(A brief content warning for this week’s episode - we do discuss eating disorders throughout this podcast. These are only our subjective experiences - if you or someone you know is struggling, you can call The Butterfly Foundation’s confidential hotline on 1800 ED HOPE!)

Why are beauty standards in the gay community particularly fucked? Why is dating as a gay man so fucked? Both of us have had our struggles with all of this (and thankfully come out the other side somewhat well-adjusted (emphasis on ‘somewhat’)) so we sit down to talk about everything from fillers to ‘thinness’ as a commodity.

Of course, it’s not all serious. It never is! We also talk about:

- Tina Fey, who - conspiracy alert - is a confirmed listener of the pod

- Does straight culture exist? (Yes, and it’s Kmart)

- The kid from the McCain’s ad, who is apparently a hot gay now?

- The secret content goldmine that is Facebook groups

- Oh and the last 5 minutes or so are an absolute trainwreck. Something to do with Daniel Bedingfield and beans. We don’t know.

And because we can't say it enough, we do need to keep taking tangible action to support the fight against racism and bigotry. We'd love you to consider donating to one of the below organisations doing incredible work, although there's no shortage of great organisations who deserve your support!

Black Rainbow (AUS): https://www.blackrainbow.org.au

Change The Record (AUS): changetherecord.org.au

Sisters Inside (AUS): au.gofundme.com/f/bfvnvt-freethepeople

Emergency Release Fund (US): emergencyreleasefund.com