Gen X Dating, Demisexuality & Parenting Through Gender Exploration with Dana DuBois
Author: Courtney Kocak
July 22, 2026
Duration: 45:39
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For the 269th episode of Private Parts Unknown, host Courtney Kocak welcomes writer and podcaster Dana DuBois.
Through her Substack I Write Out Loud and podcast The Daily Whatever Show, Dana has become a thoughtful, nuanced voice on culture, relationships, parenting, politics, and feminism.
In this conversation, Dana discusses midlife dating as a post-divorce Gen Xer, how dating apps have reshaped relationships, what she learned parenting through her child's gender exploration journey, her inclination toward demisexuality, why she draws a distinction between identity and preference, her take on attachment styles, and her thoughts on motherhood later in life.
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Subscribe to Dana's Substack I Write Out Load
Watch Dana's podcast The Daily Whatever Show (Check out Dana's interview with Courtney on Fine Feminist Hour)
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