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Who are we? Like, literally. Who are these people doing this podcast? But also, like, existentially? How do we identify? In our second episode, we continue our discussion on identity, diving deeper into sexual orientation and wrapping up with conversation centered around our racial identities. This conversation's a bit longer than our previous one, but we promise it's worth it. There's so much we left out on so many issues we touched on, but we're confident we'll swing back around to it in future episodes. We hope you enjoy the show! [TRIGGER WARNINGS: bisexual/asexual erasure, sexuality, racism, religious indoctrination, sexual abuse, purity culture, rape, depression, mental illness] Show Notes Minute 01: We start off by talking about what we're drinking for the night, because why not? Vanessa is having a homemade concoction of 100 proof Vodka, Sparkling Ice Kiwi Strawberry and Classic Lemonade sparkling water with a dash of the Mio Strawberry Watermelon flavoring. Doug is drinking an Angry Orchard Rosé cider. Minute 07: Next we have a brief conversations on crushes and squishes. Minute 13: Then, we express our concerns over people close to us hearing the podcast. We're trying to be as honest as possible, but honest is risky... Minute 16: We delve into a conversation on polyamory, discussing what qualifies as an "identity" or "orientation, and what merely qualifies as a "lifestyle" or "personal preference." Vanessa sees polyamory as central to her identity. "Biology is not the end all be all of truth." - Vanessa [CLICK TO TWEET] Minute 26: We transition to a discussion centered around BDSM and the kink community--another aspect of sexuality that some consider an orientation while others do not. Again, Vanessa sees it as an important part of her identity--and Doug agrees that the people he knows from the community feel the same way. Minute 34: We talk about being sex nerds (including a reference to Sexplanations on YouTube). We talk about how strange it is that Doug, as an asexual person, is so involved in conversations centered around sex. We talk about how his understanding of his own sexuality grew out of his attempt to be an ally through the #FaithfullyLGBT community and the #Exvangelical community (the first group he came out to). Minute 41: We talk about #BlackLivesMatter, beginning with Doug's awkward discomfort about having it in his Twitter bio and feeling like a cliché progressive white person. We talk about being white allies and how we SHOULD feel self-conscious about the language we use in describing ourselves. Vanessa talks about her identity as a biracial, white-passing African American woman--how confusing it can be to be African American without living the black experience. With Vanessa being the daughter of a black man and Doug being raised by a black man, we talk about the tension between identifying with black culture while being careful not to claim the black experience. "Black people don't get to take off being black when it's inconvenient for them, or we'd have a lot more black people alive." - Vanessa [CLICK TO TWEET] Minute 60: About 3 or 4 years ago, we reconnected with each after having been distant (due to circumstances/choices we'll inevitably get around to discussing in more detail) 6-8 years. In this segment, we talk about what we thought of each other before we reconnected. We talk about mental illness, religion, and the ways each of us has sought to escape our traumatic childhood. Minute 77: Quiz time! In this week's quiz, we head over to Blog Things to find out the color of our minds. Doug predicts that Vanessa's mind will be yellow, and Vanessa predicts that Doug's will be green. Vanessa gets it right--Doug's mind is "green." Vanessa's turns out to be purple, but we both agree that the description aligns more with how we perceive "yellow." This episode was recorded on May 13, 2020.
