The justUS podcast comes at a time when Tashira and Margo are emboldened with new opportunities. It is just one example of how their cross-cultural and long-standing friendship transcends identities. Tashira as a queer Black womxn and rich auntie and Margo as a white cis-hetero, married mother of three daughters may seem on the surface to have little in common. However, they demonstrate how a friendship can persist and thrive outside of the box society has constructed for them.

After battling breast cancer, Tashira quit her job as an attorney working in public policy to follow her passion as a content creator. This major life change allowed her to explore the many facets of fashion and entrepreneurship, including becoming the self-proclaimed High Priestess of Thotlandia. She has shepherded a group of women and femmes under a call for bodily autonomy, pleasure and empowerment.

In 2021, Margo was diagnosed with the BRCA-2 gene mutation that put her at extremely high risk of cancer a month after turning 40. She made the decision to undergo a preventative double mastectomy and ovarian surgery. Margo chose to see the diagnosis and subsequent surgeries as an opportunity for reflection on her life’s journey. The following year, she made the difficult decision to leave her role as a law professor to pursue her own path.