 --> 0:06:29.159 I mean? 0:06:29.640 --> 0:06:32.800 And so I see the world through the lens of 0:06:32.839 --> 0:06:37.080 loving everyone, do you know what I mean? It's not 0:06:37.200 --> 0:06:42.720 like or at least understanding that everyone has their own 0:06:42.760 --> 0:06:45.200 story and just because you don't understand it doesn't mean 0:06:45.200 --> 0:06:47.920 that it's not real or doesn't exist. 0:06:48.240 --> 0:06:48.760 And so. 0:06:50.160 --> 0:06:52.599 I feel like because I've always had that thought that 0:06:52.680 --> 0:06:55.480 I remember telling my mom, I'm gonna send this episode 0:06:55.520 --> 0:06:58.120 to my mom. I remember telling my mom like my 0:06:58.160 --> 0:07:00.360 mom was like, you know, honey, it's okay, you're gay, 0:07:00.360 --> 0:07:01.800 And I was like, I'm not gay. I knew for 0:07:01.880 --> 0:07:05.040 me young age, I'm not gay, right, And she was like, okay, well, 0:07:05.440 --> 0:07:06.719 why don't you have no boyfriend? 0:07:06.760 --> 0:07:10.520 And I was like, but she just damn she couldn't 0:07:10.640 --> 0:07:15.040 understand that I was so focused on my goals that 0:07:15.160 --> 0:07:17.440 like nothing could distract me, right, Like I was like, 0:07:17.800 --> 0:07:19.920 I don't know, I'm just not chasing that, Like that's 0:07:19.960 --> 0:07:20.720 not what I was after. 0:07:20.920 --> 0:07:24.600 But I always knew that, you know, I wasn't completely straight. 0:07:24.680 --> 0:07:27.040 I always knew that, And so now there are words. 0:07:26.760 --> 0:07:29.680 For it, like yeah, yeah, and I'm like, oh, there's 0:07:29.760 --> 0:07:30.520 words for it. 0:07:30.560 --> 0:07:32.600 But I've never my mom my auntie. 0:07:32.720 --> 0:07:35.080 They never made me feel like I was weird or 0:07:35.160 --> 0:07:37.280 wrong or anything for being. 0:07:37.160 --> 0:07:37.600 Who I was. 0:07:37.920 --> 0:07:41.679 And so coming into the actual world and seeing people 0:07:41.720 --> 0:07:45.440 get kicked out of their homes, their families not respect. 0:07:45.080 --> 0:07:49.120 That, it was like a what but yeah, why why 0:07:49.160 --> 0:07:49.880 does this matter? 0:07:50.160 --> 0:07:55.960 And I that train of thought, Dan Yelle really allowed 0:07:56.000 --> 0:07:59.320 me to always keep an open mind. 0:07:59.400 --> 0:08:02.440 Like they're people who say they keep an open mind. No, yeah, 0:08:02.520 --> 0:08:04.360 my life is an open mind. 0:08:05.440 --> 0:08:10.400 So that's really how I've used my own experience experiences 0:08:10.520 --> 0:08:13.920 to really become a great storyteller. You know, if you're 0:08:13.960 --> 0:08:17.679 not even limited in certain things that you do, then 0:08:18.080 --> 0:08:20.800 there is a higher chance that you're going to be 0:08:20.840 --> 0:08:22.640 a limitless storyteller. 0:08:28.640 --> 0:08:30.560 And I love the fact that you started to at 0:08:30.560 --> 0:08:33.160 the top with talking about the fact that you're not. 0:08:33.679 --> 0:08:37.640 You've never aspired to be a voice of somebody or something, 0:08:37.760 --> 0:08:41.680 which assumes that there is no voice. Right, that we 0:08:41.800 --> 0:08:46.199 all actually have stories to tell. It's just about being 0:08:46.280 --> 0:08:49.840 past the microphone. It's about or creating the space in 0:08:49.920 --> 0:08:52.800 place for yourself. But like all of our stories, if 0:08:52.840 --> 0:08:56.400 we learn from them, you would see how they intertwine 0:08:56.440 --> 0:09:00.480 with one another. But also you know how interesting, sting 0:09:00.679 --> 0:09:06.280 and colorful everyone's experience is, right, And I talk about 0:09:06.320 --> 0:09:09.480 that in a lot of ways in terms of politics, 0:09:09.520 --> 0:09:13.680 in moving with a curious mind as opposed to from 0:09:13.720 --> 0:09:17.320 a place of fear. Right that where we find ourselves 