We Tell Our Own Stories, with Jocelyn Bioh and Whitney White

What if the revolution starts on a stage? This week, former musical theater kid Brittany sits down with women-of-the-season Jocelyn Bioh, a Tony-nominated playwright, and Whitney White, Tony-nominated director, to talk about  School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play (and their previous collaboration Jaja’s African Hair Braiding They get into colorism across the Black diaspora, immigration, beauty standards, and why art can be one of the sharpest tools we have.Then, Dr. Brittney Cooper joins the group chat to reckon with Gloria Steinem’s legacy and what it means to give our movement elders room to learn, evolve, and do better. Because whatever your gift is, the question remains: How will you use it to go get free?