Moms. Mami. Tia. My mom. Her mom. (And their lil old school ways, mentalities, falling into the patriarchy, etc).

This episode is alongside my not so lil cousin Isabel, who's 16, a junior in high school and navigating the world as a teenage girl. This episode is about Moms. Mami. Tia, My mom. Her mom. When we first recorded it, we went into it with the topic someone suggested of 'Dominican moms and their old school mentality' until we realized a lot of Black + Latinx moms are exactly the same.

We talked about what it was like growing up in a household with old school mentalities and their old school ways of catering to men especially the men in our families. Keeping up with the same mentality and ways that were used to raised them, to raise us. (Although that was not going to work). Not being allowed to have the space to do what we wanted/want to because we are girls/women. Our siblings aka our brothers being treated different and most definitely better because they were boys/men. We talked about their patriarchal, misogynist, sexist ways of thinking and raising us. The attachment to one's hair. This episode is dedicated to old school moms everywhere. We heard you. But we ain't following. There's also a lot of frustration in this episode, but this is the perfect space to let it out and finally release everything that has been bottled up.

Cheers to breaking generational curses, being our own people, standing up for ourselves, and for once making our own decisions.

To Mami and Tia, (y todos las mujeres en nuestra vida) estamos muy agradecidas de todo lo que ustedes han hecho por nosotras. Aunque no estamos deacuerdo de sus maneras viejas de tratando de educarnos. Las amamos como quiera. Y vamos hacer lo que nos da la maldita gana.

To Episode 3, Thank you Isabel. Thank you for being apart of this with me. I am honored to have recorded this alongside you. You are magical.

To Grieving, Growing, and Glowing with Gisela (and Friends). Thank you for believing in me + my project + my vision. Follow @gggwithgisela on Instagram to stay updated! 🌱🌻🪴💐🌼