The Gender Rebels Podcast27 Maj 2023

Everything sucks. Get loud.

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." We misattributed this quote to Lee Atwater. It was in fact Lyndon B. Johnson. Don't feel bad for Atwater; he was no peach either. Here's audio of him spelling out how Republicans should signal that they support racist policies without actually saying racist things. TW for some seriously fucking brutal racial terms.

Fauci could have handled the AIDS crisis better. This Frontline tells you all about it. The Justins in Tennessee. (the link is a gift article; enjoy!) The GOP won't change their policies to get more voters. They'll just get rid of democracy. Protest works. There were sustained protests in East Germany before the wall fell like the Leipzig prayer protests every Monday. ACT UP used unapologetically confrontational die-ins to force progress on AIDS funding, research, and treatments. Conservatives don't want their kids learning about Ruby Bridges or Rosa Parks. RIP Congressman John Lewis and let's all make good trouble.

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Rebels in Ireland Part 1

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13 Juli 34min

Our "Will & Harper" review, Part II

We review Netflix's Will & Harper. Overall we think it's really really good and can help educate people who might need it. Faith says she can't get U.S. State Department Security Clearance because s...

12 Nov 202441min

"Will & Harper" : The Gender Rebels Review

5 Nov 202437min

Trans Surgeries for Prisoners

We're in the news again, yay. First, the stats: The US held 21.0% of the world's prisoners in 2015, even though the US represented only around 4.4 percent of the world's population in 2015. The Wikipe...

21 Okt 202429min

She's the Man

Faith and Kath are surprised that they liked this movie so much. Remember Amanda Bynes? She's so funny and we at TGR Headquarters wish her well. The movie is helped by surprisingly funny Channing Tat...

4 Sep 20241h 23min

Some Like It Trans

Today we watched director Billy Wilder's 1959 hit Some Like It Hot, winner of 11 Academy Awards. Our feelings are... complicated. But for a movie with cross-dressing, produced in compliance with the H...

26 Maj 202448min

I Saw the TV Glow: The Rebels Go To the Movies

Yesterday we went to I Saw The TV Glow followed by a Q&A with writer/ director Jane Schoenbrun. Brigette Lundy-Paine and Justice Smith star in a coming-of-age story where two junior high outsiders fi...

5 Maj 202427min

You Can Get SRS and Still Be a Good Leftist

This week we saw a reddit post that asked "Would I be a bad leftist if I get SRS?" It started with "my ex told me that girls who get SRS are an obstacle for trans liberation." Wow. We knew Faith neede...

10 Feb 202423min