Queersplaining

body hair is a messy topic. my friend Kaeden shares a story about a time he had to make a real important decision about his. and we dive a bit into the history of how we in the US got to where we are around body hair beauty standards. its....not great. 

Further reading (and the sources for my research):

https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/brundage13/files/2013/09/Caucasian-Female-Body-Hair-and-American-Culture.pdf

https://www.vogue.com/article/body-hair-new-generation-not-shaving

https://www.mic.com/articles/151191/the-unusual-and-deeply-sexist-history-of-women-removing-their-body-hair

https://www.mic.com/articles/141283/women-are-talking-about-pubic-hair-8212-and-that-s-a-good-thing

https://www.historyundressed.com/2008/03/ladies-have-you-ever-forgotten-to-shave.html

Lots of trans folks have complicated feelings about the word dude. Helen Zaltzman from the Allusionist joins me to help unpack the word's history and usage. A few trans friends also join me to talk about why we love or hate it.

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I dig my voice, but it took me awhile to get there. being a podcaster and a public speaker, I'm in sort of a unique spot in having years of documentation in that area. This week, a retrospective!

trans folks have lots of feelings about our voices. this week we ask some questions. next week we'll get some answers

lots of disabled folks are pretty heated right now. they're seeing mountains moved to provide things they've been told were too much for them to ask for. its time to do some soul searching as a society...

Awhile back I did an interview for another podcast I was producing. I made the episode and released it in the other feed, but 1. i don't know that i did the best job putting together the episode. I was punching above my weight as a producer, and 2. the episode got like 40 downloads because it was on a totally different feed and it was like the 2nd or 3rd episode i did in that series. These folks deserve better!

In these trying times, a story about folks persevering and coming out okay on the other side. Love you, friends

Shannon Downey (aka Badass Cross Stitch) was what she calls a "ghost boy scout." Her family was a scouting family, and she has so many good memories of her proximity to scounting. Until she tried to get a job at The Boy Scouts of America.