Where are all the lesbian bars? on history, misogyny, and why all the queer women are online
Taboo on the BusShow Notes
Is the WLW hashtag on TikTok really one of the closest things to a queer community for so many of us? Today I sat down to talk about the lack of intersectional physical spaces for queer women, discussing the historical reasons for this and also what is driving us to foster community online instead.
We’ve got dissertation research, we’ve got my own research study, we’ve got YOUR input, this episode is juicy and packed xoxo
Outline: why queer women are using dating apps, tiktok, and digital platforms to forge community the impact of digital queer communities and coming out why gay bars and clubs are not always safe/inclusive spaces to queer women, trans-women and women of colour the history of lesbians and gay bars/clubs the focus towards daytime, community centred cafes, bookstores, etc amongst lesbians The Mafia’s role in lesbian bars Intersectionality in queer spaces
find me on insta: @whatzaraloves tiktok: @whatzaraloves6 youtube: Whatzaraloves
References for this episode:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7430466/
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4226&context=theses
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4226&context=theses
https://www.vice.com/en/article/when-drag-kings-ruled-alongside-the-mafia-235/
More from Taboo on the Bus
Sit down with me today to discuss the fallout from Ed Sheeran dropping Macklemore from his tour over his public support for a free Palestine. What started as a conversation centred on Palestinian liberation has warped into memes, weighing up of celebrity ‘sides’, drags of Ed Sheeran’s tattoos, and somewhat of a ‘Morality Olympics’ at play online.
[Long-form deep dive episode at home is also live]
Sit down with me today to dissect the harms of AI data centres on a micro and macro level, looking at their local, racial, environmental, and social impacts. From Sophia and Cinzia promoting Google Gemini for AI pasta recipes, to Open AI taking influencers on a ChatGPT nature retreat, to the Save Brick Lane coalition, let’s unpack the current AI landscape and the powerhouses behind this force.
[Mini Bus version. Long episode is also live] Sit down with me today to dissect the harms of AI data centres on a micro and macro level, looking at their local, racial, environmental, and social impacts. From Sophia and Cinzia promoting Google Gemini for AI pasta recipes, to Open AI taking influencers on a ChatGPT nature retreat, to the Save Brick Lane coalition, let’s unpack the current AI landscape and the powerhouses behind this force.
[Epsiode starts at: 11:18] Meta have immersed themselves into the fashion realm with a line of trendy smart glasses and line-up of ‘IT-girls’ to promote the launch. Surveillance meets fashion in this collab, and we’re going to start seeing every-day recording and documentation become ‘normal’ in our society, or will we even notice? Sit down with me today to discuss how these glasses pose threat particularly to women, children, and minority groups, and how smart yet harmful it is of Meta to target women with this launch. I’ll also give my thoughts on how I think the normalisation of these glasses in public will alter everyone’s behaviour from a lense of ‘performing for an audience’. Think of the way in which people don’t dance in the club anymore because of the fear of being recorded, now apply that to stepping outside. Let me know what your thoughts are on Meta glasses going mainstream? Find me online: Instagram – Whatzaraloves TikTok – Whatzaraloves Podcast – Taboo on the Bus Email: [email protected]