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Lez Hang Out | A Lesbian Podcast

711: Consensual Healing with Shantell Yasmine Abeydeera and Emily Goss

Lez Hang Out | A Lesbian Podcast

Lez Hang Out

Personal Journals, Tv & Film, Society & Culture

4.7545 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2024

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Welcome back to Lez Hang Out, the podcast that wants to hypnotize you via app. This week Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with Shantell Yasmine Abeydeera (@shantell_yasmine_abeydeera), writer/actor/producer/director and founder of Thornbyrd Films, a queer-female led production company, and triple threat (actor/writer/producer) Emily Goss (@emilygoss650) to talk about Thornbyrd’s 2023 psychological thriller Healed. If you haven’t had a chance to watch the film yet, you can rent it now on Amazon Prime. We highly recommend taking the time to watch it before listening, as this episode is very spoiler heavy. We talked with Emily and Shantell Yasmine (Yaz) about the creation of Thornbyrd Films, the utilization of genre films like Healed as catalysts for important conversations that can inspire social change within a broader audience, and why it is so refreshing to not have to watch yet another coming out story. We love how Healed kicks off without explaining to the audience how we got to this point. It introduces the main characters as an already established married couple, making no attempts to explain Olivia’s pregnancy or how the characters got together.  Healed follows the story of celebrity couple Olivia, played by Emily Goss, and Jazz, played by Yaz, as they attend an intimate meditation retreat at the invitation of renowned mindfulness expert Georgia. Although the retreat at first feels like a nice getaway, particularly for the heavily pregnant and overwhelmed Olivia, it quickly becomes clear that all is not as it seems. When Georgia’s unorthodox therapy sessions evoke troubling memories for Jazz, she becomes skeptical of Georgia’s methods. As she digs deeper, Jazz uncovers a sinister plot that puts her and Olivia at the center of a research experiment that neither of them would have ever consented to.  This film feels like Get Out and The Miseducation of Cameron Post had a lovechild. Although the storyline heavily deals with the traumas of conversion therapy and internalized biphobia, we feel that it works really well as a thriller. It can be hard as queer people to watch movies like Cameron Post, because the traumas hit a little too close to home. However, when conversion therapy is approached as the basis for a thriller, it takes on a whole different feeling, with the mystery serving as a sort of barrier between the viewer and the would-be trauma of it all. If you are a fan of suspenseful thrillers with wild twists and turns, you will love Healed.  This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Follow us on Twitter: Lez Hang Out (@lezhangoutpod) and answer our Q & Gay questions at the end of every episode. You can also join us on Facebook.com/lezhangoutpod and follow on Instagram (@lezhangoutpod). Find us individually on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok at Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida).  Spots for Costa Rica are filling up fast! You only have until January 30th to book your trip. Secure your spot today at bit.ly/lezdocostarica and gift yourself an epic kickoff to summer fun and relaxation. You can support Lez Hang Out while unlocking a bunch of awesome perks like access to our exclusive Discord, monthly full length bonus episodes, weekly ad free episodes, and more by joining us on Patreon at bit.ly/lezpatreon. You can also support the podcast by buying our original merch at bit.ly/lezshop and purchasing our original Lez-ssentials songs for as little as $1 each on Bandcamp! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Let's hang out.

0:01.7

Let's hang out.

0:02.7

And let's talk about what lesings are found.

0:05.3

Let's hang out.

0:06.2

And let's listen to two has me and shout.

0:08.9

Let's hang out.

0:13.5

Hey, out.

0:13.6

Hey, everyone.

0:14.7

Welcome back to Les Hang out, the podcast where we just want you to take a deep breath in and let it out. Don't think about the

0:24.0

breath. Don't judge the breath. Just let the breath take with it all of your cares and your

0:29.0

worries. From the West Coast, I'm Lee Holmes Foster. And from the East Coast, I'm asleep.

0:36.7

I'm Ellie Bridgeta. And to those of you who've been with us to

0:39.2

this whole journey, thank you as always for listening. If you're a new listener, welcome. We're

0:42.5

excited to have you here. Here's what's happening this week. This week in the Lesdom is a place

0:51.5

where we can touch base each episode about things going on with the podcast or otherwise.

0:55.0

We are releasing all kinds of bonus episodes on our Patreon.

0:58.2

Our last one was on a New York Christmas wedding.

1:00.7

Our next Patreon episode is going to be on Will and Grace, which I am super excited about because I have seen every single episode 10,000 times and I have lots of thoughts.

1:09.7

And I have heard of it. So it's going to be a blast.

1:14.0

I've seen some, some episodes here and there. Yeah, it's going to be good. Ellie's going to do a deep

1:18.8

dive for me. Yeah, I'm going to teach Lee everything she needs to know about Will and Grace and all of the

1:24.9

messiness, the incredible things that they did for queer representation, and the messed up shit they did, too, because...

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