What's In A Gender?

Guests: Bridh (they/them, she/her, xe/xer), Facebook: @CBBlanchardauthor Instagram: owlfeathertarot Laura “Nomi” Grace (she/her) Loki (he/him, they/them), Twitter: @lkheios, AO3: Author_of_Kheios In this episode, I have a discussion with Bridh, Nomi, and Loki about using games to explore ideas related to gender, and about how games present gender and the impact that has. Also a bit about other media. Yes, we mention the belt. Content Notes: Ableism, Abuse, AGAB, Against Me!, Allyship, Animal Crossing, Bible, Billy Porter, Bleed (gaming), Body Horror, Catharsis, Changelings, Christianity, City of Mists, Comedy, Coming Out, Consent, Coronavirus, D&D, Decolonialization, Disability, Discord, Dysphoria, Egg, Erasure, Escapism, Facebook, Fallen London, Furries, Genderfluidity, Glitch, Hobbit, Hollywood, Intersectionalism, Janelle Monae, Knives, Laura Jane Grace, LGBT/LGBT+, LOTR, Marvel, Medicine, Money, Mutilation, Names, NAZIs, Neopronouns, New Warriors, Nonbinary, "Opposite" gender, Pedophilia, Police, Politicization, Prejudice, Presentation, Protest, Punching up/down, Quarantine, Queer, Racism, Reclaimation, Religion, Representation, Role-Playing Games, Scars, Self-harm, Sense8, Sex, Sex change magic, Sexism, Sexuality, Skyfarer, Slavery, Star Vs. the Forces of Evil, Stephen Universe, Teenagers, The Adventure Zone, Trans Dysphoria Blues, Trauma, Triggers, Tumblr, Validation, Violence, Voice Training, Wachowski Sisters, Zoom

In this episode, I have a discussion with Evey Winters regarding being trans on the internet and in the age of Coronavrius, plus the importance of word choice. Also a bit about dysphoria cascade, body image, and shopping. Guest: Evey Winters (she/her) @_EveyWinters Personal Writing: https://eveywinters.com/ Trans Education: https://soundsliketransedu.com/ Black Lives Matters Resources: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Funds will be split evenly between For The Gworls (https://www.facebook.com/forthegworls) and the Marsha P. Johnson Institute (https://marshap.org/). Content Notes: Activism, Aerie, Appropriation, Arts, Authority, Bars, Birth, BMI, Bodily Autonomy, Body Measurement, Body Reclamation, Boston, Bras, Buddhism, Chasers, Childhood, Cis, Clothing, Coronavirus, D&D, DC, Deadname, Death, Dermatology, Diabetes, Dieting, Disclosure, Discord, Doxing, Dresslily, Dysmorphia, Dysphoria, E-Mail, Education, Electrolysis, Enby, Facebook, Femininity, Food, Gardening, Gatekeeping, Government, Hate Mail, Hair, HRT, Incels, Internet, Intersectionality, Laser, Legal, Lingerie, Make-up, Medicine, Mental Health, Moderation, Money, Murder, Music, Natalie Wynn, NB, Nice Guys, Nonbinary, Nudes, Optics, Passing, Pathfinder, Pet Death, Pets, Police Brutality, Privilege, Psychology, Puberty, Quarantine, Racism, Razors, Relationships, Representation, Riot, Safe Spaces, Sexuality, Sexism, Shaving, Social Distancing, Stonewall, Stress Eating, Stroke, Sui, Surgery, Surgical Delays, Telehealth, Transexual, Transmedicalism, Trauma, Triggers, Truscum, Veterinary, Violence, Voice Training, Waxing, Weight Loss, Wine, Wrong Body Narrative, Youtube

In this episode, I have a discussion with Indigo regarding the exhaustion of being trans, control of personal narrative, trans interpretation of media, mental health, and relationships. Also a bit about capitalism and furries. Guest: Indigo (they/them and he/him, at time of recording) @uglp4stry Content Notes: Caitlyn Jenner, Capitalism, Clocking, Clothing, Coronavirus, D&D, Death, Depression, DID, Drag, Dysphoria, Eggs, Emotional Regulation, Euphoria, Fight Club, Furries, Gaslighting, HRT, JKR, Joker, Medicine, Mental Health, Money, Multitransitioning, Natalie Wynn, Nonbinary, Passing, Poetry, Quarantine, Relationships, Ru Paul, Self-Doubt, Sexuality, Socialism, TERFs, Transphobia, Video Games, Violence, Yaniv