Stush an’ Bush

Khadieme and Robert nuh have no shame. Well, practicing not to anyway. Robert and Khadieme have a vulnerable conversation on shame and resilience. Kadeem and Robert break down their desire to be soft and begin to assess what resilience is for some of us.  Something fi nyam: A tweet by @zandashe "I dream of never being called resilient again in my life.   I’m exhausted by strength. I want support. I want softness. I want ease. I want to be amongst kin. Not patted on the back for how well I take a hit. Or for how many."

It's holy week, we are reminiscing on fasting and riding with King Jesus, and we are getting into the mess of DL discourse. Robert talks about his time on clubhouse which prompted the long-awaited conversation on downlow men. Khadieme and Robert take on, put up and put down a politic that expands the definition of DL beyond media, discusses how we can hold a care politic in accountability for harm, and examines how we shift language to make room for some nuance. We put up, we put down, we look, we examine the messiness that is the downlow. 

are you paying attention to the sensations in your body? join robert and khadieme as they discuss discovering their blackness, the influence of Caribbean identity, and a regularly scheduled inquiry into ADOS.

We reach again! Season 4 is here chile. this episode starts with [insert messy comment] and ends on [insert sweet note]. Robert says the first episode of the season sets the tone and khadieme says it's a season of vulnerability. stick around to see which one it is? Stacey-Ann Chin's performance of "Not my President"

sorrel wars are done, but robert wants to start the black cake battles. tune in as khadieme and robert give caribbean men in wigs a long overdue reading, reflect on being home during the holidays, and look ahead to 2021.  big big announcement: join our queer caribbean whatsapp group chat: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KOzrZ6nc7TXLqBCVwovR4U Sup'm Fi Nyam material: Out and Bad by Nadia Ellis  Content warning: mentions of domestic violence at 47:00 NYC 24-Hour Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-621-HOPE.

tabloids, transitions, thanksgiving. get into the mix up as Robert and Khadieme sits in their intimate space to discuss the elections, undertaking the journey of uncaging themselves, and the intensity they're both creating on this year's thanksgiving. Robert has a surprise giveaway, and Khadieme encourages folks who want access to food to reach out to them.

A dose of loving-kindness, a hookup for roast breadfruit, and some tips n’ tricks to get you through this week’s episode of a Global Pandemic: Election Edition. Tune in to hear Khadieme and Robert look back to 2016 to forecast an end for the 2020 elections, sing praises to the McBride sisters (again!), and discover the space between the mattress & the box spring.

Robert gets a new micrphone and Khadieme mishaps on "maricones," but more than that, more mix up on latinidad, story telling and some oral historian work. join us as we speak with cultural anthropology PhD student and oral historian Andrew Viñales on intimacy, learning from our elders as we become them, and "the look."   "Varones in the Archive: A Queer Oral History Analysis with Two Black Puerto Rican Gay Men" by Andrew Viñales https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_K8VdT8FagI1f9yvk-85jKd6eK-iYPxP/view?usp=sharing 

Black people just need likkle space fi rest wi front. join us as we discuss giving ourselves grace, growing up in the darkness and moremix up with activist, organizer and Afro-Caribbean goodaz gyal Nala Simone Toussaint.  To learn more about Nala's work, visit https://nalatoussaint.com/

it’s the fires in California for me... it’s the mass hysterectomies in ICE concentration camps for me ... the united states continues to be trash! the call for a bonded, ethical solidarity is ever clear. what is the caribbean connection? what are we going to do about it?

triple threat: labour day, queer caribbeans of nyc day, and the stush an' bush season 3 premiere! we're starting this episode with official carnival business, a ghetto ass recap of miss rona's activities, and essential parkway hits.

in our season finale, we discuss what queeribbean means and how we choose approach it. contributing to the production, consumption and patronage of queer and caribbean life, Jewel the Gem, Ryan Persadie AKA Tifa Wine join us fi di likkle mash up and blend blend. drag dreams and liberated bodies--we ah bless di pickney dem with content to last you until season three Essay Cited: Whose Caribbean?*: An Allegory, in Part by Thomas Glave https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z9p_gWmvo4hEyOrjuBe5CT0F7r4BnH0I/view?usp=sharing

this episode we learn what effluvia means, have a one-sided argument about american descendants of slaves, and lambast the black immigrant populous. join us while we attempt to stay in our lanes, all while we ah race an' trace up di people dem.

