Ep 34 - Your Place or Mine ft. Saeed Atabaki

Pride, Kink, and the Value of Seeing Yourself in Queer Stories

In this episode, we chat with one of Bae's friends, Saeed Atabaki (@insta_you_read_me_).

Pride month is upon us, and Saeed shares what it was like growing up queer in London, Ontario. We unpack the importance to the queer community of having books and films that are relatable to their personal stories. We cover recommendations to check out, and chat about how to be a better ally in queer spaces. We touch on the roots of Pride, and why the queer community has always done a better job of talking about kink.

Here are the recommendations we cover in the episode.

Books: Dancer from the dance by andrew holleran / Detransition, baby by Torrey Peters / The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith / Kink edited by r.o. kwon and garth greenwell / milk fed by melissa broder

movies: Teorama / cruising / stranger by the lake / bound / Blue is the warmest colour / tangerinE