Outward: Are Throuples All That Different From Couples?
Love is in the air this month, so hosts Christina Cauterucci, Jules Gill-Peterson, and Bryan Lowder turn their attention to some very queer questions of love. First, they discuss a new Spanish film, Petit Mal, which explores the intimate drama and everyday feelings of three women in a throuple. Then they consider what is arguably the hardest kind of love: loving yourself in the wake of great loss or pain. Recent years have seen a huge growth in the applications of psychedelic drugs as a treatment strategy for PTSD, depression, anxiety, and more. Although psychedelics are becoming more popular with everyone, a lot of queer and trans people have pre-existing relationships with some of these substances, both in recreational and therapeutic contexts. The hosts are joined by Dr. Alex Belser, the leading researcher into queer people\u2019s relationship with psychedelics, to discuss what these drugs might offer\u2014and get back from\u2014queers.\nItems discussed in the show:\n\u201cGay Bars and Hookup Apps\u201d: The February 2021 episode of Outward that focused on Lex and other dating apps for women\nThe official trailer for Petit Mal\nQueering Psychedelics: From Oppression to Liberation in Psychedelic Medicine, edited by Alex Belser, Clancy Cavnar, and Beatriz C. Labate\n\u201cDoes the Queer Scene Have a Ketamine Problem?\u201d by Delilah Friedler in Rolling Stone\n\u201c10 Calls to Action: Toward an LGBTQ-Affirmative Psychedelic Therapy,\u201d by Alex Belser\nGay Agenda\nChristina: Aftersun, written and directed by Charlotte Wells\nBryan: The legacy of Charles Silverstein, who died on Jan. 30, 2023\nJules: Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals, by Saidiya V. Hartman\nThis podcast was produced by June Thomas.\nPlease send feedback, topic ideas, and advice questions to outwardpodcast@slate.com.\nMake an impact this Black History Month by helping Macy\u2019s on their mission to fund UNCF scholarships for HBCU students. Go to macys.com/purpose to learn more.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices