Obsessions: Tommy Dorfman On The Queer Potential Of Tarot Reading
The Polyester Podcast
The Polyester Podcast
4.5 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 6 September 2020
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Every other week we'll be picking the brain of a different creative about something they admire that has nothing to do with how they generate their income.
Delving deep into the minds of our favourite people's deepest obsessions, this week we're joined by the amazing Tommy Dorfman. The actor, writer, and performer is telling us all about their obsession with Tarot. From their first reading at a Hollywood Halloween party, and the practice's growing popularity amongst queer people, to using the cards to finding belonging, how seriously we should take the messages they bring us, and much more. Does it really matter if tarot is true or not, as long as we believe it? Tune in to hear Tommy, Ione, and Olivia delving into the ins and outs of seeking guidance from mystical forces.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Ione. Hi, Olivia, and hello to all of the listeners. None of which have left us a review, though. So if someone could go leave us a review, so I actually have some self-esteem, that would be great. Some self-work. Yeah. Welcome to the Polyester podcast. I am Iione, and I'm the founder and editor-in-chief of Polyester. And I I'm Olivia, the co-host producer and editor of the podcast. We put this week the episode to The Sleepover Club one week and Obsessions the next. This week it's the Obsessions episode where we talk to a person we admire about something they're obsessed with that has nothing to do with how they generate their income. And next week is the sleepover club, but I only and I have all those gorge conversations. |
| 1:10.2 | You'd usually have a bit of sleep over with your gale mates. And at the end, there's three recommendations from a creator to get you through lockdown. You're in the hot seat this week, Lovia. I am. You're in the interview. I know, yeah, I'm in the interview. How do I always forget what's happening? |
| 1:13.7 | I know when we were literally just talking about it like half a second ago, |
| 1:14.3 | off air. I'm in the interview. How do I always forget what happened? I know when we were literally just talking about it, like, half a second ago, or fair. |
| 1:17.1 | But... I'm in the hot seat. |
| 1:17.9 | Yeah, Olivia is now joining me to do the interviews, which is bloody great news. |
| 1:23.3 | How do you feel about it? |
| 1:24.7 | Well, great because, especially because that was just a boss, well, this upcoming interview |
| 1:29.6 | was so good and so much fun and now I'm just obsessed with Tara. |
| 1:33.5 | So yeah, this week we are chatting to Tommy Dorfman, who is a actor, performer, beauty |
| 1:42.2 | queen. |
| 1:42.9 | They use they then pronouns and they're talking about tarot. So how come |
| 1:47.4 | you're obsessed with tarot then, Olivia? Yes, I feel like you're quite late to this. No offence. |
| 1:52.7 | Like, I feel like you'd be very into terror. I'm quite confused by the fact when you're like, |
| 1:57.7 | yeah, I don't know. I don't know what it is. I don't know. I think I've just, someone's just happened and I always just miss things. Do you think it's because I, maybe it's because I don't have social media or, I don't know. We do. Stuff just, well, I do now, yeah. Fundamentally do at the moment. Just going to post as soon. Yeah. I've done it in the past I did it once on Halloween and cried |
| 2:17.7 | It was amazing |
| 2:18.4 | Sage and all that |
| 2:20.4 | So yeah |
| 2:21.5 | Just into it |
| 2:22.4 | But obviously I can't buy a deck |
| 2:24.1 | So if anyone out there wants my personal address |
| 2:26.5 | Amazon wish list |
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