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Black Girl's Guide to Surviving Menopause

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Black women are negotiating the different stages of menopause along with their ever evolving identifies, relationships, careers, responsibilities and societal tropes. This is a curated intergenerational exchange, a space for exploration, mentorship, intimacy and vulnerability around life, identity and change. It’s the excavation of the things that you need to know, but were never told. It’s the guide we wish we all had access to no matter our age.

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November 14, 2024 ∙ 60 mins

Season of Orisii: The Burney Girls

Welcome to our 6th iteration of the ⁠Black Girl’s Guide to Surviving Menopause⁠ podcast: the Season of Orisii. Building on our international diasporic tour from last year, this season’s theme is Orisii, or ‘pairs’ in the Afric language of Yoruba. We’ve invited different types of pairs to explore the through-line between menarche and menopause. You […]
September 27, 2024 ∙ 70 mins

Season of Orisii: Jasiatic Anderson Usher and Elsworth Usher

Welcome to our 6th iteration of the ⁠Black Girl's Guide to Surviving Menopause⁠ podcast: the Season of Orisii. Building on our international diasporic tour from last year, this season's theme is Orisii, or 'pairs' in the Afric language of Yoruba. We've invited different types of pairs to explore the through-line between menarche and menopause. You will […]
August 1, 2024 ∙ 74 mins

Season of Orisii: The Sisters Brown, adrienne and Autumn

Welcome to our 6th iteration of the ⁠Black Girl's Guide to Surviving Menopause⁠ podcast: the Season of Orisii. Building on our international diasporic tour from last year, this season's theme is Orisii, or 'pairs' in the Afric language of Yoruba. We've invited different types of pairs to explore the through-line between menarche and menopause. You will […]
May 23, 2024 ∙ 57 mins

Season of Orisii: Michelle Graham Freeman & Sterling Freeman

Welcome to our 6th iteration of the ⁠Black Girl's Guide to Surviving Menopause⁠ podcast: the Season of Orisii. Building on our international diasporic tour from last year, this season's theme is Orisii, or 'pairs' in the Afric language of Yoruba. We've invited different types of pairs to explore the through-line between menarche and menopause. You […]
March 20, 2024 ∙ 60 mins

Season of Orisii : gina Breedlove & Ash-lee Woodard Henderson

Welcome to our 6th iteration of the Black Girl's Guide to Surviving Menopause podcast: the Season of Orisii. Building on our international diasporic tour from last year, this season's theme is Orisii, or 'pairs' in the Afric language of Yoruba. We've invited different types of pairs to explore the through-line between menarche and menopause. You […]

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Black women are negotiating the different stages of menopause along with their ever evolving identifies, relationships, careers, responsibilities and societal tropes. This is a curated intergenerational exchange, a space for exploration, mentorship, intimacy and vulnerability around life, identity and change. It’s the excavation of the things that you need to know, but were never told. It’s the guide we wish we all had access to no matter our age.
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  • Season of Orisii: The Burney Girls

    Welcome to our 6th iteration of the ⁠Black Girl’s Guide to Surviving Menopause⁠ podcast: the Season of Orisii. Building on our international diasporic tour from last year, this season’s theme is Orisii, or ‘pairs’ in the Afric language of Yoruba. We’ve invited different types of pairs to explore the through-line between menarche and menopause. You […]

  • Season of Orisii: Jasiatic Anderson Usher and Elsworth Usher

    Welcome to our 6th iteration of the ⁠Black Girl's Guide to Surviving Menopause⁠ podcast: the Season of Orisii. Building on our international diasporic tour from last year, this season's theme is Orisii, or 'pairs' in the Afric language of Yoruba. We've invited different types of pairs to explore the through-line between menarche and menopause. You will […]

  • Season of Orisii: The Sisters Brown, adrienne and Autumn

    Welcome to our 6th iteration of the ⁠Black Girl's Guide to Surviving Menopause⁠ podcast: the Season of Orisii. Building on our international diasporic tour from last year, this season's theme is Orisii, or 'pairs' in the Afric language of Yoruba. We've invited different types of pairs to explore the through-line between menarche and menopause. You will […]

  • Season of Orisii: Michelle Graham Freeman & Sterling Freeman

    Welcome to our 6th iteration of the ⁠Black Girl's Guide to Surviving Menopause⁠ podcast: the Season of Orisii. Building on our international diasporic tour from last year, this season's theme is Orisii, or 'pairs' in the Afric language of Yoruba. We've invited different types of pairs to explore the through-line between menarche and menopause. You […]

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    During 2023, the Black Girl's Guide to Surviving Menopause continued to bushwack a maroon path for those menopause stories left at the margins by launching a diasporic tour that took our team to the UK, Harlem, Toronto, and Puerto Rico. Our intergenerational team has learned to hold the “both/and” dynamic tension of curating storytelling spaces […]

  • BGG2SM Hits the Road: The Harlem, NY Episode!

    Happy World Menopause Month! This year, the Black Girl's Guide to Surviving Menopause has been deepening our intergenerational narrative shift work by co-creating peer learning exchanges to normalize the menopause experience of Black people in the UK, New York, Toronto, and Puerto Rico. We are also co-hosting intergenerational menopause storytelling events called "Orisii" ( "pairs" […]

  • BGG2SM Hits the Road: The UK Episode!

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  • Season 5: The Magical Menopausal Multiverse School Bus Tour!

    This year, the Black Girl's Guide to Surviving Menopause plans to deepen our intergenerational narrative shift work by co-creating peer learning exchanges to normalize the menopause experience of Black people in the UK, New York, Toronto, and Puerto Rico.  We want to take you all along with us on our Magical Menopausal Multiverse School Bus tour! […]

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    Black Girl’s Guide to Surviving Menopause measures our impact by the continuation of expanding and normalizing the conversations and understanding around menopause to be inclusive and centering all Black people—all gender identities, sexual expression, and ages. There is a growing ecosystem of Black people talking about menopause and aging. Black Girl’s Guide to Surviving Menopause […]

  • From Zane to Judy Blume

    There is a growing ecosystem of people talking about menopause and aging. The Black Girl’s Guide to Surviving Menopause sees ourselves as menopausal alchemists, doulas, cartographers, and advocates and has taken up an intentional role in ushering in intergenerational Black voices and narratives into the menopausal landscape.   We see our intergenerational work, healing, and […]

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  • Grief, Rage and the Liminality of Menopause

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    “There is no face of menopause. Why are there no celebrities and personalities out there really promoting menopause? It’s not a one comment conversation. It is not a one-time acknowledgement issue. It’s not a fad. This is a fact of life. And there’s nobody willing to take it on because frankly, I think they, it […]

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    The doctors are in the house!  You have asked for it and here it is! Black Girl’s Guide to Surviving Menopause is so excited to bring you all this fantastic interview with OB/GYNs Dr. Cindy Duke and Dr. Arianna Sholes-Douglas. We talked about what menopause is and what it is not, sex and menopause, menopause […]

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    “Transformation doesn’t happen in a linear way, at least not one we can always track. It happens in cycles, convergences, explosions. If we release the framyework of failure, we can realize that we are in iterative cycles, and we can keep asking ourselves—– how do I learn from this? Emotional growth is nonlinerar.” adrienne maree […]

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Black Girl's Guide to Surviving Menopause

Black women are negotiating the different stages of menopause along with their ever evolving identifies, relationships, careers, responsibilities and societal tropes. This is a curated intergenerational exchange, a space for exploration, mentorship, intimacy and vulnerability around life, identity and change. It’s the excavation of the things that you need to know, but were never told. […]

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