In this interlude, Cosmo reassures listeners that new content will be arriving soon with the ending of the gender and sexuality series and that there is exciting, new material being developed. Credits Intro/Outro : Cosmo Cavanaugh Sound Editing : Cosmo Cavanaugh Script: Cosmo Cavanaugh Show Notes: Cosmo Cavanaugh Hosted by Cosmo Cavanaugh, Jackie B…

Download Trigger Warnings: Homophobia Transphobia TERRIBLE THINGS ~Please be a responsible listener.~ We continue our conversation on fetishization and whether a boyfriend in a hypothetical scenario is transphobic. This was what we began in episode 11a and will continue on for one more episode after this. We also makes points about sexual attractio…

Download Trigger Warnings: Homophobia Transphobia TERRIBLE THINGS We continue our conversation on fetishization and whether a boyfriend in a hypothetical scenario is transphobic. This was what we began in episode 11a and will continue on after this one. We also touch on the topic of sexual attraction and our culture of monogamy. Here, have some quo…

Download Trigger Warnings: Homophobia Transphobia TERRIBLE THINGS Violence towards members of the LGBT community ~Please be a responsible listener.~ In this first of a multi-part episode, we debate two issues. The first is a hypothetical where a cisgender man leaves his girlfriend when he finds out that she is transgender and has a penis. The secon…

Download Trigger Warnings: Homophobia Transphobia Violence towards members of the LGBT community ~Please be a responsible listener.~ Tune in to find out how questionnaires should not ask about gender, the stereotypical LGBTQ+ job, and how white we are. We turn to personal experiences, such as with school dress codes, in our discussion of gender pre…

Trigger Warnings: Sexual Abuse & Rape Homophobia & Transphobia Violence towards people in the LGBT community ~Please be a responsible listener.~ In this episode we talk about aromantics and asexuals as relating to a heteronormative , allonormative society. (Allosexual basically means not asexual, so you can infer what allonormative means). Then we …

LISTEN FOR AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. (If you want a hint, it concerns our long hiatus and when we're going to break it.) Credits Voice & script by Kyle Mitchell Sound editing by Cosmo Cavanaugh Hosted by, all the above, and : Jacqueline Beaudoin and Tracy Music “Achaidh Cheide” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By At…

Trigger Warnings: Ostracization Homophobia Transphobia Violence against people of the LGBT community. ~Please be a responsible listener.~ This is the sixth part of the gender and sexuality (mini-)series. Here we’re using a recording style a bit outside our norm. Listen for what is pertinent to us; it might be pertinent to you. Actually, it’s pertin…

Trigger Warnings: Ostracization Homophobia Transphobia Suicide & Self-Endangerment Sexual Abuse Violence against people of the LGBT community. Torture Surgery Victimization of children Pedophilia ~Please be a responsible listener.~ In this episode we start off talking about surgery on vocal cords and the gatekeeping on certain terms, two things whi…

Trigger Warnings: Ostracization Homophobia Transphobia Medication & Surgery Self-endangerment ~Please be a responsible listener.~ Get ready to expand your vocabulary, because in this episode we drop some terminology, and I don’t just mean the words below. We talk about transitional surgery, hormones, and equipment such as chest binders. Then we lau…

Trigger Warnings: Ostracization Homophobia Transphobia Violence towards people of the LGBT community Personal stories about the discovery of an identity ~Please be a responsible listener.~ It is an unfortunate fact that for LGBT+ people, coming out is often met with resistance—to say the least. In this episode, we discuss toxic environments, safe s…

Trigger Warnings: Surgery Ostracization Homophobia Transphobia Violence towards people of the LGBT community Hypermasculinity ~Please be a responsible listener.~ In this second installment of our gender and sexuality mini-series, we continue the conversation about LGBTQ+ representation in the media, touching upon About Ray and Stonewall on one hand…

Trigger Warnings: mutilations suicide surgery ostracization homophobia and transphobia violence towards people of the LGBT community. ~Please be a responsible listener.~ You’ve all been waiting for it: The first part of our mini-series on gender and sexuality. We bring on blogger Klaus McHendry. From the get-go we deal with some heavy topics, inclu…

In this interlude, Kyle talks about the mini-series on gender and sexuality coming out in December and gives a shout-out to some of our contributing artists. Credits Voice by Kyle Mitchell Sound editing and script by Cosmo Cavanaugh Music Credits "Gymnopedie No. 1" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 …

In our first comedy episode—unless, that is, you’d consider our previous discussion funny—classic authors talk about about our private moments, Anne wrecks my computer charger, and we play some music by Kevin MacLeod, Doprah, and Cash Out Keyz. In December, we’ll be doing a q&a with our guest Klaus McHendry on gender and sexuality. If you have any …

Geometric Octopus would like to bring you a platterful of a writhing, slimy fiction, humor, music, and discussion if you’ll let us. It’s a veritable variety of things we have stewing. In this first episode, we discuss Cosmicism (a philosophy developed by H. P. Lovecraft), and whether or not humans are more than the sum of their parts. You can liste…

This short clip introduces the Geometric Octopus Podcast (and if you play it backwards, you will hear our plan to take over the world). Credits: Editing and voice by Cosmo Cavanaugh Additional voice by Anne Beaudoin Script by Kyle Mitchell Music "Unity" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creat…