The Lesbian Project Podcast

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Episode 32 FREE: Bridgerton; dykes who hike; lesbian fashion (again); the joys of queer travel. 21.06.2024 59:15

LINKS Turning men into lesbians in Bridgerton https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/28487950/netflix-bridgerton-lesbian-love-plot-fans-divided/ Dykes who Hike https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/lgbt-whitstable-seaford-eastbourne-dover-b1163218.html Lesbian fashion again https://web.archive.org/web/20240612222428/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/04/t-magazine/lesbian-fashion-kristen-stewart.html Academic arti...

Episode 31 PREMIUM: more I Kissed A Girl; the wonderful world of Dyke TV; facial recognition in dating apps; amazonian symbolism and lesbian nation-building. 14.06.2024 10:00

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com (Apologies for the slightly glitchy sound quality on Kathleen’s contribution this week…) LINKS I Kissed A Girl (second half) - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m001z1lz/i-kissed-a-girl Dyke TV https://theconversation.com/scrappy-campy-and-unabashedly-queer-public-access-tv-series-of-the-1980s-and-1990s...

Episode 30 FREE - I Kissed A Girl catch up, lesbians in the housing market, 2nd Wave Zines, more academic nonsense 07.06.2024 1:02:15

LINKS K’s Sunday Times article about Pride: https://archive.ph/2WToo I Kissed A Girl (only available in UK, unfortunately - and contains spoilers!) https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m001z1lz/i-kissed-a-girl Lesbians in the housing market https://www.stir.ac.uk/news/2024/may-2024-news/lesbian-gay-and-bisexual-population-face-housing-inequalities-study-finds/ Zines and the second wave lesbian a...

Episode 29 PREMIUM: Jillian Michaels vs Fran Leibowitz; lesbian fashion; the Old Lesbian Project; queer ethnobotany. 31.05.2024 15:00

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com LINKS: Billie Eilish’s Lunch (we knew that really)

Episode 27 PREMIUM: lesbians are everywhere; gruesome entries in visitor books; DIY is cheaper than IUI; queering quant methods. 17.05.2024 15:00

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com Links: Are lesbians suddenly more accepted? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/10/its-wall-to-wall-lesbians-out-there-but-the-sudden-acceptance-of-queerness-is-slightly-complicated TERFs aren’t lesbians now https://www.pride.com/identities/proud-to-be-lesbian Memories of a lesbian com...

Episode 26 FREE: Love Lies Bleeding; lesbian non-bed death; a military memorial for LGBT people; "assigned female at birth queer joy" and other ridiculous euphemisms for normal experiences. 10.05.2024 57:37

Love Lies Bleeding: Lesbian non-bed, actual death: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2818061 https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/bisexual-lesbian-women-die-earlier-than-heterosexual-women/ https://nypost.com/2024/04/26/lifestyle/bisexual-and-lesbian-women-die-younger-study/ Military memorial https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13348195/Britains-LGBT-armed-f...

Episode 25: PREMIUM - aftermath of Lesbian Visibility Week; Auto(gynephilia)straddle; don't sleep with your sperm donor; the intersectionality of lesbian death on television (or something). 03.05.2024 10:00

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com Joanna Cherry MP’s speech https://www.thelesbianproject.co.uk/resources/joanna-cherry-parliamentary-speech Former Stonewall boss Nancy Kelly rises to gaslight lesbians yet again https://www.campaignlive.com/article/transphobic-media-organisations-alienating-whole-queer-community/1870077 Diva Awards https://w...

Episode 24 FREE: Interview with the our beloved patron - the one, the only MARTINA NAVRATILOVA! 26.04.2024 55:26

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Episode 23 PREMIUM: Reliving the 80s Lesbian Sex Wars! with Linda Semple; plus multiple orgasms and Liz Hurley's new film. 19.04.2024 15:00

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com LINKS Lesbians have more orgasms than straight women https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wellness-us/article-13272001/lesbians-likely-orgasms-straight-women-new-study.html Liz Hurley does lesbian sex scene in film, directed by her 21 year old son https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13280017/elizabeth-damia...

