This week on My Privileged Mess, I chat with Chris Tompkins, the author of “Raising LGBTQ Allies: A Parent's Guide to Changing the Messages from the Playground,” about his book and privilege as it relates to sexual orientation.

This week on My privileged Mess, I chat with Rosemary McDonnel-Horita from LaVant consulting. Rosemary is the Impact Officer of Programs at LaVant Consulting for Netflix’s, Crip Camp Impact Campaign.

This week we skim the surface of Privilege & Stereotypes. Stereotypes, whether perceived as positive or negative, are always harmful. Though anti-Asian violence and racism are not new in America, there has recently been a rise in violent attacks on Asian communities and a call to action to #StopAsianHate. Are you wondering what more can you do to support AAPI communities? Listen and find out!

This week we skim the surface of Privilege & Cultural Appropriation. Cultural appropriation can take many forms. From wearing traditional garb to using and consuming medicinal herbs, it is vital that we spend some time trying to understand what the symbol or item means to that culture and find a designer or company owned by someone who is a part of the culture that created or uses the item you are looking for.

This week we skim the surface of Privilege & Dating. We often disregard or don't realize the ways privilege impacts this part of our daily lives. Privilege does not mean that dating is easy for you or that you haven't experienced harm while dating. Privilege while dating means that due to your sexual identity, your able-body, Your gender identity, the color of your skin, etc., or a combination of any of these things, you experience an absence of certain barriers while dating.  In this episode, you will hear from Chi about her experiences and insights on privilege while dating as well as her business, N.Y.A. Love and Dating Services, LLC. You may just decide to ditch those dating apps after all!

This week We skim the surface of Privilege & COVID-19. America has a long history of medical racism and abuse of Black people in the name of Science. In addition, We skim the surface of vaccine inequities we are seeing today. Finally, Amber and I chat about the COVID-19 testing and vaccine efforts in our County in California and the challenges associated with raising awareness about COVID-19 and assisting folks in getting vaccinated.

This week we skim the surface of privilege & drugs, cannabis legislation, the importance of acknowledging racism, and Cameron's experience launching @the_cannadad in a white-male-dominated industry. 

This week we skim the surface of privilege in drugs, the war on drugs, medical marijuana, Cameron's experience getting involved in cannabis, conversations about privilege and systemic racism, and Cameron's business @the_cannadad.