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Black women in their 30s: Then vs. Now

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We're taking a trip back to the 90s and exploring the lives of single Black women and how their stories still show up in media 30 years later. 

This episode comes from NPR's Books We've Loved podcast series. Brittany joined hosts Andrew Limbong and B.A. Parker to revisit Terry McMillan's classic novel, Waiting to Exhale. The three get into how the book was a blueprint for Sex & The City and how it depicts the complexity of Black women's lives - and echoes the lives of Black women today.

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