From traveling to southeast Georgia to visit family, working in her community to consistently posting Black and LGBTQ People of Color literature, and resources-- in this episode, Forrest shares her personal experiences and insight about Gender Expression, identity and sexuality. The conversation continues with exploring pivotal elements of Heterono…

This podcast episode is to create, build, and share practice healing and liberation in Black Queer, Queer and Trans Communities-- through my insight, findings and personal stories. Breaking down this episode into 4 sections, jump into this conversation: Defining the Types of Trauma and Their Symptoms The Restraint of Emotional Labor Archived harm w…

Join Forrest, Your Favorite Librarian for an impromptu and informal conversation. Consisting of b-roll, new audio clips and personal recordings-- jump into the dialogue with Forrest. From exploring Grief and shame, the usage of both and how they effect expressions of sexuality and identity to rediscovering self in new environments. Forrest doesn't …

This "phantom season" consists of b-roll and other, new audio recordings of Forrest, Favorite Librarian. Without a script or outline, see what is on Forrest's mind, heart and current reading list. Check out "Sexuality and Black Church: A Womanist Perspective" by Kelly Brown Douglas and while you're at it also check out "Beautiful Bottom, Beautiful …

Wrapping up Season II of Favorite Librarian the Podcast, join Forrest for this year's last podcast episode. Paired with Toni Morrison's National Best Seller " Self Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches and Meditations," jump into this week's episode. Broken into 4 sections: I. Atlanta Pride II. Self Regard and Discipline III. Holiday Blues and Anxiety …

This week, after meeting Vice President Kamala Harris, Congresswoman Nikema Williams, and State Representative Park Cannon-- Your Favorite Librarian has been on cloud nine. Paired with "DapperQ Style: Ungendering Fashion" by Anita Dolce Vita, jump into this conversation with Forrest. Divided into four portions, check out this episode. 1. Friends, F…

Librarians are gatekeepers... not groomers. As local libraries have become a major political and cultural battleground— librarians around the country are put in the crosshairs. Join this discussion with Forrest, Your Favorite Librarian, exploring this time of uncertainty. From librarians and media specialists being fired, Proud Boys protesting Drag…

Your Favorite Librarian visited Philadelphia, had a serious car accident, and also a break up. So, this week's episode follows her journey of healing and peace. Paired with this episode's paired title-- "Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts" by Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martinez, readers are in for a rollercoaster of a ride. The graphic …

This week, explore the recent efforts of exclusion and transphobia with Forrest, Favorite Librarian. Yet, gain an understanding how radical inclusion is a seven step process. Paired with "Radical Inclusion: Seven Steps to Help You Create a More Just Workplace, Home and World" by David Moinina Sengeh, gain new tools and insight on how to better supp…

Join Forrest, Your Favorite Librarian this week for Episode 15: "Act Bad:" Living Without Hesitation. Divided into 4 sections, explore the possibilities of healing. Paired with "Crip Kinship: Disability Justice and Art Activism for Sin Invalid" by Shayda Kafai I. Holding Space and Active Listening II. Theory and New Information III. Preparing for t…

Join Favorite Librarian for Episode 14: The Unknown. As the low country native unpacks, defines, and provides personal experiences of "the unknown," and what that looks like. With 6 more episodes on the way until the end of season two, continue listening! From going out of your comfort zone and experiencing new challenges to verbalizing hurt, and i…

After celebrating Juneteenth, Prideteenth, and Father's Day-- join Your Favorite Librarian to explore the effects of and how to prevent burning out. June is also Black Music History Month, so there's lots to celebrate and circulate. Divided into the usually four portions, jump knee deep into this week's episode. 1. Triggered and Open Wounds 2. Rech…

After a two week hiatus, join Your Favorite Librarian for an Episode 12! In celebration of LGBTQ+ Month, check out the paired title for this week. "Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture" by Sherronda J. Brown Divided into 4 sections, follow along with the conversation at your leisure. I. Pride: Homophobia i…

Join Forrest, Favorite Librarian for a reconnection and re-introduction with week. Taking a break from reading this week, share how to apply what you learn and gain from reading and specific literature you love. Divided into 4 sections, jump knee deep into this week's episode. I. Intros and "Meeting Me Where I Am" II. Life Changes and Evolving III.…

This week, join Your Favorite Librarian for this week's episode exploring specific issues and stigmas of Mental Health for People of Color, especially with Black and African communities. Divided into 4 sections, jump knee deep into the conversation at your own pace. I. Diagnosis, Disabilities, and Diets II. Self-soothe, self-medicate, and self-isol…

Season II is halfway done and Your Favorite Librarian wanted to spice things up. Check out this week's episode by exploring sexual health, joy, pleasures and your physical appetite. Using personal stories, experiences and similar narratives, explore the importance of your romantic and sexual joys, the bounds of consent, and sensual expression. Whet…

