Sinister Myth Podcast
1) Sinister Myth Keyword: Bi-erasure
In a strong worded discussion of heteronormative pressure, psychology student Sydney Williams explains what bi-erasure means, and how assumptions about bisexuality can have real impacts in the world. ...Show More
2) Suicide Rates & LGBTQ Communities
Why are LGBTQ suicide rates high and what can we do to change that? Medical anthropology student Adalie Schmidt interviews expert Dr. Alexandra VanBergen of University of Rochester about her research ...Show More
3) Sinister Myth Keyword: Emotional Labor
What does emotional labor mean and how does it manifest itself? Ohio State University English major Megan Moody discusses what the term means and how it affects women and minorities disproportionately...Show More
4) Sinister Myth Case Study: The Case of Oluwatoyin Salau
In this “Sinister Myth: Case Study”, Natarshia Corley tackles the killing of Florida activist Oluwatoyin Salau, questioning to what extent black women’s lives lost are registered in the struggle to en...Show More
5) Unsafe Higher Education Spaces and Noise Pedagogy
This interview tackles the experience of Black students in universities and schools, featuring the work of researcher Sherita V. Roundtree, Assistant Professor at Towson University. Prof. Roundtree di...Show More
6) The Hexing Circle: A Pre-election Poetry Reading
On November 1st, Sinister Myth held an online poetry reading a day after Halloween and a few days before the US Presidential Election. Regardless of who would win, the women reading gathered together ...Show More
7) Sinister Bitesize: Writing Empathy Machines
For Sinister Myth Bitesize this month, we talk with the British poet and writer Roger Robinson. This is a snippet preview of a forthcoming interview with Roger whose book 'A Portable Paradise' won the...Show More
8) Malia Lee Womack: Analyzing US Colonial Human Rights Abuses Against Puerto Ricans
If you don’t know the history of U.S. interference and dubious practices in Puerto Rico, this interview with Malia Womack is a must hear. Recorded at the end of last year when Malia was completing fie...Show More
9) Burning Down Narratives of Shame
This interview – delayed due to the global pandemic – features Elissa Washuta, a member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe and a nonfiction writer. She is the author of My Body Is a Book of Rules and Starvat...Show More
10) Meet the New Sinister Myth Team
2020 sees a new production team working on Sinister Myth, and Zoe Brigley interviews them about their interests for creating new thematic strands, including political debates about trauma, the experie...Show More