<p><strong>Welcome to our 6th iteration of the </strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/blackgirlsguidetomenopause" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Black Girl&#39;s Guide to Surviving Menopause</strong></a><strong> podcast: the Season of Orisii. </strong>Building on our international diasporic tour from last year, this season&#39;s <strong>theme is Orisii, or &#39;pairs&#39; in the Afric language of Yoruba</strong>. We&#39;ve invited different types of pairs to explore the through-line between menarche and menopause. You will hear parent/child, partner/lovers and siblings to offer their reflections and observations about this journey as individual and as orisii. We as people capable of menstruation understand that each experience is unique and impacts both our selves and connections we have to our loved ones. </p> <p><br></p> <p>On this first episode, we have gina Breedlove and Ash-lee Woodard Henderson: partnered orisii</p> <p>gina Breedlove is a grief doula, sound healer, vocalist, mother, grandmother, author, and oracle of grace. (<a href="https://www.ginabreedlove.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">website</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ginabreedlove" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">IG</a>)</p> <p>Ash-lee Woodard Henderson is an organizer, strategist, soon-to-be author and the first Black woman co-Executive Director at the <a href="https://highlandercenter.org/cultural-organizing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Highlander Center for Research and Education</a>. (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/_ashdashlee_" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Ash-Lee&#39;s IG </a>| <a href="https://www.instagram.com/highlandercenter/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Highland&#39;s IG</a>) </p> <p><br></p> <p>Produced by BGG2SM Creative Director, Mariah M.</p> <p>Hosted by BGG2SM Founder &amp; Chief Curatorial Officer, Omisade Burney-Scott</p> <p>Edited by Kim Blocker of <a href="https://tdsradio.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">TDS Radio</a></p> <p>Theme music by Taj Cullen Scott</p> <p>Season 6 Artwork by Assata Goff, artist &amp; in-house Iconographer of BGG2SM</p> <p><br></p> <p>Season 6 of the podcast is sponsored by <a href="https://thehoneypot.co/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">The Honey Pot Company</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>Learn more about Black Girl&#39;s Guide to Surviving Menopause at <a href="http://www.blackgirlsguidetosurvivingmenopause.com/" target="_blank">www.blackgirlsguidetosurvivingmenopause.com</a></p> <p><br></p>