4.16.18 Today we are joined by two great dancers, Yaminah Legohn and Essence Revealed, who stop by the studio to talk about their history in burlesque and the overall presence of women of color in the dance community. Yeah, it’s pouring in NYC, but it’s lit in here. #MotivationMonday TK and Conscious start out the show by talking about the weekend and all the lit things going on. TK also got serviced by an underachieving manicurist. In #NewsYouCanUse: -The United States performed an airstrike on Syria. What does it mean and what are the repercussions? -2 Black men arrested unjustly at Starbucks in Philadelphia. -Sex workers endangered as laws are passed to take down websites -Beyonce made history with her performance at Coachella Following #ChatroomCheckin, we took our show dancing. Yaminah and Essence tell us about their story in the world of dancing. Women of color tend to be seen a certain way, but our guests have been building a world where that is changing. Burlesque is art, and Black is beautiful. Let our guests take you dancing. #MotivationMonday @TKinTheAM is live every M-W-F 10-1130am EST on bondfireradio.com and tunein app. Same day replays 7pm EST also available on Apple Podcasts, GooglePlay Music, mixcloud, and Spreaker! If you really like us, leave a review on Apple Podcast that’d be really cool. Follow our Guests: Yaminah Legohn Twitter: @yaminahlegohn IG: @Artoflegohn ; @YaminahLegohn www.facebook.com/Artoflegohn www.facebook.com/YaminahLegohn www.tumblr.com/YaminahLegohn www.artoflegohn.com http://www.yaminahlegohn.com/ Essence Revealed www.theessencerevealed.com Be my friend. www.facebook.com/essencerevealed Follow me. @essencerevealed Pin with me. www.pinterest.com/essencerevealed Instagram www.instagram.com/essencerevealed Tumblr www.essencerevealed.tumblr.com Like me. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Essence-Revealed/202323189809975 Pro-Sex Workers Sources http://www.lysistrataproject.org/ https://redumbrellaproject.org/ https://avp.org/ RUNDOWN 0:00 #SONG: Vanity 6 - Nasty Girl 5:32 Intro: The lit weekend; TK’s underachieving manicurist 16:55 #SONG: Lil Kim - Crush On You 21:51 #NewsYouCanUse: US strikes Syria and sanctions Russia; 24:50 #Discussion: Essence Revealed and Yaminah on Syria 29:53 #NewsYouCanUse: 2 Black Men arrested at Starbucks without reason 44:25 Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana 49:00 #Discussion: The Talk about sex work with Yaminah and Essence 56:43 #NewsYouCanUse: Beyonce’s performance at Cochella 73:16 #SONG: Cardi B - She Bad 77:10 #ChatroomCheckin 80:45 #Guests: Yaminah and Essence talk about women of color in dance and burlesque 112:40 #SONG: Elektric Red - P is for Power Outro: motivations