Stuff Mom Never Told You

For this month's book club, we discuss Kai Cheng Thom's heartfelt and moving work "I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl’s Notes from the End of the World".

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Samantha does a check-in on some unanswered questions, updates, changes and challenges around her adoption and identity.

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As we continue our mini-series on the darkside of religion, especially when it comes to marginalized communities, we discuss religious trauma syndrome and the pain of walking away from religion.

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Today we spotlight activist and icon Miss Major Griffin-Gracy and her leadership in the trans community.

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Recently, sex workers in Amsterdam protested new regulations they argue discriminate against them. We give a brief overview of what's going on and why they're protesting.

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Nope! Not right now, at least. Anney and Samantha dig into why that is, and cast their thoughts towards the future and into the past, when there may have been a woman who served as the Pope in this classic episode.

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In the first part of this series around Western Christian religion, trauma and marginalized communities, we delve into the history, numbers and some personal experiences.

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We're back for another rendition of (un)happy hour! In this one, we discuss trauma around bathrooms, the lasting damage of it, and the hurt of connecting the trauma dots.

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In 1973, Penthouse Magazine launched VIVA…  a glossy erotic magazine, but this time: for women. Viva was published by a porn king but staffed by – drumroll – a bunch of feminist writers and editors. 

On the new podcast Stiffed from iHeartPodcasts and Crooked Media, host Jennifer Romolini, goes behind the scenes with Viva staffers to find out what they were trying to say with their feminist porn magazine…and whether they were doomed to fail from the beginning. Listen to Stiffed on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/867-stiffed-110547551/

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Musician, historian, wearer of many other hats and expert of many topics Dara Starr Tucker stops by to enlighten us on topics ranging from music to using TikTok for education. 

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