Black & Yellow

Young African American girls are viewed as older than they are at a young age, and the effects can drastically alter the course of their lives. In this episode, Alana & Jackie get to the bottom of this aging up phenomenon.Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Are you bad & boujee? What about bourgie & unbothered? Or maybe you’re proudly, shamelessly bougie? Whatever category of bougie you back, we are talking about it today on this week’s episode. Why are Alana & Jacklyn doing this episode? Because they were feeling bougie! Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

When you are a woman of color, body hair is more than biology. It’s political! The choice to keep it or cut is impacts the way that society views us & our hygiene levels. While we are in the throws of the No- Shaving Feminist movement, that choice is easier to make for some than for others. In this episode, Jack & Lanz examine the political and social connotations that come with being a hairy or hairless woman of color.Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Does your family drive you crazy? No sweat! In Japan you can rent one! Need a temporary significant other for a large event where being coupled up is easier than explaining your single status? That can be rented too! Need a friend but all of yours are busy? There’s a service to help you rent one. Want to know what’s up with renting actors in Japan to play loved ones? Check out our latest episode!Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Happy 4/20 to One & All! This National Holiday got Jack & Alana thinking about how attitudes toward marijuana are shifting among Asian Americans (and Asian Canadians)! In this episode, the ladies talk about the changing attitudes and generational divide between Asians & weed, as well as some exciting new changes occurring in those communities on the cannabis front. Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The African American community has a slut shaming problem, but the vernacular used is not the norm. Black girls bodies are constantly policed, but the sting and stigma of being labeled based on assumed sexual promiscuity from members of your own community can have particularly damaging effects. In this episode, Alana & Jacklyn delve into a specific and historically based form of slut-shaming.Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We’ve all been there. You have a great dinner with friends or family at a killer restaurant. Great vibes all around, but then the check comes. Suddenly, the mood changes from affectionate to awkward. In this episode, we explore check paying tradition in the Asian Culture. If you’re like Alana and have wondered “why do Asian Americans fight over the check when it comes to the table?,” Jackie has an answer for you.Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Asian Americans often face an identity crisis while living in the United States. They are often faced with the tricky balance of preserving traditions, languages, and beliefs of their culture while being pressured to adapt to American customs and traditions. In this episode, J & A talk about this identity crisis in depth.Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Some dismiss it as a fad while others are in the grips of it. Burnout is becoming a buzzword for culture writers, and is the subject of an article written by Buzzfeed’s Anne Helen Petersen. The article is a great read (and there’s a link to it below), but fails to address what life is like when being a millennial, being burned out,and being a minority collide. In this ep, we share our thoughts on what the article gets right and fails to acknowledge about Burnout while Black or Asian.https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/annehelenpetersen/millennials-burnout-generation-debt-workhttps://www.google.com/amp/s/www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/tianaclarkpoet/millennial-burnout-black-women-self-care-anxiety-depressionFind us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Oscars have come and gone, but Hollywood’s fascination with racial reconciliation films is still alive and well. In this episode, Alana & Jackie delve into the transactional, feel-good friendship movie trope that appear to offer a “solution” to overcoming racism. Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Black History Month is slowly coming to an end, but not without one last featured feminist! In our final installment of badass African American feminists past, present, and future we are talking about a seriously fierce individual who is taking the fashion world by storm. She is raising the visibility profile for disabled bodies in the modeling world, calling out ableism, fighting for more trans models in high fashion, and giving zero fucks what her haters have to say. This chick is a serious powerhouse! Check it out!Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

FACT: The next African American Feminist we are talking about has neither confirmed or denied that she’s a feminist. However, she walks the intersectional Feminist walk, and talks (or shall I say raps) the feminist talk! She is a musical artist who was way ahead of her time, and is STILL serving us songs that spank today! J & A couldn’t wait to feature this criminally under-appreciated artist on the show. Finally, that time has come!Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In honor of Black History Month, Alana & Jackie will be spotlighting three African American feminists who have made great strides in the fight for female equality. First up is the woman who quite literally changed the way we talk about race & gender. She coined a phrase that provides a prism for understanding when conversations combining gender and race occur. Her work is especially noteworthy because it breaks out of the confines of African American studies, and is applicable to most other genders and marginalized groups. Who is this wonderful woman? You’ve got to tune in for that answer!Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Surviving R. Kelly (you know, the 6 episode Lifetime miniseries detailing the singer’s heinous sexual crimes against teenage Black girls) has left the world with many questions. Perhaps the most painful and most challenging to answer is do the lives of young Black girls and women matter? In this episode, Alana and Jack attempt to answer this very question.Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ah, marriage. It’s an institution that people are desperate to get into, dying to get out of, or don’t value at all. For Asian women, marriage is a must! In this episode, J & A talk about why marrying young is common for Asian women.Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The art and skill of haggling is foreign to Alana, but very familiar to Jackie. Off mic, they have had spirited debates about the bargaining technique. This time, they decided to babble about bartering on mic. The conversation may surprise you...Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Whether you grew up getting a whupping, getting the switch, or getting spanked, corporal punishment is a common method that minorities use to discipline their children. In the Black community, it’s so common that it’s joked about. In the Asian community, it’s so common that there are no laws in place against stopping spanking in Asian countries. In this episode, Alana & Jacklyn discuss the gritty details of this particular form of “tough love.”Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Drying out for the month of January is a trend occurring in the United States. If you’re participating in Dryuary, then you’re probably feeling great. If you’re not, odds are you probably know someone that is, and are really irritated hearing them talk about it (We Understand). In this episode, Alana & Jack talk about where this trend came from, what the benefits are, and how to handle those that preach to you about why not drinking for a month is some kind of accomplishment.Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Asian women are being viciously attacked online for their choice to marry non-Asian men. By who? Asian Men! In this episode, Jack & Alana take a closer look at this form of online bullying targeting Asian women.Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Christmas is a few days away, and Kwanzaa starts the day after. Alana celebrates both and Jack celebrates neither. In this episode, J & A answer burning questions like: what do Asians do on Christmas? and is Kwanzaa the Black version of Hanukkah?Find us on Instagram: @blackandyellowpodcastAlana J. Webster: @renegadeoffunJacklyn Chung Young: @jacklynchungyoung See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.