The Unwanted Sorority – Details, episodes & analysis

Podcast details

Technical and general information from the podcast's RSS feed.

The Unwanted Sorority

iHeartPodcasts

Health & Fitness

Society & Culture

Education

Frequency: 1 episode/6d. Total Eps: 12

The Unwanted Sorority explores the personal and collective experiences of Black women, femmes, and gender expansive folks impacted by sexual violence.. Through survivor stories, cultural analysis, and historical context, host Dr. Leatra Tate breaks down the barriers Black women face in seeking justice, healing, and systemic change.

With empathy, honesty, and a focus on advocacy, The Unwanted Sorority creates a space for listeners to witness, learn, and take action toward building a safer, more equitable future.

Recent rankings

Latest chart positions across Apple Podcasts and Spotify rankings.

Apple Podcasts

🇨🇦 Canada - mentalHealth
29/08/2025
#96

Spotify

No recent rankings available

Shared links between episodes and podcasts

Links found in episode descriptions and other podcasts that share them.

See all

https://omnystudio.com/listener
12 shares
https://tending-the-garden.mn.co/landing
3 shares
https://www.nsvrc.org/
2 shares

https://www.instagram.com/cintima.co
2 shares
https://www.instagram.com/chngerpeclture
1 share

https://medium.com/afrosapiophile/the-sojourner-truth-we-know-is-a-white-lie-78c3db9e0e22
1 share

RSS feed quality and score

Technical evaluation of the podcast's RSS feed quality and structure.

See all

RSS feed quality

To improve

Score global : 63%

Publication history

Monthly episode publishing history over the past years.

Year

Latest published episodes

Recent episodes with titles, durations, and descriptions.

See all

Honoring Vanessa Guillen, Denisha Montgomery, and LaVena Johnson: On Military Sexual Violence

Thursday, August 28, 2025 • Duration 25:19

In this week's bonus episode, we cover a brief introduction to military sexual violence and military sexual trauma, and highlight a few notable cases that have either set a precedent for progress in terms of the military's response to individual cases or reinforced the instinct of silence for others. In doing so, we honor the stories of Vanessa Guillen and he family's fight for justice, as well as Denisha Montgomery and LaVena Johnson, whose families are still seeking answers today.
Resources and Mentions

President Biden's Executive Order, 2022 Amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial [link found using the Wayback Machine, as the original link has been deactivated on WhiteHouse.Gov; original link last accessible January 20, 2025 at 16:35:32]
FedWeek's article "Court Says Military Members Can Sue Others in Uniform"
Liz Jassin's article about Denisha Montgomery "Family believes woman was murdered during deployment"
Combat Sexual Assault
Marielle Pdilla on the Feres Doctrine "The 19th Explains: How a recent court opinion could clear the way for military sexual assault survivors to find justice"
U.S. Department of Defense, "DOD, Services Moving Ahead on Recommendations to Combat Sexual Assault"
Fort Hood Independent Review- Timeline
Stanford University Library- Say Their Names exhibit: LaVena Johnson
Team Ebony of EBONY Magazine's article "The Sexual Trauma of Black Female Veterans"

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Read moreCollapse

Introducing: The Unwanted Sorority

Thursday, June 26, 2025 • Duration 02:06

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tending the Garden: Understanding the Life Work of Healing with Jimanekia Eborn, Part II

Thursday, August 14, 2025 • Duration 47:38

Aaaaand we're back with part two of our two-episode tribute to Professor Anita Hill. In this episode we dive more into her continued legacy and the significance of Kimberlé Crenshaw in the intersectional fight against sexual violence

Leatra also shares Jimanekia Eborn's Grad Chapter Corner, catching up on how she's been over the past two years since they recorded her interview.

Resources & Mentions

Meet Anita Hill

Aamna Mohdin’s article from The Guardian- Kimberlé Crenshaw: The Woman Who Revolutionised Feminism – and Landed at the Heart of the Culture Wars

DeNeen L. Brown’s article from The Washington Post- The Scathing Ad 1,600 Black Women Bought to Oppose Clarence Thomas

Twitter post from author Tayari Jones, a Black woman who donated to the ad

The Shirley Chisholm Project’s article celebrating Anita Hill’s documentary release

Anita Hill's books, Speaking Truth to Power (1998), Reimagining Equality: Stories of Gender, Race, and Finding Home (2012), and (2022)

Anita Hill Wasn’t Alone: Honoring Black Survivors, Then and Now with Jimanekia Eborn, Part I

Season 1 · Episode 5

Thursday, August 7, 2025 • Duration 01:14:18

On this week's episode of The Unwanted Sorority, host Dr. Leatra Tate, kicks off a two-part tribute to Professor Anita Hill, unpacking her life before the infamous hearings and situating her story within the broader movement to end sexual violence against Black women.

Leatra is also joined by Jimanekia Eborn, known to many as The Trauma Queen—a nationally recognized Sexual Assault & Trauma Expert, Trauma Media Consultant, and Comprehensive Sex Educator. Together, they dig deep into the emotional labor of "the work" (whatever that actually means), why grief work is part of survivor work, and the responsibility of showing up for yourself and taking care of yourself.

Tune in for part one of this essential series— and come back next week as we return to Anita Hill's story and catch up with Jimanekia, two years after her original appearance on the show.

