Favourites


I've recently created this playlist on Spotify with some of the best ballads from my favourite rock bands - slow & quiet - some soothing tunes for those days when I want the world to move slower...



I'm currently listening to:
  • GrownUp Land, a podcast about adulting with Sophie Duker, Heidi Regan and Ned Sedwick;
  • The Guilty Feminist by Deborah Frances-White, a podcast that will make you feel better about not being a good feminist;
  • Dyking Out, by Carolyn Bergier and Sarah York, a podcast about...well, dykes!;
  • Bisexuali-tea, by Rin and Sasha, a podcast that gives you all the tea about bisexuals;
  • A Gay and a Nongay with James and Dan, a podcast where a gay and a nongay try to understand the world together.

I've just started watching The L Word. a series that premiered in 2004 and that follows a group of friends as they live their best lesbian and bisexual lives in Los Angeles.




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