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Life as an Academic Historian, Transgender Woman & LGBTQ+ Activist. A conversation with PIPPA CATTERALL // Part 1
Hey everyone - welcome back to the show!
Today, we're in for something rather special and a bit different to our regular style. To celebrate and wrap up the official UK's Pride Month we have a LGBTQ+ special for you!
Indeed, unlike before, we don't have a fellow GenZer but instead we have a highly intelligent and remarkable lady on the show, please can I introduce you to a leading historian at University of Westminster & LGBTQ+ activist .... PIPPA CATTERHALL!
In the first part of our two part podcast we explore the historical interests of Pippa both when she was younger like religion and the Middle East as well as her current areas of exploration and projects. We also touch upon the politics and state of London Universities which is rather interesting and deserves its own podcast completely ;)
During both this personal and academic podcast we have the privilege of learning about Pippa's transgender journey.
We learn how just at the mere age of 4, Pippa realised that she was not born in the right body and how Pippa views gender as a spectrum. We explore the social construct of masculinity and how that relates to people questioning their gender and identity as well as the subtle things we don't realise that are all built with the male in mind, a clear example being toilets.
We also dive into the history of gender and how pivotal Alfred Kinsey's 1947 report of gay presence in Britain was and how states sought to erase the LGBTQ+ community from mainstream society. Pippa gives us context into gender discussions in the 1950s when the world was on a verge of nuclear war, in a decade where the nuclear family was very much socially and state endorsed as well as her take on the supposed 'swinging 60s' social and cultural revolution.
Thank you so much for listening to this incredibly informative and fascinating episode, make sure you check out part two :)) .....
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By Daria Alexander-SefreHey everyone - welcome back to the show!
Today, we're in for something rather special and a bit different to our regular style. To celebrate and wrap up the official UK's Pride Month we have a LGBTQ+ special for you!
Indeed, unlike before, we don't have a fellow GenZer but instead we have a highly intelligent and remarkable lady on the show, please can I introduce you to a leading historian at University of Westminster & LGBTQ+ activist .... PIPPA CATTERHALL!
In the first part of our two part podcast we explore the historical interests of Pippa both when she was younger like religion and the Middle East as well as her current areas of exploration and projects. We also touch upon the politics and state of London Universities which is rather interesting and deserves its own podcast completely ;)
During both this personal and academic podcast we have the privilege of learning about Pippa's transgender journey.
We learn how just at the mere age of 4, Pippa realised that she was not born in the right body and how Pippa views gender as a spectrum. We explore the social construct of masculinity and how that relates to people questioning their gender and identity as well as the subtle things we don't realise that are all built with the male in mind, a clear example being toilets.
We also dive into the history of gender and how pivotal Alfred Kinsey's 1947 report of gay presence in Britain was and how states sought to erase the LGBTQ+ community from mainstream society. Pippa gives us context into gender discussions in the 1950s when the world was on a verge of nuclear war, in a decade where the nuclear family was very much socially and state endorsed as well as her take on the supposed 'swinging 60s' social and cultural revolution.
Thank you so much for listening to this incredibly informative and fascinating episode, make sure you check out part two :)) .....