Resources & Mentions

Scott Neuman and Lexie Schapitl’s NPR article- Congress rolls back $9 billion in public media funding and foreign aid

Cory Turner on NPR’s article- How Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Will Be Remembered

Meet Anita Hill

Jimanekia Eborn's nonprofit, Tending the Garden. Looking to join the survivor space? Check it out here

Catch Jimanekia hosting the following upcoming events: 1. "Tell Me What You Like" book talk with author Katie Simon at Pleasure Chest Los Angeles (August 8th), 2. "" virtual class with SheBop (August 12th), 3. 's first annual Flicker Festival, a first-of-its-kind curated international festival celebrating intimate storytelling in film,

The History They Don’t Teach: Black Organizing Against Sexual Assault

Season 1 · Episode 5

Thursday, July 31, 2025 • Duration 34:54

This bonus episode of The Unwanted Sorority traces the rich but often overlooked history of Black American resistance to sexual violence, beyond the headlines and hashtags. Host, Dr. Leatra Tate guides listeners through more than a century of organizing, from post-Emancipation community protection practices and the anti-lynching work of the early 1900s to the radical abolitionist frameworks of the 2000s.

We explore how Black survivors and organizers redefined safety in the face of state neglect and criminalization, building power through mutual aid, political education, and healing justice. We’ll also touch on the rise of digital movements like #MeToo and #MuteRKelly to reinforce why today’s advocacy demands more than carceral solutions.

Featuring a brief historical analysis and cultural commentary, this episode is a reminder that we’ve been building this road to liberation for generations. Let’s take this introduction as an invitation to keep moving forward.

Resources & Mentions

The Sojourner Truth We Know is a Lie

Fannie Lou Hamer- "Nobody's Free Until Everybody's Free"

Tulane University’s All In Program- Timeline of the History of Sexual Violence in the U.S.

"1866 to 2020: Black Women Have Always Led the Sexual Assault Awareness Movement"

Article on the

Trying to Be a Whole Me: Ericka Knight on Expanding Your Healing Journey

Season 1 · Episode 4

Thursday, July 24, 2025 • Duration 01:01:06

Resources & Mentions

Tarana Burke’s bio

Tarana Burke interviews with The Current and The Grio

“Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement” by Tarana Burke

“Black Activist Mothering: Teach Me About What Teaches You” by Jacqueline Roebuck Sakho

"Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment" by Patricia Hill Collins

"Community Mothering: The Relationship Between Mothering and the Community Work of Black Women" by Arlene E. Edwards

Understanding the Cycle of Abuse

Amani Community Services- Black Power & Control Wheel and Black Equality & Respect Wheel)

me too. Healing Resource Library

– Call 800-656-HOPE (4673)

It Was Like We Were Having an Out of Body Experience: Brenda & Leroy Tate on Parenting a Rape Survivor

Season 1 · Episode 3

Thursday, July 17, 2025 • Duration 01:17:45

In this powerful and deeply personal episode of The Unwanted Sorority, host Dr. Leatra Tate sits down with the two people who raised her, Brenda and Leroy Tate, for a multigenerational conversation on healing, community, and the legacy of silence around sexual violence in Black families. Leroy Tate, a retired Air Force veteran, reflects on his upbringing in a tight-knit Black community, his thoughts on masculinity, fatherhood, and his raw response to learning about his daughter’s assault. Brenda Tate, a retired administrative assistant and mother of three, opens up about growing up in the 1960s, how community centers shaped her childhood, and the heartbreak and self-blame she experienced upon hearing her daughter’s disclosure. Together, they talk candidly about: the generational shift in how Black communities discuss sexual violence, how the fear of judgment and distrust in policing impacted responses to assault in the 1960s, Parenting through trauma without a guidebook, and the urgent need for more Black mentors in youth-centered programs like Big Brothers Big SistersThis episode is a moving example of what it looks like to confront the past, lean into vulnerability, and choose healing together—even when it's hard. It honors Black family, community resilience, and the sacred act of telling the truth.

Resources & Mentions

bell hooks books referenced: Ain’t I a Woman? Black Women and Feminism (1981), Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood (1996), All About Love: New Visions (2000), Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics (2000), Salvation: Black People and Love (2001), and The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love (2004).

Big Brothers Big Sisters- Mentoring Programs

You Can’t Pour From an Empty Cup: Trina Greene on Parenting for Liberation and the Ritual of Self-Care

Season 1 · Episode 2

Thursday, July 10, 2025 • Duration 01:02:13

In this episode of The Unwanted Sorority, we’re giving flowers to the one and only Patricia Hill Collins. Leatra also talks with Trina Greene of Parenting for Liberation about the necessity of self-care for parents and children. Whether you’re a survivor or someone walking alongside us in this journey, taking care of yourself is not optional. It’s sacred.

We also get real about trauma triggers—what they are, how they show up, and how to regulate after they hit. This episode also touches on a topic too often left out of healing conversations: childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and parenting. I lift up the powerful work of Ebony Williams and her organization Cactus in Bloom, which centers Black and LGBTQIA+ CSA navigating pregnancy, birth, and parenting.

If you're healing, holding space, parenting through pain, or just trying to figure out how to make room for yourself in your own life—this one’s for you.

Resources & Mentions

Patricia Hill Collins’ 2009 ASA Presidential Statement

TIME Magazine article about Patricia Hill Collins

Kimberlé Crenshaw on Intersectionality

Patricia Hill Collins: Black Sexual Politics

Leatra’s Dissertation (reference to the "socialization of trauma" concept)

The Unwanted Sorority – Details, episodes & analysis

Podcast details

Recent rankings

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Shared links between episodes and podcasts

RSS feed quality and score

Publication history

Latest published episodes

Related Shows Based on Content Similarities

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Related Shows Based on Content Similarities

The Unwanted Sorority – Details, episodes & analysis

Podcast details

Recent rankings

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Shared links between episodes and podcasts

Other83

Instagram2

Medium1

RSS feed quality and score

Publication history

Latest published episodes

Similar podcasts and content

Related Shows Based on Content Similarities

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Related Shows Based on Content Similarities

Other83

Instagram2

Medium1