Are you prepping for a meeting where you’ll be the only woman in the room?
As someone who frequently finds themselves in this position, here’s my go-to playlist to counter the bevy of emotions that you’ll have to be ready for: found here.
1. Decibels — Jidenna
“She’s a smokahontas.”
The Stanford Race & Gender studies grad coins a phrase we should all get behind.
2. Truth Hurts — Lizzo
“Yeah, I got boy problems — that’s the human in me. Then I solve ’em, that’s the goddess in me.”
Goddess, indeed.
3. Brujas — Princess Nokia
“Witchcraft, Bitchcraft.”
Are witches the ultimate feminists?
4. Bling Bling — Junglepussy
“Bling Bling, bitch. Do my own thing, bitch.”
With a name like that, I bow down.
5. Nice for What — Drake
“I been peepin what you bringing to the table.”
Drake gets all the points for featuring Rashida Jones in a video.
6. Flawless — Beyonce
“We say to girls: You can have ambition, but not too much.”
The Chimamanda Ngozi interlude is everything.
7. Miss Me — Leikeli47
“Miss me with the bullshit.”
Leikeli47 scares me and I like it.
8. Female — Sampa the Great
“F-E-M-A-L-E.”
If this is your introduction to Sampa, contratulations.
9. Djano Jane- Janelle Monae
“We gave you life, we gave you birth, we gave you God, we gave you earth.”
Militant feminism. Yes.
10. Leaned Out — IAMDDB
“I cannot and won’t conform.”
Is it meant as a direct dig to Sheryl Sandberg? Who knows.
