Pride Month; & the Complex Conundrum of Euthanasia

*Apologies for some slight sound issues this week*

Dolly's lost her passport and Michael Gove's nose is feeling regretful. We talk Sally Challen, humpback whales and why sleep apps could make your sleeping worse. 

And we deep-dive into pride month and discuss the fallacy that is the proposed straight pride march, particularly in the wake of recent homophobic hate crimes in the UK. Also, the euthanasia that never was: after the false news story about 17 year old Dutch teenager, Noa Pothoven, did the rounds, we discuss the complexity and implications of euthanasia, social media and the suicide contagion.

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Links

Easy on Netflix

Queer Intentions, by Amelia Abraham

Florence Welch on self-sabotage, for the July issue of British Vogue - on sale now

The Age of the Internet 'Wife Guy', by Amanda Hess for The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/arts/internet-wife-guy-robbie-tripp.html

Sloane Crosley on the Longform Podcast https://longform.org/posts/longform-podcast-343-sloane-crosley

The Pleasure Podcast https://thepleasurepodcast.com

Emma Jane Unsworth on post natal depression https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jun/08/lie-health-visitor-lie-friends-truth-postnatal-depression?CMP=twt_b-gdnweekend

What does childbirth feel like? By Nell Frizzell for The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/18/what-does-childbirth-feel-like-google

When will homophobes learn that lesbians aren't their playthings? By Sophie Wilkinson for The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/sophie-wilkinson0/

Death on demand: has euthanasia gone too far? By Christopher de Bellaigue for Guardian Long Reads https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/jan/18/death-on-demand-has-euthanasia-gone-too-far-netherlands-assisted-dying