Lil Nas X is the Moment
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09/23/21 • 59 min
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Shout out to the FANTI fam. You all ask us the best questions, including this week’s: When it comes to job hunting with personal ethics and values in mind, should I continue to hold out and work for companies truly committed to dismantling white supremacy and patriarchy even if it means struggling to make ends meet?
DIS/Honorable Mentions
HM: Disney Plus releases Sparkshorts Twenty Something directed by Pixar’s rising animator Aphton Corbin.
HM: Director Zach Parrish releases the romantic animated short Us Again about an elder interracial couple dancing back into the days of their youth.
HM: Getting into convo with bikers, host Christopher Stricklen talks racial justice on the soon-to-release episode of his podcast We Got to Hangout.
HM: CBS’ Big Brother will have its first Black winner thanks to Tiffany Mitchell (and The Cookout Alliance).
HM: Megan Rohrer has become the first transgender bishop for the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
DM: Nicki Minaj’s vaccine tweets inspired the Barbz to get loud and unabashedly ignorant in these streets.
Black History Is Happening Everyday
Michaela Coel is the first Black woman to win an Emmy for writing I May Destroy You, one of the best limited series of the last decade, and she slayed her Emmy moment with a relatable and much-needed speech for 2021.
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FANTI is produced and distributed by MaximumFun.org
Laura Swisher is senior producer and Lorraine Wheat is producer.
Music: Cor.ece
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Listener Feedback
Shout out to the FANTI fam. You all ask us the best questions, including this week’s: When it comes to job hunting with personal ethics and values in mind, should I continue to hold out and work for companies truly committed to dismantling white supremacy and patriarchy even if it means struggling to make ends meet?
DIS/Honorable Mentions
HM: Disney Plus releases Sparkshorts Twenty Something directed by Pixar’s rising animator Aphton Corbin.
HM: Director Zach Parrish releases the romantic animated short Us Again about an elder interracial couple dancing back into the days of their youth.
HM: Getting into convo with bikers, host Christopher Stricklen talks racial justice on the soon-to-release episode of his podcast We Got to Hangout.
HM: CBS’ Big Brother will have its first Black winner thanks to Tiffany Mitchell (and The Cookout Alliance).
HM: Megan Rohrer has become the first transgender bishop for the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
DM: Nicki Minaj’s vaccine tweets inspired the Barbz to get loud and unabashedly ignorant in these streets.
Black History Is Happening Everyday
Michaela Coel is the first Black woman to win an Emmy for writing I May Destroy You, one of the best limited series of the last decade, and she slayed her Emmy moment with a relatable and much-needed speech for 2021.
Our Sponsors This Week
Visit Brooklinen.com and enter promo code fanti for $20 off with a minimum purchase of $100.
FANTI listeners get 10% off their first month at Betterhelp.com/FANTI.
Go ahead and @ us
Email: [email protected]
IG
@rayzon (Tre’Vell)
@Swish (Senior Producer Laura Swisher)
@Rainewheat (Producer Lorraine Wheat)
FANTI is produced and distributed by MaximumFun.org
Laura Swisher is senior producer and Lorraine Wheat is producer.
Music: Cor.ece
In this episode...
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Previous Episode
Trailblazer Fatigue
Although we love celebrating anytime a Black individual breaks barriers to become the first in an industry, we have to ask, is there blowback to being the first? This week Tre’vell and Jarrett dissect the significance of being the first Black this, that, and the other before they share their personal “first” experiences that relate to being a Black and Queer individual climbing up the ranks in entertainment journalism.
Pass the Popcorn
*Spoiler Alert Warning*
In this week’s PTP, Jarrett REALLY wants to talk about a show both he and Tre’vell saw: Netflix’s Clickbait. This thriller sees Nick Brewer (Adrian Grenier) kidnapped only to have his wife, Sophie (Betty Gabriel), and family sent on a wild manhunt to save him. If you haven’t seen the series yet and want to avoid any spoilers, skip ahead to 10:19. And if you’ve seen the show, please @Jarrett, especially if you figured out the ending before watching the final episode. Warning: Jarrett will think you’re lying.
DIS/Honorable Mentions
HM: Actor Michael K. Williams (Lovecraft Country, When They See Us) died on Sept. 6 at age 54.
HM: Janet Jackson stars in a new Lifetime biopic titled, Janet.
HM: Fawzia Mirza directed the queer Muslim rom com The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night that screened at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival.
Black History Is Happening Everyday
This week, Jarrett gives a shout out to his good friend, Chef Seth Brundle, who held his pop-up restaurant for The SZNG on Sept. 6th.
Our Sponsors This Week
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@Rainewheat (Producer Lorraine Wheat)
Next Episode
Dear Old Nicki, WTF (ft. Gerrick Kennedy)
The time has finally come to give the FANTI treatment to the one and only Nicki Minaj. And to do this conversation justice, Jarrett and Tre'Vell invited the fearless music journalist and friend of the show Gerrick Kennedy. His piece Nicki The Menace details the many reasons this icon is so...complicado. Will Nicki sic The Barbz on us for noting her history of making demonstrably false claims? Probably. Plus, we'll talk about the disturbing lengths Minaj and her sex offender husband Kenneth Petty have gone to keep sexual assault victim Jennifer Hough silent. This conversation is so spicy, we ditched an entire segment to give it more time. It good, y'all.
Episode Notes:
Mentioned in the episode
Gerrick Kennedy’s piece Nicki The Menace
How to PRE ORDER Gerrick’s new book Didn’t We Almost Have It All: In Defense of Whitney Houston
Jennifer Hough’s interview on The Real
Slay TV’s web series For the Boys
DIS/Honorable Mentions
HM: Ana Navarro reeeeads Donald Trump, Jr. on The View after he uses false COVID claims to attack her weight.
HM: Listener DM’s Jarrett Shad’s new track Black Averageness from his album Tao.
HM Jasmine Crowe tweeted about her new app that will allow Title One school families to order groceries that their children can pick up before heading home.
HM: SLAY TV’s For the Boys is a web series following three Queer, Black BFFs trying to find love in NYC.
HM: Slayvell Anderson is named one of the five outside journalists to join the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s credentials committee.
HM: Finally, R. Kelly is found guilty.
Go ahead and @ us
Email: [email protected]
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@rayzon (Tre’Vell)
@Swish (Senior Producer Laura Swisher)
@Rainewheat (Producer Lorraine Wheat)
FANTI is produced and distributed by MaximumFun.org
Laura Swisher is senior producer and Lorraine Wheat is producer.
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