Welcome to the MhmKay Podcast with Molly Roth and Kenisha Lamarre! We hope you enjoy this episode of our podcast dedicated to social justice, social commentary, and girl talks. In this episode, we discussed current events such as Rex Orange County’s recent “SA” allegations, as well as Colleen Hoover’s book “It Ends With Us''. Additionally, we sat down with, a friend of the podcast, Christine Wanjiru, a Psychology student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In this episode, we discussed the topic of hair and everything that comes with hair. Finally, Christine shared her story involving a traumatic experience related to the mistreatment of Black women's hair.

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Time Stamps:
0:00 - Intro & Check-Ins
2:45 - Merch Announcement!!
4:16 - Book Talk: Colleen Hoover, “It Ends With Us”
5:50 - Rex Orange County Allegations (Trigger Warning: Sexual Violence)
9:28 - Hair Talk
10:30 - Intro and Identity
14:00 - Christine’s Story (Trigger Warning: Racism, Violence)
19:46 - The Impact of Hair
23:00 - Hair Styles
25:15 - Learning about Braids
27:25 - Hair Salons vs. African Aunties vs. Instagram Girlies
34:00 - Hair Representation in the Media
35:00 - Hair Washing Routines
39:40 - Takeaways
40: 55 - Next Week’s Episode
41:40 - Goodbyes

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