3 episodes
Oatcast Oatcast
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- Society & Culture
Welcome to Oatcast!
We’re Niamh & Helen, two queer lady best friends. This is a feminist podcast with a comedic, tongue-in-cheek attitude. Listen as we walk you through the trials and tribulations of modern life as queer ladies living in Belfast.
We talk about everything from life as introverts, unwanted attention and coming out. We think about how our modern feminist identity exists in the North of Ireland as we suffer through dinosaur politicians who can’t seem to get their act together.
Right up front, we talk a lot of sh*t. But it’s good sh*t, feminist sh*t, authentic and maybe even a little bit funny sh*t from time to time.
Many thanks to Ciara McMullan for the photographs and Gascan Ruckus for the theme music.
Gascan Ruckus: https://open.spotify.com/track/78UOhJG2LC3GSnNqdE1Wjr
Ciara McMullan: http://www.ciaramcmullan.com/
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Damned if you do, damned if you don't makes no sense
Helen here - apologies, Niamh and I recorded this weeks ago and I missed two Tuesdays in a row to upload. LIFE, eh?
When we recorded this, the Kevin Spacey story just broke. Now, just three weeks later it seems drastically out of date, there's been a sexual assault story breaking nearly every day. Is this momentum? Lets hope so. We talk a lot about the Harvey Weinstein and the metoo campaign. We talk about the need to believe those who come forward to be trusted and believed.
Anyway, in this episode, we talk a lot about how Parks & Rec (for all it's flaws) is a great show to watch when you're sick constantly for a month and need to laugh.
We also talk about Niamh's gyming and IT DAD MAKES A CAMEO. -
Question(ing) Time, or The Gender Journey
Maybe our GAYEST episode yet??!! Niamh is CONFUSED. But then she's not really, because Helen is a good oat and talks things through with her. That's what oats are for.
We're chatting about gender identity/presentation, sexuality stuff, and deciding everyone you talk to at work is queer because STRAIGHT IS NOT THE DEFAULT. Cameron Esposito may get a shout out again... Wonder when she'll notice us... -
“This isn’t in line with our bullsh*t bullsh*t” - Loreal, probably.
We talk fat shaming, Munroe Bergdorf, how the big lads at the top count their cash while we fight for scraps, being a wanker on the internet, LOTS of period chat, music festivals and general rants about life.