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I’m down for this! I hope she includes some of her askdemetria questions on there.
 

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"Ratchet"? Interesting she was the most stuck up lame chick on that reality show now she's rocking door knockers and praising Cardi B. Mkay.
 

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She's in the top 10 for podcasts on Apple. Did anyone listen to the first episode?
 

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I listened this morning. It was okay...I don't know if I really like podcasts with only one person. I'd rather hear a conversation than one person rambling.
 

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She's in the top 10 for podcasts on Apple. Did anyone listen to the first episode?
Listened to her review of Becoming and it was interesting to hear someone have similar reactions to things that stood out to me in the book. Always liked Demetria, she can overplay the bougie card at times but overall i like her and the podcast
 

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I’ve listened to all three episodes and I’m loving it so far. She said she’ll do the podcast for three months and then decide at the end of the three months if she should continue.
 

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I absolutely hate the name of this podcast. The word rachet is overplayed and dated.

She spoke about the title in episode 4. She says it encompasses all parts of women instead of pitting one against the other. Says a woman can be both and it’s not in reference to her, per se.
 

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She spoke about the title in episode 4. She says it encompasses all parts of women instead of pitting one against the other. Says a woman can be both and it’s not in reference to her, per se.

I don't know why she had to explain herself, I knew exactly why she named her podcast that. I still hate the name and the word ratchet is trite.
 

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Anyone been listening?
I have been. I usually don't care for shows with a solo host, but I've been enjoying hers so far.

Imo, she does a little too much sometimes, and I'm not sure if it's intentional or not. Like last week she made a whole deal out of addressing the face that she mentioned still her dad's credit card for emergencies. Like ok girl. No one is still talking about sh!t you said on Love, Sweat, and Heels. You're honestly not popping like that.
 

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I'm enjoying Demetria's podcast, she is like a BFF in my head. Been loving her since Essence columnist days.

I didn't love her on Blood, Sweat, and Heels. Her wedding dress was dope, but she came across not relatable.

Since she has been doing IG and the podcast, I feel like she is back to the Belle, loved in the beginning.

It's a weekly fav. She got me interested in getting Michelle Obama's book, because I was not going to read it.
 
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I tried listening to this but I can't stand the way she gasps for air in between her sentences. It makes her sound slow and choppy. Does she have breathing problems?
 

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I agree, Demetriia has a weird speaking cadence on the podcast, it’s distracting me from the content.
 

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I go back and forth with her. I want to like her because I loved ABIB blog. But she seems like a pretentious know it all. I also dont find her interesting nor entertaining on the podcast.
 

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I found out about this a month ago...it's interesting watching ppl rebrand themselves...I hate the word "respectable" more than ratchet....I side eye Black ppl that call themselves "respectable"...(n)

I met her before though and she was similar to how she portrayed herself on that reality show.

It's good that some ppl are enjoying her podcast though...I was wondering how ppl liked it....I'm personally tired of pop culture podcasts/Youtube channels.....but it appears she talks about dating/relationships too...
 

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She moved to LA to pursue her dream of executive producing and she's renting her dream loft. I'm proud of her.
 

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She had two flop episodes. Both of which had a guest. Other than those two, I’ve enjoyed the podcast.
 

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She had two flop episodes. Both of which had a guest. Other than those two, I’ve enjoyed the podcast.

I agree. Each time she has had a guest I did not listen to the entire podcast. Idk if she is not a great interviewer or if the guests have just been discussing topics that are of no interest to me. I’ve enjoyed the solo episodes and I initially thought she would need a cohost. I hope she continues them after her trial period.
 

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I go back and forth with her. I want to like her because I loved ABIB blog. But she seems like a pretentious know it all. I also dont find her interesting nor entertaining on the podcast.

I liked her ABIB blog...at first. After a while, she sounded extremely pretentious and preachy. She loved to dole out advice on what everyone should be doing, how they should be living, etc. all the while neglecting to mention that she was extremely privileged and that her parents helped her A LOT. On BS&H she came off as a brazen social climber, uptight. pretentious and unrelatable.

