Heterodox black women: Off the top of my head, here are 11 *brilliant*, politically unclassifiable black women putting out scintillating, provocative content.
These and other women are out there, many are wildly popular, and if you boosted them from your big platforms, they would conquer the world and we could be done with wokeness within a year!
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Brittany Talissa King. A former BLM organizer who had a come-to-Jesus moment and embraced heterodoxy. If you read nothing else by her, read her essay "Free Black Thought":
Kimi Katiti, Boston-born, raised in Uganda and South Africa, seduced by CRT in college in America, fought her way through it, and lived to tell the tale. Amazing graphic artist. Read her healing story at the Journal of Free Black Thought:
Maye Muses. YouTubing out of LA: Nimble-minded, sarcasm-drenched commentary on the issues of the day from a deeply heterodox, ideologically unclassifiable position.
Josephine Mathias. Canadian. Started out as a college student who saw right through the bullsh*t she was being taught and decided to tell the world about it. On a bit of a hiatus, but watch these spaces:
Heterodox black women: Off the top of my head, here are 11 *brilliant*, politically unclassifiable black women putting out scintillating, provocative content.
These and other women are out there, many are wildly popular, and if you boosted them from your big platforms, they would conquer the world and we could be done with wokeness within a year!
1.
Brittany Talissa King. A former BLM organizer who had a come-to-Jesus moment and embraced heterodoxy. If you read nothing else by her, read her essay "Free Black Thought":
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/dubois-washington-black-lives-matter
Her vital podcast, American Shade, which has featured Coleman Hughes and numerous other heavy hitters (24K subscribers): https://www.youtube.com/c/AmericanShadewithBrittanyKing/
Her website: https://www.brittanyking.com/
Her Twitter: https://twitter.com/KingTalissa
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Kimi Katiti, Boston-born, raised in Uganda and South Africa, seduced by CRT in college in America, fought her way through it, and lived to tell the tale. Amazing graphic artist. Read her healing story at the Journal of Free Black Thought:
https://freeblackthought.substack.com/p/we-love-lived-experienceuntil-it
YouTube channel (42K subscribers): https://www.youtube.com/user/Nyonyozimusic
Website: https://www.kimikatiti.com/
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Sheena Mason. Asst. Prof. of English in the CUNY system and founder of uncompromisingly heterodox "Theory of Racelessness."
YouTube (10K subscribers): https://www.youtube.com/c/QueenShe
Website: https://www.theoryofracelessness.org/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SheenaMasonPhD
Article: https://freeblackthought.substack.com/p/theory-of-racelessness-a-case-for
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Gothix (aka Vanessa). A "problematic" free thinker from Rhode Island who takes no prisoners and spares no holy cows.
YouTube (235K subscribers): https://www.youtube.com/c/GothixTV/featured
Website: https://gothix.tv/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gothixtv
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Savvy (Savannah Edwards). Out of NOLA: Not only heterodox but FEROCIOUSLY funny producer of unflinchingly heterodox videos and podcasts.
TikTok (837K followers): https://www.tiktok.com/@thisissavvy
All her links: https://linktr.ee/thisissavvy
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Maye Muses. YouTubing out of LA: Nimble-minded, sarcasm-drenched commentary on the issues of the day from a deeply heterodox, ideologically unclassifiable position.
YouTube (9K): https://www.youtube.com/c/MayeMuses/videos
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Maye_Muses
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Josephine Mathias. Canadian. Started out as a college student who saw right through the bullsh*t she was being taught and decided to tell the world about it. On a bit of a hiatus, but watch these spaces:
YouTube (95K subscribers): https://www.youtube.com/c/MyNameIsJosephine
Twitter (17K followers): https://twitter.com/nameisjosephine
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Africa Brooke. UK by way of Tanzania, she wrote a SEARING open letter about leaving the cult of wokeness: https://ckarchive.com/b/d0ueh0h67mpd
Instagram (183K followers): https://www.instagram.com/africabrooke/
Website: https://africabrooke.com/
Two podcasts:
Unfiltered: https://unfilteredwithafrica.buzzsprout.com/
Beyond the Self: https://www.stitcher.com/show/beyond-the-self-with-africa-brooke
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Ayishat Akanbe. UK by way of Nigeria. Queen of the devastating one-liner.
Twitter (90K followers): https://twitter.com/ayishat_akanbi/
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https://twitter.com/FreeBlckThought/status/1483864331859070976
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Ada Akpala. UK by way of Nigeria. One of the most independent thinkers on the scene.
YouTube channel, "A Different Voice Initiative": https://www.youtube.com/c/DifferentVoiceInitiative/
Read her story: https://freeblackthought.substack.com/p/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-black-girl
All her links: https://linktr.ee/differentvoice
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ada_akpala
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Inaya Folarin Iman. UK by way of Nigeria. Founder of the important Equiano Project, which produces writing, events, videos, interviews, etc.
Website: https://www.theequianoproject.com/
Twitter (50K followers): https://twitter.com/InayaFolarin
Give these ladies a listen and keep up the phenomenal work!