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Strange Fruit #190: Maxine Waters Take The Wheel
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27 minutes
Released:
Apr 1, 2017
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Podcast episode
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Almost as soon as the new Dave Chappelle comedy specials hit Netflix, we could tell there were problems. Our twitter timelines lit up with people talking about homophobia, transphobia, and jokes about sexual assault. We watched, and we agreed. Whatever Dave's been doing for the last twelve years, it didn't involve evolving along with the rest of us. Also this week, RuPaul spoke about something that's been a scourge of gay bars ever since straight people found out about them: bachelorette parties. And Bill O'Reilly had the nerve to come for America's favorite Auntie, Congresswoman Maxine Waters - not by challenging her policies or political positions, but by saying she wore a "James Brown wig." The clap back could be heard from outer space, and continues to reverberate through every dusty corner of the internet and cable TV. Finally, closer to home, the Kentucky General Assembly wrapped up its session this week. One bill that made it through the session was SB 120, which seeks to address some of the challenges faced by incarcerated and formerly-incarcerated people. We learn more this week from Holly Harris, Executive Director of the U.S. Justice Action Network.
Released:
Apr 1, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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Strange Fruit #36: Yolo Akili's Love Letter to the Universe Affirms the Good in All of Us: A few months ago we had [an eye-opening conversation](http://wfpl.org/post/strange-fruit-yolo-akili-darnell-moore-gay-men-and-sexism) with author Yolo Akili about his article, [Gay Men's Sexism and Women's Bodies](http://everydayfeminism.com/2013/03/gay-mens-sexism-and-womens-bodies/). Today Yolo is back with us to talk about his new book, [Dear Universe: Letters of Affirmation and Empowerment for All of Us](http://dearuniverse2013.com/). As always, Yolo is full of wisdom, and we hope he comes to Louisville one day and becomes Strange Fruit's official Life Coach. This week in Juicy Fruit we talk about an ugly incident that happened to one of our favorite people, [Dr. Brittney Cooper](http://www.brittneycooper.com/). Dr. Cooper wrote about the experience in a piece for Salon: [The N-word on the 4th of July](http://www.salon.com/2013/07/04/the_n_word_on_the_4th_of_july/). by Strange Fruit