01.06 Love, companionship, and belonging

Lazy Aizada and Lazy Dinara dive into a deep chat on female friendships and alternative ways of belonging outside of traditional nuclear family structures. They explore why we are taught, or expected, to give less value to female friendships than finding a partner, and how the pandemic challenged the notions of who we are and can be really close to - both physically and emotionally.

The conversation considers the unique support that female friends provide for each other and how we can nurture such relationships, despite long distances, external pressures, and other challenges. Tune in for this insightful, engaging and thought-provoking chat with two of your Lazy gal pals!

Music Credits: Sophie M’ (Dorottya Ács and Pál Zwickl)
Image Credits: Eszter Zwickl & Dinara Satbayeva

Episode notes:

Books: 

• Abolish The Family: a Manifesto for Care and Liberation by Sophie Lewis

• Communion: The Female Search for Love by bell hooks

• Family Abolition: Capitalism and the Communizing of Care by M.E. O’brien

• Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton

• The Lonely Stories by Natalie Eve Garrett (editor)

Articles: 

• WHAT IF FRIENDSHIP, NOT MARRIAGE, WAS AT THE CENTER OF LIFE? https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/10/people-who-prioritize-friendship-over-romance/616779/ 

• The Romance of Women's Friendships https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/05/the-romance-of-womens-friendships/525453/ 

• Darling buds: how best friends keep us healthy and happy https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jan/22/darling-buds-how-best-friends-keep-us-healthy-and-happy 

• The radical political power of friendship
  https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/23191518/book-excerpt-salty-friendship-cooking-social-society

Movies:

• Frances Ha (2013)

• Girls Trip (2017)

• Booksmart (2019)

• Tangerine (2015)

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