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Moni & Kat review: The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman by Deesha Philyaw
This week, F.A.B. reviews The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman by Deesha Philyaw, exploring church politics, womanhood, identity, friendship, and the pressures of respectability. Moni and Kat discuss belonging, secrets, power, accountability, and what happens when protecting an image becomes more important than protecting people.The ladies also try something new, going live on YouTube! With a little interaction from viewers, they hope to connect with listeners and bring fresh energy to the show. Tune in and enjoy the conversation. Cheers!🥂
Please be advised this episode is intended for adult audiences and contains adult language and content. We are expressing opinions on the show for entertainment purposes only.
🚨SPOILER ALERT: This conversation includes spoilers about the plot, characters, major revelations and ending. If you haven't finished the book, consider this your warning.
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October 28, 2026 at 11:30 PM
📣 New Podcast! "Moni & Kat review: The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman by Deesha Philyaw" on @Spreaker #blackchurch #blacklit #bookreview #churchladies #deeshaphilyaw #familysecrets #fiction #humpday #lies #megachurch #podcast #power #readingastherapy #reputation #respectabilitypolitics
90% of traditional publishing is white and Black books might make up 1% at best — and you chose to complain about THAT. We need to drop the respectability politics we adopted to survive, because it just doesn't work. #EricaPleasePodcast #BlackBookTok #RespectabilityPolitics
October 8, 2026 at 2:03 PM
90% of traditional publishing is white and Black books might make up 1% at best — and you chose to complain about THAT. We need to drop the respectability politics we adopted to survive, because it just doesn't work. #EricaPleasePodcast #BlackBookTok #RespectabilityPolitics
From 'Black books are the hood' to 'A24 Blacks' — it's one conversation: respectability politics and the myth that being palatable enough will save us. It doesn't matter how much distance you create. You're still Black. #EricaPleasePodcast #RespectabilityPolitics #A24Blacks
October 5, 2026 at 8:32 PM
From 'Black books are the hood' to 'A24 Blacks' — it's one conversation: respectability politics and the myth that being palatable enough will save us. It doesn't matter how much distance you create. You're still Black. #EricaPleasePodcast #RespectabilityPolitics #A24Blacks
If anybody wants to follow me on Instagram 💗 #respectabilitypolitics
August 30, 2026 at 2:28 PM
If anybody wants to follow me on Instagram 💗 #respectabilitypolitics
Psychologist Challenges The “Act Right” Mentality. #trending #mentalhealth #mindset #viralvideo #fyp: Psychologist Dr. Raquel Martin is challenging Black people to reconsider the rules of respectability they… #MentalHealth #Psychology #BlackWellness #EmotionalHealth #RespectabilityPolitics
Psychologist Challenges The “Act Right” Mentality. #trending #mentalhealth #mindset #viralvideo #fyp
Psychologist Dr. Raquel Martin is challenging Black people to reconsider the rules of respectability they inherited, arguing that behaviors once used as survival strategies have, in some cases, become sources of emotional suppression and disconnection.
In a recent Instagram post and accompanying video, Martin, a licensed clinical psychologist, professor, scientist and podcast host who specializes in Black health and well-being, addressed what she described as the psychological cost of respectability politics.
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August 23, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Psychologist Challenges The “Act Right” Mentality. #trending #mentalhealth #mindset #viralvideo #fyp: Psychologist Dr. Raquel Martin is challenging Black people to reconsider the rules of respectability they… #MentalHealth #Psychology #BlackWellness #EmotionalHealth #RespectabilityPolitics
Psychologist Challenges The “Act Right” Mentality. #trending #mentalhealth #mindset #viralvideo #fyp: Psychologist Dr. Raquel Martin is challenging Black people to reconsider the rules of respectability they… #MentalHealth #RespectabilityPolitics #BlackWellness #EmotionalSuppression #MindsetShift
Psychologist Challenges The “Act Right” Mentality. #trending #mentalhealth #mindset #viralvideo #fyp
Psychologist Dr. Raquel Martin is challenging Black people to reconsider the rules of respectability they inherited, arguing that behaviors once used as survival strategies have, in some cases, become sources of emotional suppression and disconnection.
