Fanfic, Faith, and Feeling Seen

Get "Liberate Your Business" by Becky Mollenkamp https://liberateyourbusiness.com/In this grab bag episode, Becky and Taina get candid about everything from perimenopause and airplane germs to religious trauma and transformative fanfiction. Taina shares how one piece of Draco/Hermione fanfic cracked her wide open, while Becky reflects on the power of feeling seen in storytelling and media. They dig deep into the Catholic Church’s history of abuse, the political theater of the new Pope’s election, and how both personal and collective healing are tied to dismantling the systems that harm us. Expect musings on community, curiosity, cultish behavior—and a few pop culture tangents along the way.Discussed in this EpisodeThe surprising diversity of Houston, TXAir travel fears and post-pandemic etiquetteCultural differences in masking and public healthFanfiction as feminist literatureChronic illness representation in fictionThe emotional labor of facilitation and caregivingPerimenopause, gendered medicine, and feeling invisibleReligious trauma from both Catholic and evangelical backgroundsThe politics of the new Pope and abuse cover-upsCommunity vs. cult dynamics and MAGA parallelsWhy questioning matters more than being rightResources Mentioned"Greenlight" fanfic by Serena Muzaffir (on AO3)“Real Americans” by Rachel Khong“Daisy Jones and the Six” by Taylor Jenkins ReidJust Getting Better podcast🎤 WE'RE PROUD MEMBERS OF THE FEMINIST PODCASTERS COLLECTIVE 🎤