Cronch On That

Many love him, some hate him, most people don't know who he is--this episode is about actor and singer Darren Criss! There has been controversy in the past few years about whether or not Darren is a queerbaiter, especially because he has repeatedly taken acting roles for gay characters. Darren is yet another victim in a long line of celebrities, both minor and major, who have been subject to the horseshoe theory-esque rhetoric of queerbaiting accusations, where straight men who deviate from traditional gender norms but Aren't Gay are automatically queerbaiting. We explore this in depth, starting with their own origin stories of why the fuck they care about this guy. They touch on everything from whether things that aren't gay can actually be gay, if being an Aquarius makes a man more likely to be accused of queerbaiting, and how rare it is that Darren Criss actually is half Asian, unlike the cast of iCarly and multiple other famous men who are either Jewish or simply white. This episode is truly a wild ride and for that we are both sorry and also very much not! You're welcome freaks!! Happy new year ;)  You can follow us on Instagram @lasttwobraincellspod :) If you're feeling sPiCy you can send us a voice note, if we get some good ones perhaps we'll do a bonus follow up episode responding to them. You can also send a voice note with a suggestion for future episode topics.  And.... we have a Patreon!!! You can sign up for access to ad-free episodes, a patrons-only Discord chat, and lots of other exciting treats!  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We simply had to start off with a controversial topic--Harry Styles' latest fîlme... My Policeman. As soon as it was announced the allegations were FLYING: is it copaganda???? Is it homophobic?? Is Harry gay?? Is he QUEERBAITING??????????? Amazingly for you all, we (mostly Hadar) know a disgusting amount about Harry Styles the man the myth the legend, and we also both read the book and saw the movie. We did our fucking Homework for this shit. We're coming in hot with our takes on everything from Harry's birth chart to the symbolism of the ocean. You can follow us on instagram @lasttwobraincellspod and if you're feeling generous you can subscribe to our podcast :) If you're feeling sPiCy you can send us a voice note, if we get some good ones perhaps we'll do a bonus follow up episode responding to them. You can also send a voice note with a suggestion for future episode topics. And we might make a Patreon but TBD..... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This is just a small taste of the chaos that is to come. We're dissociating, we're bullying each other, we're bullying ourselves, we're bullying YOU..... This? is girlbossing.

We have started a podcast and now it's everyone's problem. Godspeed

Completely unknowingly, I recorded several episodes all about periods. Which, looking back, isn't very shocking at all considering I have PCOS which is an endocrine disorder that heavily affects the menstrual cycle. So now we have a mini-series! This week I had Tiffany Williams, a functional nutritional therapy practitioner (FNTP), talk about periods, the keto diet (YES AGAIN LMAO), and big words like gluconeogenesis. You can follow her on Instagram at @tiffanywilliamsfntp or check out her website at sageflowholistic.com. As always, you can reach me at @dykechef on Instagram or on my website at hadarkaly.com. My Patreon is patreon.com/hadarkaly and if you join the $8/month tier or above you get bonus episodes of this podcast as well as several other perks ;) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/recoveryjargon/support

I know people don't wanna hear it but ... the ketogenic diet is literally just an eating disorder. Most diets are also just eating disorders, but that's a topic for another episode. There's lots of ground to cover so let's buckle up. Trigger warning for discussion of eating disorder behaviors. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/recoveryjargon/support

Exposing the fashion-career-to-culinary-world pipeline, queer by queer. Parisa talks about being a (gender)queer Iranian working in fashion in the '90s and '00s in NYC and how that turned into making tahdig not war on Tastemade decades later. Alternatively: a queer Middle Eastern Gen X-er and a queer Middle Eastern Gen Z-er walk into a Zoom call... As always, you can reach me at @dykechef on Instagram or on my website at hadarkaly.com. My Patreon is patreon.com/hadarkaly and if you join the $8/month tier or above you get bonus episodes of this podcast as well as several other perks ;) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/recoveryjargon/support

Aaaaaaand we're back! Here's 30+ minutes of me explaining why I ~rebranded~ the podcast after a [redacted] amount of time stressing about what the hell to do with it. PLUS I learned that royalty free music exists and now I have a cute little intro and outro so you don't just have to listen to me breathe heavily into the microphone. Yes, someday I will remember to not hold it directly in front of my mouth and hopefully the sound quality will improve at that point. As always, you can reach me at @dykechef on Instagram or on my website at hadarkaly.com. My Patreon is patreon.com/hadarkaly and if you join the $8/month tier or above you get bonus episodes of this podcast as well as several other perks ;) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/recoveryjargon/support

Jessenia Hernandez (@flourchild_ on Instagram) is an amazing queer baker based out of Washington state. We chatted for a really long time (almost 2 hours!) about what it's like to be a dyke in kitchens, our astrological signs, and as always, Harry Styles.

Lupe Terrones is a jack of all trades, master of all. She's a yoga instructor, personal trainer, reiki master, trained chef, and astrology expert. And that's just her day job. In this episode we dive into concepts of cosmic nutrition, what Virgo season means for intuitive eating, and why I say I hate Aquariuses but I don't actually mean it. Follow Lupe on Instagram at @zodiacbylupe or find her at zodiacbylupe.com.

Sven and Amanda are an adorable queer couple that love to cook and bake--especially aphrodisiacs. They combine queerness, sexuality, and gender with food through dialogue and conversations, but also through food itself. We talk about everything from how aphrodisiacs work on a biological level to how food is the heart of communities around the world. You can follow them on Instagram @queer.kitchen and @citrusslut_.