In a recent Instagram post and accompanying video, Martin, a licensed clinical psychologist, professor, scientist and podcast host who specializes in Black health and well-being, addressed what she described as the psychological cost of respectability politics.
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August 21, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Psychologist Challenges The “Act Right” Mentality. #trending #mentalhealth #mindset #viralvideo #fyp: Psychologist Dr. Raquel Martin is challenging Black people to reconsider the rules of respectability they… #MentalHealth #RespectabilityPolitics #BlackWellness #EmotionalSuppression #MindsetShift
The presidential election proved morals, ethics, and respectability politics are dead. So #PresidentBiden decided to pardon his son #HunterBiden. #BreakingNewsWithBranden
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#BreakingNewsWithBranden - #PresidentBiden pardons his son #HunterBiden. #JoeBiden #PresidentialPardon #RespectabilityPolitics #identitypolitics #liberals #democrat
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December 3, 2024 at 1:50 AM
The presidential election proved morals, ethics, and respectability politics are dead. So #PresidentBiden decided to pardon his son #HunterBiden. #BreakingNewsWithBranden
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Had a dream that was such an obvious metaphor for #respectabilitypolitics and queer infighting that woke up disappointed in subconscious for lack of narrative subtlety 🤭
June 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Had a dream that was such an obvious metaphor for #respectabilitypolitics and queer infighting that woke up disappointed in subconscious for lack of narrative subtlety 🤭
📌 this is so important! #differentialpower #respectabilitypolitics
These amorphous virtues of gentility that certain people love to invoke — nonviolence, civility, respectfulness, peacefulness, maturity — are worse than empty without accounting for differential power. A power differential is the difference between me running into a car, and a car running into me.
June 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
📌 this is so important! #differentialpower #respectabilitypolitics
Interesting to note how "banquets and plaques" are said to instill behaviorist models when you consider the role of award ceremonies in reinforcing compliance.
"Money, vacations, banquets, plaques—the list of variations on a single, simple behaviorist model of motivation is limitless...
January 14, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Wonder if one could consider online clout (that promotes scarcity/lateral violence) as a reward system to institute reform? #respectabilitypolitics
...And today even many people who are regarded as forward thinking—those who promote team-work, participative management, continuous improvement, and the like—urge the use of rewards to institute and maintain these very reforms."
January 14, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Wonder if one could consider online clout (that promotes scarcity/lateral violence) as a reward system to institute reform? #respectabilitypolitics
...And today even many people who are regarded as forward thinking—those who promote team-work, participative management, continuous improvement, and the like—urge the use of rewards to institute and maintain these very reforms."
January 14, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Theres some perspectives to consider on ego depletion and it's relationship to respectability politics.
January 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
#RespectabilityPolitics also have a tendency to center autarky, and praise it as pragmatic and diplomatic.
Shutting marginalized ppls out of economies to sabotage their ability to survive is social death.
Under autarky, class warfare is praised as pragmatic and diplomatic.
Under autarky, class warfare is praised as pragmatic and diplomatic.
December 14, 2024 at 2:30 AM
#RespectabilityPolitics also have a tendency to center autarky, and praise it as pragmatic and diplomatic.
It's a heavy dynamic that's normalized in respectability politics and another reason why ppl then tend to view necro politics as a defensible status quo ideology.
November 6, 2024 at 3:33 PM
This Miss Manners meets authority tone scares me.
Because as we all know, well dressed people never mistreat anyone.
#RespectabilityPolitics
#SocialControl
Because as we all know, well dressed people never mistreat anyone.
#RespectabilityPolitics
#SocialControl
Sean Duffy: "Dressing with respect -- whether it's a pair of jeans and a decent shirt, I would encourage people to maybe dress a little better which encourages us to maybe behave a little better. Let's try not to wear slippers and pajamas as we come to the airport."
November 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This Miss Manners meets authority tone scares me.
Because as we all know, well dressed people never mistreat anyone.
#RespectabilityPolitics
#SocialControl
Because as we all know, well dressed people never mistreat anyone.
#RespectabilityPolitics
#SocialControl
Tinysey: "Is It a Preference or Internalized Anti-Blackness?" | #BeautyStandards #BlackHair #HairPolice #NaturalHair #NarrowStandards #Texturism #DressCodes #Discrimination #Racism #Gaslighting #TheCrownAct #Representation #RespectabilityPolitics #Misogynoir
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Is It a Preference or Internalized Anti-Blackness?
