Life of Bi

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Episode 48: never say never (the last one) Jan 27, 2026

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A bisexual knows all too well that change is the only constant in this life, you can never say never. For Ell & Mary, the same goes for goodbyes!

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Episode 47: buddhist gender melt Sep 03, 2025

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Fresh back from an LGBTQ+ silent meditation retreat, Mary has some big questions on their mind. When and where do you feel your gender disappearing? Is that a good feeling - and, in a world of containers & labels, is it one we should seek more? Plus, special guest Cec talks about their upcoming top surgery and has an exciting event announcement!

Come along to HUNKDOWN at Chat’s Palace on September 10th. Buy your tickets here: https://www.outsavvy.com/event/29211/hunkdown-ii-the-last-tit-standing YEEEHAWWW!

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Episode 46: agony ankle #3 - date your mates? Jun 04, 2025

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A listener writes in to ask advice for dating their best friend. Ell digs out an old email from Mary immediately post their break up back in 2017, and Ell & Mary ask a bunch of their friends: is it ever a good idea to date your mates?

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Episode 45: 'common sense' May 21, 2025

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When transphobes call the definition of a woman ‘common sense’, what do they actually mean? We have little in common and, at least to us, they speak little sense. Following the Supreme Court’s judgment on trans rights, Mary uses Andrea Long Chu’s radical work ‘Females’ to try to understand what trans-exclusionary feminists feel they are ‘losing’ to trans people; while Ell explores studies that find commonality and solidarity between bi+ and trans communities.

If you can, please don’t hesitate to donate to the following causes raising money for trans rights:

https://www.translegalclinic.com/donate

https://goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/supreme-court-human-rights-for-trans-people/

https://notaphase.org/

https://transactual.org.uk/get-involved/

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Episode 44: queering the Quran with Lamya H May 14, 2025

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Lamya H is a queer muslim parent, and author of the memoir Hijab Butch Blues. Join Lamya, Ell and Mary for a conversation around Islamophobia, queer parenting and faith in justice.

Support The Good Law Project legal challenge of the UK Supreme Court ruling on sex-based rights: https://goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/supreme-court-human-rights-for-trans-people

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Episode 43: agony ankle #2 - fashion advice for Perturbed From Peckham Apr 16, 2025

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In this latest instalment of Life of Bi’s Agony Ankle segment we hear from a listener who’s struggling to work out what to wear to the Cloob. Luckily Ell and Mary are expert fashionistas (🤨), and touch on some big Qs while dispensing advice: what does ‘sexy’ actually mean when you’re asexual? Are we dressing for ourselves, or others? And what do you do when yer old friend dysmorphia means you don’t want to be perceived by anybody, at all?!

Get involved; ask your own Agony Ankle question at hotterproject.co.uk/lifeofbi

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Episode 42: bisexuality under capitalism with Sophie K Rosa Mar 31, 2025

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Buckle up fellas! And ready yourselves for an excursive exploration of how bisexuality operates under capitalism. We’ve long been fans of Sophie K Rosa’s radical writings on modern love, intimacy, and relational structures, and were thrilled to find that they are a fellow bisexual — and listen to LOB. In this episode we wonder: are bisexuals too slippery to market to? what does capitalism stand to gain from ignoring fluidity? and — does bisexuality suffer from… a branding issue?!

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Episode 41: agony ankle #1 - am i bi enough? Mar 21, 2025

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The first edition of Agony Ankle - where we answer your questions. Join us for today’s classic bi+ dilemma - am I actually bi? To write in with your own queries, dilemmas and goss - head to hotterproject.co.uk/lifeofbi.

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Episode 40: bi+ mental health with Bailey Merlin Mar 05, 2025

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Did you know it’s Bi+ Health Awareness Month? Oh, and did you know that bisexual people suffer from worse mental health than their lesbian and gay counterparts? Well, we didn’t either. Until we met Bailey. Join us for an eye-opening exploration in the under-researched field of bi+ mental health.

Bailey is co-host of the Bisexual Killjoy podcast - go check it out!

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Episode 39: optics odyssey Feb 19, 2025

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A chill chat about the politics of optics snowballs into a deep dive on Judith Butler and the cosmos. Ell and Mary muse on what it means to be ‘culturally intelligible’ as bisexuals, and wonder if it really matters — finding solace in the work of theoretical physicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein.

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