Pynk Spots
Nix (she/they) gives advice from her neuroqueer anti-capitalist perspective. Like talking to your favorite aunt...if that aunt were a tired, disabled, autistic, anarcho-communist 😘
- Update frequency
- every 18 days
- Average duration
- 80 minutes
- Episodes
- 50
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Cinema Against The State: A Conversation with Hazel
Hazel—video editor, filmmaker, Peertuber, and self-described Jewish Gore Whore—joins me today for philosophical exploration of our relationship to art. Representing the hazels plural sy…
Do Celebrity Endorsements Matter? Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan, and the 2024 Presidential Election Hysteria
In this timely episode, Nix dives into the world of celebrity endorsements and their influence, or lack thereof, on U.S. presidential elections by comparing and contrasting Taylor Swift…
URGENT Call to Action + Moving Past the 'Harris or Trump' Ultimatum
PLEASE HELP MARCELLUS WILLIAMS: savemarcellus.org. He will be executed on Sept. 24th, 2024 if we can't convince Gov. Parson of Missouri to stop it. Please call, email, post, and share.
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Thoughts on Sobriety, Childhood Trauma, and ADHD
Hello! I'm back, did you miss me??? I decided to sit down today and knock out a casual chat style episode to break my silent streak. This is sort of a prelude to the healing series as I…
Support Palestine: Reposted with Update
Before diving into my healing from chronic illness series, I wanted to put out something to show support for Palestine given the horrific recent (and ongoing, and historical) actions of…
I'm a Barbie Grrrl: My Exhaustion Over Leftist Barbie Discourse + Updates!!!
Hi Barbie! 👋 Whew, the Barbie movie really caused a stir on all sides of the political spectrum, didn't it! The right is losing their minds over this cornucopia of "toxic femininity" wh…
I'm So Sick (yes this is a Flyleaf reference!)
Nic is sick! What else is new?! I talk about coming down with bronchitis and trying to process that emotionally. A loose, ramble-y episode about dealing with recurrent illness, attitude…
My Jury Duty Experience
After missing an episode in February, I'm back with a juicy, chonky, three-hour epic tale for you all! I talk about serving on a jury for the first time - how it works (here in the U.S.…
How I'm Attempting to Not Feel Like Shit About Myself in 2023
Today is an unscripted ramble about my 2023 thoughts with the overall theme of Not Feeling Like Shit Anymore. The overarching approach is an attempt to accept my brain as it is, to work…
Buying Stuff, Hoarding Stuff, Work Sucks - Thoughts on Consumption
Hey my sweet little garbanzo beans! I managed to eek out a December episode between bouts of soul-crushing work, woohoo! This episode is loosely about buying stuff and having stuff, ins…
How To Manage Hyperfocus So It Doesn’t Ruin the Things You Enjoy
This week we've got an awesome question from Ashlea about how to moderate hyperfocus (or hyperfixation, or special interests) so that we neurodivergents don't burn ourselves out on thin…
How to Explain a Gap in Employment
Hi babes! I have an amazing question from Hilda today about how to explain a gap in employment from taking time off to just chill and not be crushed under capitalism for a cotdamn minut…
Advice for Moving in with a Romantic Partner for the First Time
I answer a question from Madison asking for advice when living with a partner for the first time. We explore a range of advice, from the practical to the emotional to the protective.
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I'm Back, Baby! Updates + Topic: How to Accept Help From Others
Mommy's back! After my summer vaycay, I'm here to give some health updates, decisions about the show, and then talk about the main topic which is how to handle receiving help without fe…
Health Updates & Breaking Till July!
Today Nic gives updates about the medical exams and procedures she's had lately and announces she'll be taking a break until July!
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How to Deal with Jealous People
Today's episode tackles how to handle a person in your life whose jealousy is taking over the relationship. This advice is for trying to keep that person in your life and not severing t…
Born This Way? How Bioessentialism Hurts Queer People
After a convo with my beloved Mohera, we decided that a discussion about the dangers of inextricably tying queerness to biology would be a good topic for today's episode. I discuss my t…
The Politics of Body Hair...And Oscar Slaps
After the kerfuffle between Chris Rock and Will Smith at the Oscars, I thought this was the perfect prompt for an episode about the politics of body hair, connecting them to their sexis…
Random Thoughts: Brain Fog, Anxiety, Recruiters, Medical Appts & Edibles
Hey kiddos! I needed a chill episode so it's a mixed bag of me just talking about my health journey and my attempts to find work. Hope y'all like it!
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What Does Routine Look Like Post-Capitalism?
Today I answer an awesome prompt from Cait about how we (particularly autistics) might have routine in a post-capitalist, post-productivity oriented world that appeases our neurodiverge…