The Lesbian Project Podcast

The Lesbian Project Podcast
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Jun 13, 2025 • 51min

Episode 81 FREE: limerence, a romcom, Jeanette Winterson, L word memoir, lesbians mean business.

Limerancehttps://www.pride.com/answers-advice/love-and-sex/limerence-explained#rebelltitem5The Situationship https://www.primevideo.com/detail/Situationship/0P6OGKYFC7QIGCBYN8EESPEMXDRSC to do Oranges are not the only fruithttps://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/rsc-jeanette-winterson-lesbian-novel-rf38stcvxhttps://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Why-Be-Happy-When-You-Could-Be-Normal-Audiobook/B007JINC6A?qid=1749460796&sr=1-1&ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=c6e316b8-14da-418d-8f91-b3cad83c5183&pf_rd_r=WCGBTSKE4KVZQRVAJA90&plink=Q8F7jevkz0J8ZUMl&pageLoadId=UGGNfb0TZb8LtxeP&creativeId=41e85e98-10b8-40e2-907d-6b663f04a42d&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/434513/christmas-days-by-jeanette-winterson/9781784709020 L word memoir out https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-pop-culture/so-gay-you-memoir-kate-moennig-leisha-hailey-l-word-rcna210393 Lesbians mean business (can’t believe they didn’t call it that) https://www.swlondoner.co.uk/life/04062025-lesbian-led-business-group-takes-on-workplace-exclusion This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe
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Jun 6, 2025 • 10min

Episode 80 PREMIUM: Dublin conference, Italian birth certificates, learning from gay marriage, Pride.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.comhttps://www.notallgays.org/https://www.notallgays.org/nagference-2025Italian lesbians win right to be named on birth certificate even if not biological mother https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/lesbian-mothers-win-legal-status-italy-ivf-ruling-2025-05-22/To Stop Losing the Culture Wars, Learn From Gay Marriagehttps://jacobin.com…
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May 30, 2025 • 56min

Episode 79 FREE: an interview with Yehudis Fletcher, author of Chutzpah; plus queering research methods and sex ed in schools.

Interview with Yehudis Fletcher, author of Chutzpah: A memoir of faith, sexuality and daring to stayhttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/459991/chutzpah-by-fletcher-yehudis/9780857529954https://web.archive.org/web/20250516101120/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/article/orthodox-jewish-wife-secret-lesbian-sngtgn7dnhttps://unherd.com/2025/05/the-charedi-have-a-woman-problem/https://nahamu.org/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe
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May 23, 2025 • 55min

Episode 78 FREE: Virgin Island, Blue Jean, lesbian architecture, dilezza of the week.

Virgin Island https://unherd.com/2025/05/virgin-islands-humiliation-kink/Blue Jean https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0027wtp/blue-jeanQueer home-making, Phyllis Birkby, and lesbian feminist architecturehttps://www.tatlerasia.com/homes/architecture-design/history-of-queer-homemaking-interior-design-domesticityhttps://www.archpaper.com/2025/05/center-for-architecture-phyllis-birkby/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_BirkbyStudy about lesbian parentinghttps://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/05/study-finds-that-donor-conceived-kids-of-lesbian-moms-are-doing-great/The Lesbian Project is looking for a researcher:Send us your dilezzas! thelesbianprojectpod@substack.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe
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May 16, 2025 • 10min

Episode 77 PREMIUM: I Kissed A Boy; pride flags banned from Eurovision; slogan T-shirts; lesbian wedding aesthetics; double dilezza of the week.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.comThe Umbrella HourI Kissed a Boy https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001m01c Slogan t-shirts – good or bad? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14677593/gay-woman-slams-walmart-cringe-lgbtq-merchandise.htmlPride flags banned from Eurovision https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/66730/1/eurovision-pride-flag-ban-opinion-lgbtqLesbian wedding aesthe…
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May 9, 2025 • 47min

Episode 76 FREE: recipes, late bloomers, the "lesbian voice", sounding posh when you're angry, Subarus, dilezza of the week.

