Yamaneika has questions: Why can’t Chloe Bailey play Storm? Why can’t a mom finish a marathon without being called a bad mother? And how do you throw a Dominican party with no Cardi B? This week, Yamaneika gets into beauty, aging, Blackness, anti-Blackness, and the exhausting expectation that Black people make everybody else comfortable before "Listener Letters" tackles friendship boundaries and whether anal is a vacation activity or a recurring subscription. Somehow, Popeyes biscuits get involved.
00:00 Yamaneika has a dating update
06:49 Should Chloe Bailey play Storm?
09:55 Usher, Shania Twain & the pressure to age perfectly
15:30 Why moms lose even when they win
19:27 The Big Problem: Blackness, Dominicans & belonging
24:20 Why wasn’t Cardi B played at the Dominican party?
29:53 A white woman says the N-word at Yamaneika’s show
35:33 Who gets to be uncomfortable about racism?
39:30 Listener Letters
39:54 Is anal a “vacation special”?
42:49 Do friends owe each other updates?
45:54 See you next week
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