June 4, 2025. Adi comes onto the podcast to discuss the intersectionalities between marginalised communities. We talk about queerness and neurodivergence, more specifically asexuality and ADHD, and Adi’s personal journey navigating these identities. We talk about visibility and how it helps others, and what can be gained from dropping your masks, regardless of who you are.
Adi has been navigating adult friendships and marginalised communities since they arrived a year ago. Stranger convos played a pivotal role in helping them find a space where they could express themselves and find others with similar experiences and interests.
They're putting their energy in building networks of people who can support each other when traditional means of support fail us. You can reach out to them at @floozywhoozylights on IG.
Ben talks about movies on his film podcast at deepcutpod.com, and writes about film at thekinetoscope.com. He lived a past life working in film production. Find him online at benjaminyap.me
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The Space
This episode was recorded in a Public Living Room, a crowd-funded community space in 195 Pearl Hills Terrace. If you enjoyed this conversation and would like to help us keep recording, please support the Stranger Conversations crowdfund. This supports their mission to build a third place at the intersection of self-exploration and collective good. You can follow them on Instagram @strangerconvos or go to linktr.ee/strangerconvos where you can find links to the crowdfund and find out more about what they do.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:19 Relationship to the space
06:38 Friendship tiers
09:26 Community infrastructure
20:25 Intersectionality between marginalized communities
23:25 Adi’s identities
33:49 Gender identity
40:40 Safe spaces to express identities
43:57 D&D
45:52 The Rehearsal
49:54 Masking
51:42 Visibility
56:04 Giving
59:29 Iron ricebowl question
