Mar 30, 2020
Cameron
Esposito is a Los Angeles-based standup comic, actor and
writer. She has appeared both on TV and film, as well as at comedy
and music festivals world wide. Cameron’s podcast, Queery,
features interviews with LGBTQ+ luminaries including the likes of
Roxane Gay, Trixie Mattel, Evan Rachel Wood, Lena Waithe & Tegan
and Sara Quin.
Cameron is co-creator and co-star of Take My Wife, which garnered rave reviews from the New York Times, Vanity Fair, Vulture and Indiewire and is available on Starz. Her most recent special, Rape Jokes, raised almost $100,000 for RAINN. Her first book, Save Yourself, is available March 2020.
Episode Highlights
- Cameron shares about her newly
released book, Save Yourself.
- We compare and contrast our
experiences of growing up Catholic and queer.
- She shares her story about how
she wanted to be a priest, from being an altar server to going on
missions as a teen.
- Cameron’s social justice
education opened her eyes to realize the path of priesthood was not
for her, while simultaneously coming out queer.
- She shares that her primary
spiritual fulfillment is found in her own
community.
- We discuss how her interests in
community, social justice and comedy combine into her standup
work.
- We talk about the importance of language in public spaces as a way to respect communities of diverse identities.
Web links
- Find more at CameronEsposito.com
- You can also find Cameron on Instagram, Twitter & FaceBook
- Get your copy of the new book SAVE YOURSELF
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