2 Feb

Self-Expansion ft. Maya Seale and Rafaelle Lancelotta

Em and Libby continue their exploration of identity, the self, and non-ordinary states of consciousness, this time through the lens of sexual and gender identity. Our first guest, Maya Seale, shares her story of personal, political, and psychedelic transformation. Our second guest, Rafaelle Lancelotta helps fill in some of the research behind queer identity and psychedelic use.

Maya and Rafaelle draw from a couple of concepts that can be cited from original sources and/or explained a bit further. They include:

- "Tethering together" systems of oppression: Maya cites bell hooks as an important figure in her thinking about white supremacist, colonial, capitalist patriarchy. She notes how this concept can help explain "transmisogyny," which denotes how discourses around sex binarism and misogyny go hand in hand.

- Relatedly, Maya wanted to clarify one way in which these systems might interrelate. Oppositional sexism, for instance, pairs well with white supremacist discourse, in that both seek to define differences in sex, ethnic, and racial characteristics as markers of degrees in civility and/or racial and cultural superiority.

- "Set, setting, and support" can be linked to Dr. Kwasi Adusei and Jasmine Virdi, who have collaborated on scholarship related to this topic.

You can find Maya on IG @mayamelieee or send her an email at mayaamelieseale@gmail.com. For more information on Rafaelle and her work, visit her website relationshipispsychedelic.com or check out her ResearchGate profile at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rafaelle-Lancelotta.

Maybe you have comments, questions, or just want to get involved in the conversation some how. As we mention in the episode, we will be doing an Ask Me Anything episode later in the season. If you'd like to pose an anonymous question and hear answers from the hosts and/or specific guests please send your questions to:

Email: pswuchicago@gmail.com

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