BFR is back for Season 2! Join Host LaKia for the season 2 premier brought to you by URGE! In this episode LaKia discusses the #FreeThePill movement, the importance of contraception equity and what young people have been doing on the ground to increase reproductive healthcare access to all! LaKia gets into the details of how a program she started called Big Easy EC came to fruition. Big Easy EC provides free emergency contraception (Plan B), condoms, and pregnancy tests to uptown New Orleans students.  Be sure to follow BFR on Instagram @Blackfeministrants and Twitter @blackfemrants Organ ..read more

Join BFR for a Black feminist rant on the politics of a post racial society, the concept of color blindness and the controversy surrounding affirmative action.  Check out BFR's website blackfeministrants.com and follow BFR on Instagram @Blackfeministrants and Twitter @Blackfemrants Works Mentioned:  Racial Colorblindness: Emergence, Practice, and Implications The Structure of Racism in Color-Blind, Post Racial America ..read more

Watch the video version of the episode: https://youtu.be/0u25msHoENg Instagram: @blackfeministrants TikTok: @blackfeministrants blackfeministrants.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lakia-williams8/message ..read more

LaKia interviews Kennedi Malone a third-year college student on how research can be used as a form of activism. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJU7XgZe_FE Beads 4 Our Bodies: https://www.instagram.com/beads4ourbodies/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA== Welcome to day 2 of RANTMAS Kennedi Malone (she/her) is a third-year undergraduate student at Agnes Scott College pursuing a degree in Anthropology with a minor in Public Health. Her deep concern for cherishing the lived experiences of community knowledge-makers (neighbors, strangers, ourselves) f ..read more

Maya Hart (all pronouns), mama, postpartum doula, lactation counselor, and reproductive justice organizer, joins Black Feminist Rants to share their pregnancy and postpartum journey.  Maya has dreamed about becoming a mother since childhood. However, their vision of motherhood radically transformed once they became a parent.  Maya shares their experience raising a child in COVID-19, coping with grief, and embracing identity and lifestyle changes. Since giving birth, Maya has founded Diapers for Black Durham, a donation-based program that supports families in their local community wit ..read more

In celebration of self-love, BFR host LaKia reflects on one of her greatest accomplishments: leading Black Feminist Rants!  LaKia shares lessons from her healing journey.  She discusses everything, from growing the podcast team to recovering from perfectionism and defining herself outside of work.  Action Items: Donate to LaKia's abortion fund fundraiser for ACCESS RJ! Stay connected to BFR!  Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter! Donate to BFR to support the work that we do! Want to work with us?  Click here to be a sponsor.  Click here to request ..read more

Having abortion pills available before someone becomes pregnant could be life saving. As the courts continue to strip our reproductive rights from us having an advance provision of abortion pills, or having pills on hand before someone is pregnant, can help ensure that people receive the care they need. In this episode LaKia discusses what an advance provision of aboriton pills is, how it is community care, and how in-clinic reproductive healthcare can be inaccessible for certain communities, including immigrant populations.  This episode was made as part of Plan C Pills Creative Fellows ..read more

To conclude the Black Youth Sexuality season BFR is joined by Danielle Jenkins (they/she), a Spelman student and asexual person. They lay out what asexuality means for them, why it’s important to care about the rights of people across the country, and how gender can be boring. She also talks about queerbaiting, the importance of silence on social media, and how the Reproductive Justice movement is for ace people too. Follow Danielle on Twitter and Instagram. Also, check out their second Instagram page where they review movies, books, tv shows, and on occasion, share their op-eds To learn more ..read more

Welcome to our third installment of the Black Youth Sexuality season with Alexis Nicole (she/they/star), an organizer, poet, and activist based in St. Louis. Star speaks on everything from the role of pleasure in stars life as a disabled person, what disability justice is, and how the health care system can ignore consent. Alexis and LaKia also discuss the stigma of certain mental illnesses, the importance of sex ed for disabled people, and how capitalism is ableist. Follow Alexis on Twitter, TikTok and Instagram. Learn more about the St. Louis Queer+ Support Helpline. Stay connected to BFR ..read more

We’re continuing the Black Youth Sexuality season with Amaya Jacques (she/her), a youth advocate/activist and model in New Orleans. She joins BFR in discussing how and why she centers young people in her activism, the harmful effects of school dress codes, and the sexualization of young Black girls’ bodies. Amaya also talks about getting rid of the cop in your head and how modeling has opened up new avenues for her to explore her self-expression. Follow Amaya on Instagram and TikTok. Follow and support the Nola Black Youth Fund. Check out Amaya’s mom’s Instagram. Stay connected to BFR! Follo ..read more