Bedroom Eyes

By bedroomeyes

What's Bedroom Eyes about?

An intimate analysis of agency, ethics, relationships, and identity as

experienced within oppressive systems of power. Hosted by Juno Mariah, a queer, brown, non-monogamous community organizer. https://twitter.com/JunoMariah

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Bedroom Eyes episodes:

08.03.2021
Consent is Not Radical (Part 3 Continued): Erotophobia and Bystander Consent
This is the second episode of Consent is Not Radical (Part 3), carried over from the last episode. In the third installment of my Consent is Not Radical series, I focus on ways in which radical consent theory reinforces erotophobia...
07.04.2021
Consent is Not Radical (Part 3): Erotophobia and Bystander Consent
In the third installment of my Consent is Not Radical series, I focus on ways in which radical consent theory reinforces erotophobia by casting sexual acts and expression that occur in public as unethical and harmful when they lack the...
12.28.2020
We Are All Perpetrators
This episode is about the fallibility of human beings, sexual violation, the complicated nature of consent, accountability in the age of cancel culture, and the importance of having compassion for our shadow selves. I delve into what it might mean...
09.28.2020
Philosophical Clara-fication: Language, Morality, Power, and Politics
In this rhizomatic episode, Juno and their semantically-minded friend Clara get critical about philosophical topics ranging from the difference between ethics and morals, morally loaded language, the concept of “linguistic fencing,” selfishness and asking for what you want, cooperative individualism,...
09.10.2020
Nihilism and The Emptiness of Anarchy
Juno talks about their development of moral nihilism and political pessimism, and their dissolution with the anarchist idealism that they used to have. They also talk about the desire to focus on small, local community building for the sake of...
08.17.2020
Coping with Childhood Abuse as Adults
Juno and their close friend Benzi talk about their different responses to childhood abuse, abuse as part of intergenerational oppression, how their coping mechanisms for the effects of abuse have impacted their friendship, the difficulty of working while dealing with...
07.03.2020
Autonomy is an Illusion
Juno talks about their new framing of autonomy and agency, based on their skepticism of conscious free will, and how that affects their perspective on behavior change, coercion, and their core purpose for investing in the theory of relationship anarchism. Juno...
05.19.2020
Consent is Not Radical: Part 2
Trigger warning: this episode includes brief descriptions of sexual coercion and violence. Before delving into this episode, please listen to Consent is Not Radical: Part 1. In this episode, Juno continues their political critique of feminist consent rhetoric, but with a...
05.12.2020
My Relationship to Fatphobia, Body-Positivity, and Health
A solo episode in which Juno analyzes their own fear of fatness. This was inspired by a Dismantling Fatphobia discussion series that they recently attended. The first half of the episode explores Juno's emotional baggage about approaching the issue, how...
04.07.2020
Ego Death is the Only Death
Juno and their friend Ryan discuss the philosophy of science, the concept of agency, the illusion of the self, free will, how we cultivate open-mindedness, becoming liberated from oppressive ideology, the absurdity of existence, and whether we can know anything. TikTok...
03.23.2020
Why Do We Like Men?
Feminists are often asked why they hate men so much. But, the question that us women and non-men should be asking ourselves is why we continue to like men. What are the systemic, sociological, emotional, and political reasons that we...
03.05.2020
Race is Violence
Juno talks about their racial identity formation as a racially ambiguous person of Afro-European descent, the pain of being mixed race in mono-racial spaces, community building with white people and people of color, blackness, intergenerational racial trauma, colorism, and white...
02.18.2020
Satanic Sexual Liberation and Sick Life Update
Juno shares their perspectives on Satanism, Satanic media, sexual objectification, and The Satanic Temple. Links to references on my Patreon page: patreon.com/bedroomeyespodcast. TikTok @moonbitchtheory https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRAuUUG3/ Music: Intermezzo by [friendzoned]. CC Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
11.12.2019
Consent is Not Radical: Part 1
Juno talks about consent culture, the political ideology of radical consent, sex-positivity, and what values and practices could make sexual interaction more ethical. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bedroomeyespodcast TikTok @moonbitchtheory https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRAuUUG3/ Intro/Outro: Intermezzo by [friendzoned]. CC Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported.
10.29.2019
Suicide, Satanism, and Community
Juno talks about death-positivity, community as suicide prevention, their own suicide attempt, and the importance of Satanic values in their life now. TikTok @moonbitchtheory https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRAuUUG3/ Stop Suicide: Eat the Rich. Intro/Outro: Intermezzo [friendzoned]. CC Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported.
10.14.2019
Gender Disobedience
Juno talks about sex, gender, and identity, including their own gender nonconforming journey, through a social constructionist lens. Support them on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bedroomeyespodcast TikTok @moonbitchtheory https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRAuUUG3/ Intro/Outro Music: Intermezzo by [friendzoned]. CC Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported.
10.07.2019
Sexual Compulsion and BDSM
What is healthy and unhealthy sex? How do we manage sexual behavior that violates our values and feels out of control? When does BDSM become harmful? Juno explores those questions through their personal experience with compulsive sexual behavior. Support me on...
09.17.2019
Nonmonogamy, Consent, and Anarchy
Juno explains why monogamy and marriage are harmful institutions, and why relationship anarchy (aka autonomous relating) is a more ethical way of relating with others interpersonally and politically. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bedroomeyespodcast TikTok @moonbitchtheory https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRAuUUG3/ Intro/Outro Music: Intermezzo by [friendzoned]. CC Attribution-ShareAlike...
07.28.2019
Transactional Intimacy: Sex Work and Professional Cuddling
Juno Mariah discusses the ethics of buying and commodifying emotional, physical, and sexual labor through their experiences as a professional platonic cuddler and a sex worker. Support them on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bedroomeyespodcast TikTok @moonbitchtheory https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRAuUUG3/ Intro/Outro Music: Intermezzo by [friendzoned]. CC Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported

What's Bedroom Eyes about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Bedroom Eyes episodes:

Consent is Not Radical (Part 3 Continued): Erotophobia and Bystander Consent

Consent is Not Radical (Part 3): Erotophobia and Bystander Consent

We Are All Perpetrators

Philosophical Clara-fication: Language, Morality, Power, and Politics

Nihilism and The Emptiness of Anarchy

Coping with Childhood Abuse as Adults

Autonomy is an Illusion

Consent is Not Radical: Part 2

My Relationship to Fatphobia, Body-Positivity, and Health

Ego Death is the Only Death

Why Do We Like Men?

Race is Violence

Satanic Sexual Liberation and Sick Life Update

Consent is Not Radical: Part 1

Suicide, Satanism, and Community

Gender Disobedience

Sexual Compulsion and BDSM

Nonmonogamy, Consent, and Anarchy

Transactional Intimacy: Sex Work and Professional Cuddling