
Welcome back to Sexuality Studies Spotlight! In the first episode of season two, host Keely O’Brien is joined by York’s Centre for Feminist Research (CFR) coordinator Dr. Andi Schwartz. They discuss Andi’s research interests in femme subjectivities, critical femininities, and the rapidly changing world of online subcultures from Tumblr to Instagram and beyond.
Find more of Andi’s work at: https://www.instagram.com/acafemmeic/and https://andischwartzwrites.com/
Learn more about the York CFR here: https://www.yorku.ca/cfr/
Sexuality Studies Spotlight is produced by Stephanie Jonsson, Hannah Maitland, Angela Stanley, Kathleen Cherrington, Sarah Westerhof, Helen Martin, and Keely O'Brien. This podcast is made possible through support from the York University Sexuality Studies Program, Innovation York’s Knowledge Mobilization Unit, and the Media Creation Lab at Scott Library. This podcast was produced on the traditional territory of many Indigenous Nations, and we invite our audience to visit native-land.ca to learn more about the land where they’re listening.
For a written transcript of this episode, please visit: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lsQg_pH4sS8DRb22h3YRE8W2D3oDWiZ7?usp=sharing
Content Note: This podcast features discussions of sex and sexuality that may include references to sexual and gender-based discrimination/violence/assault/abuse or other potentially triggering topics. Listener discretion is advised.
Resources:
York Resources: SASSL- https://sassl.info.yorku.ca/
Canada-Wide Resources: DAWN- https://www.dawncanada.net/issues/crisis-hotlines/
Crisis Text Line- https://www.crisistextline.org/topics/sexual-abuse/#understanding-sexual-abuse-1