Vanessa Lane is an international LIVESTREAM Video Expert, President of #ViewItDoIt®, and #KitchenAmbush™, a Managing Partner in a real estate holding company, and Host of #viditips With Vanessa. She’s also a self described bad-ass woman working in a man’s world. What’s not to like about Vanessa! Vanessa has faced some challenges in life. At the age of 12 she was a victim of a sexual assault. In a small community word soon got around. Her family didn’t want to talk about it and she was teased and picked on in school. Food became her coping mechanism and she ballooned to over 200 pounds. Then she fell victim to an eating disorder and by her senior year was 80 pounds. To use her words she wanted nothing to do with men and never intended to get married. In her senior year at College Vanessa was held up at gunpoint and dragged to a car. And recently she was diagnosed with early stage MS. You’d think she’d be down, but get ready for a high energy discussion that focuses on the lessons she’s learned along the way. She talks about meeting the man who changed her life. He had lost his first wife. Imagine his surprise when 25 year old Vanessa told him she was still a virgin. Then we get into the work she and her husband are doing in the world of video and live-streaming. Vanessa also shares her thoughts on the way augmented virtual reality will impact live video. This is a fascinating, inspiring, entertaining, and informative conversation. Enjoy You can reach Vanessa at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessallane/Website: Www.viewitdoit.comOr Ping her online at Vanessa Lane Please do not hesitate to reach out to me. I’d love to hear your thoughts, comments, and stories, or just make a connection.Email- tim@screwthenaysayers.com Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/stnwithtimalison/ Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/screwthenaysayers/ LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-alison/ Screw The Naysayers- www.screwthenaysayers.com
Long-time friends Tracey Gartside and Vanessa Henderson didn't have a great start when they made a conscious decision to build a business. They had to overcome massive adversities in order to get to where they are today. With Vanessa having a childcare background and Tracey managing her husband's business, they decided to put up a childcare business in 2015. These ladies have been through a lot in their personal lives, yet have managed to build a thriving child care center and community to the point where they'd always have a huge waiting list. We'll get to learn how they managed to maintain their sanity and still enjoy the process while overcoming their issues and adversities, and to be in a position where their business is always overfull. In this episode you will learn: - How Tracey and Vanessa handled the trauma of their circumstances before and while running their business - Lessons and insights in operating business efficiently despite of life's adversities - How they get over themselves and focus in their goal
Trending topics are one in a million, and can change direction in the blink of an eye. Fashion crazes, popular dances, fitness products, or even fidget spinners can take the world by storm and be gone as soon as they came. But, there is one trending topic that is here to stay. NUTRITION. People now more than ever crave to be fit, eat healthy, and take care of their bodies. The problem is: most people do not have the knowledge to properly be healthy. And those who do…have difficulty making it simple! They throw terms at you without any background or application to real life. Professionals ask their patients to keep track of their carbohydrates, their daily protein intake, or to decrease their fiber amount, but to the regular person, all those words mean nothing! Enter Vanessa Rissetto. Not only is she a highly experienced nutritional expert, but she also doubles as an expert in marketing and communications. With Vanessa, there is no chance of being confused with terms, numbers, or processes because she explains everything so efficiently and clearly. With various, successful careers in multiple fields, Vanessa shows off her diverse intelligence as well as her UNIQUE insight in everything she does! Her nutritional advice is top of the line with years of experience in some of the top hospitals and care facilities in the country, and her media and communication experience is incomparable with her background as a financial analyst and marketing expert. A marketing genius-turned-nutritional expert, Vanessa Rissetto is the real deal. She brings an exciting, charismatic, and friendly environment to the hottest trending topic in America. Assisted by her wealth of talent, there is truly nobody quite like Vanessa Rissetto.
Trending topics are one in a million, and can change direction in the blink of an eye. Fashion crazes, popular dances, fitness products, or even fidget spinners can take the world by storm and be gone as soon as they came. But, there is one trending topic that is here to stay. NUTRITION. People now more than ever crave to be fit, eat healthy, and take care of their bodies. The problem is: most people do not have the knowledge to properly be healthy. And those who do…have difficulty making it simple! They throw terms at you without any background or application to real life. Professionals ask their patients to keep track of their carbohydrates, their daily protein intake, or to decrease their fiber amount, but to the regular person, all those words mean nothing! Enter Vanessa Rissetto. Not only is she a highly experienced nutritional expert, but she also doubles as an expert in marketing and communications. With Vanessa, there is no chance of being confused with terms, numbers, or processes because she explains everything so efficiently and clearly. With various, successful careers in multiple fields, Vanessa shows off her diverse intelligence as well as her UNIQUE insight in everything she does! Her nutritional advice is top of the line with years of experience in some of the top hospitals and care facilities in the country, and her media and communication experience is incomparable with her background as a financial analyst and marketing expert. A marketing genius-turned-nutritional expert, Vanessa Rissetto is the real deal. She brings an exciting, charismatic, and friendly environment to the hottest trending topic in America. Assisted by her wealth of talent, there is truly nobody quite like Vanessa Rissetto.
