This season’s first official episode discusses discourses and desires across India and Canada. Undergraduate host Helen Martin is joined by GFWS Ph.D. candidate Shraddha Chatterjee, whose research examines how Hindu nationalist sentiment has been mobilized alongside transnational and globalized notions of Queer Liberalism in India.

Shraddha’s website: https://www.shraddhachatterjee.com/

Find Shraddha on Twitter: https://twitter.com/shadypoetricks

TRIGGER WARNING: FOR DISCUSSION OF SUICIDE

http://www.suicide.org/hotlines/international/canada-suicide-hotlines.html

Sexuality Studies Spotlight is produced by Stephanie Jonsson, Hannah Maitland, Angela Stanley, Sarah Westerhof, Helen Martin, and Keely O'Brien. This podcast is made possible through support from the York University Sexuality Studies Program, Innovation York’s Knowledge Mobilization Unit, and the Media Creation Lab at Scott Library. This podcast was produced on the traditional territory of many Indigenous Nations and we invite our audience to visit native-land.ca to learn more about the land where they’re listening.

For a written transcript of this episode, please go to: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Fd1OU-gN6Jb530wj2wMSP1n8Ko3AEMqv?usp=sharing

Content Note: This podcast features discussions of sex and sexuality that may include references to sexual and gender-based discrimination/violence/assault/abuse or other potentially triggering topics. Listener discretion is advised.

Resources:

York Resources: SASSL- https://sassl.info.yorku.ca/

Canada-Wide Resources: DAWN- https://www.dawncanada.net/issues/crisis-hotlines/