Dear Us

We are back after a long break! In this episode, Hannah speaks with her close friend Milad on Hair. They dive into their relationships with their own hair, gender expression and identity, the sociocultural significance of hair and hair loss, and discuss Beauty and the value of embracing the Ugly.

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In this episode, we reflect on 2020, going through what our experiences of the year have been and what it has brought up.

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In this episode, we speak about the body, how it is constantly controlled and monitored, and the queering of the disabled and/or pregnant body. We also discuss the importance of situating the body in its sociopolitical context and the dangers of resorting to positive psychology.

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In this episode, we speak about feminisms, identity politics, and social media activism and how it can help but also over simplify struggles.

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In this episode, we speak about the complexities of looking for a therapist and how mental health and politics are inseparable.

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In this episode, we have a conversation initiated by our failed attempts to find “Home.” We speak about the abstractness of this concept, how it both informs and is informed by identity, our multilingual and multiracial upbringing, and discuss what it means to call bodies homes.

Hannah: @hannahnishatbotero

Tania: @tanianibo

In this episode, we speak about COVID-19 and Capitalism, the ways in which the world at large is experiencing ableism, about Disability Justice, issues with the American healthcare system, and interdependence.

“It is only when illness affects us all, only when everyone recognizes they are ill that the Hegemony will notice the ways in which Capitalism is generating illness. Once the majority is rendered ill the ability to suck blood out of our veins will be hindered. Disease is incapable of existing without first creating illness. And the illness Capitalism produces is its own greatest flaw.”

Hannah: @hannahnishatbotero

Tania: @tanianibo

In this episode, we speak about body shaming, body esteem, and feminism.

Tania: @tanianibo

Hannah: @hannahnishatbotero

In this episode, Hannah and Tania speak about mental and emotional health, its representation in the media, and stigma and misuse of language. Follow them on instagram @tanianibo and @hannahnishatbotero / @bluewildindigo Xx

Tania introduces Terror Management Theory and speaks to her mom about her relationship with death and about their mutual love for the ocean. You also hear from Hannah, who's all the way in New York, Tania's partner, Ramin, as well as from friends who share their own thoughts on death and love.

Music in the order played:

- Thannoid by Blue Dot Sessions

- Out of the Fresh Night by Kaela Drew licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0

- Equatorial Lines by Hayvanlar Alemi licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

- Collapse into Innocence by Siddhartha licensed under CC BY 4.0

- Equatorial Lines by Hayvanlar Alemi licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

- Backward Steps by Unheard Music Concepts licensed under CC BY 4.0

- La Luna y El Loro by Tomás de San Julián

- Underestimate the Ancestors by Triad licensed under CC BY 4.0

- As Nihilism Gives Way To Existentialism by Nihilore licensed under CC BY 3.0

- Tethered by Nctrnm licensed under CC BY 4.0

- En Route (ou Enfin! Le Défilé Capsule de Temps va au Centre de Contrôle) by Monroeville Music Center licensed under CC BY 3.0

- Ey Sareban by Mohsen Namjoo

- Gracias a la Vida by Mercedes Sosa

- Thannoid by Blue Dot Sessions