Open to Discussion

Hello friends! This week we are bringing you more content from Reddit (and now Whisper). We are reading peoples' anonymous confessions! There is a bit of everything this week, from faking illnesses, to bad driving, and weird cat dynamics. We hope that you will enjoy this episode and its more casual feel. In the future, is there any subreddits you know of that have some good stuff to look through?  Or maybe your own juicy confessions? We would love to know!!

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*Trigger & Content Warning: in this episode we will be discussing bodies in detail, eating, diet culture, and other sensitive themes.

This episode takes a "discuss and learn" type of approach. We are going to be going over the both the body positivity movement and the body neutrality movement. Both Gwen and Aisley only have surface level knowledge about these movement coming into this episode. Together we will be going through both movements, deciphering the differences, the similarities, and the importance both hold in today's society. This is such a complex topic and this episode only paints a limited picture of both movements. Open to Discussion would love to know what others think about these topics. If you have ideas on how and where to expand the conversation on this topic, we are all ears!

Please read over the article referenced in this episode:

https://zenerations.org/2020/08/21/the-black-history-of-the-body-positive-movement/

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*Content Warning: in this episode we will be discussing mental health, triggers, and in some cases suicide. Please be aware of any sensitive content that may arise during this conversation. 

Hi friends! We are very excited to bring this episode to you! We sat down to have a conversation with Amanda Feige, who runs The Stigma Sanctuary on Instagram. Amanda is a psychotherapist-in-training and believes in opening up a platform that allows open and non-judgmental discussion about mental health and wellness. In this episode we will be discussing stigma and how it impacts our daily lives. Stigma is something that everyone can likely relate to in some aspect of their lives. We want to open up the discussion about stigma - what is it, who does it impact, why is it here, etc. - in hopes to create some community, common ground, and help to reduce stigma. Thank you for being a part of the conversation!

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Hi lovely listeners! Welcome to another laid back episode where we once again visit Reddit for some unpopular opinions! We've got a little bit of everything in this episode - some laughs, some serious talk, and just some random conversation. These are often some of the most fun episodes for us to record! The unpopular opinions covered in this episode have to do with women's and men's sports; rules around driving; dress codes; proper ways to listen to music; umami; the benefit of the doubt; being "ugly" as a social inconvenience; adjusting the goods; and whether bugs should be dog sized or not. We hope you enjoy this episode!

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This episode was not planned, but due to on the fly issues we had to switch things up quickly. So, this episode is just going to be a fun and easy-listening type of thing! We found some popular "who is more likely to" questions, and we are going to go through them together and decide on who is more likely to _______! We hope you find this enjoy this and share some laughter (:

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On this week's episode Gwen has a little social experiment in store that Aisley doesn't have any idea about! After our check-in's, Gwen will present Aisley with made-up news articles, but she doesn't know that they are actually made up. Gwen has curated news articles that she knows are hot topic points for discussion - maybe even slightly triggering. Gwen will be taking a stance on views that are not actually her own to see the kind of reaction Aisley will have. Will Aisley catch on? Will things get heated? You'll have to listen to find out!

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Last week we took the 16Personalities version of the MBTI personality test (so if you haven't already checked that one out, make sure to give it a listen first!), this week we are taking the Big 5 (OCEAN) personality test. Before we do that, we are going to be discussing a new trend going around that originated on TikTok, called Super Straight. We discuss our perspectives on this newly identified "sexuality", and go over some of the implications it has on the LGBTQ+ community. No check-ins this week, so after our discussing on Super Straight, we will be getting right into our personality test. 

We would love to know what your Big 5 personality test said. Let us know on Instagram!

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This week we decided to do a personality test! As always, we begin with our check-ins and then get into some background on personality tests and what experience we have with them so far. Then we will be getting right into the 16Personalities version of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality test. We both go through the questionnaire together and then go over our results. We'd love to know if you have done this test and what your results are, so don't forget to head on over to our Instagram page and let us know in the comments of the trailer for this episode! 

16Personalities:

https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test

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