The ladies discuss whether where you live makes you who you are or if you choose to live somewhere because you’re a certain type of person and the unintended consequences of stereotyping people from specific towns and cities in the UK.

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https://unitedmelaningroup.com/es061

(Website – Show notes)

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/londoners-are-irritable-and-quarrelsome-regional-personality-study-finds-10131928.html

(Article – Londoners are irritable and quarrelsome but love a party, study shows – Tom Marshall for Evening Standard)

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-wandering/201508/does-where-you-live-make-you-who-you-are

(Article – Does Where You Live Make You Who You Are? – Colin Ellard PhD for Psychology Today)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4311835/

(Study – Geography and personality: Why do different neighborhoods have different vibes? – Shigehiro Oishi in Proceedings in the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America)

https://www.bustle.com/p/where-you-live-affects-your-personality-but-only-to-a-point-36010

(Article – Does Where You Live Affect Your Personality? – Maddy Foley for Bustle)

https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-new-geography-of-personality

(Article – The new geography of personality – Jason Rentfrow for University of Cambridge)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-56664378

(Article – NI riots: What is behind the violence in Northern Ireland? – Michael Hirst for BBC News)

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Join Monah, Nushy Rose and Sophie Hannah, three smart, curious and opinionated highly-melanated women, as they and their guests discuss everything from current affairs to pop culture, and everything in between. No subject is off-limits for these ladies, especially when it comes to issues affecting British communities of colour. Get ready to laugh, learn and liberate your mind, because if there’s one thing you can guarantee, it’s that the Ethnically Speaking ladies will be giving it to you straight!

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Music by GC

Contains explicit language?

Yes

Episode contributors

Sophie Hannah, Monah, Nushy Rose

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