we all have been touched by the presence of obeah in Caribbean history. join us in the likkle quarantine times while we work through obeah and other powers covering spiritual fidelity, law and all else under the mystical sun with Miami University PhD student, Jovanté Anderson. CW/TW: Mention of suicidality: 2:11:45-2:13:15 Citations:  Children of the Spirits, in Queering Creole Spiritual Traditions; Zora Neale Hurston’s, Tell My Horse; Queering Black Atlantic Religions: Transcorporealiety in Candomble, Santeria, and Vodou; An (Un) Natural Mystic in the Air: Images of Obeah in Caribbean Song by Kenneth Bilby; Obeah & Other Powers; edited by Diana Paton & Maarit Forde; Ephesians 6:12; http://www.advocate.com/current-issue/2016/10/31/why-queer-haitians-are-turning-vodou

This week, Khadieme and Robert take a look at a transnational work of literature that combines a host of characters that love pure mix up and blend blend, and a plot with a queer twist. of course, we’re talking about none other than Nicole Dennis-Benn's novel, Patsy.  Special Bonus: Stush an' Bush will giveaway a paperback version of Patsy, which Is releasing this May 2020! Share a clip and tag us your Instagram story for a chance to win the paperback version of Patsy! CW/TW: Sexual assault 1:05:00-1:10:00

Mix up and blend blen with a queer Garifuna twist. Join Khadieme, Robert, and their first guest host, JahLove Serrano as they discuss everything from spirituality to HIV, to value and self-worth. You can read more about JahLove's story through his recently published, three-part piece on H-I-V.net https://h-i-v.net/community/community-advocates/jahlove-serrano/

serving up the cure to bruck-buddyitis in episode 2 where Khadieme and Robert dive into the politics of manhood, verbal castration, and belonging. ...and before you say anything about the audio delay,  kibba yuh mout, we ah do we best since Duty Gyal Rona kick we outta di studio. Put the stush way, before you utter a word or submit a complaint re: audio quality, please refrain from doing so. COVID-19 has halted our ability to provide the usual audio quality. 

Yes, we reach. Stush an’ Bush is coming to you right from the verandah and the stoop with this one. We’re starting season few, episode 1 with nothing but likkle mix up and blend blend with di queer twist. Khadieme and Robert chat bout gossip, season "few" and ms. rona.

join us for the season finale, full of big bttm energy, Stush Gyal Bush Gyal Awards, and a look back at our first season

The Sorrel Wars are upon us and your countries are NOT safe as Robert and Khadieme recount christmas in the diaspora and caribbean.

Ayiti, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico —what do they all have in common? Find out as Khadieme and Robert talk queer sex and navigation. this is your call to action.  all donations to stush an' bush will go a caribbean-based lgbt organization.  venmo: @queeribbean cashapp: @queeribbean additionally, here are just a few organizations in the caribbean you can support: TranswaveJA, Kouraj, B-G.L.A.D, Trans Siempre Amigas, Centro Comunitario LGBTT de Puerto Rico

today, school is in session. chancellor stush an’ headmistress bush provide a good up good up translation of patois.  an' remember, applications are now open for the 2020 Goodie Pageant.  citation: ‘Creolité and the Process of Creolization’, by Stuart Hall in Creolizing Europe: Legacies and Transformations.

Khadieme, the gyalis and Robert, the Reverend recount their ever shifting relationship with queerness and the continual struggle with the journey to being out

did you lose your caribbean diaspora card or was it stolen? khadieme and robert fight over mangoes and homophobic culture. content warning: Genesis 19 and Judges 19  | discussion of sexual violence comes up from 1:07:00 to 1:10:51

it's out. first episode with some caribbean proverbs, superstitions, argument, mix up and blend blend. one might call it, intergenerational tea, if you will.