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
If you want to get into a discussion with us - https://twitter.com/ItIsComplicatd or find us on Mastodon https://ohai.social/@itiscomplicated
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- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 69
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Self Care is complicated
Self Care is complicated - we talk about the complications of “self care” - vital in the pandemic times - and how that plays out in our culture.
Social inequalities, and how to “Farm a Fuck” - and is…
Being hurt and angry is complicated
Due to the nature of the discourse on trans lives at the moment we recorded a special episode. Normally we record more than a month in advance of publishing.
With the way the conversation is going we …
Humour is Complicated
Humour is complicated - we talk about what is good humour - and what it feels like to be the subject of the joke - and why sometimes we “can’t take a joke”.
Why we always are worried there’ll be “th…
CrowdFunding is Complicated
Crowdfunding is complicated - we talk about how ensuring what we do is sustainable. How can we raise money - what are the ethics behind this?
We discuss why we built our patreon page and goals the wa…
Allyship is Complicated
In which we discuss should we centre allies? How can we be good allies to others? How can I use my privilege to the best effect? Is allyship the only model? How can we be better support to others?
We…
Queer Theory is Complicated
We discuss why we find Queer Theory so difficult to wrap our heads around, why is it dense, and how can we understand it.
How deep is the queer theory rabbit hole? Are we included in the conversation?
…
Getting Dressed is complicated
We discuss why we get dressed, sometimes in dresses, sometimes not, and how it changes how we are read and what complications occur - some intentional and some not.
Apparently nakedness is not an opti…
Playing with Ourselves is Complicated
Playing with Ourselves is complicated
In which we discuss video games and why it is complicated to play them while seeing your life represented.
We also discuss whether or not Skyrim is the only video …
Our pronouns are complicated
In which our we attempt to introduce the podcast, ourselves and the subject of pronouns and how complicated all those endeavours are.
Pronouns are situational
They can make your heart sing.
That Lost Sp…