It's Asian American Pacific Island Heritage Month! This week's episode celebrates the yearly occasion with "Brown Boy: A Memoir" by Omer Aziz and some personal experiences about the importance of empathy over apathy, holding space for difference of opinions and personalities, and how vital active listening is. Divided into 4 sections, check out the…

On this week's episode join Your Favorite Librarian for an explanation of how your ego can prevent you from reaching your full potential, and exploring all the complexities of your identity. Paired with this week's reading selection, check out: "Jaded Choyce" by Shaynuh Sloane Season II of Favorite Librarian, the Podcast is almost at the hall-way b…

This week, Your Favorite Librarian discusses, defines and provides tools to combat toxic and fragile femininity. Check out this week's reading selections: "Feminist Weed Farmer: Growing Mindful Medicine In Your Back Yard" Madrone Stewart "Side Notes from the Archivist" by Anastacia-Renee "Dear Black Girls: Letters from Your Sisters on Stepping into…

The week is not over and Episode V is of Favorite Librarian the Podcast, Season II is here. Join Forrest this week to discuss family, estrangement, and how to craft a personal infrastructure. Firstly, check out this week's book suggestion "A Church For All" by Gayle E. Pittman Divided into four sections, jump knee deep into this episode: i. Y'all K…

This week, join Your Favorite Librarian for an exploration of "taking a break." To support your reading, check out this week's reading suggestions: "Once Ghosted, Twice Shy" by Alyssa Cole "I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness" by Austin Channing Brown " Sassafrass, Cypress, Indigo" by Ntozage Shange Divided into three sectio…

Happy Birthday, Favorite Librarian! Join Your Favorite Librarian for Episode II-- A Birthday Celebration! It's the last day of Pisces season, the last day of the Zodiac calendar, and the Spring Equinox-- the first day of Spring. Celebrate Your Favorite Librarian's new chapter of life with episode II. Check out this week's reading suggestions below:…

Welcome back, Welcome back, Welcome back! Join Your Favorite Librarian for Episode I of Season II. After a long hiatus, follow Your Favorite for a discussion on Black mother-child relationships, the continuation of raising and caring for your inner child, addressing unhealed trauma along a journey of self discovery, and trusting the adult version o…

Join your Favorite Librarian for Episode 18: The Magic of Libraries. Episode 18 marks the end of season one… But stay tuned for Season II that will begin June 2022. In this episode, celebrate National Library Week by exploring the importance of libraries, librarians and all library professionals. Each episode of Favorite Librarian, the Podcast is a…

With this episode, Your Favorite Librarian shares how some non-people of color are able to capitalize off of Black Literature as authors, social media influencers, and as book bloggers. Independently published authors and some popular Black authors do not receive the same promotional marketing or "push" publicly as many best-selling and well known …

This week's episode is inspired by the Instagram account @TheBlackParkRangerExperience. Your Favorite Librarian is country girl at heart and grew up around horses, and explored National Parks and nature centers with her parents. Along Your Favorite Librarian's pursuit of higher education, National Parks gave Your Favorite a place of peace and hold …

In celebration of Women's History Month, join Your Favorite Librarian as she reviews the 2014 memoir written by Lorraine Sade Bakersville, entitled "One Trans Woman's Spiritual Journey." While pursuing her degree in librarianship, Your Favorite Librarian met the author. The experience and interaction left a beautiful impression on Your Favorite Lib…

This week, enjoy Episode Fourteen with Your Favorite Librarian as she continues the conversation about "Measure of Authenticity. This episode is broken into two portions for readers to properly examine and are, also, paired with great titles to support any reader's discovery. Scars are Beautiful: Unresolved Trauma and Reclaiming Black Beauty Healin…

Enjoy Your Favorite Librarian's examination of the benefits, usages, and examples of self-love. Specifically, this episode celebrates and explores how Black Women, and the Black community, define and utilize self-love. In this episode, readers will also explore the following: Define and Maintaining a Foundation of Love and Support Limits, Boundarie…

Happy Black History Month! This week, Your Favorite Librarian reviews authorship and examines who truly contributes to the world of Black Literature. Join the librarian, as she discusses the topic fairly divided into four portions: Who Contributes to the Black Experience? Gatekeeping: Preserving and Protecting... or Protect over preserve? Allyship …

This week, Your Favorite Librarian shares her world with readers. Follow along for some thrilling updates about Your Librarian, insightful nuggets of wisdom about Librarianship, and great Black Literature suggestions. Your Favorite Librarian shares her world and what fuels her motivation, and evolution. Among the new changes, some things remain the…

Join Your Favorite Librarian and special quest, Ashley Meadows, for Episode 10: "Eye to Eye: Black Women, Hatred, and the Use of Anger." This episode is a nod to Audre Lorde and an exploration of the Uses of Anger. This week's episode reading list include the following: “Sister Outsider” by Audre Lorde “Honeypot: Black Southern Women Who Love Women…

