We can put up a hell of a fight, and we can care for each other in that fight…
Welcome back to the fabulous scorpio queen Jane Claire Bradley whose debut novel will be coming out this week! Dear Neighbour celebrates chosen family, the ever necessary battle against austerity, and empathy between neighbours.
We also pull some majorrrr major arcana cards and talk about the beauty of pole dancing! What a treat!
"Five strangers. Four weeks. One letter that will change everything…
Dear Neighbour tells the story of Alice, a single mum living in Leeds, her next-door neighbour Bill, a widower still grieving his wife’s death a decade earlier, and the other residents of their street. It’s a novel about the power of community and found family, and the real definition of home. A love letter to the necessity of resilience, resistance and empathy."
Join Jane for a queer extravaganza of performances on Dear Neighbour's launch date, the 15th of June at Feel Good Club in Manchester! Tickets available.
Discussed in the episode:
Every Child Is A Born Crafter. The Problem Is How To Remain One Once He Grows Up.
Today the podcast makes a triumphant return to welcome back scorpio queen Maura to discuss the magic of crafting both IRL and in the pixels of Stardew Valley.
Mentions:
Thea’s Tarot
Vinted
Below are two great YouTube essays about fast fashion:
Mina Le - The Cult of Shien
Broey Deschanel - Why no one wins the fast fashion debate
If you want to make more sustainable choices and shop new, the Good on You Sustainable Fashion Directory and App are really useful!
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Get a vibrator, not a relationship!
Teddybear butch Carl returns with his gorgeous self and gorgeous voice to discuss Shiva Baby (2020).
Listen to Carl's new podcast It's Closing Time!
TW: Biphobia, whorephobia, discussion of sex work and sugar babies, drugs, sex, suicide mention, outing, queerbait culture, harassment in clubs/bars.
TWs for Shiva Baby (main segment) - eating disorders, biphoia, whorephobia, sex work, claustrophobic atmosphere, sex
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Mentioned
New Tarot Book! - She is Sitting in the Night by Oliver Pickle
Movies:
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Kiki’s Delivery Service
Howl’s Moving Castle
Spirited Away
My Neighbour Totoro
The Wind Rises
Ponyo
The Graduate
Under the Skin
Uncut Gems
Fleabag
Bottoms
Heartstopper
Join me and Amelia for a cosy Christmas Eve sleepover where we discuss our favourite festive traditions and read a letter I wrote to my first boyfriend when I was 16 and didn’t know bisexuality existed.
CW/TW - Christmas family trauma, therapy, anxiety, mental illness, homophobia, internalised homophobia, confusion around sexuality, smoking, alcohol, weed, biphobia, the struggle of being queer at school, being closeted, sex and dating,
Tarot: Queering the Tarot by Cassandra Snow
Music: Premiumwave
Martha May Whovier you will always be famous!!!
A re-release of the iconic 2020 Christmas episode. We delve into the chaotic gay Christmas classic with my darling sister Emily, scholar of all things Whoville. Christine Baranski if you're out there... I love you.
CW/TW: bullying, school bullies, body horror (the Grinch eats glass and a plate and a raw onion), mania & manipulative public proposals.
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The Scorpio Eclipse has given everyone I know an emotional hangover, so let's do some queer processing via tarot.
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Tarot: Queering the Tarot by Cassandra Snow
Back again with Frog Queen Amelia to discuss the fracking free drag that is Canada’s Drag Race Season 3!
Mentions:
Canada’s Drag Race Season 3
Meet the Queens UK Drag Race Season 4
Megamind
Peking Opera Blues 1986
Leeds International Film Festival
Hyde Park Picture House
Tarot: Queering the Tarot by Cassandra Snow
Content warnings:
Aziz Ansari being an abuser (no details), Mention of restraining orders as a joke (on drag race), transphobia on drag race, food (at the end of the agenda section).
Are you 62% gay? Or are you BISEXUAL?
The Bisexual Agenda makes a triumphant return, with special guest Emilino.
CW/TW:
Bullying, drugs, therapy, internalised homophobia non consensual kissing, vomit, coming out, being closeted, food, tattoos and needle phobia.
Mentions:
Heartstopper, Fleabag, Sex Education, Euphoria, Love Island, She’s the Man, Conversations with friends, Normal People, Jellycats, Paddington 2 and The Parent Trap.
Susie (she/her) of Leeds Queer Book Club joins me to talk about space operas, YA romance, actresses who are gay by association, and being scaredy cats/sensitive souls. Scroll down for a list of all the books we talk about!
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Previous bookish episodes include The Bookish Type and Dyke Drama: A Novel
Content Warnings
Main Segment: food and eating, family and relationship structures, parenting, sex, throwing up, and transphobia.
Agenda: alcohol, sober queer spaces, racism, Jessica Jones - abusive relationships & murder.
