https://simplecast.com BlaQueer of Left Podcast Tabias Olajuawon, JD/ABD is an author, poet, speaker and interdisciplinary scholar who studies race and African American culture using the tools provided by various disciplines including: law, literary and cultural studies, music, and the social sciences. He has published numerous blogs and articles in the areas of law, cultural studies, BlaQueer Studies and African American studies. @2019 BlaQueer of Left en http://wwww.tabiasolajuawon.com Fri, 8 Mar 2019 23:06:47 +0000 Tue, 21 May 2019 21:56:13 +0000 http://wwww.tabiasolajuawon.com BlaQueer of Left Podcast https://cdn.simplecast.com/images/fef9ff82-0400-4681-a455-be86263546e5/32f81234-6eaa-4ed5-941e-9f6d99bba0ab/3000x3000/1549403040-artwork.jpg?aid=rss_feed episodic Tabias Olajuawon, JD/ABD is an author, poet, speaker and interdisciplinary scholar who studies race and African American culture using the tools provided by various disciplines including: law, literary and cultural studies, music, and the social sciences. He has published numerous blogs and articles in the areas of law, cultural studies, BlaQueer Studies and African American studies. Tabias Olajuawon Wilson yes https://feeds.simplecast.com/o52XOk46 lgbt, african american, politics, queer, gay, black, race, gender, sexuality, social justice, law, criminal justice BlaQueer Of Left Podcast tabias.wilson@gmail.com 76fe272c-84c0-4839-8674-b0509add92ed Brother To Brother: On BlaQueer Friendships, Love Practices and the Costs of Wholeness In this live-streamed episode, we are joined by my best friend Taurean; while we recount and explore the important lessons we've learned about love and life, through our BlaQueer bond. This episode focus on BlaQueer friendships, relationships, life at HBCUs & PWIs, workplace issues, belonging, mental health and the practice of what I've called, "critical love ethics." Fri, 8 Mar 2019 23:06:47 +0000 tabias.wilson@gmail.com (Tabias Olajuawon Wilson) https://blaqueerofleftpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/brother-to-brother-on-blaqueer-KrAfMwVI We are joined by my best friend Taurean; while we recount and explore the important lessons we've learned about love and life, through our BlaQueer bond. This episode focus on BlaQueer friendships, relationships, life at HBCUs & PWIs, workplace issues, belonging, "coming out" vs "inviting in," mental health and the practice of what I've called, "critical love ethics."

This episode is an intimate conversation between friends, hosted on facebook live, with commentary from listeners far and near.

]]> Brother To Brother: On BlaQueer Friendships, Love Practices and the Costs of Wholeness Tabias Olajuawon Wilson 00:57:40 In this live-streamed episode, we are joined by my best friend Taurean; while we recount and explore the important lessons we've learned about love and life, through our BlaQueer bond. This episode focus on BlaQueer friendships, relationships, life at HBCUs & PWIs, workplace issues, belonging, mental health and the practice of what I've called, "critical love ethics." In this live-streamed episode, we are joined by my best friend Taurean; while we recount and explore the important lessons we've learned about love and life, through our BlaQueer bond. This episode focus on BlaQueer friendships, relationships, life at HBCUs & PWIs, workplace issues, belonging, mental health and the practice of what I've called, "critical love ethics." lgbtq, commentary, blaqueer, gender, friendship, hbcu, race, queer, theory, love, sex, politics, pwi, relationships, african american, culture, lifestyle yes full 5 56d5edb2-bc4d-4c8d-8840-5386165c5d62 Ep 4: BlaQueer Reflections, This Ain't About Jussie This mini episode is a brief reflection on BlaQueer life; and how BlaQueer people are rendered especially unbelievable, illegible and without credibility. It is a meditative and poetic reflection on the BlaQueer mystique. Fri, 22 Feb 2019 17:03:00 +0000 tabias.wilson@gmail.com (Tabias Olajuawon Wilson) https://blaqueerofleftpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/ep-4-blaqueer-reflections-this-aint-11f6283e This mini episode is a brief reflection on BlaQueer life; and how BlaQueer people are rendered especially unbelievable, illegible and without credibility. It is a meditative and poetic reflection on the BlaQueer mystique; BlaQueer magic and the ways in which BlaQueer have always, already overcome more than this month--and the climate of anti-BlaQueerness--could ever muster. This ain't about Jussie, but it's for him too.

