The Intersection Podcast

Your authentic queens are back. In this episode, B, Jo, and Linda talk about the complicated feelings around the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Jo, Linda, and B acknowledge that depending on your perception of the crown, the British Empire, and the late Queen herself.  

Linda, B, and Jo acknowledge that the late Queen was someone's mother, grandma and auntie, but she was also a person with a lot of power, and could not affect change. We discussed the Queen's inability to exercise her power, and how her silence caused pain for millions of people around the world through colonialism and imperialism.

B, Linda, and Jo are not bashing the queen herself- we are acknowledging the complication surrounding her death for different people around the world. Some people are mourning and are allowed to mourn her death and Reign, and some people are triggered by her death due to what her Reign did to them and their countries. We hope you enjoy this episode. 

Welcome to September ya'll!

Episode 39 is here and right from the start you will understand why this is the cursed episode. 

Linda, B, and Jo go on a roller coaster ride, both because of technical difficulties and the topics covered.

Linda struggles to connect in the beginning leading to songs and filler moments brought to you by Jo and B. Once Linda's connection is finally stable we cover a whole list of content. Sex work? We touch on it. Politics? Got you covered. Questions to ask a future partner and updates on Linda's dating life? Linda's got you. How to know if a white boy has dated Black women? We gotchu. 

We also reach out to our listeners to invite you to be a part of our podcast! If you have a story you want to share or are an expert in a particular topic let us know! You can reach us via Instagram DMs at @yegwellnesscollective or by email at [email protected]

While there was a lot of little rambles, in true authentic queen fashion, as Linda says, we still manage to keep on brand and talk about the intersectionality of all of these topics. So we hope you enjoyed this weeks episode and we will see you in two weeks!

We are baaaaack with another episode. 

In this episode we start off with our usual check in about how life has been and establish that the theme of our lives is "tired". Linda, B, and Jo share all that's happening in their lives, from going on hikes, not packing for trips, and complaining about cars (and the crazy shit we have done with our cars). Hint: if was want to skip our rambling, go to the 18 minute mark......

After this we move into the topic of the week: DATING. 

Linda, B, and Jo share their own experiences around dating and take time to reflect on how dating has changed within our own lifetime. We explore the differences between alone and lonely, and Jo takes us literally through DECADES of dating and the go-to norms back then. It is a wild ride ya'll-from becoming skewered, to being prostitutes, to a sexual revolution filled with "bow-chica-wowow" moments; we cover it all. 

We hope you enjoy this weeks episode and the chaos that is, as Linda likes to say, from your "authentic queens". Have a wonderful rest of your summer and THANKS FOR LISTENING. 

Hello, our Pod Listeners, your authentic queens are back. We were gone for summer break, but Linda, B, and Jo return from their much-needed break. 

During this episode Jo, Linda and B give an update on what has been going on during their break, leading to side conversations about self worth, getting older, and how to protect yourself from bears.

YWC would like to thank you all for continuing to listen to the episodes even during the break. And we hope your summer break has been more restful than ours!

Your authentic queens are back, so we hope you are ready! As always thank you for listening. 

TW: this episode mentions suicide, assault, and sexual violence. 

In this episode of the Intersection, B, Linda and Jo are joined by a special guest. Our guest for the Pride Month episode is Mac Cross. Mac goes by they them, and they are gracious enough to share their story and vulnerability with us and with all of you.

Mac is an RN, works at the U of A Hospital and specializes in Mental Health. In this episode, Mac shares a very powerful, gut-wretching, and hopeful yet complicated story about their journey of being part of the LGBTQ Community.

Mac talks about what Pride is, and why Pride is important. They discussed the systematic inequities that exist, that continue to hinder the LGBTQ+ people's right to exist and to be and feel safe. Linda, Jo, B, and Mac discuss the intersectionality of identities and how they affect the treatment received from society and the world and the privileges they enjoy.

Mac provided some much-needed advice to Cis people on what to do or not, say or not to the  People of the Queer Community. Linda, Jo, and B would like to wish the Queer community and People, Happy Pride! You are Seen and we will stand by you. Mac, we are immensely grateful. Allyship is showing up, and ensuring the rights of the Queer Community are fought for and protected.

