About this episode

Bridget Matloff discusses her experiences with queer identity, reality TV, and her Jewish upbringing.

omg we actually can't believe this week we have the one and only queer reality tv celebrity + comedian + icon Bridget Matloff! We Yenta about:- Bridget being too emotionally stable to get enough screen time on reality TV- Whether queer fame means people should or should not talk to you in LA- The difference between being gay, lesbian, bi, queer — and culturally queer- Bridget’s Jewish upbringing, Hebrew school trauma, and parents who immediately abandoned synagogue after the b’nai mitzvah years- The Rachel Maddow haircut to mullet pipeline- Queers reclaiming Jesus, religion, and things that “shouldn’t” go together- Egg freezing, Orthodox fertility loans, and the most Handmaid’s Tale synagogue event of all time- Getting your first period at Hebrew school and suffering alone with toilet paper- Bridget pretending to be a journalist to talk to queer musicians- Age gaps, Cherry Jones dreams, and whether 50-to-30 will feel insane later- The first-ever Yenta wedding: matchmaking, officiating, secrecy, rabbis, mikvahs, and family management00:00 Bridget’s fake journalist origin story00:38 Welcome to Yenta00:55 Introducing Bridget Melo, queer internet icon01:12 The Queer Ultimatum and…

People in this episode

Guest: Bridget Matloff

Topics covered

• queer identity
• Hebrew school trauma
• reality TV
• cultural queerness
• Jewish upbringing
• egg freezing
• matchmaking

Keywords

• queer fame
• Hebrew school
• reality TV
• cultural queerness
• egg freezing
• Jewish upbringing
• matchmaking
• internalized heteronormativity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Heeb Media

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