Episode 22 FREE - Julie and Kathleen react to the Cass Review; plus queer pheasants, Isla's Way (film), and the ancestral wisdom of our queer elders. 10.04.2024 43:05

LINKS: The Cass Review final report: https://cass.independent-review.uk/home/publications/final-report/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13289329/20-years-women-intimidation-death-threats-livelihoods-sanity-Julie-Bindel.html Queer pheasants: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/21/pheasants-queer-museum-lgbt-exhibition-hastings/ Isla’s Way: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/nov/05/...

Episode 21 PREMIUM: trans day of resurrection; lesbian festivals for men; TV drama Float; the lesbian new wave in cinema; Meg Jones; wearing T-shirts and calling it politics. 05.04.2024 15:00

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com LINKS The trans day of visibility/ Easter Sunday mashup https://globalnews.ca/news/10388638/calgary-unitarians-easter-story-drag-trans-day-of-visibility/ Oban Festival https://diva-magazine.com/2024/03/19/what-do-you-call-a-lesbian-festival-these-days/ Float – https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/m...

Episode 20 FREE: Canada update, Can-SG conference update, Drive Away Dolls, ridiculous NHS surveys, queering the fruit fly. 29.03.2024 59:08

LINKS Vancouver trip: https://www.newwesttimes.com/news/indigenous-scholar-debunks-two-spirit-gender-concept-as-colonial-fabrication/article_68ac36aa-eb92-11ee-be40-633a3a11ae1b.html Can-SG conference https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/23/doctors-gender-critical-conference-ambushed-protestors/ Kathleen’s review of Judith Butler: https://unherd.com/2024/03/what-is-judith-butler-afraid-of/ Dri...

Episode 19 PREMIUM - Kathleen globetrotting, lesbian parents on birth certificates, rising LGBTQ+ identification, pomodorosexuals (or something). 22.03.2024 10:00

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com LINKS Lesbian parents on birth certificates: https://lesbiangenius.org/lesbians-defeat-the-far-right-in-italy/ https://unherd.com/2023/07/lesbian-mothers-should-be-on-birth-certificates/ https://feministpost.it/en/insights-reflections/maternita-lesbica-lettera-aperta-a-kathleen-stock/ LGBTQ+ identification n...

Episode 18 FREE - We talk to television industry icon Caroline Spry! Plus: taxpayer-funded Highland orgies and orchidsexuals. 15.03.2024 1:02:39

LINKS: Caroline Spry’s career: https://carolinespry.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20211120052651/https://lesbianandgaynews.com/2021/06/caroline-spry-the-woman-who-put-gays-on-tv/ REIN: https://www.leonieraegasson.com/reinauditions Orchidsexuality: https://asexuals.fandom.com/wiki/Orchidsexual This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...

Episode 17 PREMIUM: lesbian sperm whales and our queer seas; the Gateways Club; prison dramas and Bad Girls; aporagender. 08.03.2024 15:00

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com LINKS Gay, lesbian and intersex whales: our queer sea has much to teach us The Gateways club https://metro.co.uk/2024/03/01/secret-history-worlds-oldest-lesbian-bar-20372868/amp/ The Speed Twins by Maureen Chadwick https://www.bigbroad.co.uk/productions/the-speed-twins/ Bad Girls https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bad...

Episode 16 FREE - Class sneak behaviour on trains; lesbian phone lines remembered; marriage and divorce; identifying as gender apathetic 01.03.2024 1:03:04

LINKS: Kathleen’s talk to the Committee For Academic Freedom: Cambridge Lesbian Line remembered https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/history/1970s-phone-line-keeping-cambridgeshire-28706575 Lesbian weddings and divorces https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/lesbian-brides-beat-gay-grooms-in-rush-down-aisle-20240223-p5f792.html Gender apathetic https://www.charliehealth.com/post/what-does-it-mean-to...

Episode 15 PREMIUM: Julie swanning about; Kristen Stewart's Rolling Stone cover; straight women watching same-sex porn; lesbian bed death 23.02.2024 10:00

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com (Apologies for Julie's sound - recorded on holiday. Normal service resumes next week.) LINKS Kristen Stewart Rolling Stone cover https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/kirsten-stewart-rolling-stone-cover-1235828984/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13098663/Kristen-Stewart-says-shes...