]]> Ep 4: BlaQueer Reflections, This Ain't About Jussie Tabias Olajuawon Wilson 00:16:03 This mini episode is a brief reflection on BlaQueer life; and how BlaQueer people are rendered especially unbelievable, illegible and without credibility. It is a meditative and poetic reflection on the BlaQueer mystique. This mini episode is a brief reflection on BlaQueer life; and how BlaQueer people are rendered especially unbelievable, illegible and without credibility. It is a meditative and poetic reflection on the BlaQueer mystique. lgbtq, commentary, blaqueer, gender, qpoc, gay, black, queer, spiritual, qpoc, politics, sexuality, racism, jussie, african american, violence, culture yes full 4 55087c7f-e478-4a56-886c-45abfc2b1aa9 Ep 3: How TF Do We Choose A Candidate?! This episode--also recorded on facebook--analyzes a the current democratic field from a Black and BlaQueer gaze, while centering the Black poor. The question simple, yet hard to answer, "how tf do we choose a candidate?!" Wed, 20 Feb 2019 03:11:00 +0000 tabias.wilson@gmail.com (Tabias Olajuawon Wilson) https://blaqueerofleftpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/ep-3-how-tf-do-we-choose-a-candidate-ef83ab6a This episode--also recorded on facebook--analyzes a the current democratic field from a Black and BlaQueer gaze, while centering the Black poor. The question simple, yet hard to answer, "how tf do we choose a candidate?!" What does it mean to vote--is it harm reduction, a civic duty, a lost cause?--as a Black poor person? Who do you look for? Who are you voting on behalf of? Do we judge the candidates by how we vibe with them? By their policies? Their likability or authenticity? Should they share our backgrounds or identities? Do we center race or class first; or either? These are questions we tackle in this back and forth dialogue between myself and the facebook viewers.

]]> Ep 3: How TF Do We Choose A Candidate?! Tabias Olajuawon Wilson 00:29:13 This episode--also recorded on facebook--analyzes a the current democratic field from a Black and BlaQueer gaze, while centering the Black poor. The question simple, yet hard to answer, "how tf do we choose a candidate?!" This episode--also recorded on facebook--analyzes a the current democratic field from a Black and BlaQueer gaze, while centering the Black poor. The question simple, yet hard to answer, "how tf do we choose a candidate?!" black, race, identity, queer, 2020, democrats, social justice, poverty, politics, blaqueer, lgbtq, education, african american, racial justice no full 3 74c15655-d483-4560-bccd-a5eebc11af63 Ep 2: Poems of Resistance, Essex Hemphill, 21 Savage, BlaQueerness and Policing As Racial-Sexual Terror This episode is a poetic meditation on the week's events in Black and BlaQueer life; beginning with readings of historic Black poems. Here, we address the racial-sexual politics of policing as anti-Black violence; anti-immigration practices as afterlives of slavery; and Blackness and Queerness as inseperable, co-constituitive realities in BlaQueer life. Sun, 10 Feb 2019 17:17:00 +0000 tabias.wilson@gmail.com (Tabias Olajuawon Wilson) https://blaqueerofleftpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/ep-2-poems-of-resistance-essex-hemphill-75f2caa4 This episode is a poetic meditation on the week's events in Black and BlaQueer life; beginning with readings of historic Black poems. Here, we address the racial-sexual politics of policing as anti-Black violence; anti-immigration practices as afterlives of slavery; and Blackness and Queerness as inseperable, co-constituitive realities in BlaQueer life.

Poems: Essex Hemphill (Occupied Territories), Margaret Walker (For My People), Gwendolyn Brooks (We Real Cool), Lucille Clifton (won't you celebrate with me)

Topics: BlaQueerness, Liam Neeson and black fungibility; Jussie Smollet and BlaQueer testimony, racial-sexual terror; 21 Savage and anti-Black policing/unbelonging; whiteness as property and power to oppress.

]]> Ep 2: Poems of Resistance, Essex Hemphill, 21 Savage, BlaQueerness and Policing As Racial-Sexual Terror Tabias Olajuawon Wilson 00:39:41 This episode is a poetic meditation on the week's events in Black and BlaQueer life; beginning with readings of historic Black poems. Here, we address the racial-sexual politics of policing as anti-Black violence; anti-immigration practices as afterlives of slavery; and Blackness and Queerness as inseperable, co-constituitive realities in BlaQueer life. This episode is a poetic meditation on the week's events in Black and BlaQueer life; beginning with readings of historic Black poems. Here, we address the racial-sexual politics of policing as anti-Black violence; anti-immigration practices as afterlives of slavery; and Blackness and Queerness as inseperable, co-constituitive realities in BlaQueer life. yes full 2 tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/569234352 Stop Playing (In My) Black Face: The Curious Case of Gov. Northam A BlaQueer of Left "hot take" on the "black face" mess surrounding Virginia Governor Ralph Northam. Common talk with a deep BlaQueer, Black Feminist, Historicizing, Critical Race, Political analysis. Sun, 3 Feb 2019 01:25:37 +0000 tabias.wilson@gmail.com (Tabias Anansi Olajuawon) https://blaqueerofleftpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/stop-playing-in-my-black-face-the-f2fd88c5 A BlaQueer of Left "hot take" on the "black face" mess surrounding Virginia Governor Ralph Northam. Common talk with a deep BlaQueer, Black Feminist, Historicizing, Critical Race, Political analysis.

]]> Stop Playing (In My) Black Face: The Curious Case of Gov. Northam Tabias Anansi Olajuawon 00:25:21 A BlaQueer of Left "hot take" on the "black face" mess surrounding Virginia Governor Ralph Northam. Common talk with a deep BlaQueer, Black Feminist, Historicizing, Critical Race, Political analysis. A BlaQueer of Left "hot take" on the "black face" mess surrounding Virginia Governor Ralph Northam. Common talk with a deep BlaQueer, Black Feminist, Historicizing, Critical Race, Political analysis. yes full 1