Love in a F*cked Up World

• 7 Steps for De-escalating a Crush

  Crushes can be fun and enlivening, but sometimes they are ill-timed or ill-suited, and it can be hard to shake them off. Morgan Bassichis is back to discuss one of the most popular tools from Dean's book Love in a F*cked Up World: 7 Steps for De-escalating a Crush. This tool can help you to turn down the intensity of the interest or obsession when you're feeling crushed out.Support this podcast by joining the Love in a F*cked Up World community on Patreon for conversations about the themes of the show, unique content, and to submit your questions for future AMA episodes.

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• AMA with Jessica Lanyadoo (Part 2)

  Jessica Lanyadoo is back with Dean for part two of this AMA, where they tackle more listener questions. They dive into everything from negotiating relationship terms — like how to open a relationship, set boundaries, and talk about safer sex — to conversations about porn, casual sex, gender envy, and parasocial relationships.Listen to Part 1 of this episode on Apple here, Spotify here, or Dean's website here.Support this podcast by joining the Love in a F*cked Up World community on Patreon for conversations about the themes of the show and to submit your questions for future AMA episodes.Jessica Lanyadoo is host of Ghost of a Podcast, out twice weekly and available everywhere podcasts are heard. Find out more about her work at lovelanyadoo.com and join her on Patreon at patreon.com/jessicalanyadoo

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• AMA with Jessica Lanyadoo (Part 1)

  Jessica Lanyadoo joins Dean for the first AMA episode of Love in a F*cked Up World. Jessica and Dean answer listener questions about how to navigate our relationships with friends in the context of these terrifying times, how to deal with differing awareness and practices around COVID in our community spaces, and how to negotiate and reckon with differences in class and access to resources in organizing. We got so many great questions from listeners that we’ll be releasing this conversation in two parts.Support this podcast by joining the Love in a F*cked Up World community on Patreon for conversations about the themes of the show and to submit your questions for future AMA episodes.Jessica Lanyadoo is host of Ghost of a Podcast, out twice weekly and available everywhere podcasts are heard. Find out more about her work at lovelanyadoo.com and join her on Patreon at patreon.com/jessicalanyadooRESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE: Info about Long COVID:https://longcovidjustice.org/resources/learn-about-long-covid/https://longcovidjustice.org/trans/Info about mask bloc and clean air club organizing and some examples:https://maskbloc.org/about/https://cleanairclub.org/abouthttps://www.instagram.com/seattlecleanair/?hl=enhttps://www.instagram.com/masksforlondon/?hl=enhttps://www.instagram.com/breathe.better.berlin/https://www.instagram.com/glasgowmaskbloc/?hl=en

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• Kelly Hayes

  Kelly Hayes joins Dean Spade to talk about the relational work of movement building. In a critical moment in Chicago, Kelly and Dean talk about how to establish the trust needed to take the kinds of risks necessary to fight ICE and fascist invasion. They also talk about AI and journalism, and Kelly tells Dean how when confronting fascism, "The truth is a front of struggle." Support this podcast by joining the Love in a F*cked Up World community on Patreon for conversations about the themes in the podcast, early access, and to submit questions for upcoming Ask Me Anything episodes.Learn more about Kelly Hayes on her website, and check out her work and key resources mentioned in the show:Movement Memos podcastRead This When Things Fall ApartLet This Radicalize YouOrganizing My Thoughts newsletterTruthoutIn It Together Toolkit

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• Weyam Ghadbian

  Weyam Ghadbian joins Dean Spade to talk about Dean's tool 7 Steps for Deescalating a Crush, how Weyam encouraged Dean to discuss the transformative power of love, when attachment theory is useful, and when it's ok to give self help books as gifts.Support this podcast by joining the Love in a F*cked Up World community on Patreon for conversations about the themes in the podcast, tickets to online events, and to submit questions for upcoming Ask Me Anything episodes.Check out Turning Towards Each Other: A Conflict Workbook by Weyam Ghadbian and Jovida Ross.

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