Season 3, Episode 2: STOP WAITING FOR PERMISSION - AUNTIE SOLO

Auntie’s back, bbs! And this season, we’re done making ourselves smaller.

After a difficult year that included being doxxed, retreating from public life, and watching professional opportunities pass her by, Auntie (host Marjon Carlos) is getting candid about what happens when protecting your peace starts to cost you your visibility. In this solo episode, Auntie opens up about reclaiming her voice, returning to her purpose, and why she’s no longer willing to let other people determine the size of her life.

Then it’s on to the culture. In signature Auntie fashion, the journalist unpacks the debate surrounding Nikole Hannah-Jones’s New York Times Magazine essay on her daughter’s education, interrogates the politics of identity and proximity to whiteness in The Cut ’s “Wasian Generation,” and weighs in on the age-old question dividing the group chat: Are you betraying your single friends when you tell your partner their business?

Plus, in Ask Auntie Anything , Marjon shares hard-earned advice on navigating social life when you’re no longer drinking, making a career pivot without the traditional credentials, and learning to put yourself out there before you feel ready. IN THIS EPISODE * Auntie gets candid about being doxxed, professional setbacks, and finding the courage to be visible again. * We get into Nikole Hannah-Jones, the “Wasian Generation,” and the question of who gets to claim proximity to whiteness. * Auntie weighs in on navigating your social life without drinking and making a career pivot before you feel qualified.

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