Living in this Queer Body

Thank you to Cassie Peterson (cassiePetersonLCSW.com), Isake Smith (@is_she_okay), Corinna Rosella (@riseupgoodwitch), Coyote (@nativeboytoy) and Sara Jane Stoner (@thingpartofus) for sharing your pandemic life with us.

I hope this interview brings you something good in this time of quarantine.  I recorded this episode quite a long time ago so the content is not directly reflective of the time in which we are currently living.  Visit Alynda on instagram @hurrayfortheriffraff to learn more about what she is doing (singing to us! + much more, as always) in this current wild wild time. Alynda was one of my...

In this episode we speak about Adrienne’s powerful discovery of pole dancing, the complexity of sobriety and harm reduction, the experience of learning to love her body after struggling with body dysmorphia and disordered eating.  Adrienne sees this body nourishment as an expression of connection to the land and a fuck you to colonialism.  We talk about much more and I hope you enjoy our...

Frankie Baker @yarrow_medicine

Thank you to  kei tsuruharatani @keipence Prentis Hemphill @prentis.h

 I hope these LITQB podcast alumni voices are soothing during this time.   More to come! Thank you Adrienne Maree Brown, Meg Bradbury, CJ Miller, Adele Jackson-Gibson, Leah Jo Carnine and Ilya Parker. Please excuse the volume issues.  This is like a mixtape--- made with love, but not expertly edited. SUPPORT https://www.patreon.com/livinginthisqueerbody

We talk about how J found community on youtube, their gender feels, the morality discourses we place on fatness, finding accessible forms of movement and more. J is a nonbinary fat activist passionate about trans advocacy and making the world a little more accessible for people of size! They believe in self compassion and the power of a good laugh. J writes about their experience as a fat nonbinar...

In this episode, we discuss Jewel's love language (words of affirmation), her powerful and important work organizing black/queer/trans party spaces ( A Ratchet Realm ), the influences that impacted the expression of her sexuality and much more.  Jewel was such an open, lovely, fierce guest! Raised by a Haitian single mother in Brooklyn East New York, Jewel Cadet is a vibrant virgo force to be...

Gloria and I talk about the power of incubating yourself in your artistic practice, life as a queer first generation Sicilian, activism as identity, growing in power during in the Detroit punk scene and much more. Gloria was a generous and warm guest and I hope you enjoy this episode.  Gloria Noto is the Founder of NOTO botanics - a non binary natural product line.  You can connect with...

In this episode I talk with the heartfelt and fierce CJ Miller. We speak about her movement towards the dance/movement practice as a Pony Sweat instructor, inhabiting her body as intersex and trans, her relationship to empowered femme-ness and her identification as a Leopard Grrrl, amongst other things. CJ Miller is a dancer, poet, illustrator, and musician. Currently she is the fro...

I was so glad to sit down and talk with Andrea Glik. They are so many things including the creator of the wildly popular and deeply resonant instagram account @somaticwitch, where they give us frequent doses of wisdom about the nervous system and working through trauma. Andrea Glik, LMSW is a psychotherapist, somatic healer, sex educator, and witch living and practicing on occupied Lenape territor...

In this episode we talk about queerness, body shame, disordered eating, Islamaphobia, pregnancy, questions around activism and self care and so much more. Rage does a million rad things and it was truly an honor to interview them in the midst of their last moments of pregnancy.  I am inspired by them and all they do, truly.  I hope you enjoy this episode. Rage is a queer Muslim migrant f...

In this episode we talk about dissociation, choice and consent, gender as "all kinds of ways," life before punk, how adrenaline and traumatized bodies interact and the dull and repetitive conversations that led her to live life as a writer. Cindy Crabb is the author of the long-running feminist autobiographical zine Doris and compilation book Encyclopedia of Doris. She edited the zine and book Lea...

This is the inaugural episode of the WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE: A LITQB reading series. In this excerpt we hear Ellis Martin read several passages from Lou Sullivan's diaries . WE BOTH LAUGHED IN PLEASURE: THE SELECTED DIARIES OF LOU SULLIVAN (edited by Ellis Martin and Zach Ozma) narrates the inner life of a gay man moving through the shifting social, political, and medical mores of the second hal...

This is a special interview with a creative, inspiring and deeply insightful artist and human. In this episode we talk about their wild life as JT Leroy, their passion for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Savannah’s complex relationship with their mom amongst other things. Savannah Knoop is a New York-based artist engaging in writing, performance, and object-making. From 2009-2016, Knoop co-hosted the mont...

In this episode we discuss generative somatics as an activist and healing practice, the power of reclaiming our bodies, complicating queer belonging, the spiritual and disruptive possibilities of queerness and Prentis's particular focus on being authentically oneself.  Prentis Hemphill is movement facilitator, Somatics teacher and practitioner, and writer living and working at the conver...

Frankie opens up about their journey with disordered eating as a way to manage dysphoria and the things they are finding to assist with anxiety without extreme orthorexia. Their relationship to rigidity has evolved as a result of their study of Chinese Medicine along with giving themself permission to speak openly about their body’s experience. Frankie breaks all sorts of rules in the spirit of pr...

Josh Hersh is an entrepreneur, writer, seeker, and community architect. Over the years, he’s focused on creating mindful, heart-centered spaces for queer people, such as The Thoughtful Gay Man and queeret (pronounced queer-it), a global community for queer introverts. He believes in the power of belonging and connection as a means to bring healing and a sense of togetherness to queer communities....

Meg Bradbury (she/her) is certified as a holistic anti-diet nutritionist, Body Trust Provider™, Accessible Yoga™ Teacher, and registered Yoga Alliance™ yoga and meditation teacher. Meg is in private practice working with individuals, groups, and families, advocating for body acceptance, eating disorder/disordered eating/body shame recovery, freedom with food, joyful movement, and stillness/breathw...

In this episode, I interview two dyke soccer players, Yael Malka and Adele Jackson-Gibson, who talk about what it has been like to find community and confidence in their bodies.  Dyke Soccer is a community of amateur athletes that meets twice a week for free pickup soccer games in local gyms + parks. Dyke Soccer divines pop-up pickups that encourage queer cruising, promote physical...

Tea Leigh is a queer tattooer that has been living in Brooklyn for the past 7 years. With a background in music, installation art, photography and postpartum healing as a doula, Tea now concentrates on and hand poked tattooing and story telling. Tea (@tealeigh) co-owns their own interdisciplinary tattoo studio, Welcome Home, with partner business Kelli Kikcio.   LITQB Podcast  This is a...

Jack and I talk about alienation in the queer community, his refusal of categorical thought, accessing pleasure through humor and navigating life as a trauma survivor with an acuity of mind, with an intention to stay present, embrace his psychic inclinations, meditate and engage in therapy. Jack Ferver is a New York based writer, choreographer, and director. His genre defying performances, which h...

Another way to offer feedback!  Maybe I will play your voice memo on the next episode.   Here is how: Without the App When viewing a podcast's page in Anchor, even if you're not logged in, you can click ' Send voice message ' (Remember to give your web browser access to your microphone!)  You'll be brought to a record screen where you can record a voice message  for up to...

We discuss medical gatekeeping and experiences with transphobic trainers/providers, queer life in the Southeast, the challenging intersection of body positivity discourses and the lived experience of gender dysphoria and the power of purposeful movement for trans/GNC people.

Jade and I speak about abelism, transphobia and purity discourses in herbalism, thoughts on unlearning binaries in the wellness world. They speak eloquently about permission to heal, within multiple, subtle and complex modalities (and at your own pace!).