\"Teaching your daughter self defense is no more an apology for rape culture than wearing your seatbelt is asking to be in a car accident.\"
The Unspeakable Podcast didn't start until late last summer, but believe it or not I'd been trying to figure out how to do one for a long time before that. Before deciding to do the show on my own, there'd been some thought that I'd put it on an existing platform, and for that reason I went to Los Angeles in December 2019 to record two demo interviews. One was with comedian Chelsea Handler and the other, this one, was with comedian, writer and podcaster Bridget Phetasy. I'm releasing it now as a companion to this week's podcast, which features a conversation I did with Bridget last week.
We recorded this on Bridget's sofa as her dog, Hope (wearing a cone of shame), snored in the background. I love this conversation because it gets into Bridget's personal story and how it informed some of her ideas about #MeToo and reductive notions of the patriarchy. I also love it because it reminds us how much better the audio sounds when you can do in-person interviews rather than having to record remotely!
This interview has never been released and so is exclusive to you, my mid-tier and higher level Patreon supporters. Enjoy!
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