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On being a pro-divorce ‘straight ally’

Dire Straights Live: Tracy Clark-Flory and Koa Beck talk about changing hetero culture, the 'aggressive straightness' of the Valley Girl stereotype, and more.

Thanks to everyone who tuned into our Substack Live interview with Koa Beck. She’s the author of the book White Feminism: From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind and the newsletter Valley Girl, where she’s doing a fascinating cultural analysis of a familiar stereotype.

We talked about all the ways that hetero problematics show up in her work and life—from the “aggressive straightness” of the Valley Girl trope to her experiences as a queer mom, and “straight ally,” encountering women’s complaints about their husbands.

This recording is a special extra for paid subscribers, who make this podcast possible. Free subscribers will find a preview above, but this conversation is juicy and rich, and you truly do not want to miss it.

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