Naughty By Nurture

The gang is back after a long hiatus with a topic that weaves through a lot of other topics: avoidance. We examine avoidance as a control strategy and why we pursue control strategies to begin with. We share our own histories and strategies for avoidance, think about when avoidance is adaptive, and point out that sometimes, parents really just don't understand.

This week the gang discusses the complex topics of cognitive fusion and defusion. We discuss being stuck in our heads and how to wriggle free to give ourselves some space. And with such a big topic, we'd be crazy not to break it down with exercises and personal examples. Crazy. Crazy. Crazy. Crazy. Crazy. Crazy...

Today, the gang talks anxiety: how we feel it, where it comes from, and what we do to live with it. This is a personal subject for all of us, and we dive into our own experiences and expertise to explore the ways anxiety sustains itself and boxes us in.

Join the gang as they harken back to the days when men were men and manhood was socially reproduced to enforce hegemonic systems of power. They dive into their own experiences with masculinity, how it shapes and traps us all, and the challenges that we all face as we love men while navigating the patriarchy.

We're back from the holidays with a deep dive on dissociation. Learn about what it is, how it works, and why it's more prevalent than we admit while Megan explains it to the rest of us.

We dig into our extremely online habits, reflecting on how the internet's changing our behavior and the ways we're still learning to adapt. Finding balance, the lure of validation, and the psychological strain of constant exposure. Plus, at Andrew and George's urging, Megan explains memetics.

CW: Sexual Violence The gang talks about trauma as a personal and social experience through the lens of recently publicized stories of rape, sexual harrassment, and abuse by powerful men. How do we navigate the news when it aggravates our own trauma? How do our politics help and hinder us? What duty do we have to the victims who are finally being heard?