Ep. 54 | Literate Little Negroes Ft. Blaque N' Kulture

The Well Spoken Token Podcast

THIS TITLE IS TONGUE IN CHEEK!! I had an opportunity to talk to The Hardest Working Woman in Comics, Ms. Ty "Blaque N' Kulture" and we had an amazing time. We chatted about books, fan fiction, and all the other aspects of being young black and eclectic. Maybe we mentioned your fav? Lemme know! Blaque N' Kulture runs a few podcasts that you should DEFINITELY check out, especially if you like comics and nerd culture. (Musical Feature "Senpai by Sunzi" https://linktr.ee/sunzibae Everything available on her website HERE-- https://blaquenkulture.carrd.co/ FOLLOW HER SOCIALS, AND SUPPORT HER WORK! Check out the full episode on your favorite streaming platform! https://linktr.ee/Thewellspokentoken (2:54) The last boks we read, fan fiction and gravitating to comics/manga due to social stigma. TIMESTAMPS BELOW (8:23) Microagressions and "othering" POCs over general intelligence. Being complimented for reading, and Ty roasting Token's hairline. (18:25) Villain arc influences (Chronicles of Nick), siblings and squishy supremacy. (25:30) Finding characters that you identify with. (House Of The Scorpion), Edge-Lord books (8th Grade Bites) and buying books MULTIPLE times. (32:45) Showing love to the Percy Jackson series, not jiving with Harry Potter and the Accelerated Reader (AR) program (41:39) Transitioning from Young Adult to Adult literature, working at call centers, (Zane, adult vampire books, 50 Shades of Grey) and fanfiction.net. (48:03) Color grading choices in movies,, the different CRASH movies, Y2K era and the mid 2010s (57:40) High Fantasy (Tolkein), reading plays and dramas, and understanding age gaps and podcasting and content creation. (Ty's Secret project) (71:25) Ty's Book Reccs and parting words --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewellspokentoken/support