Trending topics are one in a million, and can change direction in the blink of an eye. Fashion crazes, popular dances, fitness products, or even fidget spinners can take the world by storm and be gone as soon as they came. But, there is one trending topic that is here to stay. NUTRITION. People now more than ever crave to be fit, eat healthy, and take care of their bodies. The problem is: most people do not have the knowledge to properly be healthy. And those who do…have difficulty making it simple! They throw terms at you without any background or application to real life. Professionals ask their patients to keep track of their carbohydrates, their daily protein intake, or to decrease their fiber amount, but to the regular person, all those words mean nothing! Enter Vanessa Rissetto. Not only is she a highly experienced nutritional expert, but she also doubles as an expert in marketing and communications. With Vanessa, there is no chance of being confused with terms, numbers, or processes because she explains everything so efficiently and clearly. With various, successful careers in multiple fields, Vanessa shows off her diverse intelligence as well as her UNIQUE insight in everything she does! Her nutritional advice is top of the line with years of experience in some of the top hospitals and care facilities in the country, and her media and communication experience is incomparable with her background as a financial analyst and marketing expert. A marketing genius-turned-nutritional expert, Vanessa Rissetto is the real deal. She brings an exciting, charismatic, and friendly environment to the hottest trending topic in America. Assisted by her wealth of talent, there is truly nobody quite like Vanessa Rissetto.
Trending topics are one in a million, and can change direction in the blink of an eye. Fashion crazes, popular dances, fitness products, or even fidget spinners can take the world by storm and be gone as soon as they came. But, there is one trending topic that is here to stay. NUTRITION. People now more than ever crave to be fit, eat healthy, and take care of their bodies. The problem is: most people do not have the knowledge to properly be healthy. And those who do…have difficulty making it simple! They throw terms at you without any background or application to real life. Professionals ask their patients to keep track of their carbohydrates, their daily protein intake, or to decrease their fiber amount, but to the regular person, all those words mean nothing! Enter Vanessa Rissetto. Not only is she a highly experienced nutritional expert, but she also doubles as an expert in marketing and communications. With Vanessa, there is no chance of being confused with terms, numbers, or processes because she explains everything so efficiently and clearly. With various, successful careers in multiple fields, Vanessa shows off her diverse intelligence as well as her UNIQUE insight in everything she does! Her nutritional advice is top of the line with years of experience in some of the top hospitals and care facilities in the country, and her media and communication experience is incomparable with her background as a financial analyst and marketing expert. A marketing genius-turned-nutritional expert, Vanessa Rissetto is the real deal. She brings an exciting, charismatic, and friendly environment to the hottest trending topic in America. Assisted by her wealth of talent, there is truly nobody quite like Vanessa Rissetto.
Girls Gone Geek: (L-R) Erika Peterman, Gail Simone, Vanessa Gabriel Week of: March 18 – March 25, 2013 Vanessa Gabriel of Girls Gone Geek regales us with her latest adventure in cosplay, the thrill of meeting Gail Simone, and a discussion about the challenges that content creators face. It’s been awhile, but the prodigal geek girl returns for another amazing discussion on comic books, cosplay and content creation. :) With Vanessa fresh off of her trip to MegaCon (and mine to SXSW), we also finish out the show with a very interesting discussion between two content creators, including many of the challenges we faced and lessons we learned along the way while building our channels (and audience) up. As always, enjoy the show!