66 episodes
It Is Complicated Dr J & Josephine Baird
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5.0 • 5 Ratings
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Josephine Baird and Dr J are contrary beings, where the answer to every question is "it's complicated", what might seem to be simple topics, like name, age, pronouns, or more complex ideas like games, brains, pain and anger - are all treated with gentle discussion.
Josephine is a computer games academic, activist and artist - and is a "Femme of International Mystery"
Dr J has the job title "Harbinger of Change" at Thoughtworks, the gender "Transgressive Non-Binary GenderQueer" and is a Troublemaker and #queernuisance - "because ... branding".
They talk through topics from their various viewpoints - in a careful, kind and generally amusing way - even when there is pain there is laughter - because ... dark.
Exposure is great - it doesn’t put food on the table. If you want to support us making more queer things like this- https://www.patreon.com/itiscomplicated
If you want to get into a discussion with us - https://twitter.com/ItIsComplicatd or find us on Mastodon https://ohai.social/@itiscomplicated
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Pressure is complicated
This episode comes with a content warning - it is dark! Some of the darker places ended up on the cutting room floor, and it is still dark. Be safe when you listen to this.
An apology to Brianna Ghey and her family. Dr J managed to mispronounce their surname all the way through. We picked this up in the final edit.
In this episode we tackle the level of transphobia that is now so entrenched in our society that people with privilege can make a jibe about it within parliament.
We talk about the impact of this upon us personally, and as a group.
We do our best to bring our usual sense, humour and compassion to this conversation. We approach the impacts and arrive at a resolution.
It is by advocacy for ourselves and others like us, that we can get through this.
We also end up with an usual Breathtaking rant from Dr J - who has a Billy Joel obsession going on right now, as well the Muppets - Tenderly!
Muppets - Dr Teeth & the electric mayhem - Tenderly
We have a transcript for this episode - IIC Episode 60 Transcript
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Queer Voices - Samantha Béart - Performing is complicated
In the fifth in our Queer Voices series we talk with Samantha Béart, actor, currently known for playing Karlach in Baldur’s Gate 3. We talked about how games and performances and performing in and for games, allowed us to explore, examine and find ourselves.
We get into the ways games have allowed us to understand the world and ourselves, the joy of the “Fuck around and Find out” nature of some games, how trauma can be understood within a game. How games can take us deeper and into places we didn’t expect allowing us to explore and have positive experiences. There are some gigantic nerd theory moments.
Links we talk about:
Where it all started: https://whereitallstartednovel.com/
Paragraph 175 - film about homosexuality in German controlled regions in WW2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paragraph_175_(film)
The Ukie census of the Games Industry - https://ukie.org.uk/UK-games-industry-census-2020
Karlach isn't a good girl blog post - https://www.tumblr.com/sailorgundam308/731617898834034688/karlach-isnt-a-good-girl
From Queer to Eternity podcast - https://play.acast.com/s/from-queer-to-eternity/samanthabeart - which is almost 'Part 1' of this conversation
We have a transcript for this episode - IIC Episode 59 Transcript
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Queer Voices - Laura Kate Dale - Is joy complicated?
In the fourth in our Queer Voices series we talk with Laura Kate Dale, games journalist, author, and accessibility consultant. We started on how some of our narratives are routed in negativity, and how that can be turned into talking about Joy and Euphoria, small or large.
This leads into us talking about how the little things can fight back against the system every day, challenging how we see our own lives. We can overlook the small joys, taking them for granted, ignoring the heart sing moments. We can be proud of ourselves in the small moments and in the big moments, and we have our narratives that are outside of the normative view of the world.
Our special interests this week are trains, train data, weddings and Baldurs Gate 3.
Find Laura Kate Dale here: https://laurakbuzz.com/
Get Stories of Autistic Joy here: https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/stories-of-autistic-joy-laura-kate-dale/7460206?ean=9781839978098 in the UK and https://us.jkp.com/products/stories-of-autistic-joy for other countries
We have a transcript for this episode - IIC Episode 58 Transcript
Our Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/itiscomplicated
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Queer Voices - Rosie Garland - Routine is complicated
In the third in our Queer Voices series we talk with novelist, poet and performer Rosie Garland. We set off talking about what we all have on (and sadly some of the opportunities to see Rosie are now in the past due to our slowness to release this due to 2023). We talk about performing and writing.
We move onto what feeds us, the activities that we do every day, or maybe only sometimes, that feed our souls and hearts and minds. They keep us going, the routines that are concrete and quantifiable things we do.
When we are busy, when we are doing “too much`’, when we do it right, we are doing things that feed us and make us feel as ourselves and help us carry on. What feeds our souls is important and necessary.
We have a transcript for this episode - IIC Episode 57 Transcript
Rosie Garland - http://www.rosiegarland.com/
Our Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/itiscomplicated
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Complicated more than usual
This is a special episode where we have Dr J on the Mind the Product podcast - https://www.mindtheproduct.com/business-analysts-in-product-dr-j-harrison/
Dr J also talks about 2023 and why they haven’t had a chance to watch any Keanu Reeves recenlty
We have a transcript for this episode - IIC Special Complicated Complicated Transcript
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Give us feedback - Our Mastodon - https://ohai.social/@itiscomplicated- or leave us a rating or a review on your favourite podcast platform - We are both on Insta - https://www.instagram.com/drjharrison/ and https://www.instagram.com/josephineabaird/ or find Dr J on Threads - https://www.threads.net/@drjharrison
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Safe is complicated
Released on Trans Day Of Visibility.
This episode we talk about the way you can tell if a space is safe, the flags we see, both green and red, how they can co-exist, and that we can spot duplicity and performative actions.
We also talk about being here - for each other. That simple notion of being here, as someone to talk to, as someone to step up, as someone who takes the blows so you don’t.
Our being here is winning, we are hope, bruised and bloodied, running back into the battle!
That video from Matt Ricardo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=637OvuxB_bY&t=3s&ab_channel=MatRicardo
Correction - Dr J thinks Richard Grint played Ron Weasley, we all know it's Rupert Grint.
We have a transcript for this episode - IIC Episode 56 Transcript
Our Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/itiscomplicated
Give us feedback - we’re left twitter - we are sometimes on Mastodon - https://ohai.social/@itiscomplicated- or leave us a rating or a review on your favourite podcast platform
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Customer Reviews
Helps me feel less complicated
I really enjoy this podcast. As someone who becomes very reclusive very often, because navigating the now isn’t always easy, this podcast has really helped me feel less strange and less alone. For example, as someone of 40 who was raised in a section 28 London, my gender and sexuality has been a journey. I personally have felt that Non-Binary in todays world comes with an expectation from the community, one I’m not comfortable with and I withdraw. This podcast and its topics have shown me that I’m not alone in being me but not fitting, and as complicated as the topics CAN be, I could talk about them, because there are people like Dr J and Josephine out there who would and understand, and identify. Very appreciative. Aaron/Rusky. France.
Compelling, warm and funny
I was sucked into this podcast from the moment I started listening.
Dr J and Josephine are funny, warm, interesting and highly intelligent. It's a joy to listen to them chat!