From Me 2 U : Recent Episodes
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Like chicken soup for the Black woman's soul. "From Me To You" is a podcast by Carefree Media. Each week, we'll share a new story from a Black woman around the world on the beautiful in-between. What exists between Black excellence and Black oppression? Nuance exists there. Beauty exists there. Triumph, failures, adventures, joy, LIFE exists there. From stories on love, adventure, loss, and identity--these are the stories only you can tell. Hosted by Carefree Media's founder, Anayo Awuzie. For more stories, visit us at carefreemag.com. Follow us: Instagram @carefree.mag Twitter @carefreemag Facebook @carefreemag
"Turning thirty wasn’t the end of my life. It was simply the beginning of a new chapter. For the first time, I realized I am the author of my story, not my parents, not society, not my fears, just me. Before this, I lived for other people. I clung to friends that weren’t moving in my direction. I forgot who I was, or at least who I would’ve liked to be." by Arlene Ambrose
Hosted by Anayo Awuzie
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"I’m a badass dope queen living in an RV in Los Angeles, CA. I don’t stress about bills in a city with one of the highest costs of living in the country. I sacrifice space and luxury in my little home on wheels because this temporary humility is leading to forever happiness and stability."
By Fontaine Felisha Foxworth
Hosted by Anayo Awuzie
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“Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.”
—*James Baldwin
This week's story by by Olákìtán T. Aládéṣuyì is a banger. It's sensual, intimate, and arousing. We're going on break until Septe,ber 2021, but happy to leave you with this one!*
"We hold back tears when we want to cry uncontrollably.
We pretend we’re fine when we want to run into the streets and scream our heads off.
We get angry when we really want to be comforted.
We’re all trying to practice socially acceptable behavior but we’re dying inside. We’re killing our natural human instincts." by Arlene Ambrose
Hosted by Anayo Awuzie
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"Being a Black woman raising a Black girl takes a level of dedication that is both frightening, yet magical. Those who identify as Black women and girls don’t always get space to simply just be. As I consider the ways I raise my daughter and what she is exposed to, I’ve also had to be introspective about my own life experiences and how they have shaped me as an adult and mother." by Crystal Everett
Hosted by Anayo Awuzie
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bell hooks said, “grief is most often unrelenting when individuals are not reconciled to the reality of loss.”
Hosted by Anayo Awuzie
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“'Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.' - Albert EinsteinStill, as my weeks are jammed with missions, obligations, and adventures, I find myself asking, “What do I do to take care of myself”? Besides the latest Netflix addiction and the occasional Java Chip latte, I've leaned towards a newfound love in a passed-down pastime: the Crossword. " by K. Alexandra Mills
Hosted by Anayo Awuzie
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Talk about centering ourselves in the narrative, this week's essay comes from Larissa Irukunda who fanfiction and anime fan, but growing up, she never herself in any of the characters featured in the shows and books she loved to watch and read. So, after a lot of work on herself to overcome insecurities over her skin tone, she picked up the pen and decided to center herself. Black anime fans, unite!
Hosted by Anayo Awuzie
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This one was written by me! This is, on the surface-level, about my past me's perceived lack of ability to attract men, but in the larger realm, my lack of ability to attract myself, and how I changed that.
Feeling self-worth as a Black woman can be difficult in this world, but it's so worth it to keep trying to achieve it.
Hosted by Anayo Awuzie
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"There is no feeling that compares to the car ride from Midway Airport to my Bronzeville community. The view of the skyline from I-55 featuring a new skyscraper I can’t quite place, the waves rolling in along Lake Shore Drive, and my mom’s smiling face when I arrive at my front door, all remind me I’ve made it home." by Mariah Matthews
Hosted by Anayo Awuzie
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Have you ever dreamed of clocking out of your job and never clocking back in? I'm sure a lot of us have. In today's story, writer and founder of BAUCE Mag, Liane Membis, shares her secret plan to clock out, start her self-employed journey, never to be seen by corporate America again.
Hosted by Anayo Awuzie
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In "Falling In & Out of Love with New Orleans," author Lauren Fox, illustrates both the love she has for her dream city of New Orleans, and the reckoning she haad to deal with when she realized the vision she had of her dream city didn't match the reality of it when she got there.
Hosted by Anayo Awuzie
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In her essay, writer Ashley Nash dives into our culture's obsession with body image, size, and the true root cause of fatphobia.
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Coming out as a Black bisexual woman is messy, significant, deeply personal...and and this week's writer Kala Stepter is sick of it. Listen to her read "An Anti-Coming Out Story."
Hosted by Anayo Awuzie
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Thank you for all of your support this week as Carefree is now officially launched! Much love, yall. If you know any women with cool stories to tell, hit us up at hello@carefreemag.com
In Adventures Unknown: Saint Martin, Katrina Mitchell takes us through the ups and downs of falling in love with the island and the people of Saint Martin.
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Welcome to From Me 2 U, a podcast by Carefree Media.
In our inaugural episode, we explore insecurities and how technology has changed what beauty means for Black women. This week's author, Tru, reads her essay on how regular Black beauty is becoming obsolete.
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2020 is...a mess to say the least. We're all quarantined and based on where you're located in the world, that quarantine may not be lifted anytime soon. But what about dating? Is that out the window? What about dating while Black in quarantine?
One of our writers, Alyssa Wisdom, documents how she's been braving the quarantine dating scene in this episode. She drops tons of tips as well for your next virtual meet-cute.
Hosted by Anayo Awuzie.
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Summer is a magical season. Full of low inhibitions and high heat. In this story, Anayo reads "After Tonight", a story set in the middle of a Nigerian summer romance.
Hosted by Anayo Awuzie.
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