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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

2.

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/

3.

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

4.

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

5.

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

6.

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

7.

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

8.

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

9.

Ayishat Akanbe. UK by way of Nigeria. Queen of the devastating one-liner.

Twitter (90K followers): https://twitter.com/ayishat_akanbi/

Forthcoming book: π˜›π˜©π˜¦ 𝘈𝘸𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯π˜ͺ𝘯𝘨: 𝘊𝘭𝘒𝘳π˜ͺ𝘡𝘺, 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘡𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘒𝘯π˜₯ 𝘐π˜₯𝘦𝘯𝘡π˜ͺ𝘡𝘺 π˜ͺ𝘯 𝘡𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘣 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘒𝘰𝘴:

https://twitter.com/FreeBlckThought/status/1483864331859070976

10.

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

11.

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!

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