The Dorothy Project

Alice Beverton-Palmer
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What’s the connection between certain women - from Lady Gaga to the Queen Mum - and queer society? This interview series, hosted by DJ and LGBT activist Alice Beverton-Palmer, explores the Dorothy in ‘friends of Dorothy’. Expect fresh, frank and funny interviews with famous names and unsung heroes, a new angle on the queer zeitgeist, and history you won’t have learned at school. Get involved on Twitter - we want your stories, and your guest suggestions. Tweet a name @Dorothy_Podcast and we'll try to make it happen. We're especially keen to talk to more women of colour.

  1. 2022-03-11

    Tony Gill: Fashion lecturer and PR

    For our last episode of season three, we meet another Friend of Dorothy: fashion lecturer and PR Tony Gill. Tony’s British Asian upbringing gave him a whole different set of gay icons to the ones host Alice grew up with - and the conversation may give you an appetite to work back through decades of Bollywood classics…  Creator & host: Alice Beverton-Palmer Producer & editor: Laura Blake

    32 min

  2. 2022-03-03

    Paula Akpan: Historian and journalist

    Any history nerd will be excited to hear about Paula Akpan’s research into Black queer women in - and beyond - the British Women’s Lib movement.  Paula is also currently working on her first book, When We Ruled: The Rise and Fall of Twelve Queens. Billed as “a book that will give voice to the women warriors and regents across the African continent often demoted to a footnote in history”, it will be published in hardback in 2024.  As well as that research, and her work as a journalist, Paula (yep, she's busy!) is the creator of Black Queer Travel Guide, to help Black queer people travel around the world more safely.  It’s amazing how much there is in our very recent past that’s at risk of being lost to the wider world without academics like Paula recording it - have a listen. Creator & host: Alice Beverton-Palmer Producer & editor: Laura Blake

    44 min

  3. 2022-02-24

    Rita: Club Kali co-founder

    Today’s interviewee, Rita, has proven the power of nightlife for the queer community better than maybe anyone else I’ve met.  In the combination of her own life experiences, her career as a psychologist and in LGBTQ domestic abuse services, and with the groundbreaking queer Asian night Club Kali, Rita has created something very special indeed. That’s an incredible legacy for one club night to have. But it has a dynamic future as well as an important past - and we started there… Creator & host: Alice Beverton-Palmer Producer & editor: Laura Blake

    31 min

  4. 2022-02-10

    Queer Women in Fiction

    This one's a little bit different... In summer 2021 we brought together a panel of debut authors, all female, all writing about queer topics or characters, along with the broadcaster and literary judge Simon Savidge. We talked representation, what's changed, and what's next in queer fiction. Prepare to go away with a long 'to be read' list. This panel was first published as a LIVE Twitter Spaces conversation, so this is an edited collection of the best bits - with all the boring technical issues edited out!

    24 min

  5. 2022-02-03

    Dr Fern Riddell: Historian of sex

    Dr Fern Riddell is a historian, podcaster, and the author of - among others - the brilliant book Sex: Lessons from History. If you haven’t read it yet, its fairly revolutionary perspective is that not only have people always been obsessed with sex, but that British people in the past weren’t necessarily as narrow minded about sex, sexuality, and gender as you might think. Which I found a really hopeful message.

    33 min

  6. 2022-01-27

    Judge Rinder: Barrister and TV personality

    This week’s interviewee made his name as the UK’s answer to Judge Judy, and on Strictly Come Dancing, but there’s much more to him than that.  From his upbringing in North London (in a future celebrity enclave, not far from Rachel Stevens and Amy Winehouse) to his crowd of adoring female fans, the Rinderettes, Rob Rinder had so much to say.  A rare male interviewee, we reflected on the relationship between women and queer men and what we can offer each other.  Creator & host: Alice Beverton-Palmer Producer & editor: Laura Blake

    26 min

  7. 2022-01-13

    Lisa-Jayne Lewis: Sexuality and Christianity

    Meet Lisa-Jayne Lewis. A well-known figure in the queer Christian world, she is on the leadership team of Two:23 and The Gathering Space, both safe spaces for queer people to be themselves within their faith. Lisa-Jayne is also a trustee of OneBodyOneFaith, the oldest LGBT Christian organisation in the UK and formerly known as the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement (LGCM). We talked about her journey through her sexuality and faith, the present and future status of LGBTQ Christians, and the burden upon this group of people as their lives remain up for debate within their faith. Content warning: this episode includes discussion of conversion therapy, suicide, and child abuse. Creator & host: Alice Beverton-Palmer Producer & editor: Laura Blake

    37 min

  8. 2022-01-06

    Bishi: Musician

    The Dorothy Project is BACK. Every Thursday, we’ll be introducing you to another iconic woman and her impact on queer culture. First up, it’s Bishi - the mononymic and multi-talented musician, artist, performer, composer and curator. A true Renaissance woman, Bishi found herself on the London queer scene at a very young age, and became part of the legendary club kid Leigh Bowery’s band Minty. She has since created music across a dizzying array of instruments and genres, and written powerfully about her experience of being a British Asian woman in the music industry. I know you’ll love her as much as I did.  You can find Bishi at bishi.co.uk and (pandemic permitting) performing at venues all over. Her single Let My Country Awake is out now.  Creator & host: Alice Beverton-Palmer Producer & editor: Laura Blake

    44 min
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What’s the connection between certain women - from Lady Gaga to the Queen Mum - and queer society? This interview series, hosted by DJ and LGBT activist Alice Beverton-Palmer, explores the Dorothy in ‘friends of Dorothy’. Expect fresh, frank and funny interviews with famous names and unsung heroes, a new angle on the queer zeitgeist, and history you won’t have learned at school. Get involved on Twitter - we want your stories, and your guest suggestions. Tweet a name @Dorothy_Podcast and we'll try to make it happen. We're especially keen to talk to more women of colour.

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  • Creator
    Alice Beverton-Palmer
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2022
  • Episodes
    33
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Alice Beverton-Palmer
  • Show Website
    The Dorothy Project