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Big Mood, Little Mood: A History of Violence?

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41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Danny Lavery welcomes Ashley Robertson, an expert question-asker who facilitates workshops on comprehensive, affirming, medically-accurate sexuality education. Lavery and Robertson take on two letters. First, from someone who now has suspicions that her boyfriend has been violent in past relationships. Another letter writer is tired of being marginalized by his in-laws. Plus a listener comment about December 7th letter titled “Not Microdosing''. Need advice? Send Danny a question here. Email: [email protected] If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you’ll also be supporting the work we do here on Big Mood, Little Mood. Sign up now at Slate.com/MoodPlus to help support our work Production by Phil Surkis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

What's up guys, I am Ashley Gavin, and I am your father.

0:03.1

I'm Elena Joy, I am Mommy, and I'm Mackin from your hot teenage brother.

0:08.4

Baby, Mack is baby.

0:09.7

We are your chosen family, because you don't have a gay family, and you need a gay family.

0:14.3

Every week, we bring a topic to the family dinner table from gender dysphoria,

0:17.9

to monogamy, to how to figure out if someone is into you.

0:20.5

Listen to Chosen Family every Wednesday on your favorite podcast app,

0:24.0

or watch full episodes on YouTube to get the full family experience.

0:27.7

Chosen Family is a part of the Forever Dog podcast network.

0:31.1

Just a reminder that big mood, little mood with Daniel M. Lavery happens twice

0:34.9

week. Slate Plus members get an additional mini episode or little big mood every Friday.

0:40.2

Sign up now to listen at slate.com slash mood.

0:58.0

Hello and welcome back to big mood, little mood. I'm your host, Daniel Lavery,

1:08.3

and with me in the studio this week is Ashley Robertson, an expert question

1:12.5

asker. She also facilitates workshops on comprehensive, affirming, and medically

1:17.1

accurate sexuality education. Ashley, welcome to the show.

1:20.9

Thanks so much for having me. I'm excited to dive into these letters with you.

1:25.2

I'm so excited as well, and I hope that they will all be, you know,

1:29.4

as medically accurate as possible. I'll do my part.

1:34.1

And I will do my best. I'll see what I can do. I'll try to make sure I don't,

1:38.6

I don't know, invent new body parts that don't exist yet.

1:41.2

Oh, but that might be fun. Come on, let's.

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