Why are so many women in their 20s and 30s coming out as lesbian? https://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/a64551163/young-women-later-in-life-lesbians/Is there a lesbian voice? https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/al/study/undergraduate/languagelab/lesbian_voice/ Is Subaru turning me into a lesbian? https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/is-subaru-turning-me-into-a-lesbian/ Dilezza of the weekSend us your dilezzas! thelesbianprojectpod@substack.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe
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May 2, 2025 • 10min

Episode 75 PREMIUM: first ever lesbian mag; fashion's love affair with the lez; Jojo Siwa on CBB; boy bands and first crushes; a sexual health dilemma.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.comMeet the 1940s secretary who used office time to produce the first lesbian magazinehttps://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/nbc-out-proud/vice-versa-first-lesbian-magazine-edythe-eyde-rcna201863Tracing fashion’s love affair with the lesbian https://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/66660/1/lesbian-visibility-week-2025-jean-paul-gaultier-jil-sander-vivienne-we…
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Apr 25, 2025 • 1h 7min

Episode 74 FREE: Supreme Court judgment and what it means for UK lesbians; new report on lesbian erasure; Black Mirror; more good news; two new dilezzas!

The Supreme Court judgmenthttps://www.thelesbianproject.co.uk/resources/statement-on-the-supreme-court-judgementhttps://www.thesun.co.uk/news/34494798/trans-women-not-women-law-backed/https://unherd.com/2025/04/how-women-won-the-gender-wars/https://substack.com/home/post/p-161612037What it has been like for lesbians organising:https://web.archive.org/web/20250418201425/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/18/lesbian-events-women-only/New report from WiT on lesbian erasurehttps://witsurveyreport.org/lesbian-erasure/Black MirrorSeason 7 episode 3: Hotel reverie https://www.netflix.com/watch/81716299?trackId=14277283&tctx=-97%2C-97%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C70264888%2CVideo%3A81716299%2CdetailsPageEpisodePlayButtonSeason 3 San Junipero https://www.netflix.com/watch/80104625?trackId=268410292&tctx=0%2C0%2C9ffd1874-f9fc-49e9-be38-011ce6702068-222620305%2C9ffd1874-f9fc-49e9-be38-011ce6702068-222620305%7C2%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C70264888%2CVideo%3A80104625%2CdetailsPageEpisodePlayButton This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe
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Apr 18, 2025 • 1h 7min

Episode 73 FREE: Julie's book is out!; Julie on Woman's Hour; the lavender scare; new stats on LGB self-harm; Murder in the Valleys; asexuals for the last time, we promise.

Julie on Women’s Hour https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0029zcy Lesbians and the lavender scarehttps://daily.jstor.org/lesbians-and-the-lavender-scare/Full article: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26857562?mag=lesbians-and-the-lavender-scare&seq=1LGB suicide riskhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14587815/Lesbian-gay-bisexual-twice-likely-self-harm-suicide.htmlhttps://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/mentalhealth/bulletins/selfharmandsuicidebysexualorientationenglandandwales/march2021todecember2023Murder in the Valleyshttps://www.skygroup.sky/article/sky-announces-gripping-true-crime-series-on-the-biggest-criminal-investigation-in-welsh-history-murder-in-the-valleyshttps://www.nowtv.com/watch/asset/murder-in-the-valleys/iYEQYZaTURDhwXD32M5WkbAsexuals againhttps://www.gaytimes.com/life/my-life-as-an-aceflux-asexual-person/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe
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Apr 11, 2025 • 15sec

Episode 72 PREMIUM: the morning shed trend; international asexuals; gay exorcisms; more barking academics (quite literally).

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.comThe morning shed trendhttps://www.instagram.com/girlinagarb/reel/DFiC4YkpKDI/

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