A Little To The LeftA topic we're all fired up about! Nic, Kathrin, and Mexie break down the male gaze in media: what it is, how it operates, and the impacts it has as people of all genders internalize it. This is part one in a three part series which will be followed by a discussion of the pedophillic gaze (part of the male gaze), and then what an alternative/queer/non-male gaze is and looks like (and could look like).
The Male Gaze is Ruining Your S*x LifeA Little To The Left2022-01-30 | A topic we're all fired up about! Nic, Kathrin, and Mexie break down the male gaze in media: what it is, how it operates, and the impacts it has as people of all genders internalize it. This is part one in a three part series which will be followed by a discussion of the pedophillic gaze (part of the male gaze), and then what an alternative/queer/non-male gaze is and looks like (and could look like).
Previous streams mentioned: Sex & Socialization: youtu.be/NNAWz300hkc Bad Sex vs. Sexual Assault: youtube.com/watch?v=7AWZ37zM5b8 FreeTheNip: All About Bewbs: youtu.be/Eam060Ca5vg Abject Feminism: Can the Grotesque Liberate Us?: youtu.be/ycNFGZZyHQwEating Disorders & Recovery - We Have Some ThoughtsA Little To The Left2024-02-19 | Mexie and Nic sit down for a chat about eating disorders (EDs) from our own perspectives. We talk about the ways gender, neurodivergence, veganism influence EDs and our concerns with common beliefs around recovery.
We intend this to be the first of likely many conversations, so if you have any request for future ED-related topics, let us know in the comments below!
Nix Podcast: pynkspots.buzzsprout.com Mexie's Channel: youtube.com/c/Mexie Kathrin's Channel: youtube.com/c/KathrinYTchannelThe Redemption of Amber HeardA Little To The Left2023-11-21 | With Depp V Heard (Netflix) having brought the case back into the limelight, we summarize the UK trial, the US trial, and why public sentiment is finally shifting in support of Amber Heard.
AP, EXPLAINER: Each count the Depp-Heard jurors considered apnews.com/article/amber-heard-johnny-depp-entertainment-lawsuits-078f566e5a2486240bf776792b12e93dWhy Did It Take So Long to Redeem Amber Heard?A Little To The Left2023-10-01 | We look back on all the evidence that came out during and after both Depp vs Heard trials to show what was plainly in front of everyone's eyes during the trial, highlighting how absurd it is that it took this long for Heard to get her redemption. We look at how public opinion about Heard has shifted since the social media frenzy has died down.
We also talk about how Depp is still thriving despite Heard gaining more and more public support and has faced zero serious consequences for his well-documented abusive, misogynistic behavior.
Ayaan Paul, The Johnny Depp controversy hijacks Cannes Film Festival 2023: https://www.dailyo.in/entertainment/the-johnny-depp-controversy-hijacks-cannes-film-festival-2023-39746The Ugly Side of Pretty PrivilegeA Little To The Left2023-07-31 | Mexie and Kathrin discuss the concept of pretty privilege. Is it a privilege at all?
Natalia Gevara - Is it Pretty Privilege or White Privilege: askdiem.com/post/is-it-pretty-privilege-or-white-privilegeSacred Sexuality: How to Spiritualise Sex and Eroticise SpiritualityA Little To The Left2023-04-30 | Nish the Fish, a poet, musician, author and Rock and Roll yoga/spiritual teacher in areas such as Tantra, Yoga and Vedanta Christian mysticism, Platonism and other schools of philosophy and other schools of Spiritual Philosophy, joins Kathrin to discuss how to spiritualise our sex lives and eroticise our spirituality!
Kathrin talks about her experiences of Hypersexuality and how it links to trauma, neurodivergence and systems of oppression, as well as how we can solve it.
References
Hypersexuality and Trauma: a mediation and moderation model from psychopathology to problematic sexual behavior - Hypersexuality and Trauma: a mediation and moderation model from psychopathology to problematic sexual behavior - PubMed (nih.gov)
My hypersexuality isn’t ‘sex addiction’, it’s a response to abuse - My hypersexuality isn't 'sex addiction', it's a response to abuse (thefemedic.com)
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Nix Channel: @ pynkspotsytTrans Sex Panel: Gettin Real About Gettin Down 💦A Little To The Left2023-02-19 | Nic is joined by an AMAZING panel of trans folks to chat about sex! We'll talk about what trans people would like cis people to know before sleeping with us, dysphoria, sex work, the intersections of neurodivergence and our trans identities, what cis/straight people can learn from trans/queer sex, and so much more! Should be a banger! (hehe)
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Elilla (she/her) - trans woman, Latina travesti Heyva Sor a Kurdistanê Red Cross Fund: heyvasor.com/en
Lea (they/them), nonbinary linguist, writer, and hopeless romantic
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patreon.com/alittletotheleftCelebrating Menopause: Debunking the Medicalization of Reproductive BodiesA Little To The Left2023-01-30 | Nic takes a solo journey to talk about menopause - the surprising evolutionary reasons for menopause, the joy and promise that menopause offers to those who go through it, and the ways in which menopause has been medicalized by the patriarchy and why we believe it is the beginning of the end when it is really a new beginning.
