Friends or Lovers with Peyton Dix

About this episode

Peyton Dix joins Shannon Beveridge to discuss her essay about falling for a friend, exploring themes of friendship and self-harm.

This week we have Peyton Dix on the pod! Peyton is a writer, strategist, and co-host of Higher Ground’s Lemme Say This podcast. Her essay, “Savannah” centers around a classic queer experience, falling for a friend. But the way Peyton tells this story… it is absolute poetry. (Content Warning: self-harm) Learn more or submit an essay at https://www.thealphabetclub.co/ This episode is sponsored by TomboyX - use code SHANNON for 15% off. Follow Peyton Dix: Instagram:⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@peytondix⁠ Tik Tok:⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@homohoney0⁠ Follow Alphabet Club: Instagram:⁠⁠⁠ @alphabetclubpod⁠⁠⁠ Tik Tok:⁠⁠⁠ @alphabetclubpod⁠⁠⁠ Website: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.thealphabetclub.co/⁠⁠⁠ Follow Shannon Beveridge: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@nowthisisliving⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Tik Tok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@nowthisisliving⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.shannonbeveridge.co⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@nowthisisliving⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Tumblr: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://now-this-is-living.tumblr.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Snapchat: shannonbeverage Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠Shannon Beveridge current playlist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Shannon Beveridge

Guest: Peyton Dix

Topics covered

• friendship
• queer experience
• self-harm
• writing
• poetry

Keywords

• Peyton Dix
• queer
• friendship
• self-harm
• essay
• poetry
• Higher Ground

Sponsors

TomboyX

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Higher Ground, Alphabet Club

Books & works: Savannah

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