She moved to LA to pursue her dream of executive producing and she's renting her dream loft. I'm proud of her.

I'm surprised at this, but not entirely. She did mention some time ago that all of her friends had moved to LA. I thought she despised LA since I remember her writing years ago that the men weren't fawning all over her and that she felt fat the entire time.
 
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I liked her ABIB blog...at first. After a while, she sounded extremely pretentious and preachy. She loved to dole out advice on what everyone should be doing, how they should be living, etc. all the while neglecting o mention that she was extremely privileged and that her parents helped her A LOT. On BS&H she came off as a brazen social climber, uptight. pretentious and unrelatable.



I'm surprised at this, but not entirely. She did mention some time ago that all of her friends had moved to LA. I thought she despised LA since I remember her writing years ago that the men weren't fawning all over her and that she felt fat the entire time.

She can be really out of touch when it comes to her privilege. I remember on one episode of the podcast she talked about having her father's cc for emergencies and acting like that normal and something everyone has/does. She's a grown woman entering her 40s with her parent's credit card is wild to me.
 

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So far I’ve like the episodes without the interviews, she’s shooting too far out her range and the guests are, in all sincerity and no shade, the boring academic types. She’s trying to have cultural critique vibe like Still Processing, but that’s not her lane.

I’m still trying to figure out what’s going on with her speaking cadence, is she reading from a script? It’s just comes off as robotic. That’s not her regular speaking cadence, right?
 

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I’m still trying to figure out what’s going on with her speaking cadence, is she reading from a script? It’s just comes off as robotic. That’s not her regular speaking cadence, right?

It does sound like shes reading a script. When I'm listening it sounds like an audiobook. I think she will get better as she goes along.
 

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Honestly it’s just boring.

It comes off the same way as her posts. Humble bragging and the facade of being relatable all thr whole looking down her nose at others.

She also makes things/people seem way more popping than they are. Maybe thats just a writer thing?
 

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So far I’ve like the episodes without the interviews, she’s shooting too far out her range and the guests are, in all sincerity and no shade, the boring academic types. She’s trying to have cultural critique vibe like Still Processing, but that’s not her lane.

I’m still trying to figure out what’s going on with her speaking cadence, is she reading from a script? It’s just comes off as robotic. That’s not her regular speaking cadence, right?
 

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So far I’ve like the episodes without the interviews, she’s shooting too far out her range and the guests are, in all sincerity and no shade, the boring academic types. She’s trying to have cultural critique vibe like Still Processing, but that’s not her lane.

I’m still trying to figure out what’s going on with her speaking cadence, is she reading from a script? It’s just comes off as robotic. That’s not her regular speaking cadence, right?

I think she is reading also when she is talking she doesn't speak like that.

I also think her audience is maybe for an older crowd that is kinda removed from pop culture. The folks that mostly use facebook and not twitter and only use instagram to follow their family members type of folks. My mom is in her 60's and I can see my mom enjoying her more than I do, although I do enjoy listening to a lot of her stuff and her opinions are like bleh to me but I figure its because I am not part of her core audience.

I kinda saw her talk back that lil thing she said about Lauren London and I was like yea girl you know you meant something else which I thought was funny cause I thought she married a single father.
 

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I think she is reading also when she is talking she doesn't speak like that.

I also think her audience is maybe for an older crowd that is kinda removed from pop culture. The folks that mostly use facebook and not twitter and only use instagram to follow their family members type of folks. My mom is in her 60's and I can see my mom enjoying her more than I do, although I do enjoy listening to a lot of her stuff and her opinions are like bleh to me but I figure its because I am not part of her core audience.

I kinda saw her talk back that lil thing she said about Lauren London and I was like yea girl you know you meant something else which I thought was funny cause I thought she married a single father.

Yea she did walk it back. She’s kind of a mean girl.
 

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