Talking About My Religious Trauma...
and other reasons I love being a Podcast guest!
I recently had the honor of being a part of My Body, My Jokes! by Morgan Gallo and I HAD SO MUCH FUN! I’m not the guest very often. I’m usually the one doing the interviewing, so it was fun to get to be on the other side!!! Check out this episode and be sure to follow her podcast too!
But let’s be real. The reason I enjoy being a podcast guest so much is because I get a chance to remember all of the religious shit I have gotten past to be where I am. Inevitably, it always comes up. How did I get into burlesque? How did I end up here? Where do I get my confidence? The answer is, unwaveringly, out of spite.
I was raised to be modest above all else. Yet, I popped out the other end as a loud exhibitionist and I honestly can’t help but think… “would I have turned out this way if I hadn’t had modesty shoved down my throat?”
It’s a rhetorical question that I cannot possibly answer. But, I often wonder about all the little (and big) things that nudged me down the Purity to Pasties Pipeline™️1.
This may turn into a longer series. It may not. I may continue chewing on these rhetorical questions in my brain alone, but I know I can’t be the only one!
Not a real trademark but BOY should it be.