0:09:17.440 --> 0:09:20.120 right now, I think in this political climate is that 0:09:20.559 --> 0:09:24.360 there is this huge gap in terms of knowledge that 0:09:24.440 --> 0:09:28.320 people have about the quote unquote other. And instead of 0:09:28.600 --> 0:09:34.199 being excited and curious about what you know, how people pray, 0:09:34.280 --> 0:09:37.880 how they love, who they are, how they identify, they 0:09:37.920 --> 0:09:42.560 have instead been programmed to be fearful of it. And 0:09:42.640 --> 0:09:45.800 that's why I think that storytelling is so important and 0:09:45.960 --> 0:09:48.960 stories are so important, and we see bands that happen 0:09:49.960 --> 0:09:52.679 right now in terms of books and programming, in all 0:09:52.720 --> 0:09:56.000 of those things, because the more that people see and consume, 0:09:56.280 --> 0:10:00.000 the more curious, they become the less afraid that they become. 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:03.559 And that's what I think is really powerful about storytelling. 0:10:03.840 --> 0:10:04.280 I agree. 0:10:04.320 --> 0:10:07.200 I think storytelling, you know, the right conversation can change 0:10:07.240 --> 0:10:08.960 the world. That's like a thing that I have said 0:10:08.960 --> 0:10:11.720 throughout my life. Conversations can change the world, because I've 0:10:11.880 --> 0:10:15.880 seen conversations change the world. You know, at first, it's 0:10:15.920 --> 0:10:18.800 like the way you may have viewed the black gay man, 0:10:19.200 --> 0:10:21.480 you know, was this way, and then you realize like, 0:10:21.960 --> 0:10:25.400 oh no, there are different versions of the black gay man. 0:10:25.440 --> 0:10:29.360 And I always am telling you know, my homeboys, you 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:34.280 only look at the black gay man as this flamboyant person, 0:10:34.840 --> 0:10:35.640 but there. 0:10:35.480 --> 0:10:40.400 Are lent two a people money that are you're chilling 0:10:40.480 --> 0:10:41.600 with right now? 0:10:41.960 --> 0:10:45.319 Yeah, that it is also at black gay men. But 0:10:45.440 --> 0:10:49.520 you have confined yourself to thinking through different media and 0:10:49.559 --> 0:10:51.960 different and stuff like this, that oh, this is the 0:10:51.960 --> 0:10:54.720 only version that exists of this person. And I do 0:10:54.800 --> 0:10:56.520 think that that's our job. I think it's our job 0:10:56.600 --> 0:11:00.320 to really tell the world that, hey, you know, here, 0:11:00.400 --> 0:11:02.320 look who I found a look all the good that 0:11:02.400 --> 0:11:04.880 this person is doing. Also look at this other person 0:11:04.880 --> 0:11:06.640 who's doing bad. You know, I'm not here to be 0:11:06.720 --> 0:11:10.600 the positive train all the time because sometimes the world 0:11:10.640 --> 0:11:13.199 war hurts, Like, yeah, you need to see that these 0:11:13.320 --> 0:11:15.600 kids are dying, you know what I mean, so that 0:11:15.679 --> 0:11:18.280 you can call you a congresment congressman and say something 0:11:18.320 --> 0:11:20.920 about it, like those are things that need to happen. 0:11:21.320 --> 0:11:21.680 You know. 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:24.160 You can't just see the oh it's kumbaya, you know, 0:11:24.160 --> 0:11:26.240 because then that's not how change happens, you know. 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:30.760 So yes, so talk to us about up and out 0:11:30.920 --> 0:11:36.200 your show and the kinds of conversations that you have 0:11:36.480 --> 0:11:37.000 on there. 0:11:38.040 --> 0:11:41.400 So up and out it's all about like culture charisma. 