The Girlfriend Kit: Ask A Colored Girl

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The Colored Girls Museum is proud to announce the pilot season of our new podcast, The Girlfriend Kit: Ask A Colored Girl, hosted by DaSaint and Vashti Du Bois. Our featured girlfriends for the pilot season include Page Turner, Cassandra Bolding of BlackLotus, Gordita Libre, Rev. Leslie D. Callahan, Pastor of St. Paul’s Baptist Church, Elizabeth Wellington, Queenphierce, Jeannine Cooke of Harrietts Bookshop, and Starfire. Show topics cover everyday girlfriend triumphs and tribulations from girlhood to womanhood.

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EP. 6 The Girlfriend Kit: Ask A Colored Girl - Grief and Certified Girlfriends

Jun 09 2023 63 mins

"I wish I could give All I'm longin' to give I wish I could live Like I'm longin' to live' - Nina SimoneThe season finale of The Girlfriend Kit: Ask A Colored Girl delves into the notions of grief and its impact on black girls and black women. Vashti and DaSaint are joined by Reverend Dr. Leslie D. Callahan and get personal as only girlfriends can do to dive into this powerful subj

Ep.5 The Girlfriend Kit: Ask A Colored Girl - Little House on the Prairie

May 26 2023 51 mins

"Your light fills the darkest roomAnd I can see the miracle that keeps us from falling" - SadeAre you a leader in your family? Can you lead while maintaining a family? Vashti and DaSaint investigate the push and the pull of it all with girlfriend guest Elizabeth Wellington. Elizabeth Wellington is an Emmy award winning journalist and 20-year veteran in the news business. She writes

Ep. 4 The Girlfriend Kit: Ask A Colored Girl - Wine, Coloring Books and Crayons

May 12 2023 44 mins

"Please don't call me on my bluffPay me what you owe me" - RihannaHow do black women in leadership find love, self care and purpose in the midst of doing the work? How can we receive our orchard? Vashti and DaSaint dive deep in with girlfriend guest Jeannine Cook founder of Harriett's Bookshop and Ida's Bookshop. Harriett’s Bookshop, which opened in Fishtown in 2020, and Ida’s

Ep.3 The Girlfriend Kit: Ask A Colored Girl - Cozy with who I am

Apr 28 2023 38 mins

“Comfortable in my skinCozy with who I am” - BeyonceThis episode digs into girlhood and colored girl bodies. Co hosts DaSaint and Vashti Dubois welcome Gordita Libre and they investigate their relationship to their body on life’s journey. Gordita Libre is a writer, specifically in love with poetry and poetic prose, a Spanish teacher, a lover of art and music and a woman commi

Ep.2 The Girlfriend Kit:Ask A Colored Girl - The Woman King

Apr 14 2023 34 mins

“This will be an everlasting love This will be the one I've waited for” - Natalie ColeHow do we “reparent” the little girls that are carried inside? Vashti Dubois and DaSaint dive in with Cassandra Bolding founder of Black Lotus Holistic Health Collective to chat about healing, boundary setting and “The Woman King”. Cassandra is a global thought leader on implementing c

Ep.1 The Girlfriend Kit:Ask A Colored Girl - I Got All My Sisters With Me

Mar 31 2023 39 mins

“We are family, I got all my sisters with me” - Sister SledgeCan your sister be your best girlfriend? DaSaint and Vashti Dubois kick off the season by exploring what makes a good girlfriend. They are joined by Page Turner, who drops many mics and jewels. See what gets put into the kit this week. Tune in!We are your official “girlfriends”, in a kit, “because every colored