

The Lesbian Project Podcast
The Lesbian Project Podcast
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Sep 20, 2024 • 55min
Episode 44 FREE: remembering Margot Heuman; But I'm A Cheerleader; Joan of Arc and scissoring at the VMA; queer chocolatiers.
Remembering Margot Heuman – lesbian Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margot_HeumanBut I’m A Cheerleader https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240910-jamie-babbit-how-lesbian-comedy-but-im-a-cheerleader-became-a-cult-classicLesbian imagery at the VMA:Katy Perry simulates scissoring https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13841135/katy-perry-outrages-fans-lesbian-sex-act-mtv-vmas-2024.htmlKaty Perry Hot and Cold Chappell Roan dresses up as Joan the Arc (?) NEW FEATURE: Most pretentious online article of the week featuring the word “queer”https://www.reckon.news/lgbtq/2024/09/this-queer-chocolatier-is-serving-up-sweet-resistance-in-mike-pences-indiana.html 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

Sep 13, 2024 • 15min
Episode 43 PREMIUM: queer farmers, sapphic suffering, abrosexuality, and an academic witch-hunt that targeted the wrong witches, says its victims.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.comJulie’s new podcast (Julie in Genderland): https://juliebindel.substack.com/s/julie-in-genderland or listen in your appsKathleen’s article on Gillian Anderson’s Want: https://unherd.com/2024/09/gillian-anderson-how-liberating-is-your-sexual-fantasy/Lesbian Action Group catch up: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/sep/05/lesbian-act…

Sep 6, 2024 • 1h 22min
Episode 42 FREE: Deadloch, pomegranates, bullying at work, and mad studies
Lesbian Strength March, Sept 14, Leeds https://lesbianstrength.org/lesbian-strength-2024/Deadloch https://www.amazon.co.uk/Deadloch-Season-1/dp/B0BYKCPM4K (UK site)Pomegranates are a sapphic icon https://www.heyalma.com/pomegranates-are-a-sapphic-jewish-icon/ Half of LGBT people bullied at work https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/lgbt-work-bullying-gay-law-b2602522.htmlhttps://www.tuc.org.uk/sites/default/files/2024-08/LGBT_Sexual_Harassment_Report_2024.pdf Academic article of the week https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adam-Davies-19/publication/383201151_My_Heart_is_My_Head_Mad-Femme_Romantic_Assemblages_in_Queer_Men's_Socio-Sexual_Applications/links/66c0d82f145f4d355361f12b/My-Heart-is-My-Head-Mad-Femme-Romantic-Assemblages-in-Queer-Mens-Socio-Sexual-Applications.pdf 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

Aug 23, 2024 • 15min
Episode 41 PREMIUM - a chat about donor conception and lesbian pregnancy with Dr Susan Bewley.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.comDr Bewley’s co-authored publication on the outcomes for donor conception https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1471-0528.17892 And her paper on lesbian and bisexual pregnancy Lesbian and bisexual women's likelihood of becoming pregnant: a systematic review and meta‐analysis - PMC (nih.gov)

Aug 16, 2024 • 1h 1min
Episode 40 FREE: incredibly posh lesbians in an old film;the world's oldest lesbian; a tribute to Julie Burchill; and breaking news (geddit) -we read Raygun as an alternative to watching her.
1981 film Lesbians (Gay Life) - free to view on BFI https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-lesbians-gay-life-1981-onlineJulie Burchill on lesbians https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/what-happened-to-lesbians/ The world’s oldest lesbian (new book) – interview to listen to https://www.heraldsun.com.au/lifestyle/the-worlds-oldest-lesbian/audio/24f91b7874d3556a8b2c33374dab9c91Book: A Secretive Century: Monte Punshon’s Australia by Tessa Morris-Suzukihttps://www.mup.com.au/books/a-secretive-century-paperback-softbackAcademic article of the week by Raygun! https://intellectdiscover.com/docserver/fulltext/ghhs/4/1/ghhs.4.1.39_Gunn.pdf?expires=1723566740&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=A90CE0886493CC89E1D4D8649B373C71Plus a further update after we recorded 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

Aug 9, 2024 • 21min
Episode 39 PREMIUM: Aussie and NZ court cases; straight appropriation of "girlfriend"; GLAAD CEO's overspending habit; Nicola Adams on boxingate; "social sterilisation" and other wild exaggerations
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.comLesbian Action Group in Australia:“our hearing is coming up on 2nd & 3rd Sept at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in Melbourne. We are appealing the decision by the Australian Human Rights Commission last year denying us the right to hold lesbian only events on the basis that it would be discriminatory to men who identify as lesbians.”https://lesbian…

Aug 2, 2024 • 51min
Episode 38 FREE: Sha'carri Richardson versus Shericka Jackson in Sprint; Oprah isn't gay; school bullying or otherwise; queering pharmacy education.
Sprint on Netflixhttps://www.netflix.com/watch/81709580?trackId=14277283&tctx=-97%2C-97%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C81685880%2CVideo%3A81709580%2CdetailsPageEpisodePlayButtonhttps://our.today/janeek-brown-speaks-her-truth-on-ex-girlfriend-shacarri-richardson/Oprah is definitely not a lesbian. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13673869/Oprah-Winfrey-Gayle-King-break-silence-lesbian-lovers-rumors.htmlDo kids of lesbians (etc) get bullied more? https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/lgbt-family-children-research-b2567392.html Academic article of the week https://asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/medu.15018 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

Jul 26, 2024 • 15min
Episode 37 PREMIUM: Lesbian Olympic preview and in-depth analysis; men on lesbian dating apps is bad now apparently; queer music therapy.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.comLesbian Olympics:https://qlit.hu/en/paris-2024-lesbian-athletes/https://www.instagram.com/lesbianrepresentation/p/C7zEvHpxVPd/?img_index=1https://diva-magazine.com/2024/07/16/lgbtqia-olympians-paris-2024/https://www.pride.com/gay-sports/team-usa-womens-basketball-2024Men on lesbian dating apps is bad now apparently https://metro.co.uk/2024/07/14/using-d…

Jul 19, 2024 • 1h 24min
Episode 36 FREE: Cameroon president's daughter comes out; and Julie and Kathleen argue quite a lot, but are brought back together by the allosexualisation of Ireland
LINKS Cameroon President’s daughter comes outhttps://www.outlookindia.com/international/brenda-biya-comes-out-as-lesbian-cameroon-president-paul-daughter-hope-change-anti-gay-lawsChurch of England faces split over gay clergy marrying https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/07/08/church-of-england-votes-to-allow-gay-clergy-to-marry/Son of lesbian parents thinks same-sex parenting is “abusive”https://christianconcern.com/comment/fathers-day-for-a-lesbians-son/Academic Article of the Week: Asexual Geographies: the allosexualisation of space in Ireland https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/0966369X.2024.2374833?needAccess=true 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

Jul 12, 2024 • 15min
Episode 35 PREMIUM: Election chat, man with 1000 kids, "late blooming" lesbians, a notorious colouring book, auditory gaydar.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.comLINKS:Man with 1000 kids documentary. https://www.netflix.com/title/81653509 “Late blooming” lesbians:https://web.archive.org/web/20240628094129/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/23/style/late-life-lesbians.htmlhttps://www.them.us/story/late-blooming-lesbian-personal-essay-am-i-okLesbians Unleashed: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/ju…