Ask Bi Grlz Podcast

Quick announcement about season two/2020, plus an advice question for our listeners from a listener.

Author, editor, and teacher Seth Fischer joins Myriam Gurba and MariNaomi to answer questions about being a good ally, making safe spaces, and grieving a pet.

Superstar Cartoonist and Very Handsome Man Sina Grace joins Mari and Myriam to answer questions about underperforming at cons, accepting rejection from publishers, trusting your significant others, and making friends as an adult.

Special guest Michelle Tea, author and community organizer, joins Mari and Myriam to talk about balding oneself, and answer questions about pitching book ideas to publishers, how to include bisexual friends into the queer fold, and FASHION!

Myriam and Mari discuss overcoming creative blocks when creating very personal memoir.

Myriam and Mari answer questions about communication issues between a married couple in disagreement about wanting kids, and a gal who finds her ex-friend's appropriation of brown emojis problematic. Bonus: squirrel fangs, a special needs butterfly, and some nasty nasty stories.

Author Randa Jarrar joins Myriam and Mari to talk about publishing collections, soulmate woes, whether you should tell your friend their partner is shitty, and bisexual problems.

Mari and Myriam answer questions about writing comedy, publishing comics, and how much truth should be in memoir.

Mari and Myriam answer difficult questions about how to cope when your brain defaults to a negative place, and when you've encountered a charming abuser.

Mari and Myriam read some comments from listeners about demi sexuality, and answer a couple of questions about dating.

Mari and Myriam read pranks written in from listeners, and share some stories of their own.

Rock star and yoga goddess Taleen Kali helps MariNaomi and Myriam Gurba answer some questions!

It was bound to happen eventually--Mari and Myriam talk about their periods! Subjects include: PMS, LSD, psychotic breaks, crying at commercials, the bi gaze, neglecting one's friends, and exposing one’s abusers through art.

MariNaomi and Myriam Gurba discuss religious folklore, ghost stories, self-care, and slogging through the grind.

Myriam Gurba and MariNaomi discuss the benefits (or not) of reading one's Goodreads reviews, and Myriam gives advice about someone's rascally rabbit!

MariNaomi and Myriam Gurba discuss their experience touring with Sister Spit and performing as authors. They answer a question from a listener about the reasons behind misogyny, and another about Diane Arbus.

Author, teacher, and sex worker advocate Antonia Crane joins MariNaomi and Myriam Gurba to discuss queer flavors, allies, first kisses, and trolls.

In this episode, Myriam Gurba and MariNaomi tackle the subjects of intersectional feminism, animal rights, and farming human flesh.

Myriam tells us about her vaginal NY reading, and Mari and Myriam give advice to queers whose parents don't want them to come out of the closet.   Bonus: Myriam's amazing coming out story!

Mari, Myriam, and special guest star Yumi Sakugawa discuss feeling self-CON-scious at conventions, their new year's desires, and balancing work + art + life + expectations. Yumi guides us through a creative-block-expelling meditation. Throughout all this, everyone is distracted by Mari's penis shirt.

In episode six of Ask Bi Grlz, Mari and Myriam discuss disparaging things they were told as budding artists, and the defining moments when their life missions emerged.

In the fifth episode of Ask Bi Grlz, Mari presents a letter from a younger version of herself about recognizing fellow queers.

In the fourth episode of Ask Bi Grlz, Mari talks about how Myriam's book was a major clit blocker. Then they broach a question about the boundaries between being a fan and a stalker on social media.

In the third episode of Ask Bi Grlz, Myriam Gurba and MariNaomi discuss their thoughts on Basic Instinct, queer representation in the media, and cis-het marketing to queers.

In the second episode of Ask Bi Grlz, a freelancer wants to keep her job without betraying the friend that got it for her, and an autobio cartoonist struggles to respect her new boyfriend's boundaries.

Welcome to the advice podcast starring author Myriam Gurba and cartoonist MariNaomi. Biracial! Bisexual! Bipedal! In episode one, Myriam and Mari attempt to solve one woman's hairy problem, and talk through another woman's bi-impostor syndrome.