SHOW NOTES Meet Kovie, a culture & identities writer and Deputy Entertainment Editor at @buzzfeednews. Kovie and I luv author Luvvie Ajayi ( AKA @AwesomelyLuvvie) and being lowkey judgemental (for all the right reasons). On today's epi, we share our fave takeaways from Luvvie’s NYT Bestseller (!!) “I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual.” Kovie wrote about Queen Sugar. Then, Ava DuVernay wrote a thank you Kovie. She totally buried that lede.   Luvvie on Side Hustle Pro Podcast (which BANGS) #BriBooks OPP’s (Other People’s Podcasts) This Week From Brionna: Tea with Queen and J. From Kovie: Minorities in Publishing podcast (hi Jenn Baker!), Another Round, The Friend Zone   1:15- How Kovie and I found Luvvie via #TGIT Scandal Twitter 3:30 - Luvvie’s consistency, and taking 10 years to become an “overnight success.” 4:45 - Kovie on judgement 7:10 - #RelationshipGoals Goals: Are you on the same team? 9:45 - Doing the branding v. doing the WORK! 11:00 - Being a black woman, using humor and being taken “seriously” as a critic 12:15 - Luvvie is an active LISTENER and authentic RESPONDER. 12:40 - Kovie on why we are children no longer, how 2016 prepared her for 2017, and why the darkness was never a stranger to us. 16:07 -  “Africa is a continent and people have to respect that.” 18:45 -  “Do Better Manual” for 2017 - Get disciplined! 24:35 - Tired? Get up off your ass, say a prayer, and go to work! 25:00 - OOP’s: Minorities in Publishing, Another Round, The Friend Zone, Tea with Queen and J. 26: 41 - The ULTIMATE lede burial - Kovie wrote on Queen Sugar. Ava wrote Kovie. Epic.