What if I have Doubts?

What if I have Doubts?

Elle talks about her experience with doubt as it relates to gender identity, and transition. She reflects on the cultural pressures prevailing on trans people to "get it right" as well as the personal consequences that come to us when we pretend to know it all in whatever sense. Some of the themes touched in this episode include: passing as a transgender person, finding partners, cultural gaslighting, incorrect assumptions about trans narratives, TERF ideology, the bimodal spectrum of gender and sex characteristics, lonliness, learning and performing gender, imposter syndrome, Lizzo, and a sermon about doubt. Elle references the following media items in this episode:

  • Lizzo's song "Like a Girl" - https://youtu.be/z_xCVttXLm0
  • Julia Serano and the Bimodal Spectrum - https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Intrinsic_Inclinations_Model
  • A great piece about doubt by an affirming and inclusive theologian, Peter Enns - The Sin of Certainty - https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/25816844
  • How Beautiful We Were - a novel by Imbolo Mbue - https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/51794532

Please reach out to Elle at her email address: twatpodcasting@gmail.com with constructive feedback and suggestions.

This episode will be available later in the week on the Transgender Woman Talking YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@transgenderwomantalking/videos

Episoder(83)

Barbie: A Review

Barbie: A Review

Elle takes a stab at reflecting on the movie everyone is talking about - and seeing! In the program she discusses the patriarchy, and gender-based hierarchies in general, asking "How does patriarchy a...

8 Aug 202336min

The Myth of Regret

The Myth of Regret

Elle reflects on the current political conversations surrounding trans people and access to gender-affirming medical care -- which often hinges upon cisgender people's worries about regret. She talks ...

28 Jul 202327min

Am I Transgender? (Part 5)

Am I Transgender? (Part 5)

Elle continues her series, "Am I transgender?", a question most trans people will ask themselves over the course of their lives (and sometimes, rarely, cisgender people as well). In this episode, she ...

11 Jul 202332min

Disability

Disability

Elle talks about some aspects of living with a disability, and whether or not trans identities or Gender Dysphoria should be considered as such. The episode begins with a reflection on the brilliant 2...

4 Jul 202334min

Road to Radical Visibility with Rachel Freemon Sowers

Road to Radical Visibility with Rachel Freemon Sowers

This week's episode is a re-broadcast of an interview that Elle gave with Rachel Freemon Sowers, host and producer of Road to Radical Visibility podcast, and marriage and family therapist in Californi...

26 Jun 202344min

Advice to Allies

Advice to Allies

During this pride month, Elle offers some unsolicited advice to allies (or would-be allies) out there wishing to improve support of their trans loved ones. This episode is a bit of a continuation from...

19 Jun 202331min

Partners and Spouses of Transgender People (with Elle's wife Paige)

Partners and Spouses of Transgender People (with Elle's wife Paige)

Many of the listeners of Transgender Woman Talking Podcast are cisgender partners of trans people, or other allies. In this week's episode, Elle is joined by her wife of 18 years, Paige, to talk about...

13 Jun 202347min

Populært innen Samfunn

rss-spartsklubben
giver-og-gjengen-vg
aftenpodden
aftenpodden-usa
konspirasjonspodden
intervjuet
rss-nesten-hele-uka-med-lepperod
popradet
rss-henlagt-andy-larsgaard
lydartikler-fra-aftenposten
grenselos
wolfgang-wee-uncut
min-barneoppdragelse
synnve-og-vanessa
rss-dette-ma-aldri-skje-igjen
rss-espen-lee-usensurert
frokostshowet-pa-p5
fladseth
krisemoter
relasjonspodden-med-dora-thorhallsdottir-kjersti-idem