Presenting...Genesis

Genesis
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Coming out of her self-described "whale mode", Genesis is ready to (para)socialize with the public and present herself to the world. If you are interested in people, places, and material or metaphysical things, you are in the right place. So sit back, relax, and listen to a beginner (and boy is she a beginner) trying her best.

  1. 02/12/2023

    Episode 19: Your Limitations On Me Are Not My Problem (+ Boy, Snow, Bird)

    hello hello!  thank you for being here. i'm very grateful to be here too :)  recently in this past year, i've been learning how to make friends, what i like and don't like, how to say no again, basically how to be myself again after deciding to be sober and being committed to taking care of my mental health. it's not a straight line in terms of learning and applying those lessons to my life, but it's important that i take a moment to fully realize that all of the old ways that i used to do things just won't work anymore. that includes interrogating all of the limitations that other people have put on me and why i felt i had to believe those limitations. i talk about a lot - why the adult/child power dynamic is so intense in regards to this, why realizing that the very vast majority of people do not have my best interest at heart has been weirdly liberating, and how reading Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi has been a great book in this time of my life.  if you haven't read Boy, Snow, Bird yet, I very much recommend it. You can find out more about it by clicking the title.   Spotify | Substack | Apple Podcasts | Anchor | TuneIn

    44 min

  2. 02/05/2023

    Episode 18: Your Real Issue with Nepotism (+ The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo)

    hello hello! if you're new here, hi! my name is genesis. and if you're not, hello old friend! today, i am talking about nepotism. it's a really passionate topic of discussion lately and I'm honestly befuddled as to why. regardless, it's a topic that i've been thinking about for a while now, especially since enduring some financial trauma. i think it's really easy to think of nepotism as bad and "self-made" as good or vice versa. i think it's really easy to think about this as a right or wrong issue, but it's a fully gray area. and i think it’s really easy to think about it as only beneficial when that’s not always the case. everyone's experience (or non-experience) with nepotism is different, but it's all ultimately about money. i think the shame around money leads to the lack of transparency around it and why it can, most of the time, be a really taboo topic. i'm throwing my hat into the analysis ring. this week, i'm also talking about nepotism through a book I just finished: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid. I briefly state my review, but it also prompts some conversation about the topic of nepotism in regards to Hollywood and the entertainment industry (which seems to be at the center of the discourse).  thank you for listening :) i'm happy you're here and i'm really grateful to be here too! Spotify | Substack | Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | Anchor Links: Oregon Rep. Julie Fahey's bill proposal to ban lawmakers from hiring aides in their own families - interesting story to follow I thought this take in a (too short) article in The New Republic about nepotism was interesting: Stop Whining About Celebrity Nepotism i feel like i don't need to include a link to The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo cause it's so famous now (and for what?) but here you go.

    39 min

  3. 01/29/2023

    Episode 17: Sure, They're Cute...But Are They Kind?

    hello hellooo!! recently, i've been reflecting on hook-up culture and the future of monogamy. i feel like every fourth person is talking to me about someone they met on one of "the apps" whether that's Tinder, Grindr, Bumble, etc. And I think that there are some issues that we have to watch out for when body-based apps are how people are meeting people and putting themselves out there. Also! I think it's important we all remember that modern hook-up culture takes its roots in queer spaces, specifically the piers in New York City in the 70s and 80s. consent and safety are always topics to bring up when talking about sex whether we're having sex with our partner of 20 years in our bedroom or with a stranger in the bathroom of a club. can body centric apps be an avenue for sexual liberation? how is the prevalence of the "type" playing into all of this? i'm exploring all of this in this episode and i hope you enjoy. Safe Sex Is Hot Sex my friends!!  if you have any thoughts of your own, i'd love to hear them! here's my email: presentinggenesis@gmail.com thank you for being here! i'm grateful to be here too :) Spotify, Substack, Apple Podcasts, Anchor, TuneIn - all under Presenting...Genesis Links:  Audre Lorde's Sister Outsider The Queer Space Studies Initiative - New York Piers Archives Safe Sex Is Hot Sex - photographs by Steven Meisel for Red Hot Organization John Berger's Hold Everything Dear: Dispatches on Survival and Resistance

    48 min

  4. 01/22/2023

    Episode 16: My 7 Relationship Senses, Part Two

    hello hello.  part two is here :) i'm talking about the final 3 senses that I look for in my romantic and close platonic relationships. i also talk about shame which i felt was connected to this conversation. there isn't much explanation i want to do for this. if you haven't listened to part 1 (episode 14) then give it listen here.   thank you for listening and for being here. i'm very grateful to be here too. you can support this podcast via the link in the description. Transcripts available on Substack! Spotify, Substack, Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, and Anchor Links As Promised: Tim Kreider's "I Know What You Think of Me" Here's Joe Dispenza's book description here too. check it out here if you want. Music In This Episode: Adrift Among Infinite Stars by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.au Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    48 min

