Ep. 3: Candice Marie Benbow | Theologian & Essayist | It Is Okay to Be Broken

This week, southern belle, author, and creator Candice Marie Benbow joins Mungi to discuss her work that intersects beauty, baking, faith, feminism, and culture- including a strong emphasis on giving voices to Black women’s shared experiences of healing. Candice has written for various outlets and in 2015, she started the Red Lip Theology podcast to encourage women to embrace themselves. Her first book, “Red Lip Theology: Essays at the Intersection of Faith and Black Feminism”, is currently slated for release in 2022. In May 2016, following the release of Beyoncé’s visual album Lemonade, Candice created the #LemonadeSyllabus hashtag and social media campaign, with contributions from over 70 Black women. Candice released the syllabus as a free downloadable resource of over 250 works centered around the lives of Black women and within the first week, it was downloaded over 40,000 times and has reached over 600,000 downloads. Tune in to hear Candice and Mungi embark on a conversation between friends exploring truthfulness, lessons from the global pandemic, the problem with jealousy and envy, and the importance of granting grace to ourselves and others. To learn more about Candice, visit www.candicebenbow.com.