Redneck Lesbian
By Asha Hawkesworth
Redneck LesbianMay 26, 2023
Another Sunday in June
Pride month, yay! Oh, and Father's Day. Yippee.
Episode 26: Year in Review and Creating My Lifeboat
Everything is going to hell, but at least I built a lifeboat to weather the storms.
Episode 25: Self-acceptance & Mental Health in the LGBTQ+ Community, feat. Brad Sunday
When a segment of society constantly tells you that who you are is "not okay," it causes a lot of damage, whether it comes from inside the mental health industry, your community, or your own family. Consequently, self-acceptance is often a struggle for the LGBTQ+ community. Brad Sunday talks with Asha about his experience.
Episode 24: When Civilization Collapses, Build Lifeboats
How to deal with Evangelical hate mail and how to build a lifeboat to manage civilization collapse in your community, because it's sink or swim time.
Episode 23: Redneck Christmas Shopping Guide 2021
The Washington Post put out a bunch of high-dollar elitist bullshit for gift recommendations, so I ruined my personal Google and Facebook ads for the next year to bring you some decent recommendations for the 99% and Rednecks in particular.
Episode 22: Redneck Genealogy, Lovecraft Country, and the White Illusion Spell
Are redneck family trees really straight? Can excellent TV shows about black empowerment stay on the air? And why do white people think they're the only magicians on earth? The Redneck Lesbian answers these questions and more.
Episode 21: Cross-dressing, drag, and queer cosplay, feat. Brad Sunday
Outward expression has long been important to the LGBTQ community. Cross-dressing, drag, androgyny, and various forms of queer cosplay are important to many members of the community. Join Brad Sunday and I for a discussion.
Episode 20: Your body, the car
We fight an awful lot of battles because of this physical vehicle we call a body. Some people want to police it. Others want to subdue it. Still others want to injure it. It's ludicrous to fight so much about what's only a temporary vehicle that we'll dispose of sooner than later.
Episode 19: Existential Dread Now Defines Human Society
Given that our society has become a massive Death Cult, maybe we've been worshiping the wrong gods for more than 2,000 years and calling it Good.
Episode 18: Evangelicals, The Conjuring, and Everyday Magic
The Conjuring movies are popular, so what's the deal with demonic energy? Does Catholicism really have anything to do with it? What about Evangelicals? And how do we unconsciously practice black magic on a daily basis? Sit a spell, and I'll tell you.
Episode 17: Healthy Spirituality and the LGBTQIA Community
Being LGBTQIA in the US means being exposed to a lot of toxic religion. Some of us flee it for atheism, but there are other options. I talk with Brad Sunday, a gay man and practicing pagan, about his spiritual journey.
Episode 16: Poverty Shame and Why We Can't Have Nice Things
Did you ever wonder why so many poor white people vote against their own interests? Religion and shame are the capitalist tools that keep on giving--to rich people.
Episode 15: Hating the Haters
Can a nation divided stand, or will we all choke to death in our own information silos? Is there a way out of this mess? The Redneck Lesbian has opinions.
Episode 14: My Forced New Year's Resolution (or, Whisky, You're the Devil)
I make it a point to avoid New Year's resolutions because I tend to believe that the previous year's version of me is just fine, thank you, but this time the Universe had other plans.
Episode 13: We have yet to defeat American Fascism
Surprised by the right-wing insurrection on January 6, 2021? You shouldn't be. Fascism is an old American tradition, and we are not out of the woods just because Biden won the election.
Episode 12: Gender and the Evangelical Redneck World, featuring Chrissy Stroop
Gender is just a word in the dictionary, but if you're a redneck, it's a socially constructed cage. I talk with Chrissy Stroop, an ex-vangelical writer and advocate who discusses the Evangelical world and her own coming out process and transition.
Episode 11: A Redneck Christmas Carol
Yes, it's another take on Dickens' classic, but with hillbillies and racist spirits. More like an Antichristmas Carol.
Episode 10: Why don't rednecks like diversity?
Have you ever wondered why diversity is redneck Kryptonite? Well, wonder no longer as the redneck lesbian explains.
Episode 9: WTF is wrong with white people? Post-election thoughts...
This is for the 43% of white people who DID NOT vote for the dumbass.
Episode 8: Cruelty breeds cruelty
When the market is king, lots of folks end up hungry and homeless. The cruelty is bad enough, but instead of tackling the problem, some of us have decided to visit that cruelty on each other. If it's dog eat dog, will there be any dogs left to care?
Episode 7: Blood and soil
Some rednecks may not empathize with black people, but let's face it: they don't empathize with most white people, either. Why is that? I explain on this week's episode.
Episode 6: We're not going back in the kitchen, folks
The Christian fascists want us back in the kitchen, and they've even found some women to go along with their fantasy. We're not having any of it. Featuring the woman's view from Generation Z: an interview with my daughter Wren.
Episode 5: Moderate rednecks exist
"Redneck" is often used as a pejorative, but there are a lot of good ones out there, and they want some of the same things you do.
Episode 4: Cults and why we can't have nice things
It's hard to solve big problems when the opposition is engaged in magical thinking.
Episode 3: Are rednecks racist?
Racism: the poor white man's booby prize.
Episode 2: What radicalized the rednecks?
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is dead, and most of us are terrified. Some rednecks are toasting her (and our) demise. What in the name of Cheez Whiz brought this about?
Episode 1: Can you be a redneck, a lesbian, AND a godless liberal?
My introduction to the podcast and an introduction to Rednecks in general. Rednecks are EVERYWHERE. Some of them are lesbians.