  5. 01/15/2023

    Episode 15: The Resurgence of Funk and Disco

    Are you excited???? (Anxious, nervous, anticipatory??) Cause I am!!!  Hello and welcome to Presenting…Genesis and thank you for witnessing my presentation and my coming out of my whale mode. I am talking these week about a prediction that I have for this year and the coming years: The Resurgence of Funk and Disco. And I’m taking this prediction very seriously. I don’t throw around prediction like it’s nothing. This is a Prophecy. A Vision. I don’t get these sorts of global prophecies very often, but this is one I’ve been getting since last fall, so I’m sharing it. I talk about slavery and AIDS here for a hot minute because it’s inextricable from these two genres so warning for that. And also warning for any of you Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris fans, I absolutely body them. Omg remember when they dated and their music slowly got worse?? Gisele Bundchen and Azaelia Banks have their grip on witch culture. I don’t get obsessed with many things, but I’m really into that. ANYwho… I hope you enjoy. Tell me what you think. You can send me an email at presentinggenesis@gmail.com. You can find me on TuneIn, Spotify, Substack, Apple Podcasts, and Anchor all under Presenting…Genesis. You can also support this podcast via the link in the bio. You can find the transcript here.  Links As Promised: The Blindboy Podcast - DeVitos teapot (on Disco) The Blindboy Podcast - Steeplechasers Sepia (on Disco pt 2) History of Funk: The Grand Funk Time Machine Mike's Mic: Investigating the "influencer to pop star" pipeline Tron: Legacy, the seminal album by none other than Daft Punk The Tron: Legacy Remix Album aka Reconfigured The Music in this Episode:  Meadows in the Sky by Artificial.Music | https://soundcloud.com/artificial-music/ Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    46 min

  6. 01/08/2023

    Episode 14: My 7 Relationship Senses, Part One

    helllooo!  welcome back to Presenting Genesis where I (and honestly we, as a global community) come out of my (our) whale mode(s). lol today we're talking about my seven relationship senses and what that means to me. I'm only talking about 4 out of 7 this week because i didn't want to talk for an hour and a half. part two will come out soon. this was all spurred by a.) talking to my therapist and b.) reading Lacey Ramburger's short essay called "A List of Green Flags You Should Strive For". i hope you enjoy. maybe this will inspire you, who knows? thanks for being here :) i'm grateful that i get to be here too.  You can find me on Spotify, Substack, Apple Podcasts, Anchor, and TuneIn.  The transcript for this episode can be found on Substack. Links As Promised:  Lacey Ramburger's website (which is written in a lovely Didot font) A List of Green Flags You Should Strive For ( I saw this on tumblr and i cannot find it anywhere?? what's up with that. so clicking this will take you to the tumblr post. If I ever meet Lacey Ramburger, I'll ask what's up with that from all of us.)

    45 min

  7. 01/02/2023

    Episode 13: The Art of Being Serious

    Happy New Year to those that celebrate the Gregorian calendar. 2023! And a big happy birthday to my fellow Capricorns who celebrate a birthday from the 24th to the 1st. I see you. This is coming out on Monday (I know). The future ones will be on Sunday, but I had to get my ritual on and get centered for the new year that I celebrate at my birthday, especially since it's so close to the end of the year.  So I prioritized that! today, I am talking about the art of being serious. about contrivance. about the art of devotion and dedication. i have been thinking a lot about how i have so many hobbies, most of which are directly applicable to the things i want to do and succeed at in my life, but i've been trifling and joking around. i'm deciding to take my life and my crafts and the skills i am cultivating seriously.  as usual with any talk about language, i'm talking definitions. i'm talking gratitude for years old conversations that continue to have an impact on me. i'm talking being young and being serious (and how weirdly controversial that can be). and about why we shouldn't internalize the limitations that others have for us.  i am very happy to be alive and to be here and to be year older.  i thank you! for being here too.  Walter Benjamin's The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction You can find me on Spotify, Substack, Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, and Anchor all under the moniker "Presenting...Genesis"

    37 min

  8. 12/25/2022

    Episode 12: I Make These Things Called Mistakes.

    hello hellooo. welcome to Presenting...Genesis where I present myself to you all and come out of my "whale mode" (or go further into it. who knows anymore.) i feel like it's really easy to come on the podcast and give advice and things to remember and anecdotes and what not and pretend like I have my shit together and that I know what I'm doing and that I'm in control. I am not. And this is me being very (too?) transparent about that fact.  i'm being vulnerable here and talking about how really one of things I excel at is making mistakes. I make them every day. whether they're innocuous errors or grievous lapses in judgement, i never know if and/or how they're going to affect me longterm. but there is ALWAYS a lesson to be learned from those mistakes. at least i think so.  i talk about drugs and NA/AA and Step 5 and eating disorders and family drama and almost car accidents and art and stealing and hard truths. if any of those things are something you cannot handle, then leave. take care of yourself. it's not offending me. come back to this when or if! you can.  thank you for being here!! i'm so grateful to be here too ☆ For help on body dysmorphia and eating disorders for you or that friend you have (that might actually be you. i've been that friend for myself plenty of times) -  7 Ways to Help Someone With Body Dysmorphia National Eating Disorders Assoc. (NEDA) Helpline NA/AA 12 Steps - if you don't do steps, i recommend that you look them over. they are amazing self-awareness and necessary betterment practices for addicts of all kinds. They are consecutive and in that order for a reason. You don't have to "reinvent the wheel". (Thanks Bob!!) And this site has a number you can call to talk to specialists for free.  Step 5 (the topic that inspired this podcast)  The Killers - Hot Fuss (if you haven't heard it. i do NOT recommend listening while driving if you are one to get riled up by fun music as i am)

    56 min
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Coming out of her self-described "whale mode", Genesis is ready to (para)socialize with the public and present herself to the world. If you are interested in people, places, and material or metaphysical things, you are in the right place. So sit back, relax, and listen to a beginner (and boy is she a beginner) trying her best.

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  • Creator
    Genesis
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2023
  • Episodes
    19
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