Sophie Santos on Lesbian Identity: From Denial to Pride

Past Due with Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle

Ana Marie Cox, Open Mike Eagle, and Andrew Steven

Society & Culture, Business, Performing Arts, Arts

4.6 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Comedian Sophie Santos joins the show to talk about her memoir -- “The One You Want to Marry ---and Other Identities I've Had.” It details Sophie’s life growing up as an Army brat in the South, while also being white, Hispanic, Asian, and gay - and the bumpy (and often hilarious) moments that led her to finding herself as an adult. For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/withfriendslikethese. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Anna Marie Cox and welcome to With Friends Like These.
0:09.3	This week I am talking to comedian Soapy Santos.
0:12.3	We're going to talk about her new memoir, which is surprisingly long for someone in their
0:17.6	20s, but she has a lot to cover.
0:20.8	It's called The One You Want to Marry and Other Identities I've Had.
0:24.8	The title comes from the reputation of the sorority she joined at the University of Alabama.
0:30.4	They were the ones guys wanted to marry.
0:33.3	But Soapy didn't get the MRS degree she was pursuing at the time.
0:39.2	Today, she's a queer feminist writer and performer, which is still marriage material, sure, but
0:46.4	she probably doesn't wear high heels as often.
0:50.2	Her journey from the sorority to the stage was not linear.
0:53.8	And she was never fake.
0:56.7	She just didn't get it handled on herself for a while.
1:00.4	As an army brat, Soapy spent her childhood moving a lot, and she experimented with who
1:04.6	she was and who she thought she should be.
1:08.0	Soapy is white, Hispanic, Asian, and gay.
1:11.8	She was also a tackle football player, a beauty queen, a theater kid, and a cam girl, and
1:19.8	more.
1:22.0	But today, she's herself.
1:25.7	I thought it'd be fitting to talk to her about her journey since National Coming Out Day
1:29.7	is on Monday.
1:31.4	And we'll get to all of that in just a moment.
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