(CW: strong language, sexual content, sexual harassment, transphobia, body image) 

Welcome back to the podcast description lovely listeners! In this episode Rosie and Karolina have a riveting chat with Bella Neergaard (she/her). Bella is going into her 3rd year of her Scandinavian Studies and Classics degree at the University of Edinburgh and is a wonderful friend to the podcast! She is also the founder of Celestial Bodies and is the outgoing BME officer at the university. Find her on Instagram @bellaneergaard and find out more about Celestial Bodies @celestial_bodies.

As always, we love continuing the conversation that the podcast starts, but this time we’re adding a twist! Here are some interesting articles that expands on the themes of today’s episode, courtesy our lovely hosts. 

http://gal-dem.com/hyper-sexualisation-black-female-body/ 

https://metro.co.uk/2019/07/01/the-body-positivity-movement-is-not-for-slim-bodies-already-accepted-by-society-10081795/ 

https://www.vox.com/2018/6/5/17236212/body-positivity-scam-dove-campaign-ads 

https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/2018/05/198769/missguided-body-positive-skin-campaign

Do check out these articles and tell us what you think on Twitter and Instagram or by emailing us! Instagram: @whatsqueerhere Twitter: @WhatsQueerHere Email: whatsqueerhere@gmail.com 

(Also, while I'm plugging, check out our GoFundMe page at: https://www.gofundme.com/whatsqueerhere)

On another note, if you want to add some adorable marine mammal content to your feed, follow @missmandymanatee on Instagram!

If you are a student at the university who falls under the BME umbrella, do join the BME students Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/edunibmestudents/ 

The Fringe of Colour initiative mentioned in the episode was created to get tickets to fringe shows of colour to POCs and at the time of the episode’s recording there were still plenty of tickets available! Unfortunately, currently they are out. However, there are still many amazing fringe shows by people of colour, and this google doc was created to showcase all of them. Have a look! 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/176IK8sTTH0AbJ1j4xDOyRUY-h4vWAX5W4uwno_gPMk4/edit?fbclid=IwAR2RkFatMv5Xyj7cfyAdvrMn6uAVhr8FFwcCF8_a0dYuyUVipkQzlNBKk8E#gid=0

As always, the episode is edited by me (he/him) and you can find him on Instagram @ehh_saan. 

Music is supplied by Appelsap Music, a rad queer Edinburgh-based band who you can find over at all these links, 

Instagram: @appelsapmusic Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/appelsapmusic/ 

Give their new album BITTER a listen at: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1DLfCO9nVfmn5Qvm8We9df?si=TZS-RqZ7Qbuu2RYbrMXDlw&fbclid=IwAR0Taoy8OOisgYCfvb7Sc8_EYCx4g1rqMDgSWCFkymoXs-QYrbCMsFfna8I 

And that’s it! Well, there’s another thing, the next episode is gonna come out a week sooner! Exciting, I know. Goodbye lovelies, we’ll see you soon.

- Ihsaan xx