YouTube video by Tinysey
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June 21, 2026 at 6:32 AM
Tinysey: "Is It a Preference or Internalized Anti-Blackness?" | #BeautyStandards #BlackHair #HairPolice #NaturalHair #NarrowStandards #Texturism #DressCodes #Discrimination #Racism #Gaslighting #TheCrownAct #Representation #RespectabilityPolitics #Misogynoir
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@ashleyaviola.bsky.social | Ashley Viola: "Almond Moms Want Their Daughters to STARVE" | #BeautyStandards #BodyImage #BodyShaming #DietCulture #Humiliation #EmotionalAbuse #ThinSupremacy #WhiteSupremacy #FatShame #Colonialism #RespectabilityPolitics #MediaLiteracy
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Almond Moms Want Their Daughters to STARVE
YouTube video by Ashley Viola
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May 10, 2026 at 10:57 PM
@ashleyaviola.bsky.social | Ashley Viola: "Almond Moms Want Their Daughters to STARVE" | #BeautyStandards #BodyImage #BodyShaming #DietCulture #Humiliation #EmotionalAbuse #ThinSupremacy #WhiteSupremacy #FatShame #Colonialism #RespectabilityPolitics #MediaLiteracy
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@parkroseperma.bsky.social | Parkrose Permaculture: "Another Duggar arrested for hurting kids." | #MAGA #Homeschooling #PurityCulture #RespectabilityPolitics #JosephDuggar #TLC #EpsteinFiles #CoverUp #CSAM #FarRight #Trumpers #HypersexualCulture #SexualizingChildren
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Another Duggar arrested for hurting kids.
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March 21, 2026 at 6:24 AM
@parkroseperma.bsky.social | Parkrose Permaculture: "Another Duggar arrested for hurting kids." | #MAGA #Homeschooling #PurityCulture #RespectabilityPolitics #JosephDuggar #TLC #EpsteinFiles #CoverUp #CSAM #FarRight #Trumpers #HypersexualCulture #SexualizingChildren
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@ashleyaviola.bsky.social | Ashley Viola: "'Femininity Coaches' Teaching You How To Be A Woman" | #InternalizedMisogyny #InternalizedSexism #AntiFeminist #HighValueWoman #ToxicPositivity #Ladylike #DivineFeminineEnergy #RespectabilityPolitics #BoostMensEgo #Abuse
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“Femininity Coaches” Teaching You How To Be A Woman
YouTube video by Ashley Viola
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February 10, 2026 at 5:24 AM
@ashleyaviola.bsky.social | Ashley Viola: "'Femininity Coaches' Teaching You How To Be A Woman" | #InternalizedMisogyny #InternalizedSexism #AntiFeminist #HighValueWoman #ToxicPositivity #Ladylike #DivineFeminineEnergy #RespectabilityPolitics #BoostMensEgo #Abuse
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Tinysey: "When You Build a Fanbase That Hates You" | #TheChildStarCurse #TypeCasting #UnspokenFanContract #MileyCyrus #KaiCenat #Growth #ChloeBailey #RespectabilityPolitics #GrowthVsFans #ComfortInsteadOfCuriosity #Parasocial #EmotionalContract
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When You Build a Fanbase That Hates You
YouTube video by Tinysey
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January 27, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Tinysey: "When You Build a Fanbase That Hates You" | #TheChildStarCurse #TypeCasting #UnspokenFanContract #MileyCyrus #KaiCenat #Growth #ChloeBailey #RespectabilityPolitics #GrowthVsFans #ComfortInsteadOfCuriosity #Parasocial #EmotionalContract
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@imurgency.bsky.social | imuRgency: "They Say It's "Black Fatigue", But It's Actually Just Racism" | #CarnivalCruise #RespectabilityPolitics #AntiBlackNarratives #WhiteFatigue
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They Say It's "Black Fatigue", But It's Actually Just Racism
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August 3, 2025 at 6:08 AM
@imurgency.bsky.social | imuRgency: "They Say It's "Black Fatigue", But It's Actually Just Racism" | #CarnivalCruise #RespectabilityPolitics #AntiBlackNarratives #WhiteFatigue
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