The Fake Ass Book Club

Welcome back!! The F.A.B. crew is ** finally** ready to board the ship to review sci-fi novel "Aftermath" by living legend, Levar Burton! This week's story takes the ladies into the future...or past, they can't tell. Published in 1997, this story is set in the years between 2015-2018. So the book is from the 1900's just like Moni and Kat, but still around today! Both Classics!! The plot is as follows "Civilization is teetering on the edge. The first African American president is assassinated by a white extremist—just four days after he is elected. The horrific tragedy leads to riots, financial collapse, and ultimately, a full-on civil war." (fable.co) Listen as they unpack the similarities of race relations of today, why Moni didn't finish the book and the fact that Kat would absolutely make sweet love to the person who rescued her (hypothetically from an organ harvesting, skin grafting murder factory) ....and why Moni wouldn't! Cheers! Trigger Warning: Most of our episodes contain spoilers, adult content & language. References to sexual assalt/rape, racism/child abuse. Please be advised this show is for adults 18 and up and the open minded. We are not professionals, or educators or journalists...just friends having candid conversations. **Dedication: To our listeners, future patrons, Black hair, and Kat's mom... and all moms who go hard in the paint! **About the Book *:"The United States of 2019 is a very different place. Economic depression, an enormous earthquake, and the assassination of a black President-elect have turned the country into a war zone. Four people, each as different and troubled as the next, are the nation's last hope. But can they overcome the devastation and build a new world?" -Good Reads About the Author: ***https://levarburton.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeVarBurton#Awards, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeVarBurton Show Notes: FAB Awards!!! On Patreon??🙌🏽✨💜 Let us know if you think we should do it!! Clip from community, Donal Glover meets Levar Burton https://youtu.be/SvEn1u_s5HA *Stranger than Fiction: * The link between "white supremacy" and Protestantism. https://news.yahoo.com/protestantisms-troubling-history-white-supremacy-121336050.html?guccounter=1&gucereferrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&gucereferrersig=AQAAAL-StAdqfeCEBsGvkkVvDCoFQCJJd45wchn4P1JxRC2ENrkJy-vsVKAdtMKsgDQSDfFHAST50YQE3D3DUebjXAjRpgflnatqli2iE3PZanwDD38ZWCFvZD4nO9gs413m3itJpXB3VcbsULzHHMyOiknMkHyHrpecRVaZ_VuKZ *Email us at thefabpodcast@gmail.com with your book suggestions and "Stranger Than Fiction" stories; we would love to share them on the show!! Please reach out and let us know how we are doing!! You can find us online by clicking here: Link tree https://linktr.ee/Fabpod *Patreon is now up and running!! Please subscribe and enjoy exclusive content, the chance to vote on upcoming topics, and more. Click the link to sign up!! Let us know what you want to see. patreon.com/thefabpodcast or on https://linktr.ee/Fabpod * * Please Don't forget to follow, rate, review, and SHARE our podcast! Thank you!