Mexie's Channel: youtube.com/c/Mexie Kathrin's Channel: youtube.com/c/KathrinYTchannel Nix Channel: youtube.com/c/PynkSpotsYTLiberation Through Expansive Love: Polyamory Panel!A Little To The Left2022-12-18 | As a companion stream to our last one on monogamy, we are honored to be joined by Bellamy Rhea, Lua from the Professor Flowers channel, and his friend LJ, to talk about polyamory from a liberatory, radical leftist perspective, and answer any questions you may have about the lifestyle!
This episode starts with a critique of the imposed institutionalization of monogamy, specifically monogamous marriage. We'll dig into the very sexist history of this imposition and how the institution of monogamous marriage has served patriarchy and capitalism. We'll also go over reasons for socializing care work and abolishing the individual cishet monogamous family unit as the main locus for social reproduction.
However, we'll also share our perspectives on choosing monogamous romantic and sexual relationship structures and the strange pressures that people can face on the left to ignore their own boundaries and preferences in the name of "being more progressive." We'll make the case that there can be toxicity and coercion in any structure, and encourage people to feel confident in choosing and honouring their own boundaries and wishes.
Mexie's Channel: youtube.com/c/Mexie Kathrin's Channel: youtube.com/c/KathrinYTchannel Nix Channel: youtube.com/c/PynkSpotsYTThe Politics of Birth ControlA Little To The Left2022-10-23 | Mexie, Nic and Kathrin discuss all things birth control! We'll talk about its necessity, of course, and how liberatory its access has been for many people. However we'll also be digging into the disturbing history and politics around the birth control pill, and looking at the health impacts it has had for people with wombs. We'll discuss the racist and eugenicist history of the pill and other forms of birth control, and dig into the politics around condom use and 'stealthing'. We'll end with exploring other options for birth control, and the importance of informed choice. As always, we'll be bringing in our own experiences along with historical facts and political analysis. Hope you enjoy!
#birthcontrol #birthcontrolpill #birthcontrolpillsTransmedicalism from a Nonbinary (Agender) PerspectiveA Little To The Left2022-09-26 | Nic tackles the recent kerfuffle around Hunter Shcafer's seeming endorsement of a transmedicalist post, giving the deets of the situation and adding her own thoughts as an agender person.
Jessie Gender video: youtu.be/-e0FSOpo_JY Kat Blaque video: youtube.com/watch?v=8XVsCYtccPI Jade Fox on Androgyny: youtube.com/watch?v=aEwy_RVosyQMasturbation MattersA Little To The Left2022-08-21 | Masturbation matters. It’s intimately tied up with broader structures of oppression, and how we make ourselves cum trickles into how we let others engage with our bodies. It is also a space where we can find profound joy, liberation, and bodily connection. We will discuss how masturbation intersects with white supremacist capitalist patriarchy, and how we can decolonise our cumming, and queer the shit out of our masturbation practices.
-------------- Patreon patreon.com/alittletotheleftThe Dynamics of Abuse: Decoding The Depp-Ception #WeStandWithAmberA Little To The Left2022-06-12 | We're talking about the Heard-Depp defamation trial from a feminist leftist perspective and from our experiences as survivors; talking about how our trauma was activated by this grotesque circus and how many old tired tropes about abuse, victimhood and power dynamics were on display.
#istandwithamberheard #ibelieveamberheard #justiceforamberheardThe Imperialist S*x Trade w. Esperanza Fonseca and Khara Jabola-CarolusA Little To The Left2022-05-30 | Mexie is joined by Esperanza Fonseca and Khara Jabola-Carolus of the transnational feminist and anti-imperialist organization, AF3IRM, to discuss the history and present of the global s*x trade and the insufficiency of the liberal feminist discourses surrounding it. We'll discuss the history of the industry, its relation to colonialism, imperialism and militarization (not to mention patriarchy and capitalism), the class character and class contradictions involved in the trade, the politics of buying, the voices of the most marginalized often left out of mainstream discourses, and visions for a liberated future.
