Angie Moon on The Willy Bragg Show, Feedspot, and Lucy Corsetry!

Hello everyone! Just a quick update on some places I’ve been featured. I’ve been busy working on behind the scenes book stuff and I’m just getting back to writing blog posts so I’ll be back with some more of those this month and hopefully some news on the book. Anyway, yesterday I was on my friend Willy’s podcast, you might remember the name Willy Bragg from a few months back since I was on his podcast to talk about politics. I returned to the podcast for Pride Month and you can stream it here:

In this video we talk about LGBT rights in America, Ireland, and the UK. You’ll also hear my story of coming out at 14 years old and leaving Florida as soon as I could by graduating from secondary school at just 16 years old. LGBT rights issues are very near and dear to my heart as part of the community and I have many friends, family, and people I care about who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and nonbinary. Much love and solidarity to all LGBT+ people.

The next place I’ve been featured is Feedspot. I recently got an email from the founder of Feedspot, Anuj Agarwal about being included on a list of top 30 classic rock music blogs. If you visit the link, you’ll see that I’ve been ranked #14 and listed alongside publications such as Louder: Classic Rock Magazine, Ultimate Classic Rock, Best Classic Bands, Vintage Rock, The Second Disc, In The Studio With Redbeard, Sirius XM Blog, ClassicRockHistory.com, Choice Classic Rock, Ticket 2 Ride, Classic Rock Bob, Darren’s Music Blog, Listen to the Music Blog, and more! What an honour! There are so many talented, knowledgeable people who write about classic rock and to be in a top 30 list is an incredible accomplishment for my website: a one-person operation.

Last, but certainly not least, my hysterectomy story was mentioned on a section of Lucy Corsetry’s website dedicated to health benefits of corsetry. I’m a huge fan of Lucy’s work and she’s an inspiration to me as a content creator. She’s super nice and helpful, incredibly professional and really knows all about corsetry. Anything I know about it, I learnt from her videos and writing. I’ve been trying to get my story out there because I know that I’m far from the only person who has struggled with chronic pain related to endometriosis. In fact, 10% of women have endometriosis, so it’s not a rare condition at all. For years I had it and I had no idea until after my surgery and no medical professional entertained the possibility, except for one nurse practitioner saying I could develop it later on. I was dismissed by doctors because I am thin with a flat stomach and have no issues with bloating. Nothing relieved the pain except for two “unconventional” things, cannabis and corsets, which is how I ended up reaching out to Lucy to share my story. I still wear them regularly to this day to prevent back pain. I no longer have cramps, but I get back pain if I stand or walk too long (about 8 weeks after my surgery, I had these awful shooting electric shock like pains go straight up my spine and I returned to wearing corsets shortly thereafter and I never had these pains return). The reason I tell my story isn’t to say all women should wear corsets (to relieve period pain). I’m a firm believer in “wear what you want”. The point is to raise awareness of other ways to relieve chronic pain to help people make informed choices by knowing all the options. If someone is convinced and wants to try it for themselves and my story helped someone relieve their pain, cool! There’s a lot of misinformation out there and I want to dispel the myths that tightlacing is dangerous and misogynistic. I hope to make a video series on the topic in the future to help raise more awareness and help newbies make good decisions.