Welcome back to the Fake Ass Book Club!! This week the ladies shifted gears from their original plan (reviewing sci fi novel "Aftermath by Levar Burton ...Sorry Levar!! ) , for an opportunity to vibe with budding new artists, the beautiful and talented Hannah Rhane. Moni and Kat met Hannah at a local art show Kat was participating in. The Murphy's Arts Center hosts a monthly "First Friday" event featuring local artists around Indy. They saw her doing a live paint event in the MELI showroom, (another fabulous local art space) began to chat, and the rest is history!! Please tune in as the ladies sip and vibe. They tackle the healing power of art, dating, finding inspiration, and self love!! If you can, watch on YouTube to see the beautiful ladies painting, and the art they created during their relaxing conversation. Cheers!! Trigger Warning: Adult content including sexual assault & language. Please be advised this show is for adults 18 and up and the open minded. We are not professionals, journalists or educators. Listener Discretion is advised. *Dedication: * To our listeners always!!! To the artists and to Moni's big brother Marcel!! He was the real the MVP helping us make the show happen this week...and dads everywhere. Love you!! (honorable mention to the ladies of Herspective podcast and Speak yo ishh podcast for the collaboration!!) Special shout out to 76 Trillion Years of Soul Art Studio & @ghadcast @rodhauser76 for allowing us to use thier incredible space to record!! *About the Guest: hannah rhane causey🌻 her Artist: creative artist. poet. model. entrepreneur. bsu’22business: @divinenatureessentials 🍃 art🎨 @rhanes.creations @makeit.rhane Show Topics: Art as meditation, inspiration, dating, relationship lessons, Moni's highschool girl singing group, Self Love, break up rituals, the importance of having your own space and self reliance, great black dads, importance of male-female platonic relationships, sexual assault, art healing, tortured artist, Kanye, mental health, importance of the company you keep, learning hard lessons, favorite book *Hanna Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, what does rich mean, self love, compromise vs sacrifice, when are you ready for marriage, breaks in relationships, *Stranger than Fiction: * None this week Email us at thefabpodcast@gmail.com with your book suggestions and/or "Stranger Than Fiction" stories; we would love to share them on the show!! Please reach out and let us know how we're doing!! You can find us online by clicking here: Link tree https://linktr.ee/Fabpod *Patreon coming October 30, 2022!! Please subscribe and enjoy bonus content and the chance to help pick upcoming topics and merch. * Please Don't forget to follow, rate, review, and SHARE our podcast! Thank you!

Welcome back! This week the ladies reviewed "Mexican Gothic" by Silvia Moreno- Garcia. (Warning, this episode contains spoilers for the book.) In this book, a family of in-bread colonizers living in a mold laced haunted mushroom house in the Mexico City country side, try to hold main character Noemi, and her cousin, Catalina hostage in this creepy hellscape. The Doyle family, originally from England, planned to use the women’s wombs as incubators. The goal?... An effort to diversify their incestuous gene pool, while simultaneously preserving the twisted patriarch’s tainted bloodline in an effort to obtain immortality! Gross and weird! It's giving serious Lord Voldermort vibes!!! Of course Kat finds a way to slide in a Star Trek reference, and they also have a fundamental disagreement on what they would have done at the end of the book. Tune in to find out what had the ladies divided! *Dedication: To the listeners: * To our listeners always, to indigenous people all over the world and the Latinx community and finally Kat's late father, that dude Buster. Warning SPOILERS!!! Adult Content & Language, please be advised this show is for adults 18 and up and the open minded. -About the Book :https://silviamoreno-garcia.com/writing/mexican-gothic/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Gothic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGJulREPGF8 -About the Author: Silvia Moreno- Garcia https://silviamoreno-garcia.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvia_Moreno-Garcia Book Rating: Moni and Kat rated the book 5 of 5 golden mushrooms and 5 red lip prints **Show Notes:* Mexican History https://www.history.com/topics/mexican-american-war/mexican-american-war *The patriarch of the Doyle Family in the book was named Howard. His name was inspired by the real life author Howard Lovecraft. About Howard Lovecraft: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.P.Lovecraft eu·gen·ics : /yo͞oˈjeniks/, noun "The study of how to arrange reproduction within a human population to increase the occurrence of heritable characteristics regarded as "desirable". Developed largely by Sir Francis Galton as a method of "improving" the human race, eugenics was increasingly discredited as unscientific and racially biased during the 20th century, especially after the adoption of its doctrines by the Nazis in order to justify their treatment of Jews, disabled people, and other minority groups." -www.dictionary.com *Inbreeding Habsburg family history: https://www.britannica.com/topic/House-of-Habsburg https://www.thetealmango.com/featured/habsburg-jaw-the-horrific-consequences-of-royal-inbreeding-in-europe/ https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/hapsburg-monarchy *Edgar Allen Poe Poem :The Raven and the fall of the house of Usher. https://gradesfixer.com/free-essay-examples/analysis-of-poes-poems-the-raven-and-the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher/ *Mushroom healing power: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7525158/#:~:text=With%20the%20research%20advances%2C%20numerous,being%20the%20most%20remarkable%20ones. **Stranger than Fiction: * James Patterson claims white male writers face ‘another form of racism,’ can't break into writing - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/06/14/james-patterson-white-male-writers-racism/ *Please email thefabpodcast@gmail.com with your book suggestions and "Stranger Than Fiction" stories so we can share them on the show!! *Reach out and let us how we are doing!! You can find us online by clicking our Link tree https://linktr.ee/Fabpod Patreon coming October 30, 2022!! Please join our Patreon family and support the cause. Don't forget to follow, rate, review, and SHARE our podcast! Thank you!

