Think Alexa, Cortana, and Siri: why are they all women? Today I talk about sexism in synthesised speech and digitised assistants. Sources to note: UNESCO 2019 “I’d blush if I could”. Lingel & Crawford 2020, “Alexa, tell me about your mother”. Cameron 2001 “Designer Voices”. Hempel 2015, “Siri and Cortana”. Gersen 2019, “SEX LEX MACHINA”.

Talking about cancel culture and what it does and doesn’t achieve. What does it even want?

"Even as she is walking or weeping, she cannot avoid imagining herself walking or weeping." We are all watching ourselves; why?

Tell Satan I'm back

We are talking about TERFs today; a little call back to JK Rowling. The book I mentioned is Literary Theory by Eagleton. Please send me voice messages that I can put in my podcasts (if you went)! You can do this on my Anchor page if you just click the link to any podcast episode and choose to go straight to anchor :)

TW of course; nothing too graphic, just a very sensitive topic. Today I'm talking about factors that I myself and psychologists think are foundational to making male suicide the biggest killer of men under 45. PLEASE SEEK HELP IF YOU WISH! LIVI is the GP app, it's excellent. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Piersig) discusses classical/romantic thinking, Women and Madness is about psychiatry (Chesler, 1972).

Today I'm reading you.... a bedtime story? I was asked to do some less intense topic coverage, so I thought I better dig or an old classic: My Side of the Matter by Truman Capote. Author of Breakfast at Tiffany's, this classic is very short (50pages) and holds excellent winter imagery - perfect for the colder nights! This is intended for use as background noise to scrolling or painting, bedtime relaxing or just going about your day when you need a bit of a literary cathartic.

Some top tips and tricks on how not to project your own sexism from the biggest misogynist there is: me! Buckle in babies this is a 40min sucker talking about pick me girls, internalised misogyny and hating women - when you're a woman.

In this episode, I take an anecdotal stance on my newly founded androgyny! I hope you get it. Please see Grace Jones for Androgynous inspo

Today we discuss whether or not we think we can pity or treat pedophilia as a mental health condition. Of course I play devils advocate and say we can.. More info on Prostasia.org