0:11:41.480 --> 0:11:43.880 I really wanted to bring the funk over there to 0:11:43.920 --> 0:11:49.959 Equal Pride, Equal Pride Owns Advocate Magazine, Out Magazine, Pride Magazine, 0:11:50.040 --> 0:11:52.920 those huge lgbt Q i A plus magazines. And it's 0:11:52.960 --> 0:11:55.520 my first time really working at a company like this, 0:11:56.240 --> 0:11:58.800 and the one thing that I noticed is that we 0:11:59.160 --> 0:12:04.280 really need more blackness here, you know what I mean. Yeah, 0:12:04.280 --> 0:12:07.120 that's the thing because what we do know, Danielle, is 0:12:07.120 --> 0:12:13.800 that black queer culture dominates a lot and are the 0:12:13.880 --> 0:12:17.880 pioneers for a lot of cultures. So it's extremely important 0:12:17.880 --> 0:12:19.679 to make sure that we feature that. And that's what 0:12:19.679 --> 0:12:21.160 I'm really here to bring and we have some other 0:12:21.200 --> 0:12:24.280 things coming down the pipeline line, some new shows and 0:12:24.320 --> 0:12:26.720 stuff like that, and I'm excited about that and really 0:12:26.760 --> 0:12:29.719 looking forward to see what happens over this next year. 0:12:30.240 --> 0:12:35.080 I love that talk to us about You know, this 0:12:35.120 --> 0:12:40.200 has been in politics, which is what this show focuses on, 0:12:41.840 --> 0:12:45.199 a rough year, right. It has been a I won't 0:12:45.200 --> 0:12:48.360 even say it's been a mixed bag, as many years are, 0:12:48.440 --> 0:12:52.280 but there's been a lot of stress. Right, There's been 0:12:52.360 --> 0:12:58.800 a lot of just trauma, right, and kind of working 0:12:58.880 --> 0:13:04.200 through different version of traumas we've gone through twenty twenty three. 0:13:04.960 --> 0:13:09.120 What kind of stuck out to you, right, the good? 0:13:09.520 --> 0:13:12.079 What was a high for twenty twenty three? And then 0:13:12.200 --> 0:13:14.640 what was what was a low? Or you can do 0:13:14.640 --> 0:13:16.320 it in reverse, what was the low? And then we 0:13:16.360 --> 0:13:17.960 can go that, we can go. 0:13:18.520 --> 0:13:22.680 Oh okay, A high for me was please help me 0:13:22.760 --> 0:13:28.960 remember her name, congress Woman Florida black woman. Oh my gosh, 0:13:29.200 --> 0:13:31.880 she like read them down doing their hair and when they. 0:13:31.760 --> 0:13:36.480 Were trying to do an impeachment for Biden. Oh my gosh. 0:13:36.520 --> 0:13:38.960 She's such a popular Right now, I cannot think of 0:13:39.000 --> 0:13:41.360 her name. She was recently on The Breakfast Club. 0:13:42.480 --> 0:13:44.679 Oh wait, Florida or Texas? 0:13:44.920 --> 0:13:48.560 Was it is it Texas? Maybe maybe it's Texas. Oh, 0:13:48.600 --> 0:13:49.840 it's maybe it's Texas. 0:13:50.360 --> 0:13:52.280 I think it's Texas. Hold on, keep going. 0:13:53.360 --> 0:13:56.480 Well, she was a highlight because when I tell you, 0:13:56.559 --> 0:13:59.320 I love that she came in there were her weed 0:13:59.760 --> 0:14:00.400 O love. 0:14:00.280 --> 0:14:06.560 That Jasmine Crockett. Yes, And I'm like because I had 0:14:06.559 --> 0:14:10.400 the opportunity to interview her right after that, right after 0:14:10.480 --> 0:14:14.880 that read and I was just like, I said, you 0:14:15.280 --> 0:14:18.800 single handedly get me to go to Texas first of all, 0:14:18.840 --> 0:14:21.760 because I'm like, I didn't know that they were fighters 0:14:21.840 --> 0:14:24.520 like that that were there. Yeah, and Jessin, I. 0:14:24.560 --> 0:14:27.480 Tell you, Jasmine and I know that she is not 0:14:27.520 --> 0:14:29.600 a member of my sorority, but she is a member 0:14:29.600 --> 0:14:32.800 of Delta Sigma Theta correctly, and. 0:14:32.840 --> 0:14:35.680 I said, there we go, Greek sister. That was like 0:14:35.720 --> 0:14:38.600 a highlight for me. I love that. I love that 0:14:38.680 --> 0:14:41.280 we have voices like her that look like her. 0:14:41.320 --> 0:14:42.080 I think that's yeah. 0:14:42.120 --> 0:14:45.040 I think it's really important that people see all different 0:14:45.080 --> 0:14:48.520 versions of a black woman black like you know, natural 0:14:48.560 --> 0:14:52.200 hair locks, we all of it, and know that all 0:14:52.240 --> 0:14:56.040 of us can still read you down. Yeah. Yeah, So 0:14:56.080 --> 0:14:59.880 she was definitely my highlight. The low oh, dang, no, 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:03.280 I got one more highlight my bad. Yeah please Florida 0:15:03.560 --> 0:15:06.920 Uh was running for president. 