Welcome back!! This week you are in for a F.A.B. Collab with two thirds of the HERspective Podcast featuring @ddowdydoesit & @dawannataylor. The third member of the trio @b.michelle couldn't make it but the ladies represented for their crew. The ladies talk about how they met, what shows their watching and the best and worst aspects of podcasting. For Stranger than Fiction, the ladies dish on some of the wildest pick up lines they've heard and used!! This is episode is a lound, fun time! Tune in to join the fun!! Cheers!! Trigger Warning: Most of our episodes contain spoliers, adult content & language. Please be advised this show is for adults 18 and up and the open minded. Keep in mind we do this for fun..we are not professionals, or educators. **Dedication: To the listeners and supporters always, to potentail sponsers and buisness partners and to all the female lead businesses we see you!! Also, a shout out to Cooke County Illinois for guarenteed minimum income for it's residents and last but not least, the nIndigenous people in America and everywhere...much respect! *About our guests: HERspective Podcast HER views, HER story, HERspective be HER.....be HEARD. #tuneintuesday Hosted by: @ddowdydoesit @b.michelle @dawannataylor 📍Indianapolis, IN wavve.link/Herspective?fbclid=IwAR0wfhu0Ktk5yezhAlTpPEjczwjHNcBsC8JD6_ZasGJSVgnBXobb-cB9Kw4 Show Notes: The Japanese concept for buying books and not reading them:Tsundoku: https://www.bbc.com › news › world-44981013 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsundoku#:~:text=Tsundoku%20(Japanese%3A%20%E7%A9%8D%E3%82%93%E8%AA%AD),they%20are%20on%20a%20bookshelf. Mentioned in the dedication: Cooke County Illinois: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/illinois-guaranteed-income-program-500-per-month/ *Shows mentioned during Firestick and kickin it!! *Entergalactic on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81053303 90 day Fiance, girl code, Why don't you date me? podcast, Married at First Site, Grand Crew , Love is Blind, Sexy Beast, Fit to Fat to Fit, The Hype, Abbot Elementary, Sex and the City, Love Craft Country and more! *Stranger than Fiction: * What's the worst or most memorable pickup line you have ever heard?? *Email us at thefabpodcast@gmail.com with your book suggestions and "Stranger Than Fiction" stories; we would love to share them on the show!! Please reach out and let us know how we are doing!! You can find us online by clicking this link: https://linktr.ee/Fabpod *Patreon coming October 30th, 2022!! Please subscribe and enjoy bonus content and the chance to help pick upcoming topics and much more!! * Please Don't forget to follow, rate, review, and SHARE our podcast! Thank you!

