Midlifing
Two friends Lee and Simon have serious conversations about silly things, and silly conversations about serious things. Together they dig into the pleasures, absurdities and imperfections of being human.
Midlifing
208: Do you mind if I hit your foot?
After keeping some content in his pocket for some time Lee springs a question on Simon about touch and fondness.
Things covered: Simon being able to move bodies, Lee's content about touch and fondness, Lee's love for Jefrey, consent, touch being less appropriate, because HR, Simon's dance training and making contact with people all the time, newborns who are not held, Simon asking a PhD student to touch them, things gained and lost regarding consent, dropping a consent grenade, Simon touching people far less than he used to, Lee's actor training and feeling emotions in and through the body, third eye, root chakra, third eye blind, a hangover from being a fat kid, deep insecurity about one's body, Simon hugging male cousins in NZ, the rigidity of make hugs, the back pat, not to be the first person to leave the hug, the nature of hugging, air kissing in Italy, physical intimacy in NZ that is coded in violence, Lee's story about 3 spanish boys on the train (belly prodding), physical contact at work.
Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net.
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