Episodes

  • CPTSD

    CPTSD
    May 12 2020
    The more I think about it, the more I understand that Pocket Girl started long before I began dating terrible men, flailing in my artistic career, or smacked hard into the wall of sexism. I was raised to not have a self. Gas-lit into believing the problem was me, and not the horrendous, dysfunctional, misogynist, abusive bullshit, I was marinated in. Pocket Girl Podcast: Episode 6 ISBN: 978-1-926758-31-2 Resources: Pete Walker is not only a survivor of CPTSD, but also a therapist. His book Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving is a must read and offers so much hope.Beauty After Bruises is one of the very few sites dedicated to CPTSD awareness and can help connect you to therapists and resources.Shahida Arabi: Her book Power: Surviving and Thriving After Narcissistic Abuse was instrumental in helping me with some breakthroughs last year.The Body Keeps Score by Bessel van der Kolk. Not CPTSD specific, but tons of relevant and helpful information.
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    6 mins
  • Crazy Lonely

    Crazy Lonely
    Sep 3 2019
    There's more than one way to feel alone. It's not just about being the only one in a room. Vapid, life sucking relationships and friendships don't count as real human connection. Pocket Girl Podcast: Episode 5 ISBN: 978-1-926758-20-6  Show Notes:From an essay written after seeing a post tagged "loneliness" and "Portland".Loneliness and the Fitbit. Links:Loneliness is Deadly, by Jessica Olien in Slate
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    5 mins
  • #SYA

    #SYA
    Jun 23 2019
    There's some shit so egregious happening right now…which has eclipsed the fear of speaking up. I found this to be true, time and time again throughout my life, that it's only when the pain of not saying anything surpasses the fear of doing so, that I can. Pocket Girl Podcast: Episode 4 ISBN: 978-1-926758-18-3  Show Notes:This podcast makes me really uncomfortable.Christmas, Carlo, the Take Home Pill.Clinic abortions must be accessible to all persons in every state. Period full stop.The right choice? I'm the only one who gets to make it. Links:ShoutYourAbortionShiShi RoseSarah Sophie Flicker on InstagramAbortion Funds
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    12 mins
  • Match.con

    Match.con
    Jun 13 2019
    I've spent way too long trying to morph myself into someone I wasn't, so other people would like me. Litany of passive aggressive disasters behind me, I vowed to do the only thing I can and ever truly do well; be myself. But as it turns out, a lot of people, most in fact, don't resonate with that. I suppose I should look at this with a positive attitude. It does indeed save me a lot of time going out with dudes with whom it would never work anyway. Pocket Girl Podcast: Episode 3 ISBN: 978-1-926758-15-2  Show Notes:Pocket Girl Podcast: Match.conYou're hot on TV. Hey hot stuff. An interesting summer, Mrs. Robinson. Tattoos and purple hair. The biggest con of all. Donald likes cheese. Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbeEui7jK9g&t=4s
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    11 mins
  • Who Are You?

    Who Are You?
    Jun 10 2019
    Alexandra was interviewed by Robert Ouimet for his podcast "Ouimet Presents" Pocket Girl Podcast: Episode 2 ISBN: 978-1-926758-16-9  Show Notes:Who Are You?Alexandra lists the many cities and countries she’s lived in. Robert and Alexandra discuss the possibility that she has a secret life.Some thoughts about the writing process.
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    20 mins
  • Burning the Barn

    Burning the Barn
    Jun 7 2019
    I think women, and anyone who has ever presented as female for that matter, know all too well how it feels to be told which pockets you will, and will not, inhabit. And frankly, I’m simply tired of keeping myself in one. Alexandra Blatt Pocket Girl Podcast: Episode 1 ISBN: 978-1-926758-13-8  Show Notes:Pocket Girl Podcast: Burning the Barn. How Pocket Girl Podcast came about.Get U R own Pocket Girl.Tornado conditions.About success - with a nod to Martin Weigel.Del Amitri saved my life.Get out of pockets.Masahide's barn. Links:Urban DictionaryMartin WeigelMizuta Masahide and finally… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FT6vUk2mb8
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    9 mins