In Episode 3, we talk with Elissa Washuta. "It's only been in the last of couple of years that I've learned to accept that I have feelings and that people have feelings and it's natural and it's normal. Which, when I was first diagnosed with bi-polar disorder, I didn't believe that... Everything was a potential symptom. There was no room in my life for sadness, for grief, for excitement, because anything scared me as a potential symptom." 

Elissa Washuta is an American Indian author from the Cowlitz people of Washington State. She is the author of Starvation Mode and My Body Is A Book of Rules, named a finalist for the Washington State Book Award. She has received fellowships and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, Artist Trust, 4Culture, Potlatch Fund, Hugo House, and Creative Capital. Her new book White Magic comes out in 2021 from Tin House. Pre-order available now. 

BITCHCONOCLAST is a podcast about sex, feminism, & power.

In season one, we interview Pacific-Northwest authors Nicole Hardy, Claire Dederer, Elissa Washuta, Vanessa Veselka, Karen Karbo, and Suzanne Morrison about their work and the state of the patriarchy.

Producers: Sonya Lea & Dylan Bandy