Haley sits down with Dr. Alex Ketchum, a professor at McGill University’s Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies, and author of books such as Engage in Public Scholarship: A Guidebook on Feminist and Accessible Communication & Ingredients for Revolution: A History of American Feminist Restaurants, Cafes, and Coffeehouses. In this episode, we’re playing matchmaker for several Canadian hotties who posted personals in a 1984 issue of Toronto’s The Body Politic. Will the shy young woman find a gal to satisfy her fantasies? Can we crack the code to some super spy language? Is it possible to be hedonistic AND unpretentious? Come find out!

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Read her latest book, Ingredients for Revolution a History of American Feminist Restaurants, Cafes, and Coffeehouses.

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Cover art by Bekah Rich. Music by Kaz Zabala.

Further Exploration:

The Arquives: Canada’s LGBTQ2+ Archives

Archives gaies du Québec - Mémoires de nos communautés

Archives lesbiennes du Québec

Pussy Palace Audiograms

Esto no tienne nombre Collection, founded by tatiana de la tierra, housed at UC Santa Barbara

Sara Youngblood Gregory, “Raging Against Cultural Amnesia: tatiana de la tierra and Latina Lesbian Herstory,” Autostraddle, June 19, 2018. Accessed September 5, 2023.

Gordon Richardson, “What’s in the Archives?The Body Politic” The Arquives website, April 17, 2013. Accessed Sept 5, 2023.

History of The Body Politic - A Timeline, Information in the timeline has been taken from Bébout, online and Jackson & Persky, pgs. 224-24, Western University, Canada.

Denise Benson, “Then & Now: Voodoo,” Then and Now Toronto, September 20, 2014. Accessed Sept 5, 2023. Article originally published November 16, 2011 by The Grid online (TheGridTO.com).

The Body Politic Wikipedia page, Accessed Sept 5, 2023.

Arshy Mann, “What was The Body Politic, anyway?: A brief explainer on a radical gay and lesbian magazine,” Xtra, June 9, 2016. Accessed Sept 5, 2023.

Jack Gieseking, A Queer New York

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The Body politic (Toronto, Canada), March 1984 Archives.org.

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