Welcome back! This week the ladies tackle a story on the Banned Book list., "All Boys Aren't Blue" by George M. Johnson. This book contains a series of personal essays and reflections from Johnson's past that walk us through his journey growing up as a queer Black boy. Moni and Kat unpack the sometimes performative nature of gender and fquestion "why some people are willing to disown their own children solely based on their sexuality"?.. They also ponder whether their families would accept them if they were queer. After weaving through themes of virginity, consent, molestation, community, family and ultimately finding self acceptance, they end up right at the where they started.... In the words of the author "We are not as different as you think, and all of our stories matter and deserve to be celebrated and told". Here here!! On that note...sit back, relax, and enjoy the show! Trigger Warning: Adult Content & Language (N-Word), violence/sexual assault/ loss of virginity /anti-blackness/N-word F-word Fa&&@! (bigotry). Please be advised this show is for adults 18 and up and the open minded. Dedication: To our listeners and supporters always, to the misfits, outcasts and those coloring outside the lines, Netflix movie "Entergalatic" by Kenya Barris featuring Kid Kudy & also Fashion ICON, Virgil Abloh, rest in peace. ** **Show Notes: _ About the Book_ : https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/44280883 Genre: Memoir/Hardcover, 304 pages: Published April 28th 2020 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr): About the author: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44280883-all-boys-aren-t-blue *ALA: American Library Association *Entergalactic on Netflix: Creators: Scott Mescudi, Kenya Barris featuring Kid Kudy: https://www.netflix.com/title/81053303 *Virgil Abloh fashion Icon: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/28/style/virgil-abloh-dead.html *What About Bob: Puppet Clip: https://youtu.be/aWvxoEM41Ss *Song "Strange Fruit" Nina Simone: Originally sung by Billie Holiday written by Lewis Allen About Lewis Allen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Fruit Billie Holiday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Web007rzSOI The purity myth: https://www.abebooks.com/9781580053143/Purity-Myth-Americas-Obsession-Virginity-1580053149/plp ** Stranger than Fiction**: Dahmer Documentary: Does making documentaries on serial killers make them in to celebrities? Moni and Kat get into why they haven't watched the new Netflix series. *Moni also mentioned a case where 14 year old Giovanni Melton: Rest in peace young man. https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/nevada-father-murdered-son-being-gay-former-foster-mom-claims-n817906 *Please email thefabpodcast@gmail.com with your book suggestions and "Stranger Than Fiction" stories so we can share them on the show!! Please reach out and let us know how we are doing!! You can find us online by clicking our Link tree https://linktr.ee/Fabpod *Patreon coming soon!! Please subscribe and enjoy bonus content and the chance to help pick upcoming topics. * Please Don't forget to follow, rate, review, and SHARE our podcast! Thank you!

The F.A.B. Podcast presents the banned books episode! As you may know, the ladies love books..especially ones that have been banned! This week, Moni & Kat give a little history on "banned books week" and its significance. They also dive into some of the most banned books of all time, including the ones they have and want to review on the show. The ladies also discuss the current uptick in book banning in the US and it's significance. Get ready for an opinionated conversation about some of the most censored books in history...some audio bloopers, and the reason Moni's kids thought she smoked crack before!! Cheers!! Enjoy the show! ** Trigger Warning: Adult Content & Language, use of N-word etc. Please be advised this show is for adults 18 and up and the open minded.PSA:** When we refer to "white people" we are speaking about those who are socially accepted as "white" and are actively or passively upholding/defending/ and or benifiting from systems of oppression. This Quote from show sums it up : "Oppression restricts access to knowledge about the world around you" -Kat Dedication To our listeners always, to Librarians & storyteller for fighting for book access, and to the Iranian Woman (Mahsa Amini ) who died in custody of the morality police for a dress code infraction & national daughters day!! (Honorable mention to sex workers out there!) Also, pimps are the worst! ***"Mahsa Amini was 22. She was visiting Tehran from her hometown of Kurdistan. She was detained by the morality police, allegedly for violating the hijab rule, which became compulsory following the 1979 revolution. She was arrested on September 13. Three days later, she died. The police says that she had a sudden heart attack while in detention, but activists and others have said that she was tortured or beaten in the head, and that's why she died." Full article in the link below. https://www.npr.org/2022/09/23/1124836810/anti-government-protests-grow-in-iran-after-a-woman-died-in-police-custody Show Notes: Info About Banned Books Week :https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2022/06/29/banned-books-explained/7772046001/ https://bannedbooksweek.org/george-m-johnson-headlines-action-packed-tuesday-for-banned-books-week/ Phil Donahue clip featuring Uncle Luke: https://youtu.be/iViMrXn5IIs Great replacement theory not new concept, shows up in The Great Gadsby: https://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article/great-replacement-theory-was-never-fringe, https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/05/23/how-replacement-theory-moved-from-the-fringes-to-the-mainstream Christiane Amanpour: https://www.businessinsider.com/christiane-amanpour-refused-to-wear-head-scarf-for-irans-president-2022-9 About Malala Yousafzai: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malala_Yousafzai UK Teen hacks GTA 6: https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/26/london-police-arrest-uber-rockstar/ The Luniz "I Got 5 on It" featuring E-40 https://youtu.be/CiZ3XtGtmQs FAB Episode 21: X-Men unlimited https://share.fireside.fm/episode/wOJOKrZS+Ghrpo3bI "Parable of the Sower" Octavia Butler Check out the Libby app for downloadable books from the public library!! Support libraries!! *Stranger than Fiction: * They’re really banning books out here! That's soooo strange! https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2022/09/02/oklahoma-teacher-banned-books-hb-1775/7970325001/ *Please email thefabpodcast@gmail.com with your book suggestions and "Stranger Than Fiction" stories so we can share them on the show!! Reach out and let us how we are doing!! *You can find us online by clicking our Link tree https://linktr.ee/Fabpod Please don't forget to follow, rate, review, and SHARE our podcast! Be on the look out, Patreon coming soon!!

