care, girl bosses, and butts: a serious (?) conversation with Mer Yayanos [S1E6]
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CN: This episode contains swearing
Elle and her guest Mer Yayanos share a deep, abiding appreciation for their therapists, slow moments with partners, creative collaborations, and butts. Most of this episode is dedicated to the first bits – these two queerdo artists dive into their particular feminisms, sharing parts of their burnout and healing journeys, and why they won’t be breaking any glass ceilings. Also butts are funny, even (and especially) when you’re talking about your trauma.
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Guest Spotlight: Mer Yayanos
Mer Yayanos is a California-based multimedia artist, composer, culture writer, performing musician (mainly violin, theremin, voice), monstrous feminist agitator, editor, poet, and activist. Creator and director of The Parlour Trick, a "haunted chamber ensemble". Co-founder and acting editor-in-chief of Coilhouse Magazine and Blog: A Love Letter to Alternative Culture, which ran from 2007 through 2012 and was published and distributed internationally. Moog-sponsored thereminist. Proud member of the So Many Of Us collective. Chief agitation officer of HARPYCORPS, a chaotic monstrous feminist art rage alliance instigated by a bunch of fed-up women and queers, launched on Trump's inauguration in 2016, along with a personal coffee brand: Blood of the Harpy, produced by Funranium Labs. Incontinent harpy. Transformative justice noob. Exuberant hired-gun for the experimental black metal band, Feminazgul. Antifascist. Anti-racist. Fledgling abolitionist. Eternal student.
Connect with Mer:
Website: www.theparlourtrick.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/theparlourtrick
Episode Resources
Finding a trauma-informed therapist
Key & Peele’s “Luther the Anger Translator” sketches
Elliot Smith “Bottle Up and Explode”
DSM-V Prolonged Grief Disorder
Liminal Flares with Maika: www.liminalflares.com
On Freddish, Mr. Roger’s approach to talking with children: https://ricepsychology.com/blog/parenting/freddish-mr-rogers-guide-for-talking-to-kids/
“Gutsy” with the Clintons https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2022/09/apple-hillary-and-chelsea-clinton-celebrate-the-world-premiere-of-the-highly-anticipated-documentary-event-series-gutsy-ahead-of-its-september-9th-global-debut-on-apple-tv/