Healing and Joy After Heartbreak with 'The Breakup Monologues' by Rosie Wilby
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02/08/23
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Today, I’m joined by award-winning comedian, author, and podcaster Rosie Wilby to discuss her latest book, The Breakup Monologues: The Unexpected Joy of Heartbreak. Rosie has a generous and open-minded way of talking about breakups, heartbreak, and all the messiness in-between.
In our conversation, Rosie shares what it was like to rehash old relationships when researching this book. We especially bond over the idea of falling in love with someone who is so utterly unavailable and how painful it can be to hold onto a relationship that’s doomed for failure.
Rosie also unpacks how she uses humor to process her experiences and invite people to look at their relationships through a new lens. You’ll hear in the short excerpt that she shares how witty and painfully relatable her comedy is.
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Topics Covered:
● What inspired Rosie to write a book about breakups
● How unrequited love can psychologically push you into new growth
● Stylistic choices that Rosie made to demonstrate how the ending of one chapter is always the beginning of another
● How Rosie uses comedy as a tool to make topics like infidelity, breakups, and heartbreak accessible to a broad audience
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● The Breakup Monologues: The Unexpected Joy of Heartbreak
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Today, I’m joined by fine art photographer Jesse Freidin to discuss his latest project, Are You Ok?, a portrait and interview series of trans and non-binary youth across the US.
Jesse describes his vision for articulating the message that the only way to have a non-binary child is to support them 一 a major contradiction to the story that’s being told in mainstream media. In showing the faces of young people who are under attack, Jesse hopes to use these intimate portraits as an educational tool to change hearts, minds, and legislation.
In our conversion, we go in depth about what compelled Jesse to pursue this project and how deeply fulfilling the journey has been so far. His work explores what it means to love unconditionally and live authentically, despite the dangers and stigma of doing so as a gender nonconforming person.
Throughout history, photography has been crucial for creating change. So far this year, 20 states have proposed anti-trans bills that attempt to restrict access to education, healthcare, sports, and other areas that allow trans and non-binary youth to thrive. Projects like Are You Ok? offer a platform for kids and families to show a different perspective and change the narrative.
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Topics Covered:
● What sparked the idea for Are You Ok?
● Jesse’s thought process behind the composition and framing of these portraits
● The dangers of the current wave of anti-trans legislation across the US
● Imagery as a vehicle for social change
● Jesse’s vision for the future of this project
● The unexpected healing and community that this series has brought Jesse
Resources Mentioned:
● Keep up with anti-trans laws: @erininthemorning
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● Jesse's Instagram
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Today, I’m joined by Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker Vivian Kleiman. In her latest film, No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics, Vivian offers an intimate look at five pioneers of queer comics: Alison Bechdel, Rupert Kinnard, Howard Cruse, Jen Camper, and Mary Wings. The film also introduces a new generation of LGBTQ+ artists creating comics. In our conversation, Vivian and I discuss how this project came about and her thought process behind certain cinematic touches. Vivian hits on some of the storytelling conflicts she went through while creating the film, including how to bring the viewers into the hearts and minds of the featured artists.
We also talk about what it means for a film like this to be picked up by PBS, given the current political climate. Although she originally imagined No Straight Lines on a streaming platform like Netflix or HBO, it ultimately landed with Independent Lens, the independent documentary film branch of PBS. Vivian shares her approach to conforming with the FCC guidelines in a way that honors the content, but makes it available to a wide audience.
You can watch No Straight Lines for free on PBS until April 23, 2023. If you’re catching this episode after that date, it’s still available for a small fee as a PBS member.
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Topics Covered:
● Why Vivian pursued this film, even though she doesn't identify as a ‘comic geek’
● The importance of having queer stories represented in comics that are humorous, but also poignant
● How Vivian came up with a way to portray these artists and their work in a dynamic way
● Celebrating Tongues Untied, a landmark film she produced with Marlon Riggs, entering into the in the National Film Registry
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