Love is Love is Love is Love.

Welcome back, your favourite podcasters are back. In this world wind of an episode, Jo, Linda, and B get into too many different topics. We appreciate you sticking around to the end.

B, Jo, and Linda talk about Jo succumbing to Covid, the prices of gas and groceries, and everything else that sucks right now. Linda, B, and Jo discuss a Zombie apocalypse, and how to survive, and hoe we have the gut to survive. 

Jo, B, and Linda tried very hard to have a positive episode but we were unsuccessful. 
B, Jo, and Linda enjoyed recording the episode, so we hope you have as much listening fun as we did the recording. 

TW: this episode contains content related to sexual violence. 

Now if you know us and have been along for the ride, you know that when it comes down to it, we are little SJW. So of course when we heard the news about Roe v. Wade and we got together, we naturally just started ranting. 

Now granted, we did have an entirely different episode planned when we recorded this episode, but our passion got the best of us and instead came this episode. 

So join Linda, B, and Jo as we talk about Roe v. Wade and the impacts it could have. We explore not only the physical impacts, but also explore the emotional impacts, financial impacts, and even the personal impacts a decision like this could have. Additionally, we spend time exploring how these policies could create impacts BEYOND just abortion laws- something we are already seeing weeks after this episode was recorded. 

And of course we take a second to a) shout out the human you leaked this information and b) urge our listeners to consider why being complacent on an issue likes this isn't really a choice. As always, do your own investigating, definitely look up our loosely quoted facts, and come to your own decisions.

But for those who are already experiencing impacts on decisions like this, know that we see you and are fighting in our own ways for you. And for everyone feeling the heaviness of all of this, know that you are not alone. 

Thanks for letting us rant and we hope you find something out of this episode, even if it's just a sense of validation. 

In this episode of the Intersection, B, Linda, and Jo celebrate Nurses and Health Care Workers who have been our saviours and heroes throughout these "troubling times", aka the pandemic.

B and Linda take the time to celebrate our very own nurse Jo. B and Linda thanked Jo, the nurses and all the healthcare workers for their services.

Jo goes gives us the insight on being a nurse, but doing and being so in the pandemic. She gets  honest about the highs and lows, like the hours that Nurses and healthcare workers work, and their effects on their Well-being. 

The hosts of the Intersection want to thank all the Nurses and Healthcare Workers for all of their service and sacrifice. Thank you so much. We urge our listeners to remember to treat our Nurses, Healthcare Workers and anyone in the medical field with compassion and empathy. Like Linda says, thank you for your service. 

In this episode of the Intersection, B, Linda,  and Jo are joined by a Special Guest. The special guest is Vanessa. She is the Assistant Property Manager at Londonderry Mall. YWC has patterned with Londendrry mall for their Mental Health Week this year. This year's theme for Londonderry Mall's Mental Health Week is Be Mindful. 

B, Linda, Jo, and Vanessa define what Mindfulness is, what it looks like, and how people and employers can incorporate mindfulness into their daily routine. Mindfulness can be a tool to better humans and employees, thus it is important that everyone practices Mindfulness. 

Jo, Linda, B, and Vanessa give simple activities, tips, coping mechanisms, and everyday practices that we do to be and practice mindfulness. We hope that you practice mindfulness, and take the time to take care of yourself and be in the moment. 

In this Episode, B, Linda, and Jo we are talking all about taboos. In usual fashion we go from random topics about drinking, to giving unwanted advice, to important topics, talking about taboos (and somewhere in there are some good old fashion singing by us...).

B, Linda, and Jo also talk about the importance of Sexual Health and normalizing sex, body positivity, and safety. Sexual health and sex education are important conversations that will lead to healthy sexual relationships. Talking about sex and educating people about sexual health, might help, prevent sexual harassment, and improve sexual awareness. 

We hope you enjoy this episode, and you all continue to educate yourselves about sex and healthy sex. Linda, B, Jo hope you listen to the end.