0:15:07.040 --> 0:15:09.320 Just got caught up with the porn and the missics. 0:15:09.640 --> 0:15:13.400 Oh oh oh wait uh the Moms for Liberty. 0:15:13.760 --> 0:15:17.120 Uh, you knows, the sitting He just did a sit 0:15:17.160 --> 0:15:20.080 down with ze Way because he. 0:15:21.760 --> 0:15:25.560 Got caught up with the mischarges and different things like that. 0:15:25.680 --> 0:15:28.680 I cannot believe. I am blanket Santos. 0:15:28.480 --> 0:15:29.960 Santo, Santos Santo. 0:15:32.760 --> 0:15:37.240 I was listening, y'all. I'm I am happy that Santos 0:15:37.400 --> 0:15:40.200 is gone. Yeah, like by. 0:15:39.920 --> 0:15:41.960 Waste of our time in the first place. Honey. 0:15:42.120 --> 0:15:44.880 I'm embarrassed because he's from Long Island and I am 0:15:45.080 --> 0:15:48.320 originally from Long Island and that's who he was, but 0:15:48.640 --> 0:15:53.400 not my county. But nonetheless, but an embarrassment. Glad that 0:15:53.440 --> 0:15:56.040 he's gone. Very good highlight, Yes. 0:15:56.880 --> 0:15:59.320 Low light. Trump still has the ability. 0:15:59.520 --> 0:16:02.480 Yeah, like that is like the low point for me 0:16:02.560 --> 0:16:05.400 this year is that people are still willing to vote 0:16:05.400 --> 0:16:08.320 for Trump. And I really want our people to be 0:16:08.400 --> 0:16:11.120 freed of this idea Danielle that Trump did us good. 0:16:12.160 --> 0:16:15.160 Trump did not do us good. I don't think a 0:16:15.200 --> 0:16:18.520 lot of people really understand that there was, you know, 0:16:18.560 --> 0:16:21.120 a democratic House at one point, a Democratic stenting at 0:16:21.160 --> 0:16:22.600 one point that was really making a lot. 0:16:22.520 --> 0:16:23.280 Of those moves. 0:16:23.360 --> 0:16:25.000 And I do feel like it's our job to make 0:16:25.040 --> 0:16:28.840 sure as this next election come up, people know, maybe 0:16:28.840 --> 0:16:29.480 Trump didn't do. 0:16:29.440 --> 0:16:33.680 That, right, he didn't right? Yeah? Yeah, people, I mean 0:16:33.720 --> 0:16:37.920 that is the thing about disinformation and misinformation, right, and 0:16:37.960 --> 0:16:42.080 trying to break through, break through that noise in a 0:16:42.120 --> 0:16:50.280 lot of ways. With a couple of minutes that we have, 0:16:50.640 --> 0:16:53.080 I do because I just want to be in fun 0:16:53.120 --> 0:16:58.880 with you. Yeah. So did you see Renaissance? Did you 0:16:58.960 --> 0:17:00.280 go and see the film? 0:17:00.320 --> 0:17:00.640 Also? 0:17:01.560 --> 0:17:03.680 I'm okay, I saw the concert twice. I saw the 0:17:03.680 --> 0:17:06.080 film twice. I just did an interview with the King 0:17:06.160 --> 0:17:08.760 of the Beehive May and him. Somebody invited us to 0:17:08.760 --> 0:17:15.680 do an interview together deron Okays, especially you on Instagram, 0:17:16.160 --> 0:17:17.000 and we. 0:17:16.880 --> 0:17:19.560 Had a bless I loved beyon Say so much. And 0:17:19.600 --> 0:17:21.720 when I heard that you loved Beyonce to us, said 0:17:22.160 --> 0:17:23.960 tell her, I'm. 0:17:23.760 --> 0:17:29.080 Damn And I will tell you that this Renaissance album 0:17:29.320 --> 0:17:37.160 for me was like an experience, a movement, a an 0:17:37.200 --> 0:17:40.280 honoring and like a blessing in all of the ways. 0:17:40.320 --> 0:17:44.680 Like I have gone to a couple of Beyonce's shows. 