Episode 266: Amanda Slawinski

Coming Out Pod

Health & Fitness, Sexuality, Comedy, Mental Health

4.9 • 584 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2023

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

"Long-time listener, first-time guest" Amanda Slawinski's coming out journey began with a covert kiss behind a purposefully-closed door at the tender age of five...but then didn't pick up again until eighteen years later. Amanda identifies as queer, demisexual, and a "recovering Catholic," so it's no surprise that sex of any kind was NOT discussed in her family home (even the Gilmore Girls were frowned upon). Ironically, though, an unscripted moment during Catholic Mass the Sunday after marriage equality passed in New York ended up becoming a huge turning point in her life. Amanda describes having her first ever queer experience one week before the pandemic hit (timing is everything!), and shares how finding THIS VERY PODCAST during lockdown assisted her on her coming out journey! Lauren and Amanda also discuss what demisexuality means to them, and we relive the adolescent Gay Panic (TM) of worrying that your family will discover you made all your Sims gay!

Follow Amanda on Instagram at @yogawithmoo, and hit her up if you're in the NYC area and are interested in yoga or meditation classes! You can also request to follow her private Insta account at @amanda.slawinski.

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, welcome to the coming out pod.
0:09.6	It's me, Lauren.
0:11.2	Still shouting out queer roots.
0:13.3	I'm doing a classic today.
0:15.1	Today, shout out to everyone whose queer root is Joe from the facts of life. I know that as we get further and
0:23.6	further into the, what are we in? The 21st century, she becomes like more of a distant figure,
0:30.6	but I don't, don't, look, if you're a young person and you're not familiar with Joe from the
0:34.7	facts of life, like, do some Googling.
0:40.0	She is a raging lesbian.
0:45.4	Like, very much not in the above-ground text of the show.
0:48.2	I'm pretty sure she got married to a guy on it. But she's definitely queer-coated.
0:50.8	She wrote a motorcycle, had a ponytail.
0:54.2	She made a lot of people gay.
0:55.8	All right, so shout out to her.
0:57.9	Today, I am here with Amanda Sluinsky.
1:02.6	Amanda has a very grown-up title, which is structural engineer.
1:08.2	But that is her day job.
1:09.8	More importantly, she is a yoga and meditation teacher,
1:13.7	a recovering Catholic, and above all, a human, trying to human, which I think we can all
1:20.3	relate to varying degrees. Hi, Amanda. Welcome. Hi, Lauren. Thanks so much for having me.
1:27.9	Is there anything that I didn't touch on that you'd like the people to know or that you want to, do you know who Joe from the facts of life is? Are you too young?
1:37.1	I think I might be too young. I'm sorry.
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