In a discussion with hip-hop artists Maddy Clifford (a.k.a. @MaddyClifford), Coco Peila (@CocoPeila) and RyanNicole (@MzRyanNicole) RyanNicole and Coco Peila, survivor advocate Xenia St. Charles explains how struggling young people get lured into exploitation – including in the Bay Area, which is an international hub for sex trafficking. Womanist writer and podcast host Tiara Mbonisi of Big Mouf Woman also offers tools women can use to protect themselves in a misogynistic culture.

📖 Chapters:
00:00-08:04 Pimp culture and sex trafficking
08:04-16:18 The gender violence Black women face
16:18-19:52 Separating hip-hop and pimp culture
19:52-26:11 Relationship examples we grew up with
26:11-36:44 What healing tools are in your toolkit?
36:44-47:03 Turning the tables on pimp culture
47:03-55:35 How misogyny shows up in marriage

More about What’s Pimpin’?, KQED’s new vodcast:
Women rappers and activists Maddy Clifford (a.k.a. MADlines), Coco Peila and RyanNicole — known together as Still I Rise — are taking back the mic. Across three episodes, the hosts facilitate candid discussions about misogynoir and the disproportionate rates of violence Black women face, and how systemic racism and wealth inequality breed desperate conditions where pimp culture thrives. They also get deep, drawing from their personal experiences of moving through an Oakland rap scene that at times espouses both misogynistic and revolutionary ideals.

📖 Read more here 👉 https://bit.ly/WPxSurvivorStories
Watch episode one here 👉 https://bit.ly/WPxEpisode1
Watch episode two here 👉 https://bit.ly/WPxDregsOnexIanKelly
Listen to Still I Rise’s new song, “What’s Pimpin’?’ 👉 https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/sti...

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Funding for Still I Rise was provided by Belonging in Oakland: A Just City Cultural Fund. The Fund is a partnership of the City of Oakland’s Cultural Affairs Division, Akonadi Foundation and East Bay Community Foundation. More info here 👉 https://bit.ly/BelongingInOakland

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