Mentions:
The Price of Salt (Carol) by Patricia Highsmith
Less by Andrew Sean Greer
Becky Chambers Wayfairers Series
Ursula Le Guin
America is not the Heart by Elaine Castillo
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
Love and Other Disasters by Anita Kelly
Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
Love Victor & Love Simon
Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales
Britta Lundin
Happy Pisces season! Breaking my usual erratic schedule with a mini solo ep with a tarot reading and some thoughts on the Queer TV I've been watching lately. New episode with Susie from Queer Book Club coming soon!
Victoria Monét - Nothing Feels Better
Mentions: Sort Of, And Just Like That, Love is Blind, The L Word Generation Q, Work in Progress...
TW/CW: Narcissists, therapy
This one goes out to the Canadians!!
Harper - the latest entry into the extended Pip Podcast Universe - joins me to discuss Canada’s Drag Race, T4T romance, and being a returning bisexual and converted cat person. Harper is also a Pisces so I refrain from any Pisces slander this episode.
Harpers pronouns are they/he
Season 1 - 2.40 mins Season 2 - 28 mins Tarot - 51 mins Agenda - 56 mins
Content and Trigger Warnings:
Main segment: racism, body image
Agenda: gender feels, coming out, misgendering, being out at work, binding, top surgery
References:
Canada’s Drag Race Season 1 & 2
People Change by Vivek Shraya
I'm in my flop era. I will hopefully be back in February with a real episode.
CW/TW: mentions of dads, depression, cancer, & blood.
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Please finance me and Lois to produce a TV show where 12 butches renovate a farm house and also fall in love. Today’s episode is all about queer reality TV, both real and imagined. My guest is bi activist Lois Shearing (they/she) who wrote a whole book about being bisexual which came out this year!
Bi The Way: The Bisexual Guide to Life by Lois Shearing
The Feminine Art of Radicalisation
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TW: survivors of sexual violence, dating, food, sex, biphobia, homophobia, the Faye love island incident (abusive relationships/mental health), transphobia, beauty standards, bullying, BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder), mental illness, .
References:
Love Island
Are You The One?
Too Hot To Handle
The Bi Life
Selling Sunset
If you were spiralling in 2009 you are not alone. This week I’m joined by Sarah (she/her) from the Leeds LGBT+ Minds Project to discuss mental health & accessing mental health services as a LGBTQ+ person. Please note: Sarah works for Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service but is speaking in a personal capacity on this podcast and all views are her own.
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Leeds LGBT+ Minds are excited to invite you to our first Community Wellbeing Festival, co-hosted by Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service and Trans Leeds. This event is open to anyone who identifies as LGBTQIA+, lives or works in Leeds and has experience of using or needing mental health services. You can access the full programme here: https://bit.ly/2ZDr7Kk.
Twitter: @LMWScopro Facebook: Leeds LGBT+ Minds Instagram: @leedslgbtminds
Find out more about statistics re LGBTQ+ mental health in this stonewall report.
Please note the open letter to The BBC regarding transphobia is now closed, you can find out more online but please be aware the article in the BBC and news around it contains mentions of graphic transphobia and sexual violence.
Resources for young trans people.
Find a transgender support group in your area.
Gender identity for beginners: a guide to being a great trans ally.
Trans resources and where to donate.
TW/CW in order of mention:
Sarah’s experiences: Depression, eating disorders, not being out, coming out, homophobia, homophobic media, antidepressants/medication.
My experiences: Homophobic bullying, cancer, depression, dyke being used as a slur, drinking, smoking weed, drugs, paranoia, panic attacks, anxiety, being sober, therapy, reckless sexual behaviours, unsafe sexual situations, abusive relationships.
35 mins in - We discuss alcohol and how this can be an unhealthy coping mechanism and also interact with antidepressants. Blacking out/drinking issues.
LGBTQ+ people and mental health: 40 mins in - We talk about mental health issues the LGBTQ+ community are more likely to experience: low self esteem, depression, anxiety, social anxiety, eating disorders, addiction, self harm and suicidal feelings.
Homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, stigma, discrimination, hate crime and violence. Traumatic coming out experiences, social isolation, exclusion, homosexuality being illegal in certain places. Trans healthcare. Drinking and drugs. Barriers to access to mental health services. Gender and sexual orientation data collection.
Music: PremiumWave
Tarot: Queering the Tarot by Cassandra Snow
We're celebrating 2 years of The Bisexual Agenda! Thank you so much for listening <3
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If you'd like to contact me about my future episode with Leeds LGBT+ Minds, please DM me on instagram! If your message includes potentially triggering topics, please include content warnings at the top of your message. Thank you!
Content Warnings:
Intro: mental health, accessing mental health services, depression
Bilemma 1: discrimination at work, transphobia, trans exclusion, policies around pronouns in email signatures, trans inclusion policies, capitalism
Bilemma 2: biphobia, homophobia, bierasure
Tarot: the law, activism, burn out, transphobia, oppression
Agenda: dating, sexting, relationships, food
References:
Queering the Tarot by Cassandra Snow
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