About this episode

The episode reflects on a past relationship and the complexities of gender roles through a personal narrative.

A driveway moment. Time travel back to October 2020; the lover that Aliya Pabani once joked I was doing "straight womanhood" fetish play with; to everyone else it was just a conventional relationship wherein we performed traditional gender roles. We called him "the patriarch". A recording from the day of a breakup. Laurie Anderson inspired stasis. DONATE to the Unemployed Philosopher's Guild (aka: KP + Mermaid Palace) Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

People in this episode

Host: Kaitlin Prest

Topics covered

• relationships
• gender roles
• breakup
• time travel
• society

Keywords

• breakup
• gender roles
• time travel
• society
• relationships
• Aliya Pabani
• Laurie Anderson

Sponsors

Unemployed Philosopher's Guild

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