Welcome to Folx Like Us a ratchet and refined podcast about being Black, Gay, and living within the intersections in the South.

I’m Kia, and I’m Adah, you’re you… and together, we make up Folx Like Us!

Thanks for tuning in and supporting me. We appreciate the positivity, so we definitely want to start off on a positive note, with a little segment we like to call, “That’s Dope.”

So… What’s Dope?  

• Janelle Monàe Waterslide including trans masculine person and artist Cat Jones(he/him) https://www.instagram.com/p/CugpPqftvvG/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

• Body positivity for mothas & women “strong enough to bare the children  & get back to business” 

• Rihanna pregnancy lingerie post https://www.instagram.com/p/CuiSbdyPzYl/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

• KeKe “Keep a Check” Palmer (cover of The Cut, Big Boss album:film-paid)https://www.instagram.com/p/CuVoiM5r_iF/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

• Brat has a baby!!!

Thursday (July 6), the two ladies welcomed their new son, Da Brat’s first child, in Atlanta. Weighing in at 7 lbs, 8 ounces and measuring 20 inches long, True Legend Harris-Dupart was born. The couple used IVF (In vitro fertilization) to conceive with an egg as her wife had health complications that disallowed her to carry the pregnancy. Their son’s birth also came after Harris-Dupart experienced a miscarriage.

Ratchet recap (Current Events)

Sports

• Gabby Thomas won the women’s 200m championship (21.60 meeting record & fastest 2023 time) USA Track and Field Championships 2023: Gabby Thomas sets 200m world lead to grab title ahead of Sha'Carri Richardson

• Sha’Carri Richardson (snatching wigs literally and figuratively) ran the fastest women’s 100m time of the year at the US Championship (10.71 seconds) and won the 100m heading to World Championship: https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/07/sport/shacarri-richardson-100m-heats-us-championships-spt-intl/index.html

• Christopher Eubanks (Westlake HS & Ga Tech grad) https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chris-eubanks-wimbledon-beats-stefanos-tsitsipas-quarter-finals/

• Elon on Mark https://www.instagram.com/p/CugDrHFLobl/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

•  Affirmative action  https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4084026-attention-turns-to-legacy-admissions-after-affirmative-action-ruling/  and Military Academies Can Still Use Affirmative Action, For Now | Time

• BlueFace asks son if he’s gay -bringing strippers into his home with his 6-year-old son present -- and then questioning his child's sexuality. Blueface posted a series of videos Thursday showcasing multiple mostly naked dancers twerking in his living room … with his son, Javaughn's mother Jaidyn Alexis, also dancing in the background. Teasing, “It's booty cheeks out here, you over here looking for chips and Slim Jim's and s***" … he then grilled his son, asking if he was gay.

• Joselin Hernández 

Body CAM footage released of Joselin H. Recent arrest. Homophobic slurs to olive officers.

• Frank Gaston homophobic 

Fight Me/Where’s the Lie 

• Should we increase the # of Justices on the Supreme Court?

• What’s a check and balance?

🌟 Weekly Challenge 🌟

• Cop City petition - City of Atlanta