0:17:46.880 --> 0:17:50.200 This was renaissance, was not a show. And that's how 0:17:50.240 --> 0:17:52.080 my sister and I. I took my sister for her 0:17:52.119 --> 0:17:55.399 birthday over the summer and it was just like, this 0:17:55.600 --> 0:17:59.240 was not a show. It was from everyone flooding in 0:17:59.520 --> 0:18:04.200 the look, the outfits, the feeling, the creativity. It was 0:18:05.080 --> 0:18:08.760 just beyond for me. That was like the absolute highlight 0:18:08.920 --> 0:18:11.480 of the year. Was that was that show? 0:18:12.320 --> 0:18:19.320 I mean, so Beyonce told me she loved me literally 0:18:19.400 --> 0:18:22.119 on stage. I have it on camera and that was 0:18:22.160 --> 0:18:26.919 my of the year. Yes, that was my personal highlight. 0:18:27.160 --> 0:18:31.800 I literally cry. I was like, this really happened. I've 0:18:31.840 --> 0:18:36.360 been doing Beyonce recreation videos. Girl, I've been I've driven, 0:18:36.920 --> 0:18:39.560 I've taken a mega bus with only one hundred dollars 0:18:39.560 --> 0:18:41.320 in my pocket to go see her with my best 0:18:41.359 --> 0:18:44.640 friend Darren. Shout out to Darren, like, we have literally 0:18:44.760 --> 0:18:46.879 traveled all up and down the East Coast to see Beyonce. 0:18:47.320 --> 0:18:50.280 And so when we got our shout out, we promised 0:18:50.280 --> 0:18:52.240 we would never tell how we got the shout out 0:18:52.280 --> 0:18:54.399 at least now right now, and we just want to 0:18:54.400 --> 0:18:58.320 say we're just gonna sit in our delusion. Okay, oh yea, 0:18:59.000 --> 0:19:01.760 that the shout out was real, that was really us, 0:19:01.920 --> 0:19:09.919 and it was such a Beyonce Beyonce and you know, 0:19:10.240 --> 0:19:11.240 just really quick, Danielle. 0:19:11.320 --> 0:19:12.600 My favorite part of the film. 0:19:12.440 --> 0:19:15.200 That keeps me going right there is when Beyonce said, 0:19:15.920 --> 0:19:19.560 sometimes being a black woman, you know, people will. 0:19:19.480 --> 0:19:21.520 Just try to play in your face. 0:19:21.840 --> 0:19:26.840 Yes, still they realized this bitch won't give up. And 0:19:27.240 --> 0:19:30.280 that that really resonated with me because that is something 0:19:30.280 --> 0:19:32.640 that I'm sure you face, that I face in this industry. 0:19:32.720 --> 0:19:36.119 Just that to rise you just had a you know 0:19:36.200 --> 0:19:38.719 which that's a whole other different episode, but I just 0:19:38.880 --> 0:19:42.600 really really needed her to say that she was so 0:19:42.760 --> 0:19:45.080 on time, and it reminded us that she is in 0:19:45.080 --> 0:19:47.480 fact a human, not a robot, and that she deals 0:19:47.480 --> 0:19:51.320 with the same thing on an even bigger level, you know. 0:19:51.880 --> 0:19:54.359 Like I love when she was like, oh so there's 0:19:54.359 --> 0:19:56.359 nothing bigger, So there's nothing bigger. 0:19:56.720 --> 0:19:57.840 Oh well, that's funny because I. 0:19:57.800 --> 0:20:00.520 Just looked at it because I just googled it. That's 0:20:00.560 --> 0:20:03.600 weird that you're telling me that, like this can't happen, 0:20:03.920 --> 0:20:07.200 like y really and I and it's just like when 0:20:07.240 --> 0:20:11.119 I watched that portion and I was just like, still, 0:20:11.760 --> 0:20:14.800 like this is still happening, like people are still like 0:20:14.880 --> 0:20:17.520 the answer should be yes, and if not, I'll figure 0:20:17.560 --> 0:20:21.080 it out. Like I'm just confused, and that Beyonce is 0:20:21.119 --> 0:20:24.440 still being told no, this can't happen, Are you insane? 0:20:25.000 --> 0:20:25.160 Right? 