Happy Humpday F.A.B. Fam!! Speaking of hump day, your F.A.B. hosts are reviewing the 2018 documentary "Sex and Love Around the World" by Christine Amanpour. Christine travels around the world (Tokyo, Delhi, Beirut, Berlin, and Accra (Ghana) to talk to women about the rules of engagement in relationships and intimacy. It's a six part documentary directed by women. The topics cover everything from the idea of modern love to roles men and women play in sex, love, marriage family and even divorce. Tune in for a conversation on some of the hottest topics on the planet since the beginning of time! Cheers!! Warning: Adult Content & Language, please be advised this show is for adults 18 and up and the open minded. No disrespect to any culture or religion is intended. We are privileged, especially as women, to have the ability to partake in honest conversation which sometimes contain controversial topics & views. Please understand it is all love. "It the only thing there's just to little of!!" **Dedication: To our listeners who keep us going, to the human spirit and wordle & of course nerds. Please be on the lookout for our Patreon...your support will help us upgrade our audio visual content. About the Series: :https://youtu.be/NknJursyfOg About the Author:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiane_Amanpour Show Notes: _ *Delhi: *When the British saw hijra for the first time they were not feeling it and passed the Tribal Act: Their status came down with Colonization by the British empire (https://www.himalmag.com/long-history-criminalising-hijras-india-jessica-hinchy-2019/) khajuraho sculptures: https://www.indianeagle.com/travelbeats/khajuraho-temple-history-and-art/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KhajurahoGroupofMonuments Beirut: Muslim erotic text from the 1500’s: The perfumed garden of Sexual delight: book starts with an orgasm between man and woman in front of God https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThePerfumedGarden *Voudon: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Vodou https://www.livescience.com/40803-voodoo-facts.html African traditional religions /ATR: https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/african-traditional-religions *Big mouth 'Life is a big fat mess" song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZBninmxjrU *Malala Yousafzai: Activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malala_Yousafzai *72 virgins or raisins? Do your own research on this topic, but here is what we found online: https://globalnation.inquirer.net/163694/raisins-not-virgins-quran-scholars-say https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/islamic-scholar-punctures-72-virgins-theory-says-martyrs-will-only-get-raisins-in-heaven-340579.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTIZezQEZcQ *Stranger than Fiction: *BBC: Sir Salman Rushdie published his famous and controversial novel The Satanic Verses in 1988, sparking outrage among some Muslims, who considered its content to be blasphemous.The book's release prompted the Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to issue a fatwa calling for the writer's death in 1989. Mr Matar told the New York Post he had only read "a couple of pages" of the book and did not say whether the fatwa had inspired him. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-62588666 Please email thefabpodcast@gmail.com with your book suggestions and "Stranger Than Fiction" stories so we can share them on the show!! Please reach out and let us how we are doing!! You can find us online by clicking our Link tree https://linktr.ee/Fabpod Don't forget to follow, rate, review, and SHARE our podcast! Thank you!

