Red Lips & Eyerolls
Welcome to Red Lips & Eyerolls, where we center Black Women, their stories and lived experiences. In each episode, we will learn how to be better and do better. This podcast offers an opportunity for you to have more self awareness and ways to practice mindfulness. Sit back and enjoy the show!
Episodes
58 episodes since 2019
Episode 58: GRIEVING COLLECTIVELY
In this episode I sit down and chat with Michelle Cassandra Johnson. Michelle is a social justice warrior, author, dismantling racism trainer, empath, yoga teacher and practitioner, and an intuitive healer. With over 20 years of experience lead...
April 26, 2021
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Season 3
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Episode 58
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54:25
Episode 57: JOIN THE MESS MOVEMENT
This week's guest is Kalilah Wright!Kalilah Wright, born in Jamaica W.I., migrated to the United States at the tender age of 4 and was raised in Brooklyn, NY. She is the Founder and CEO of expressive brand Mess in a Bottle. As an accomp...
March 09, 2021
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Season 3
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Episode 57
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23:31
Episode 56: TAKE THE BURDEN OFF OF US with Corinne Rice-Grey Cloud
In this episode I chat with Corinne Rice-Grey Cloud about her life and her passion to educate people on Indigenous culture and the importance of dismantling systems of oppression. Corinne Rice-Grey Cloud is Mohawk and Lakota, and lives ...
February 18, 2021
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Season 3
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Episode 56
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51:24
Episode 55: BLACK LIBERATION AND THE SACRED FEMININE with Dr. Christena Cleveland
In this episode I chat with Dr. Christena Cleveland, we dive into a beautiful conversation about Black liberation and the sacred feminine. We talk about her 400-mile walking pilgrimage across central France in search of ancient Black Madonna st...
February 01, 2021
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Season 3
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Episode 55
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1:00:34
Episode 54: UNAPOLOGETIC RESET
This week's guest Rachel Gilliam chats with us about her amazing work and her online reset that is led by Black women for all women. Rachel Symone Gilliam runs an online platform centered around owning her grief and encouraging oth...
January 15, 2021
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Season 3
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Episode 54
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52:15
Episode 53: BOUNDARY WORK THOUGH THE LENS OF ANTI-OPPRESSION
This week's guest McKensie Mack chats with us about how they are impacting the world toward radical transformation. McKensie Mack is a trilingual anti-oppression consultant, facilitator, educator, researcher, and the Founder of McK...
November 10, 2020
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Season 2
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Episode 53
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50:08
Episode 52: HISTORY HAPPENS IN FULL COLOR
Excited to have Blair Imani on the show! Blair is a critically-acclaimed historian, outspoken advocate and activist, and dynamic public speaker. The author of two historical books: Modern HERstory: Stories of Women and Nonbinary Pe...
October 20, 2020
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Season 2
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Episode 52
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36:20
Episode 51: ANTI-RACISM: A STATE OF BEING
Louiza "Weeze" Doran is our guest on this week's episode. Weeze is a coach, advocate, podcast host, agent of change, strategist, and educator. She holds a BA in Sociology from Berkeley (Class of 2008!), having parents that were born into Coloni...
September 22, 2020
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Season 2
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Episode 51
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1:06:13
Episode 50: SPECIAL TALK WITH THE GIRLS
This is our 50th episode! I invited my daughters Bria and Brenna to sit down with me and chat about their lives and what's been going on with them the last five months. We also talk about how we are all navigating the uncertainty of our current...
August 25, 2020
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1:08:42
Episode 49: EMBRACING YOUR EVOLUTION
This week we sit down with Christine Platt, aka the Afrominimalist. Christine is a Storyteller, Advocate, and Managing Director of the Antiracism Research and Policy Center at American University in Washington, DC. In our convo, we chat about h...
August 09, 2020
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Season 2
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Episode 49
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58:28
Episode 48: INTERNAL EXCAVATING with Monique Melton
I sat down with the lovely Monique Melton for a great conversation about her work and how her own internal excavating was a crucial part of her stepping out to do what she feels called to do. We also discuss the imperative work of ...
