The Lesbian Breakup Podcast

Zara + Elina are finally BACK and recording from the South of France, where the rosé is cold and the grief is hot.In this *very* personal episode, Zara opens up about returning to her mother’s favorite place without her, the “unhinged stage of grief,” and why loss can leave you with zero tolerance for small talk. Zara and Elina get into the difference between boundaries and low emotional capacity, why the truth can calm your nervous system even when it hurts, the cruelty of ghosting, and jealousy versus intuition. PLUS: Elina has a South of France lesbian sleepover and must decide whether to tell her, “I think you’re cute.”Come for the heartbreak and stay for the grief privilege, fabulous/chic storm-outs and Mediterranean lore.The Lesbian Breakup Podcast is sponsored by Jägermeister, supporting queer nightlife and LGBTQ+ spaces all year long through Save the Night. For listeners 21+. Please drink responsibly. Get full access to MASCARA LESBIAN at zarabarrie.substack.com/subscribe

This week, as per usual, The Lesbian Breakup Podcast is reporting from two very different lesbian frontiers: Elina’s finally back in ~Brooklyn~ after undergoing a cinematic reunion with an old lover in Miami, and Zara’s in the crystalline waters of French Polynesia and ~Hawaii~ having a mermaid rebirth (grief is strange, babes). Elina recounts reconnecting with the ex who once moved to Saudi Arabia, accepting a little princess treatment at the World Cup, and realizing that sometimes the most grown-up ending isn’t a breakup—it’s evolving from lovers to friends. Meanwhile, Zara swims with sharks, gets humbled by a boogie board, sheds her hair extensions, and slowly begins to feel joy after years of survival mode. We yap about unavailable lovers, the safety of long-distance fantasy, writing people back into existence, and the strange, beautiful moment when grief finally makes room for laughter.Plus: a very special announcement about our August break and our upcoming reunion in the South of France. Get full access to MASCARA LESBIAN at zarabarrie.substack.com/subscribe

This week, Elina Street and Zara Barrie are joined by BaZi and Feng Shui expert Jessica Oros — former film industry insider turned Chinese metaphysics specialist and founder of Feng Shui for the Soul—for a ~deep dive~ into BaZi, the ancient art of the Four Pillars of Destiny.Jessica breaks down what everyone’s been buzzing about: the Year of the Fire Horse.Spoiler: it’s a year to move fast, trust your gut, and be radically authentic (the fire puts a spotlight on everything, so hiding isn’t an option, darling).We get into:What the Fire Horse year actually means (beyond the memes)*The five elements (wood, fire, earth, metal, water) and what they reveal about your personality, relationships, and career*A month-by-month energy forecast for the rest of 2026 from the gentle goat of July to the spectacular fire monkey of August and the big rat-horse clash coming in December*Why your birth chart is like an onion—and what your partner’s chart can tell you about who they are behind closed doorsThe ideal episode for us queers to quench our thirsts when it comes to readings, charts, and astrology.Book a session with Jessica at Feng Shui for the Soul and remember to feel it all.https://www.getfengshuiforthesoul.com/ Get full access to MASCARA LESBIAN at zarabarrie.substack.com/subscribe

In this week’s episode, hosts Elina Street and Zara Barrie are joined by Elina’s best friend, the one and only award-winning writer-director Erica Rose. Erica and Elina also co-created the Emmy and GLAAD Media Award-winning docuseries The Lesbian Bar Project. What was supposed to be a breakdown of breakup scenes in lesbian film turns into something way better: a deeply honest, hilarious, and moving conversation about the romance of queer friendship, the difference between passion and true intimacy, rejection sensitivity, love addiction, and why depth and vulnerability are the ultimate superpowers. We break down what true intimacy looks like and why it can be so much *scarier* than lust and passion.We get into the origin story of Elina and Erica’s friendship, which begins, naturally, with a bag of sex toys and a tumble up the stairs. Erica and Zara wind up giving relationship advice to Elina, and this episode quickly becomes the unofficial therapy session of our wildest best-friend dreams. This episode is funny, raw, real, and DEEP. Come feel it all with us. Get full access to MASCARA LESBIAN at zarabarrie.substack.com/subscribe

This week on The Lesbian Breakup Podcast, Zara and Elina are joined by writer, professor, former podcast co-host, and Zara’s platonic life partner, dayna troisi. What begins with tube-top-gate (it was actually underwear), giant strap-ons, failed threesomes, and lesbian chaos quickly becomes something much deeper: a conversation about friendship, divorce, self-medicating, codependency, chosen family, and the relationships that teach us what love is not supposed to feel like.We talk about the marriages that almost swallowed us whole, the friends who carried us through heartbreak (sometimes literally, in wheelchairs), and why the right relationship should feel more like hanging out with your best friend than escaping from your life.It’s funny. It’s messy. It’s super raw. And it’s one of our most personal episodes yet.Feel it ALL with us. Get full access to MASCARA LESBIAN at zarabarrie.substack.com/subscribe