It Is Complicated
Josephine Baird and Dr J are contrary beings, where the answer to every question is "it's complicated", what might seem to be simple topics, like name, age, pronouns, or more complex ideas like games, brains, pain and anger - are all treated with gentle discussion.
Josephine is a computer games academic, activist and artist - and is a "Femme of International Mystery"
Dr J has the job title "Harbinger of Change" at Thoughtworks, the gender "Transgressive Non-Binary GenderQueer" and is a Troublemaker and #queernuisance - "because ... branding".
They talk through topics from their various viewpoints - in a careful, kind and generally amusing way - even when there is pain there is laughter - because ... dark.
Exposure is great - it doesn’t put food on the table. If you want to support us making more queer things like this- https://www.patreon.com/itiscomplicated
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- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 69
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
An update - Life is a complicated bitch!
A very short update - recorded in one take and un-editedby Dr J - so it makes some sense.
1) We are still here
2) We appreciate our listeners
3) We are planning a move to SubStack - we'll be doing that…
Queer Voices - Suzanne Osten - Chaos is complicated
In this special episode of It Is Complicated, we remember Suzanne Osten, who died on the 24th October 2024
This interview was recorded a year ago, we are releasing it now as a tribute to her. We do h…
It is complicated Episode 61 - Queer Voices - CN Lester - Working is complicated
Dr J, Josephine and CN Lester discuss their multi-hyphenate, portfolio working lives. Even for those with salaried jobs, there is always the side gig (or two or three) and projects.
Performers, acade…
Pressure is complicated
This episode comes with a content warning - it is dark! Some of the darker places ended up on the cutting room floor, and it is still dark. Be safe when you listen to this.
An apology to Brianna Ghey …
Queer Voices - Samantha Béart - Performing is complicated
In the fifth in our Queer Voices series we talk with Samantha Béart, actor, currently known for playing Karlach in Baldur’s Gate 3. We talked about how games and performances and performing in and fo…
Queer Voices - Laura Kate Dale - Is joy complicated?
In the fourth in our Queer Voices series we talk with Laura Kate Dale, games journalist, author, and accessibility consultant. We started on how some of our narratives are routed in negativity, and h…
Queer Voices - Rosie Garland - Routine is complicated
In the third in our Queer Voices series we talk with novelist, poet and performer Rosie Garland. We set off talking about what we all have on (and sadly some of the opportunities to see Rosie are now…
Complicated more than usual
This is a special episode where we have Dr J on the Mind the Product podcast - https://www.mindtheproduct.com/business-analysts-in-product-dr-j-harrison/
Dr J also talks about 2023 and why they haven…
Safe is complicated
Released on Trans Day Of Visibility.
This episode we talk about the way you can tell if a space is safe, the flags we see, both green and red, how they can co-exist, and that we can spot duplicity and…
Queer Voices - Dr Joe Parslow - Breathing together is complicated
In the second in our Queer Voices series we talk with Dr Joe Parslow - Lecturer in Popular and Queer Performance and Hashtag Doctor Husband Boyfriend Joe - about drag and queer performance, breathin…
eNBy City - being on a panel is not a binary
This is a special episode of a panel discussion recorded at eNBy City with Dr J, malakai, Haz and Lilly. We are talking to a room of mostly students.
The event focussed on Queer Joy.
This is the third…
eNBy City - being on a panel has multiple parts
This is a special episode of a panel discussion recorded at eNBy City with Dr J, malakai, Haz and Lilly. We are talking to a room of mostly students.
The event focussed on Queer Joy.
This is the sec…
eNBy City - being on a panel is complicated
This is a special episode of a panel discussion recorded at eNBy City with Dr J, malakai, Haz and Lilly.
The event focussed on Queer Joy.
This is the first part of a two (or more) part recording.
Th…
Ambition is complicated
When asked the question “where do you want to be in ten years?” we break down - why? We spend so much time surviving, how do we then look towards a future? Our futures we see are not chrononormative,…
Queer Voices - Kate Bornstein - Hope is complicated
In the first in our Queer Voices series we talk with queer legend, writer and performer Kate Bornstein. We set off talking about Hope, flow through ideas of gender expression and authenticity, the na…
Having a plan is complicated
We’re back in a rare in the room together recording - We touch on the last six months for both of us - covid features prominently, as does fatigue and mental health.
Talking about plans, having one,…
Hearing it is complicated
Well 2022 has been a right nightmare already!! This time we talk (in Dr J’s case very excitedly) about the words we need to hear and what it means to hear them.
Dr J has four things they always wante…
Making it is complicated
This time we celebrate creating 50 podcast episodes - or 51, or 52 depending on how you count. We are excited about this - and there are moments when Dr J is obviously super excited. Josephine mainta…
Taking up space is complicated
Being in the room and taking up space is difficult. It takes a lifetime to believe that we should be in *this* room having *this* conversation, having self faith, self belief and humility is a challe…
Performance is complicated
Performance changes your life, it changes how you think about things, it changes how you feel about yourself.
This is a favourite theory of Dr J’s, and in our case it is true. We met over performanc…