This week, we’re joined by powerhouse author and professor Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson to talk about resistance! In the ‘60s, Mabel Williams decided that enough was enough and took up armed defense. This week we’re highlighting this badass civil rights warrior and seeing all the ways protection and violence aren’t uniquely masculine.

Well, we’re finally inching up on Samantha’s nuptials and it’s time to talk MASKulinity and marriage. Sociology Professor LaToya Council joins the pod for the last episode before our nuptial hiatus to help us wade through how Black marriage in the US has evolved. And Remoy walks us through some marriage traditions; for example, why do women wear white on their wedding day? Tune in!

What exactly is patriarchy? Can community help men and masc people unlearn MASKulinity? Jeremy Herte from the Let’s Talk Bruh podcast joins us to unpack it all and we dive deep into what led him to start a podcast focused on Black masculinity.