day 11,131
episode 04



coming of (r)age pt. 1
(a mini-episode)
by ALYH ABOVE


dispatched Nov 15, 2025













Growing up black and femme presents a particular set of challenges.

Day 11,131 explores the concept of “coming of (r)age”, a term coined to denote the unique difficulties that plague the maturation of black girls, and specifically, to provide a framework for narrating the experience in literature. This mini-episode references research from Pamela E. Groves (Coming-of-Rage: Young, Black and Female in America) and Lashon Daley in order to excavate themes about black femme rage and the conceptual archetype of the ‘angry black woman’.


“I delineate four valuable articulations of rage as the foundation for why coming of (r)age is the paradigm shift desperately needed in apprehending how Black girls experience their maturation processes. These articulations include: 1) to become raged upon, 2) to rage against, 3) to become all the rage, and 4) to become enraged. This framework troubles existing notions about the maturation processes of Black girls by highlighting rage as an integral part of their survival as they transition into Black women.”

— Lashon Daley (Black Girl Lit: The Coming of (R)age Performances in Contemporary U.S. Black Girlhood Narratives, 1989-2019)



THREADS + THEMES


  • raging against
  • becoming enraged
  • becoming all the rage



EPISODE OUTLINE


✴︎ 01 — ABSTRACTION (aka I WOULD HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO STILL LIVE HERE AND EXPERIENCED IDENTITY-BASED VIOLENCE)


  • “BE QUIET”, @theehoochiegawd on Instagram, 2025
  • You Don’t Know My Name, Alicia Keys

✴︎ 02 — LET THE KIDS TELL IT
  • Ebony Jenkins Singing (Source: Guy Jenkins on YouTube)
  • They Don’t Care About Us, Michael Jackson
  • Get Ur Freak On, Missy Elliott

(mixed by ALYH ABOVE)


✴︎ 03 — I HAVE TO PUT IT SOMEWHERE

  • Thomas J Price on sculpture, “Moments Contained”
  • Florynce Kennedy on the right to violence for oppressed people, from Born In Flames, 1983 Lizzie Borden
  • Nobody’s Supposed to Be Here, Deborah Cox
  • All My Girls Like To Fight, Hope Tala

(mixed by ALYH ABOVE)


✴︎ 04 — RAGING AGAINST

  • Deante Kyle on women having a healthy distaste for men, from Grits & Eggs Podcast
  • Creepiin, Mamii
  • @theehoochiegawd (IG) on being a bitch
  • Miss Me, Leikeli47
  • One Thing, Amerie
  • Caught Out There, Kelis

(mixed by ALYH ABOVE)


✴︎ 05 — ALL THE RAGE/DATING IS LITERALLY DANGEROUS FOR US
  • ALYH ABOVE on being watched
  • Watching Me, Jill Scott
  • Through With Love, Destiny’s Child

(mixed by ALYH ABOVE)


✴︎ 06 — ENRAGED

  • Mad, Solange (Live at WayHome Music and Arts festival, Oro-Medonte, Ontario, Canada)
  • ALYH ABOVE on being forced into rage by oppressive violence