Talking Culture

Talking Culture is about what it means to be human and all the paths anthropology takes to explore that question. The deep conversations and stories layered with field recordings and found sound approach a broad range of anthropological topics. Produced with support from CKUT and the McGill University Anthropology department.

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The Sapphic Date Generator

January 20, 2022 • Alejandra Melian-Morse, Meghan McGill, Daniel Chieu Castillo, Rhian Lewis • Season 2

An episode filled with loads of play, laughs, and sapphic yearning, Alejandra and contributor Rhian Lewis discuss Rhian's creation "the Sapphic Date Generator" and how it explores the possibilities of lesbian love that moves beyond cisheteronormative scripts.

Special thanks to Kit Mitchell, Diana Nguyen, Kate Bundy, Sarah Wishloff, Daisy Couture, and Angie Sassi for their participation in this episode.

Check out the Sapphic Date Generator: https://www.galpals.xyz/

Works Cited:

Luiselli, Valeria. Smashing Snow Globes: A Writer On Essays, Novels And Translation.
https://www.npr.org/2014/12/21/371261474/smashing-snowglobes-a-writer-on-essays-novels-and-translation

Gainza, Carolina: Código, Lenguaje y Estéticas en la Literatura Digital Chilena
https://revistas.uniandes.edu.co/doi/full/10.25025/perifrasis201910.20.06