Episode #7
The Something Else with Dr. Ruth Nicole Brown
What happens when we stop asking Black girls to be quiet—and start building worlds around their voices? In this episode of The Rolling Archives, Ashley sits down with pioneering Black girlhood studies scholar Dr. Ruth Nicole Brown, professor and inaugural chair of African American and African Studies at Michigan State University and founder of SOLHOT (Saving Our Lives, Hear Our Truths). Together, Ashley and Dr. Brown trace the origins of Black girlhood studies, celebrate the 16th anniversary of Black Girlhood Celebration: Toward a Hip-Hop Feminist Pedagogy, and unpack what it means to create spaces where Black girls can speak, create, grieve, dream, and simply be. This is a conversation about Black girlhood as knowledge, Black feminism as everyday practice, and the radical possibilities that emerge when we trust what we know—and make room for the “something else.” Connect with Dr. Ruth Nicole Brown at ruthnicolebrown.com. Follow The Rolling Archives on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube @TheRollingArchives and visit therollingarchives.org. Rate, review, and subscribe—and keep rolling toward all the places that keep us whole.
