44. Can We Just Title an Episode "Fuck Colonialism"?: Reclaiming Two-Spirit Histories

For this episode, Leigh is joined by guest host Sam Campbell for the pod’s first episode focusing on Indigenous North America, discussing the history behind various Two-Spirit identities and Indigenous cultural norms around gender and sexuality. In this episode, we’ll talk about the pre-colonial significance of Two-Spirit people to Indigenous communities, how early colonists were able to shape the narrative of what it meant to be Two-Spirit and how that has changed, and lastly, how colonization has nearly eradicated Two-Spirit histories. How can we uplift these stories to highlight Two-Spirit resilience despite the genocide they faced?

Outline

0:00 – Introduction and Announcements
7:49 – Socio-Historic Context
12:40 – Main Topic: What is Two-Spirit?: Indigenous Gender & Sexuality
14:33 – Word of the Week
24:47 – Two-Spirit Identity: Gender, Sexuality, Spirituality
50:04 – Different Tribal Two-Spirit Roles
1:04:26 – What Happened to these Histories? Fuck Colonialism!
1:12:48 - 1:16:16 – Content Warning: Discussion of anti-Indigenous genocide
1:16:16 - 00 – Content Warning: Discussion of genocide and religious violence
1:23:23 – Pop Culture Tie-In
1:30:07 – How Gay were They?
1:32:30 – Closing and Where to Find us Online

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6. Three Genders? In Ancient Egypt? It's More Likely Than You Think

In today’s episode, cohosts Leigh and Gretchen head way back in time to Ancient Egypt. That’s right, get ready to walk like an Egyptian! Take a tour through Egyptian mythology to discuss what Set and Nephthys imply about Egypt having a concept of third gender. Plus, the dancing woman mummy, gender transformation in burial, the gender presentation of women pharaohs like Hatshepsut, and Gretchen’s favorite gay Egyptian tomb! By the end, you’ll see why having 3 genders in Ancient Egypt is more likely than people think! 

Outline

0:00 – Introduction
5:38 – A Note on Mythological Sources
9:44 – Gender Ambiguity in Mythology
30:29 – What Does this Have to do with Gender?
40:00 – Other Evidence of Non-Cisheteronormative Gender
54:58 – Linguistic Evidence of Third Gender
1:07:36 – Two Famous hm Priests: Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep
1:23:52 – Takeaways
1:29:39 – How Gay Were They?
1:36:51 – Closing and Where to Find us Online

For a full list of sources and bonus content, visit our Notes page! 

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