Is It Transphobic Podcast

(CW: This film is about a man in a dress who murders)

We go from a movie which surprised and delighted us to a movie which... Exists.  Ashley is joined once again by  Morgan of Diversity Horror Blog and you can blame our other guest, Sammie James (Creator of Boo Haha, All My Friends Are Animals, and We Are Trans podcasts) for this one.  A Blade in the Dark is an Italian Giallo horror film from 1983 Directed by Lamberto Bava.  Morgan also wrote a fantastic multi-part article about trans representation in Horror (Which also talks a bit about A Blade in The Dark) for Morbidly Beautiful linked here.

Ashley is joined by returning guest Paola "PJ The Whip" Gonzalez and new to the podcast guest Mya Byrne to talk about 2014 (or maybe 2013, but according to Evilzon 2015???)'s Boy Meets Girl starring Michelle Hendley!  Ashley found out about this movie searching for movies of questionable trans representation and... not to give away the episode but this is a delightful piece!  There are definitely some problems, oh absolutely, but...  wow!  Hard to believe a lot of folks (Ashley) haven't heard of it!

Here's a link to it if you have Evilzon Prime

Here's a link to rent the DVD on Netflix

If you'd prefer to listen to episodes via Youtube: Youtube video

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TW/CWs for the Boy Meets Girl movie itself: The R-slur, Cringeworthy trans 101 humor, mentions of suicide, attempted violence against a trans individual.

Apologies for lateness, Patreon shoutouts will be in the publicly released version!

This month Ashley welcomes Proud Blerd and self-proclaimed Kween of the Side-Eye, award-winning author Nikki Woolfolk sculpts decadent desserts and fantastical fiction with equal skill and flair.

Nikki is also the Owner and Chocolatier of Belle Monde Chocolates.  Belle Monde Chocolates crafts and delivers high-end confections, making these luxury flavors of chocolates and candies both affordable and accessible.

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Ashley welcomes back Rachel Weekley, and their friend Aubrey, to the show to talk about their experience and a brief history of clowning and performance to ask the question: "Do clowns have gender?"  We delve further into the performance aspect and character creation within clowning and how "expected androgyny," intersects with "Coded masculine," expectations.

(As a note some of the language being used by pundits include the phrases "Male body," and "Female body," which we do address in the episode)

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Ashley welcomes her friend Seth Day from Rad Child Podcast as they both discuss a series of children's books about various trans and nonbinary issues when it comes to being or having a family member who is trans or nonbinary!  We also chat about Seth's experience as a nanny, and how children's books can be useful educational tools for adults as well!

This episode, much like last episode and the episode after this one are all concept episodes as opposed to specific media analysis episodes (Those will be back in February).

Books discussed include:

Happy New Year.  We need to raise our regular Patreon rate to $250/month if we're going to continue regularly creating the podcast.

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This episode is so good even Vulcans are excited about it!  Whether you're a Trekkie, a Trekker, or none of the above we hope you enjoy Jonathan Alexandratos joining Ashley to talk about the new trans and non-binary characters in Star Trek Discovery as well as a lot of context for those not so well versed in the expansive lore of Starfleet and the United Federation of Planets.

This discussion is not expansive (Ashley wasn't even caught up when the episode was recorded) but multiple people, Jonathan included, were incredibly moved by finally feeling represented.  If you have been following, or like Ashley, had to play catch up because the first season didn't click for you we want to hear from you.  Send us a message on Anchor using the "Message" Button to tell us your thoughts on Adira, Gray, and Star Trek in general!

FREE TO ALL, MERRY CHRISTMAS IF YOU CELEBRATE.  HERE'S A FREE EPISODE IF YOU DON'T!

Ashley is joined by her friends Rocco and Kat to have a frank discussion about the expectation of androgyny from nonbinary folks. 

We welcome Robyn Bennis back to the show and Bailey Elis for the first time to talk about Tootsie!  In a hilarious piece of happenstance, Robyn and Ashley watched the movie and Bailey watched the live musical adaptation of the movie but we make it work! This fucking movie...

Also here's a link to the article from Broadway World we reference about the Tootsie musical co-opting the "T" In LGBTQIA...

We welcome Robyn Bennis back to the show and Bailey Elis for the first time to talk about Tootsie!  In a hilarious piece of happenstance, Robyn and Ashley watched the movie and Bailey watched the live musical adaptation of the movie but we make it work! This fucking movie...

Also here's a link to the article from Broadway World we reference about the Tootsie musical co-opting the "T" In LGBTQIA...