The Fake Ass Book Club is back again! No book this week. This week's review features the movie, "Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul''. Written, directed, and produced by Adamma Ebo, this film stars Regina Hall as Trinitie Childs – the proud first lady of a Southern Baptist mega church, who together with her husband Pastor Lee-Curtis Childs (Sterling K. Brown). Their ministry once served a congregation in the tens of thousands. After a scandal forces their church to temporarily close, Trinitie and Lee-Curtis must reopen their church and rebuild their congregation to make the biggest comeback that commodified religion has ever seen." Cue the drama! Moni and Kat get into the nitty gritty of "Black Church '' and the seemingly pervasive culture of greed, materialism, and homophobia plaguing so-called "mega churches". You won't want to miss this episode!! Bonus footage of this conversation will be available once our patreon launches in October. Stay Tuned for details!! (https://deadline.com/2022/09/adamme-and-adanne-ebo-with-daniel-kaluuya-discuss-1235108901/) _Trigger Warning: _Adult Content & Language, satire and religious critique, please be advised this show is for adults 18 and up and the open minded. If you are easily offended by open conversations and critiques on religion, this episode might not be for you. No harm intended...just talking it out. Dedication To our listeners always, also to the G.O.A.T. Serina Williams and our "Little Mermaid" forever, Halle Bailey. *Serena Williams _:https://andscape.com/features/serena-williams-retirement-is-a-platform-not-a-loss-for-black-tennis-next-generation/ *Halle Bailey:_ Little Mermaid clip https://youtu.be/0-wPm99PF9U About Halle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halle_Bailey *Check her out in her recent Variety cover interview!! https://variety.com/2022/film/features/halle-bailey-the-little-mermaid-interview-backlash-ariel-1235336668/ *Honorable mention: Shout out to the ministers of music in black church for being the best part of church!...and to all of our LGBTQ+ peeps! Show Notes: ** About the Movie:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HonkforJesus.SaveYour_Soul. ** About the Author:** https://www.ejimeproductions.com/about https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/adanneebo *KC pastor berates congregation over watch: Reference made last week https://nowthisnews.com/news/pastor-berates-broke-congregation-for-neglecting-to-buy-him-a-luxury-watch *Jordan Peterson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Peterson *Eddie Long: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/eddie-long-megachurch-pastor-embroiled-scandal-dies-n707106 He was the pastor this film seems to be loosely based on. He died in 2017. *Stranger than Fiction: *Moni shared a story about a "levitating" visiting pastor at her husband's family church. His ascension happened so slowly (while being completely obstructed by the pulpit), that when his head peeked over the top and gradually became visible he looked like he was floating. It didn't help that he made a super weird and loud noise while making his assent think guttural moans while simultaneously slamming his hands down on the altar over and over. So weird! It was all too much and Moni had to retreat to the church basement quickly as not to lose it in the sanctuary in front of the entire congregation. Turns out he just used his walker to stand up and liked to put on a show. Why is she like this!! Warning: Please email thefabpodcast@gmail.com with your book suggestions and "Stranger Than Fiction" stories so we can share them on the show!! Reach out and let us know how we are doing!! You can find us online by clicking our Link tree https://linktr.ee/Fabpod *Please don't forget to follow, rate, review, and SHARE our podcast! Thank you!

The Fake Ass Book Club is back again!! This week the ladies review "Finding Me" a memoir by Viola Davis. Viola describes this book by saying, "Finding Me is a deep reflection, a promise, and a love letter of sorts to self." The best kind of a love story!! Moni and Kat forged through moutains of vilolence, abuse, poverty and rats ( ewww rats!!) to uncover a beautiful story of reseilliance and self discovery! Enjoy! **Dedication: A special thanks to all the listerners. To all the people working hard each day and to @GANGGANG A cultural development firm open to creative collaborations that build equity based in Indianapolis for the "Butter" (butterartfair.com) art fair for adding color, light, and love to our city. Thanks for allowing us to be included in the day!! Show Notes: About the Author Viola Davis is an American actress and producer. The recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Tony Awards, she is the only African-American to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting. *About the book: *Hardcover, Oprah's Book Club Edition, 304 pages Published April 26th 2022 by HarperOne Correction: Moni said Black Friday but meant