#0004 - Lara & JJ

04/27/20 • 67 min

Jess talks to Lara and JJ. about their relationship to LGBTQ+ labels, investigates how they met, what their personal experiences in the community are and how these shaped their identity. Additionally, this episodes features musings on the nature and/or nurture debate, the subject of discrimination, as well as deeper thoughts on the lesbian appeal of Dusty Springfield.
Links to talks and things that are mentioned in this episode:
Vera Birkenbihl - Die Vielfalt der Geschlechtsentwicklung (German Lecture):
https://youtu.be/8eEjnqsxlnI
How Many Seconds to a First Impression? (APS):
https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/how-many-seconds-to-a-first-impression

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#0003 - Keira

Jess talks to Keira about life in lockdown, her relationship to the label 'lesbian', the concept of marriage, certain mental health taboos within the community and society in general, our relationship to food and alcohol, as well as the treatment of women in fiction.
We also mention our donation campaign for Gay's the Word bookshop in this episode. If you would like to support them so that they can re-open after the pandemic lockdown is over, then check out this JustGiving page.

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#0005 - Miriam

This episode is all about Miriam, a lesbian artist. Jess talks to her about her first experiences and crushes and what it meant to be attracted to women from an early age. She explores stories highlighting personal struggles in relation to internalised homophobia and shame, questions whether lesbians can objectify women as already often exemplified in heteropatriachial ways, and discusses issues around neurodiversity.
There is also a discussion about the perception of intelligence in today's society, as well as why Queen Christina of Sweden would have been a great 'Sugar Momma'.
Things of interest that are mentioned in this episode:
Queen Christina, Garbo as Queen Christina, Ellen Page on Coming Out

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