47 min

You Could Have Both with Monstrous Regiment From Your Big Sister

    • Society & Culture

I suppose when you hold yourself out to be the internet's advice-giving big sister, it was only ever going to be a matter of time before somebody sent in a dating question. The problem? I'm now almost 10 years married, and have been known to remark that it anything ever happened to my husband I'd happily start collecting cats rather than put myself out there again. Dating in 2019 seems exhausting for this extroverted introvert, and I really admire those of you with the bravery - and energy - to put yourself out there again and again, making yourself vulnerable to new people in the hope that you might find a connection.

So, to celebrate our first dating advice question, I've called in the experts! Monstrous Regiment (@MonstrousRgmt) is an Edinburgh-based micropress with a passion for intersectional feminism and sexuality, and for publishing marginalised writers. Their biggest project to date is The Bi-ble, an anthology of personal narratives and essays about bisexuality, which has recently been reprinted together with a second volume, New Testimonials. I'm joined by Lauren from Monstrous Regiment along with Rebecca Wojturska (@Becky_Wojturska), a writer who is featured in the new edition.
Buy books: monstrous-regiment.com. Submit a question: https://lastyearsgirl.pixlet.net/podcast/. Follow the show: @FromYrBigSister

I suppose when you hold yourself out to be the internet's advice-giving big sister, it was only ever going to be a matter of time before somebody sent in a dating question. The problem? I'm now almost 10 years married, and have been known to remark that it anything ever happened to my husband I'd happily start collecting cats rather than put myself out there again. Dating in 2019 seems exhausting for this extroverted introvert, and I really admire those of you with the bravery - and energy - to put yourself out there again and again, making yourself vulnerable to new people in the hope that you might find a connection.

So, to celebrate our first dating advice question, I've called in the experts! Monstrous Regiment (@MonstrousRgmt) is an Edinburgh-based micropress with a passion for intersectional feminism and sexuality, and for publishing marginalised writers. Their biggest project to date is The Bi-ble, an anthology of personal narratives and essays about bisexuality, which has recently been reprinted together with a second volume, New Testimonials. I'm joined by Lauren from Monstrous Regiment along with Rebecca Wojturska (@Becky_Wojturska), a writer who is featured in the new edition.
Buy books: monstrous-regiment.com. Submit a question: https://lastyearsgirl.pixlet.net/podcast/. Follow the show: @FromYrBigSister

47 min

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