Black Monday on Showtime: https://www.sho.com/black-monday (Great show if you like dark humor) THe Book of Mormon clip featured actor Andrew Rannells who was mentioned in Black Monday refenece. _ Quotes_ “Memories are immortal. They’re deathless and precise. They have the power of giving you joy and perspective in hard times. Or, they can strangle you. Define you in a way that’s based more in other people’s tucked-up perceptions than truth.” “I am a dark-skinned woman. Culturally, there is a spoken and unspoken narrative rooted in Jim Crow. It tells us that dark-skinned women are simply not desirable. All the attributes that are attached to being a woman-desireable, vulnerable, needing to be rescued-don't apply to us. In the past we've been used as chattel, fodder for inhumane experimentation, and it has evolved into invisibility.” ― Viola Davis, Finding Me *Stranger than Fiction: * Follow up on Shinzo Abe Assassination: https://www.npr.org/2022/07/09/1110674313/japan-shinzo-abe-assassination-what-we-know KC pastor berates congregation over watch: https://nowthisnews.com/news/pastor-berates-broke-congregation-for-neglecting-to-buy-him-a-luxury-watch Warning: Adult Content & Language, please be advised this show is for adults 18 and up and the open minded. Please email thefabpodcast@gmail.com with your book suggestions and "Stranger Than Fiction" stories so we can share them on the show!! Reach out and let us how we are doing!! You can find us online by clicking our Link tree https://linktr.ee/Fabpod Please don't forget to follow, rate, review, and SHARE our podcast! Thank you! We will be launching a brand new patreon account in the next month. This will allow us to sustain and elevate our show and allow listeners a chance to support the podcast!! We will be offering bonus content and are open to hearing what else you would like to see from us.

Welcome back!! This week your favorite fake ass friends dive in to the controversially titled memoir "I'm glad my Mom Died" by Jennette McCurdy. She was famous for her role as the feisty and fierce "Sam Puckett '' on Nickelodeon's hit series, iCarly and Sam & Cat. McCurdy stepped away from the popular role and officially quit acting in 2017. Although Kat didn't read the book this week, Moni managed to navigate the deeply personal and sometimes disturbing events of Jennette's life as a child actor. They discuss the difficulty of abusive parental relationships, the awkwardness of growing up in front of the camera, and the resilience it takes to overcome your own demons. Warning: Adult Content & Language, please be advised this show is for adults 18 and up and the open minded. Spoiler ALERT!!! If you don't want to hear details from this book, come back after you've read this book. _TW: _emotional, physical and mental abuse, abusive parent, anorexia and bulimia (graphic depiction), disordered eating, sexual abuse, terminal illness, death. *Please email thefabpodcast@gmail.com with your book suggestions and "Stranger Than Fiction" stories so we can share them on the show!! **Dedication: This week's episode is dedicated to the listeners as always. It's also dedicated to the breath that fills our lungs daily and YOGA that reminds us to breathe. Show Notes: * _About the Book _:"A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life." Good Reads 320 pages/Published August 9th 2022 by Simon & Schuster 6 hours 50 mins audio book Biography /memoir _ About the Author:_Jennette Michelle Faye McCurdy is an American writer, director, podcaster, singer, and former actress. McCurdy's breakthrough role as Sam Puckett in the Nickelodeon sitcom iCarly earned her four Kids Choice Awards, among other accolades. Check out what she's up to now:https://www.jennettemccurdy.com -Empty Inside Podcast: "Empty Inside is a podcast where host Jennette McCurdy talks with a different guest each episode, doing a deep dive into a specific topic. General topic areas are comedy, eating disorders, filmmaking, jealousy, therapy, and the crippling sense of doom we all face as we desperately try to fill the void within." https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9qZW5uZXR0ZW1jY3VyZHkubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M?sa=X&ved=0CAcQrrcFahcKEwi47pmr4Oz5AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQLA Notes: Mormons and black people: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpeopleand_Mormonism About Mormons: https://www.history.com/topics/religion/mormons Mentioned in the show Video clip of hit Broadway musical "Book of Mormon" https://youtu.be/GVJgmp2Tc2s Stranger than Fiction:""Jump humping and soaking": How Mormon teens are getting around their religion’s premarital sex rules" https://metro.co.uk/2021/10/09/soaking-loophole-helps-mormon-teens-have-sex-on-a-technicality-15392252/Soaking Please reach out and let us know how we are doing!! You can find us online by clicking our Link tree https://linktr.ee/Fabpod *Don't forget to follow, rate, review, and SHARE our podcast! Thank you!