This week, Your Favorite Librarian explores Pro-Blackness and Cancel Culture. This episode examines how Cancel Culture supports some traditional definitions and shapes expressions of Pro-Blackness. Throughout the episode, Your Favorite Librarian also illustrates the cornerstone of Cancel Culture and how gatekeeping, in an act to protect and preserv…

This week, Your Favorite Librarian shares her personal stories navigating and battling anxiety. Before or after checking out Episode 8, check out this uplifting reading list, to guide you along. "Persepolis: The Story of A Childhood" by Marjane Satrapi "You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience" by Tarana Bu…

This week, Your Favorite Librarian defines and examines exactly what Community is and how readers can strengthen their understand on how to contribute to such. Broken up into three major elements: Foundation, Core, and Practice-- join Your Favorite Librarian for a jam-packed episode. This episode is meant to inform readers on how individuality cont…

With this episode, Your Favorite Librarian examines how to refine your journey to the highest version of yourself. Before getting started with this episode, check out this awesome reading selections. "The Sisters are Alright: Changing the Broken Narratives of Black Women in America" by Tamara Winfrey Harris "Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Min…

This episode, Your Favorite Librarian explores how readers can recharge and reconnect to with reading. From going "Back to the Basics," the importance of poetry, and examining how the intersectionality of multiple narratives around you also a fulcrum-- providing a balance and wealth of history, information, and insight. To guide readers with this w…

Join Your Favorite Librarian this episode to explore how reading is an act of self-care, an example of escapism, self-improvement and a great way to explore personal interests and passions. Many of us have heard the phrase "strong reader" or other disparaging remarks that effect our confidence to continue reading later in life. Say less, Your Favor…

Join Your Favorite Librarian this week as she shares some titles, tools, and insight on how reading is an act of Self Discipline. Firstly, check out this week's reading list of titles to guide you along your journey. This episode's suggestions include: "Brujas: The Magic and Power of Witches of Color" by Lorraine Monteagut, PhD "The Black Trans Pra…

Join Your Favorite Librarian to explore colorful options of applying what you know after reading great pieces of literature. From journaling your progress, refining your communication and great collaboration, or ways to reflect-- applying what you know has its benefits. As you evolve, reading will continuously take you to places you may not have im…

Join Your Favorite Librarian for the first episode of her official podcast. Throughout the weeks, explore great pieces of literature, ways to gain greater insight about yourself, apply what you read and explore what you enjoy. This week, Your Favorite Librarian encourages readers to define and explore what they love as the first step to refining yo…

Your fave fangirl besties are back for a special queerantine edition of the QWOCship podcast! Join us as we debrief The Half of It, Alice Wu's first film since Saving Face - and just as sure to be a queer classic. We fell in love with this beautiful story of teen romance, friendship, and self-discovery. As usual, Spoilers ahead so Netflix it first!…

That Season 3 Finale was a Real Glow-up from Season 2. We were stunned, repeatedly, by the events that occurred in the last two episodes. Like WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW they really did that. They gave us all the shipper goodies with yet another QWOC love triangle. We are still REELING! So many build-ups, plot twists, and a well-layered cliffhanger to kee…

Adena El-Amin comes back into Kat's life (and our lives) and she's still as gorgeous as ever. Poor Tia doesn't stand a chance against the power of Kadena! Tune in as we walk through the latest happenings in episodes 7 and 8, as well as try to predict what the last two episodes of the season will have to offer.…

We finally got to watch what this first season of the Charmed reboot has been building up to...and we certainly have lots of feelings about it. We didn't get the Melko ending we were hoping for, but otherwise this series is definitely setting itself apart from the original. Tune in as we recap the last two episodes and give our overall reviews of t…

We thought we knew where things were going with Tia, then we didn't, then we did? Kat has got her work cut out for her, but she's come a long way since meeting Adena. While Amira and Aphrodykee might have different feelings about Kat and Tia's dynamic (do we have a ship name yet?), we are both thrilled to see a black QWOC ship explored on The Bold …

We have 2 episodes to recap this week and they both gave us plenty of Melko content to debrief! Just when we think they're back together, we get another curve ball! Tune in as we go through the ups and downs of these episodes and update our theories about the season finale.

This week's episodes of The Bold Type and Charmed continued to keep our fave QWOCs front and center, but at very different paces. We've got lots of feelings about where Kat is headed in life, but not a lot of information! Who is this new girl she is definitely flirting with? Our girl ain't ready yet! And while Charmed is ramping up for their season…

We have lots of sads thinking about the lesbian bars IRL that couldn't be saved, but we are thrilled to see Kat show up for the community. Our very own babydyke Kat organizes her first ever queer fundraiser, and she's damn good at it!

The third season of The Bold Type kicks off with a flurry of emotions. Kat struggles to come to terms with her breakup, and we can definitely relate! Listen in as we debrief and lament the (hopefully temporary!) loss of Adena and speculate about what the rest of the season has to offer!