Episode 14 FREE: life as a lesbian in Montenegro and Canada; Albanian sworn virgins; opera and trouser roles; lesbian bars and Valentine's horrors; with special guest Lydia Perović 16.02.2024 1:12:00

LINKS: Lydia Perović: https://www.lydiaperovic.com/ The Albanian Sworn Virgin tradition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAPfugbPjPs Houskeeping for beginners film trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeMlORxufuc Straight men in lesbian bars https://mashable.com/article/tiktok-cubbyhole-debacle-raises-question-who-belongs-in-queer-spaces Anne-Sophie von Otter as Carmen at Glyndebourne (NOT a tr...

Episode 13 PREMIUM: 20th anniversary of Julie being cancelled; hot Spanish chefs; mean books about lesbians by lesbians; football club lunacy; sapiosexuals. 09.02.2024 31:47

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com LINKS THAT Guardian article by Julie, as headlined and illustrated by someone else at the paper https://twitter.com/bindelj/status/1753000280369582438?s=20 Nieves Barragán Mohacho https://foodandtravel.com/food/cover-interviews/nieves-barragan-mohachos-basque-country "Lesbians are dying out" graphic novel by...

Episode 12 FREE: being a young gender-critical feminist; remembering Magdalen Berns; Nyad; phallic pride columns; and why lesbians cannot have their own things - with very special guest Nicole Jones. 02.02.2024 1:08:03

Links Check out Nicole's wonderful art, writing, and activism here https://linktr.ee/satiricole The late, great Magdalen Berns' youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvTTakI97sQ4SkMnsH8r0qQ Rebecca Reilly-Cooper: Critically examining the doctrine of gender identity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPVNxYkawao Nyad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3anCgVSQb3Q Programmes about lesbians turn...

Episode 11 PREMIUM: The L-word anniversary, YA same-sex romances, the ethics of surrogacy, the Mean Girls reboot, jokes about lesbians, fraysexuals, and Fray Bentos pies. 26.01.2024 10:35

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com Links: Remembering Maisie: https://unherd.com/2024/01/farewell-to-my-princess-diana-dog/?fbclid=IwAR1d6YfYx0etlIwkMuQLBHrkz1ksY3E-68QX3jjipwv8yJ8x5uxm9f5q8xM L Word turns 20: https://www.indiewire.com/features/commentary/the-l-word-pilot-20-anniversary-lgbtq-backslide-1234945385/ Lesbian and same-sex YA roma...

Episode 10 FREE: guilt-by-association, queering Taylor Swift, Sandi Toksvig at Cambridge, sperm donors, lesbians in Gaelic, and demisexuals 19.01.2024 1:11:02

Links The Lesbian Project's report on Sexual Orientation and the Census https://www.thelesbianproject.co.uk/resources Jeanette Winterson's love of Le Creuset https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/sep/02/fiction.jeanettewinterson Queering Taylor Swift https://web.archive.org/web/20240108024029/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/opinion/taylor-swift-queer.html Sandi Toksvig at Cambridge https://ww...

Episode 9: PREMIUM The wonderful world of lesbians in the 80s - with special guest Maria Esposito 12.01.2024 11:00

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com Links Maria Esposito https://www.mariaesposito.co.uk/ Out On Tuesday, Channel 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ-N_AqXnPI Jan Allain - Apple Sized Golden Clitoris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwQeeyRS90k

Episode 8: FREE Festive recap, Christmas films, abrosexuality, Skirt Club. 05.01.2024 1:09:11

LINKS Abrosexuality: https://www.foxnews.com/media/abrosexual-uk-journalist-explains-little-known-sexual-identity Skirt Club: https://skirtclub.co.uk/ Lesbian couple sue Melbourne police: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12900435/Lesbian-couple-sue-Crown-Casino-Melbourne.html This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, vis...

Episode 7: PREMIUM Christmas humbug, forgiveness, Enid Blyton lesbian shenanigans 22.12.2023 9:21

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com Links: Ray Williams' youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@RayAlexWilliams Enid Blyton's lesbian affair https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/enid-blytons-lesbian-lover-named-in-new-book-wlfwzv3jb Bindel on panettone https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/24/panettone-festive-delicacy-italian-mon...