**Mexie's fundraiser for disabled caregiver and community organizer in Toronto who needs urgent help in exiting the s*x trade: gofundme.com/f/4bcge
The problem with the phrase "pr**titution is the world's oldest profession": af3irm.org/af3irm/2021/10/prostitution-as-the-worlds-oldest-profession-is-an-imperialist-lieThe Male Gaze Part 3: The Female & Queer Gaze(s)A Little To The Left2022-03-27 | Nic, Kathrin & Mexie finish up their three part series on the male gaze with the fun, healthier alternatives: the female gaze and the queer gaze. The female gaze looks at the inner life of all subjects, whereas the queer gaze is all about subtext, baby, aka V I B E S. We'll discuss what these look like in action with clips and images from TV shows and movies.
Mexie's Channel: youtube.com/c/Mexie Kathrin's Channel: youtube.com/c/KathrinYTchannel Nix Channel: youtube.com/c/PynkSpotsYTMale Gaze Part 2: Fetishized Youth (The P-Gaze)A Little To The Left2022-02-27 | P*dophilia may seem taboo, but when we take an honest look at our media and culture we can see that youth fetishization is constantly normalised, trivialised and celebrated. What we are taught to be attracted to is centered around p*dophilic desires.
In this episode Nic, Mexie and Kathrin break down the p*dophilic gaze and all its manifestations and implications in our culture today. This is part two in a three part series. The first episode discussed the male gaze, and the last episode will discuss what an alternative/queer/non-male gaze is and looks like (and could look like).
The dangers of the hypersexualisation of young girls: a stolen childhood growthinktank.org/en/the-dangers-of-the-hypersexualisation-of-young-girls-a-stolen-childhoodIs Queerness a White Thing?A Little To The Left2021-12-19 | Nic interviews a panel of three BIPOC queer folks, exploring the misconception that queerness as a 'white thing' - deconstructing the ways that settlers eradicated queerness from indigenous communities and then colonized the perception of what queerness is and what it looks like.
Twitch Channel where Green streams with their friend Noizangle about Star Trek twitch.tv/noizangel
Recommended Resources! As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (Author) akpress.org/aswehavealwaysdone.html
---------------------------------------------------------- Loved the stream? See past streams here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdTvcOonv-4jKQwNngqnJWgManoJBCNa2Abject Feminism: Can the Grotesque Liberate Us?A Little To The Left2021-11-22 | Nic, Kathrin and Mexie meet to discuss abject theory in regards to gender, exploring how abjection has been employed in media and in our own lives.
The term abjection literally means "the state of being cast off" and applies to the feeling of horror and/or repulsion at seeing what is usually hidden, taboo, or repressed. As one abject artist, Julia Kristeva, describes it, it is one's "corporeal reality," or a breakdown in the distinction between what is Self and what is Other. Abjection is most overtly found in art, horror films, and stand-up comedy.
Abject Feminism, Grotesque Comedy, Apocalyptic Laughter on Inside Amy Schumer, Abjection Incorporated Mediating the Politics of Pleasure and Violence by Maggie Hennefield
Reclaiming the Feminine Identity Through the Abject: A Comparative Study of Judy Chicago, Mary Kelly, and Cindy Sherman
Gender and the Abjection of Blackness by Sabine BroeckHow Men Are Socialized Around SexA Little To The Left2021-10-25 | In this stream Mexie talks with Jacob, DeadmanAnimations, and Mike about how men are socialized around sex, the implications this has had for them and others, and the work that it takes to divest from the patriarchy, rape culture and the objectifying male gaze.
#sexedThe Truth About Hookup Culture 🔎🤔A Little To The Left2021-09-20 | In this stream Nix, Mexie and Kathrin discuss the unsexy truth about hookup culture, our experiences, how it relates to the patriarchy, coercion and sexual liberation.
#hookupculture #dating #datingappsA Little To The Left Live StreamA Little To The Left2021-09-16 | ...Answering Your Asexual & Aromantic Questions!A Little To The Left2021-08-16 | Nic, joined by special guests Jasper & Daniel, tackle common questions about asexuality and aromanticism, including what these terms mean and how to know if they apply to you. We'll talk about dating, masturbating, and the asexual spectrum.