In this episode (recorded around 1.5 years ago), Sophia talks with Clarissa about the power of burlesque, being onstage, being queer in corporate America, intersections of being mixed race and queer, and being poc in leadership for clubs at predominantly white institutions :). We are chugging through the backlog y’all, maybe one day I will record new episodes. I let the perfect get in the way of the good and the result is good episodes with many months wait in between. Thanks for bearing with me through it all.

Referenced in this episode:

• My Life in Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler
• The Summer I Turned Pretty
• XO Kitty

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Music:

Swing: Music by Music_For_Videos from Pixabay

Beats commercial: Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay

Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay

In this episode, Sophia talks with Anya about the intricacies of family dynamics that fall outside of the cultural norm, reconciling personal identity with having queer parents, bisexuality and why we do and do not want to talk about it, not entirely relating to the experiences of your queer friends, and Snail Mail. Yikes, this episode was recorded 2 years ago!! Plus side of that is that you get to hear a lot of Anya’s reflections on what she said two years later. We both acknowledge that our thinking has evolved a lot since we spoke.

Referenced in this episode:

Snail Mail, Anya recommends the song Heat Wave. And the music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d91Qn8QUks

In this episode (recorded around a year ago), Sophia talks with Paul about the awkwardness of coming out to your friends who always thought you were gay, trials, and tribulations of the gay dating world, the Boston queer bubble, the toxicity of queer online discourse, and friends to lovers vs. lovers to friends. Plus Paul educates Sophia on Grindr and Sniffies.

The hiatus between this episode and the next will hopefully not be nearly as long. Also I've given up on episodes under an hour! They are gonna be long, deal with it.

Referenced in this episode:

Rocky Horror Picture Show

Lines in the Sky Productions (Paul’s friend’s theatre company!)

Book: Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters