Turning the Spotlight on the Shade Room (ft. Michael Blackmon)

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This week, Tre’vell and Jarrett are joined by BuzzFeed culture reporter Michael Blackmon who shares his thoughts on The Shade Room—the insanely popular Instagram-based gossip platform that even Barack Obama knows of!

But with the platform trafficking in anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment a lot more folks have been asking, “Is The Shade Room Too Toxic To Function?”

But first…

Pass the Popcorn

Love in the time of Lady Rona. Tre’vell and Jarrett discuss wedding protocol during a pandemic.

DIS/Honorable Mentions

This week, Jarrett has an honorable mention for the new NPR podcast Louder Than A Riot and another honorable mention for the Stonewall Community Foundation Vision Awards.

With all his dishonor saved up for one special group, this week it’s got to go to the people up in The White House and the justices and everyone involved in the decision to end the 2020 census on October 15.

Tre’vell has an honorable mention for Megan Thee Stallion and her op-ed in the New York Times as well as a posthumous honorable mention for the late Monica Roberts.

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Tre’vell Anderson

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About the show

Sometimes the people, places, and things we love don’t love us back. We’re fans, but we also have some ANTI- feelings toward them. Every week on FANTI, journalists Tre’vell Anderson and jarrett hill bring their pop culture and political expertise to things we must stan and stand up against. FANTI is a place where nuance reigns supreme with energetic, complicated, and sometimes difficult conversations that bring deep knowledge and thoughtful perspective to the things we love and rage about, from the White House to the Real House(wives).