0:20:25.280 --> 0:20:29.560 Like she's not asking to go to the moon like tomorrow, right, 0:20:30.240 --> 0:20:33.679 and if she was, right, figure it out. So, you know, 0:20:33.760 --> 0:20:35.919 and I love the fact that you just you know, 0:20:36.160 --> 0:20:38.239 I know, we'll have a couple of seconds left. But 0:20:38.720 --> 0:20:43.879 you know, Taraji p Henson bringing up, you know, the 0:20:44.000 --> 0:20:50.159 consistent struggles and the disrespect in the industry that she 0:20:50.400 --> 0:20:53.640 continues to face that black women continue to face, and 0:20:53.680 --> 0:20:56.240 then to listen to watch like all of these other 0:20:56.320 --> 0:20:59.639 people pipe up. I think is really important because when 0:20:59.680 --> 0:21:02.960 people see the success, the glitz and the glam, they 0:21:03.000 --> 0:21:06.720 honestly don't know in comparison to these no name white 0:21:06.760 --> 0:21:10.240 actresses that you may have seen in one flick, like 0:21:10.359 --> 0:21:13.320 are making twenty thirty million dollars a picture, and this 0:21:13.400 --> 0:21:16.480 person who has all of these accolades and all of this, 0:21:16.800 --> 0:21:21.399 you know, all of this history behind her, is still 0:21:21.480 --> 0:21:25.080 struggling to like make things happen. And when you see 0:21:25.080 --> 0:21:27.920 people have eight, nine to ten jobs, it's not because 0:21:27.920 --> 0:21:30.720 they want to right, like in a lot of cases. 0:21:30.840 --> 0:21:35.320 So I really appreciated her being very honest and just 0:21:35.440 --> 0:21:39.000 kind of lifting the veil on what the experience still 0:21:39.119 --> 0:21:41.399 is even in our eyes to people who we think, 0:21:41.480 --> 0:21:42.840 quote unquote have made it. 0:21:43.400 --> 0:21:47.800 I definitely think and for everyone saying that Monique also 0:21:47.840 --> 0:21:50.439 brought this up, I do understand that, but sometimes it's 0:21:50.480 --> 0:21:52.120 the it's the messenger at the time. 0:21:52.280 --> 0:21:53.919 Yeah, the messenger at time. 0:21:53.720 --> 0:21:55.919 Means a lot. I love me some Monique, and I 0:21:56.000 --> 0:21:58.160 know Monique. I still with Monique when she was saying 0:21:58.160 --> 0:22:01.320 it right because I got under I understand this. I 0:22:01.320 --> 0:22:05.720 feel like most black women in this industry understand people 0:22:05.760 --> 0:22:07.680 trying to play in our face when it comes to money. 0:22:07.680 --> 0:22:09.600 We've all had to face that. And if you haven't, 0:22:09.800 --> 0:22:10.720 power to your sister. 0:22:10.760 --> 0:22:13.680 But I have had to fight for our money me 0:22:14.480 --> 0:22:18.840 and I think that what's beautiful is that now people 0:22:19.000 --> 0:22:22.840 everywhere are speaking out with Taraji, and I think it 0:22:22.880 --> 0:22:25.720 seemed like such a genuine moment. You know, Gail was 0:22:25.720 --> 0:22:28.280 asking her this question, and it was supposed to be 0:22:28.280 --> 0:22:30.720 this playful girl, You're not going anywhere, and then this 0:22:30.920 --> 0:22:34.920 real genuine like, y'all, I'm only working this much because 0:22:34.920 --> 0:22:38.080 they won't pay me what Julia Waders is getting paid. 0:22:38.359 --> 0:22:42.040 And I've done the you know, accomplished amount of work. 0:22:42.119 --> 0:22:44.320 I'm in at least some of those same veils. I'm 0:22:44.359 --> 0:22:46.479 not going to say the exact same veils list everyone, 0:22:46.760 --> 0:22:50.040 but she deserves Taraji deserves her money. So I'm so 0:22:50.080 --> 0:22:52.760 happy that she's speaking up. I'm hoping that this only 0:22:52.760 --> 0:22:53.639 works in her favor. 0:22:53.760 --> 0:22:56.480 I'm yeah, you can do it. 0:22:56.880 --> 0:23:00.000 Then she's opening up the door for me and yeah, 0:23:00.560 --> 0:23:03.080 many others, So I'm praying that you know. 0:23:03.720 --> 0:23:08.639 It's not backlash for her. Yeah, yeah, Well, la Portia Thomas, 0:23:08.720 --> 0:23:11.960 this has been fantastic. Thank you so much for making 0:23:11.960 --> 0:23:14.919 the time for wok F and I hope that we 0:23:15.000 --> 0:23:16.680