Activist Sparks Podcast

How do we choose a subject for research? if you like our video and written essays you might know we use varied examples to illustrate how the systems of power exist and influence each other, especially Patriarchy, Capitalism and White Supremacy, and about 18 months ago Andy Biersack of Black Veil Brides became the latest and prime example of how, those 3 systems are ready to punish even a White Cis het man who superficially satisfies all requirements of the system, and yet, finds himself ostracised by the very men who should be embracing him and offering community support? This is discussing a draft and mostly to explain how our back and forth questions and analysis works, considering this has become the first full length non-fiction book proposal we ever put together.You can read the introduction of the study here: https://scintillaepod.substack.com/p/hey-boys-is-it-gay-if-girls-wantJoin us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scintillaepodFind us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@scintillaepodFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scintillaepod/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit scintillaepod.substack.com

Join our Pride Month discussion as we explore the true meaning of pride and why many refer to this season as a gay Christmas.In this episode of the Scintillae Podcast we discuss Russel T Davies new gay centered Tv series for Channel 4 "tip toe" with Alan Cumming and David Morrissey and the issues with it from the point of view of two queer scholars.Video essay mentioned is "We Have Always Existed | 2000 Years of Trans History" https://youtu.be/TtuHJ9DpZ6YJoin us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scintillaepodFind us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ScintillaePodFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scintillaepod/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit scintillaepod.substack.com

On the importance of Music in our formation years, Alisha's previous life in the music industry where she kidnapped musicians to ask them about Life, Death and Supermarkets.We talked specifically about how Alisha was involved with The Cranberries, how Dolores O'Riordan changed her life, The Libertines and being neighbours with Carl Barat, the importance of ethics and care in documenting and sharing about the life of artists she had been given access to, the prejudice against bands like Black veil Brides and Raven's love for the new female metal/hard rock artists such as Delilah Bon and  @HailHarpy  You can check our previous life in music at  @GinInTeacupsUK  Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scintillaepodFind us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@scintillaepodFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scintillaepod/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit scintillaepod.substack.com

We discuss Estro Junkies, the novelisation of the serial "Ranked Competitive Breast growth" by Beth Leigh-Ann and Talia Bhatt.Ranked Competitive Breast Growth follows the lives of competitors in the hottest new e-Sport in which cisgender men take estrogen in an attempt to grow the biggest breasts for a grand prize of $1 million. Trans women are strictly forbidden due to their biological advantage, but will that stop our heroes Nichole and Katherine from slipping under the radar and hiding the truth from the world and each other? Can a blonde femboy get the desi hunk of his dreams? And can Rupali save the world from the evils of the local Gay Straight Alliance? Estro Junkies takes the characters we all know and love from the serial and puts them through the narrative gauntlet. Higher stakes, new relationships, and most importantly, devastating heart breaks that will make you feel sorry for Magic The Gathering players of all people.Get Estro Junkies at https://taliabhatt.itch.io/estro-junkiesJoin us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scintillaepodFind us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ScintillaePodFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scintillaepod/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit scintillaepod.substack.com

Scintillae Season Two begins with an exchange of myths between us: Raven as a devoted reader of Maria Ying’s Hades Calculus, Alisha sharing about reading Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe in 36 hours straight, and the only Netflix project worth watching in the last decade which was therefore cancelled: KAOS! featuring Cardiffian actor Rakie Ayola in the role of Persephone.Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scintillaepodFind us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@scintillaepodFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scintillaepod/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit scintillaepod.substack.com

Our first guest is none other than a politician! Tessa Marshall is the Welsh Green Party candidate for Caedydd Penarth at the Senedd Elections of 7th May 2026 and a personal friend. In this episode we ask her everything we always wanted to ask a politician but never had the chance before! And she delivers!Check out Tessa over at:tiktok.com/@tessashadenoughinstagram.com/tessamarshallblaidwerdd/The Welsh Green Party : wales.greenparty.org.ukIf you heard of Zack Polanski, the leader of the UK Green party (some say he’s the British Zohran Mamdani) this is his podcast boldpoliticswithzack.comJoin us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scintillaepodFind us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@scintillaepod This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit scintillaepod.substack.com

Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scintillaepodFind us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@scintillaepod This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit scintillaepod.substack.com

The romanticisation of abuse in dark romantasy. From Beauty and the Beast to Joss Whedon's Spike in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the reinterpretation of the trope by white women since the 2000s with Stephenie Meyer's Twilight, Sarah J. Maas's A Court of Thorns and Roses, Deborah Harkness' A Discovery of Witches and yes, Tom Hiddleston's Loki to Astarion pipeline.Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scintillaepodFind us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@scintillaepod This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit scintillaepod.substack.com

CONTENT WARNING: DISCUSSIONS OF Suic!dE and Suic!dal Intrusive Thoughts. In this emergency episode we discuss the beginning of 2026 with the US attack of Venezuela, kidnapping its president and immediately casting their imperialistic eye onto Greenland, what that would mean for world diplomacy and the problematic possibility of it triggering World War 3 with some of the international intricacies explainedJoin us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scintillaepodFind us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@scintillaepod00:59 How to "end" oneself02:18 Religion and the right to end one's life08:14 Venezuela to Greenland14:25 Diplomacy and Democracy20:23 the Birth of Propaganda24:32 We are in a Plutarchy29:02 capitalism patriarchy and r*pe culture33:29 how can world war iii start now?40:44 do the US want to go to war with Europe?49:07 Bif Tannen and Donald Trump50:28 The Rules54:33 Nuclear Deterrents56:53 build the skills to become partisans📚BIBLIOGRAPHY📚Philosophy Tube - Suic!de and Ment@l He@lth | Philosophy Tube ★https://youtube.com/watch?v=eQNw2FBdpyEDevon Price Ph.D. - Laziness Does Not ExistUS https://bookshop.org/a/115825/9781982140113UK https://uk.bookshop.org/a/15020/9781982140113Annie Jacobsen - Nuclear War: A ScenarioUS https://uk.bookshop.org/a/15020/9781804996003UK https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/nuclear-war-a-scenario-annie-jacobsen/7598736?ean=9781804996003&next=tSheffield University - The Invisible Government: Edward Bernays, Public Relations and Propagandahttps://newhistories.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/volumes/2013-14/volume-5/issue-1-media/the-invisible-government-edward-bernays-public-relations-and-propaganda @adamcurtisdocumentaries  Hypernormalisation | Full Documentary | Adam Curtishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr7T07WfIhM This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit scintillaepod.substack.com

A review of 2025 for both world and personal events in the style of Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe.Reflections from the intersections of oppressions, Cheaper than therapy! Two transbians navigating late stage capitalism, chatting with interesting people, and trying to find "The Meaning of Life™".Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scintillaepodFind us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@scintillaepod01:05 January 2025: Trump Inauguration, Elon Musk10:36 Rant about AI16:30 February 2025: My First Exhibition25:03 March 2025: Music & The Airborne Toxic Event36:37 April 2025: UK Supreme Court Ruling49:51 May 2025: Poet in Residence55:25 June 2025: What it Feels Like for a Girl01:01:57 July 2025: Sydney Sweeney has great Jeans01:05:54 August 2025: My Second Exhibition01:11:00 September 2025: Etsy Witches & Sofia01:21:56 October 2025: Ceasefire NOT01:29:27 November 2025: Cottage Life, Zohran Mamdani and Zack Polanski01:39:18 December 2025: Why we Podcast This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit scintillaepod.substack.com