Shows
Do You Get It?S2EP5- "Black Businesses"On this weeks episode we discuss Black businesses and services. Topics discussed include Smade's Afronation & Yam Carnival, overcrowded Black uni raves, why don't elite/boujee Caribbean/African restaurants exist? Salt Bae's £600 steak, Black hair shops being run by Asian people and Black nail techs.2021-10-1752 minDo You Get It?S2EP4- "Everything Education"On this weeks episode we discuss our journeys through school. Topics discussed include our high school memories, the fun in going to a failing school, surviving 3 head teachers & one unqualified one, going to 6th form in a white area, feeling stupid for the first time and playground microaggressions.
Disclaimer: Ignore Taya's lisp, she recently got Invisalign X2021-10-0349 minDo You Get It?S2EP3- "Carnival & Culture Clashes"On this weeks episode we discuss Carnival and British Caribbean identities. Topics discussed include Carnival feeling like a general "Black" event & not a Caribbean one, Caribbean culture & Black British culture being intertwined, "you're African anyway" comments, the fetishisation of Caribbean women and the Caribbean attainment gap.2021-09-2642 minDo You Get It?S2EP2- "Incel Culture"On this weeks episode we discuss involuntary celibates and their ideology. Topics discussed include the Plymouth massacre, the normalisation of incel culture, aLpHa MaLeS, the power balance in relationships, paying on the first date, men being hoes & homie-sexuals.2021-09-1949 minDo You Get It?S2EP1- “Everything Love Island”We’re back for season 2 & on this weeks episode we discuss all things Love Island. Topics discussed include a recap of the seasons events, colourism controversy, the Molly Mae effect, frivolous spending & GiRlFrIeNd reassurance.2021-09-1245 min
Do You Get It?EP12- “Influencer culture”On the season finale we discuss influencer culture. Issues discussed include what the word influencer means, the lucrative side of influencing, the Molly-Mae effect, cancel culture, fast BBL fashion, the promotion of surgery, BBL grandmas & mummy makeovers, and the male gaze.
TW: References to violence against women2021-08-0153 minDo You Get It?EP11- "How can you be a capitalist without the capital?"On this weeks episode we discuss capitalism. Issues raised include exploitation, working class "capitalists", static innovation, capitalism in underdeveloped countries, the billionaire space race, the ruling elite, elitism and working class people doing "working class" apprenticeships.2021-07-2558 minDo You Get It?EP10- "Should we gatekeep our Blackness?"On this weeks episode we discuss whether or not we should gatekeep our Blackness. Issues raised in this episode include the identification of mixed race people, inviting "everyone to the cookout", Black culture & UK culture being intertwined, race being a social construct, non-Black box braid bandits, cultural appropriation vs appreciation and the unity of Black culture.2021-07-1445 minDo You Get It?EP09- "Pretty Privilege"On this weeks episode we discuss pretty privilege. Topics discussed include friendships based off aesthetics, male pretty privilege, pretty privilege in the music industry, the Black beauty standard & BBLs, the non-inclusiveness of the body positive movement and pretty privilege in the workplace.
2021-07-0445 minDo You Get It?EP08- "Sexism, misogyny and the audacity of men"TW: REFERENCES TO SEXUAL ASSAULT/HARASSMENT THROUGHOUT
On this weeks episode we discuss the sexual harassment that women experience daily. Issues raised in this episode include Sarah Everard's case (RIP), policing women instead of holding men accountable, men taking away the spotlight from women, no meaning no, carnival creeps, "not all men", should we as Black women support Black men or just women in general? and period taboos.2021-06-2746 minDo You Get It?EP07- "The Mistreatment of Meghan Markle”We're finally back after a long stressful uni break, and on this weeks episode we discuss the treatment of Duchess Meghan Markle. Issues raised in this episode include Piers Morgan's obsession with Meghan, freedom of (racist) speech, racism in our monarchy and *the* interview with Oprah.2021-06-1350 minDo You Get It?EP06- "Ick origin story"On this week's episode we discuss the "ick". Issues discussed include our personal icks, why we hate Tinder, our icky story-times and bummy men.
p.s some of what is said is in jest, don't go crying about it if the shoe fits2021-03-2852 minDo You Get It?EP05- "Things we didn't learn at school: the Black curriculum" part 2TW: Sexual assault references
In this week's episode we discuss how we were taught Black history appallingly in our English Education system. Issues discussed include being taught Black history through a white lens, colonialism, the importance of Black history for Black people, uncomfortable conversations, other racial movements and the importance of accountability.
p.s excuse our stutters & shouts, we're just toooo passionate about this topic :)2021-03-2150 minDo You Get It?EP04- "Things we didn't learn at school: personal finance" part 1On this week's episodes we discuss not learning about personal finance at school. Issues raised in this episode include, credit, spending money frivolously, private vs state school opportunities, Jords' Ethiopian school experience, budgeting (at uni) and tax.2021-03-1447 minDo You Get It?EP03- "Is clout a disease?"On this weeks episode we discuss whether or not clout is a disease. Issues raised in this episode include the need for attention, rap not being for everyone, UK vs US clout, social media validation and its effects. *TW: sexual assault reference2021-03-0742 minDo You Get It?EP02- "The glamorisation of the grind & side hustles"On this weeks episode we discuss how working hard at an unhealthy level has been glamorised. Issues raised in this episode include monetising hobbies, investing in your future from young, definitions of success & failure, and enticing corporate settings.2021-02-2855 minDo You Get It?EP01- "Uni is a scam"In our very first episode we discuss what university has been like in a pandemic from our perspectives and how it's affecting us. Issues raised in this episode include weekly contact time, tuition/rent fees, degree grades, uni post-pandemic, fears for the future & ACSs.
Hope you enjoy :)2021-02-2249 min