Anti-Trans Legislation
Elle talks about the spat of anti-trans legislation proposed by state legislators in 2023, and the ways in which trans identities are being politicized by far right extremists for votes. She reflects ...
6 Helmi 202330min
Makeup
Elle discusses her routine putting on facial cosmetics. Obviously, this activity is gendered in American culture, and highly intertwined with femininity for perhaps some good but also a lot of frustra...
30 Tammi 202340min
Bathrooms
Elle gives her reaction to some of the news out of the UK this past few weeks regarding the rejection of a self-identification law in Scotland by the British Parliament. One speech, in particular, mad...
23 Tammi 202333min
Internalized Transphobia
Elle talks about her experiences with and understanding of internalized transphobia. This concept is built upon the academic model of internalized oppression and the work of scholars like Audre Lorde....
16 Tammi 202333min
Spiritual and Transgender?
Elle talks about the supposed oxymoron between transgender identities and spirituality or religion. She discusses her faith background (which was dominated by Seventh-Day Adventist Christianity), the ...
9 Tammi 202343min
Am I Transgender? (Part 2)
*Episode content warning: suicide. Elle continues her reflections on sorting out her gender identity with a decidedly more granular look at the details. This continues from the first episode on this t...
2 Tammi 202339min
Responding to Criticism (and Haters)
Elle shares a recent experience where she received contemptuous and hostile attacks on social media about a transition ceremony she and her family celebrated together one year ago (read more about it ...
27 Joulu 202231min
