Scintillae Podcast
Reflections from the intersections of oppressions. Two Intersectional Feminists discussing queer narratives, exploring late stage capitalism, social justice, identity politics through social commentary and cultural analysis. scintillaepod.substack.com
Episodes
We discuss Estro Junkies, the novelisation of the serial "Ranked Competitive Breast growth" by Beth Leigh-Ann and Talia Bhatt.
Ranked Competitive Breast Growth follows the lives of competitors in the hottest new e-Sport in which cisgender men take estrogen in an attempt to grow the biggest breasts for a grand prize of $1 million. Trans women are strictly forbidden due to their biological advantage, but will that stop our heroes Nich...
Scintillae Season Two begins with an exchange of myths between us: Raven as a devoted reader of Maria Ying’s Hades Calculus, Alisha sharing about reading Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe in 36 hours straight, and the only Netflix project worth watching in the last decade which was therefore cancelled: KAOS! featuring Cardiffian actor Rakie Ayola in the role of Persephone.
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Our first guest is none other than a politician! Tessa Marshall is the Welsh Green Party candidate for Caedydd Penarth at the Senedd Elections of 7th May 2026 and a personal friend. In this episode we ask her everything we always wanted to ask a politician but never had the chance before! And she delivers!
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The Welsh Green Party : wales.greenpart...
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The romanticisation of abuse in dark romantasy. From Beauty and the Beast to Joss Whedon's Spike in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the reinterpretation of the trope by white women since the 2000s with Stephenie Meyer's Twilight, Sarah J. Maas's A Court of Thorns and Roses, Deborah Harkness' A Discovery of Witches and yes, Tom Hiddleston's Loki to Astarion pipeline.
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CONTENT WARNING: DISCUSSIONS OF Suic!dE and Suic!dal Intrusive Thoughts. In this emergency episode we discuss the beginning of 2026 with the US attack of Venezuela, kidnapping its president and immediately casting their imperialistic eye onto Greenland, what that would mean for world diplomacy and the problematic possibility of it triggering World War 3 with some of the international intricacies explained
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A review of 2025 for both world and personal events in the style of Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe.
Reflections from the intersections of oppressions, Cheaper than therapy! Two transbians navigating late stage capitalism, chatting with interesting people, and trying to find "The Meaning of Life™".
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01:05 January 2025: Trump...
White fragility, power structures and how intuitively white women recognise, benefit, and cry victimhood to hold onto their privilege against those lower than them.
Reflections from the intersections of oppressions, Cheaper than therapy! Two transbians navigating late stage capitalism, chatting with interesting people, and trying to find "The Meaning of Life™".
Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scintillaepod
Reflections from the intersections of oppressions, Cheaper than therapy! Two transbians navigating late stage capitalism, chatting with interesting people, and trying to find "The Meaning of Life™".
Get comfortable in this first episode where we introduce ourselves, our mental kindergarten, how we came to be together and how we developed our view of the world and of spirituality.
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