July 27, 2020
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Season 2
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Episode 48
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36:06
Episode 47: IS IT OBVIOUS? with Rebekah Borucki
In this episode, I sat down with Rebekah Borucki and chatted about her book series for little readers and her mission to get mental health resources to children. We also discuss why she uses her voice and platform to speak to racism, the crucia...
July 12, 2020
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Season 2
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Episode 47
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37:38
Episode 46: BLACK GIRL SUNSCREEN with Founder Shontay Lundy
On this week's show we hang out with Shontay Lundy. Shontay is the Creator and Founder of Black Girl Sunscreen, a revolutionary brand that bridges the gap of sun care protection in the Black community. In this episode, we explore Shontay's jour...
June 29, 2020
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Season 2
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Episode 46
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59:35
Episode 45: IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME with Arlan Hamilton
In this episode we chat with Arlan Hamilton about her newly released book "It's About Damn Time". Arlan is an unapologetic Gay Black Woman that built a venture capital fund from the ground up, while homeless. She has invested in more t...
June 15, 2020
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Season 2
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Episode 45
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29:41
Episode 44: YOU'RE LATE with Rachel Ricketts
In my chat with Rachel Ricketts we discuss the imperative work of anti-racsim and how if you are not practicing anti-racism or just getting started glad you're here, but you're late. Because so many are late we need all hands on deck now. Let's...
June 02, 2020
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Season 2
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Episode 44
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38:51
Episode 43: CHAT WITH CAMILLE DUNDAS Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief of ByBlacks.com
I sat down with Camille Dundas for a chat about her work, mission, passion, and online magazine ByBlacks.com ranked #1 Black online magazine in Canada.Camille shares her story and drops some wisdom on how our efforts for equity for wome...
May 18, 2020
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Season 2
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Episode 43
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32:24
Episode 42: MY WHY
In this episode I share my "WHY", my mission and purpose for this podcast and why is taking a shift.
May 03, 2020
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Season 2
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Episode 42
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42:31
Episode 41: BECOMING A GOOD ANCESTOR WITH LAYLA F. SAAD
Layla F. Saad, New York Times best selling author is on our show this week to discuss her book Me and White Supremacy. I invite you to listen as she shares the importance of dismantling systems of oppression and what it looks like to be a good ...
April 19, 2020
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Season 2
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Episode 41
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1:12:31
Episode 40: CULTIVATING CULTURES OF BELONGING
In this episode I sit down with my friend Megan Gilmore for a chat about how she is cultivating cultures of belonging in places and spaces that she shows up in. We talk about how she's had to begin dismantling white supremacy in her own life an...
April 06, 2020
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Season 2
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Episode 40
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53:29
Episode 39: GROUNDEDNESS
In this episode I give you some tools and techniques I use to keep me grounded. In this time of uncertainty I wanted to share how you too can experience groundedness. Stay safe and may you access your peace!
March 23, 2020
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Season 2
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Episode 39
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42:33
Episode 38: LACK vs. ABUNDANCE
In this episode I chat about my challenge between having a lack and scarcity mindset/perspective verses having an abundant mindset/perspective. I have struggled for as long as I can remember with my default perspective being lack and scar...
March 09, 2020
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Season 2
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Episode 38
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38:26
Episode 37: THE END OF THE YEAR
As 2019 comes to a close I discuss the importance of giving yourself some love, grace and kindness. I hope you have a lovely close to this year and that you celebrate the unfolding of who you are now.
December 31, 2019
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16:17
Episode 36: ONE BADASS WOMAN
In this episode I have a convo with my brow lady who happens to also own a pizza joint with her two sons. This convo with Que Alexander has me inspired! Take a listen to hear an honest convo about life, femalepreneurship, being a mom, the impor...
November 14, 2019
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36:12
Episode 35: CULTIVATING A CULTURE OF BELONGING
In this episode I discuss a recent speaking opportunity and my challenges with preparing my message. I also share how we all need to play a role in cultivating a culture of belonging for the marginalized in our society which I am a part of.&nbs...
November 07, 2019
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42:00