The Solace of Strings

or; Sarah Loves To Multitask While Podcasting

Let's Make Some Noise!

In the first proper episode of Trans Questioning 2, Sarah kicks things off with a rattle as she discusses generational warfare, Gen Z attitudes about education, and the real problems of artificial intelligence while simultaneously restringing and tuning her guitar. That's right, it's a classic "distracted ASMR" episode.

Intro Music by Molly Noise: https://linktr.ee/MollyNoise.

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Take care of yourselves.

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TRANS QUESTIONING 2: EPISODE ZERO

or; I Guess I'm Blasting Off (The Beard) Again!

THE TIME IS NOW

After a lengthy hiatus, Trans Questioning is coming back!

More importantly, I'm finally getting my beard lasered off! Covering the period from before my first laser session to after my second, this episode is an old school piecemeal TQ self-reflecting on why it's taken me long to get this process going, and what it means to my stalling transition. I also get tonsillitis.

And through it all, naturally, I'm processing the newfound political reality in the USA as a trans woman, searching as always for a light at the end of the tunnel. Improbable as it may seem, I think I found one.

For an explanation as to why this is "episode zero" of Trans Questioning "2," listen to the episode. It's the very first thing I talk about.

Expect regular biweekly episodes starting sometime before spring 2025.

Find out more at https://trans-questioning-podcast.pinecast.co

Some Things You Learn About Yourself At Pride

or: Trans Women Are Allowed To Be Attracted To Other People, Actually

Food is good and so are dogs, meta or otherwise.

I went to Pride and felt like I was allowed to feel attraction to other people as a transgender woman! Topics include: my mom's recipe for "shit on a shingle," lessons from pride, lesser-discussed media stereotypes that had an outsized effect on my sense of self, a song i wrote called "meta dog," and what I learned about my socioeconomic upbringing from cooking aforementioned recipe. This one's packed so buckle in!!!

Music by Molly Noise: https://linktr.ee/MollyNoise Cover Art by Deerwitch: @deervvitch

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Take care of yourselves.

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Doing Dishes at the End of the World

on the mundanity of chores in interesting times

This is probably healthier than twitter, tbh.

In this week's episode, I do the dishes and ramble about the overturning of Roe v Wade, the state of American labor, and the place of gender within the ongoing culture war. If you like ASMR, this one's for you.

Music by Molly Noise: https://linktr.ee/MollyNoise Cover Art by Deerwitch: @deervvitch

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Take care of yourselves.

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Personal Responsibility (to kick your ass)

"kick your ass" here meaning "do global proletarian revolution"

My head is a blender and society is giving me too many tropical fruits

This smoothie has a bit of a neapolitan flavor. Contradictions, the pandemic, rate of profit, and my own disjointed writings on The State Of Things come together in what can be resoundingly described as "an hourlong podcast episode."

Death Panel podcast: Outdoor Transmission w/ Dr. Theresa Chapple

Music by Molly Noise: https://linktr.ee/MollyNoise Cover Art by Deerwitch: @deervvitch

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Take care of yourselves.

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Breakfast of a Burnt-Out Worker

On the right to work less even when you're on the clock

Wake up to a world with room to spare.

TQ is back! This week, Sarah makes breakfast, drinks some coffee, and then reads selections from Noel Ignatiev's Adequate Men, the memoir of a communist revolutionary working inside a steel mill in the 1970s. From there we discuss the nature of work in America today, the neoliberal project of decoupling labor from the workplace & erasing the ideological commitments of the labor movement, and why there is hope to be had for the future of the revolutionary movement.

"Acceptable Men: Life in the Largest Steel Mill in the World" by Noel Ignatiev.

Music by Molly Noise: https://linktr.ee/MollyNoise Cover Art by Deerwitch: @deervvitch

Help support Sarah financially at patreon.com/ltas or ko-fi.com/sarahzedig for one-time donations. Sarah's Twitter: @hmsnofun

Take care of yourselves.

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The Last Episode of Trans Questioning (unless it isn't)

a preview of GENDERPUNK

THIS WEEK: Trans Questioning is ending, whether now or a bit later. But something new will take its place, and this episode is an exploration of what that thing will be and why I feel compelled to make it a reality.

NOTE: I was high and exhausted when I recorded this episode, and I did not listen to it for errors. I know that by the end I was spewing youthfully vague political generalities. I promise these discussions on Genderpunk will be a hell of a lot more specific.

Music by Molly Noise: https://linktr.ee/MollyNoise Cover Art by Deerwitch: @deervvitch

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Take care of yourselves.

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Where The Hell Have You Been?

or: a vent post about medication

THIS WEEK: Wow, it sure is difficult getting your hands on the medications that make your brain work!

Music by Molly Noise: https://linktr.ee/MollyNoise Cover Art by Deerwitch: @deervvitch

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Take care of yourselves.

Loud Everywhere Questions

or: A Return

Sarah returns with new questions for a world on fire. THIS WEEK: What the hell she's been doing the last seven months, feelings about the pandemic and the election, weird TMI dildo-based gender euphoria, the importance of playing with your identity, and plans for the future.

Music by Molly Noise: https://linktr.ee/MollyNoise Cover Art by Deerwitch: @deervvitch

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Take care of yourselves.

Normal Isn't Neutral (with Sage)

You cannot kill me in any way that matters.

Sarah is joined by locally infamous firebrand Sage to discuss life in late capitalism. Topics include: Good leftist podcasts, PHASE II, discord server politics meta, the compression of time, and VIOLENCE.


If you have a story to tell or a question to ask, email us at [email protected] or send an anonymous message at curiouscat.me/transquestioning

TQ Twitter: @TransQPodcast
Sarah's Twitter: @hmsnofun

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INTRO MUSIC by Molly Noise

COVER ART by @deervvitch

If you are in crisis or just need a shoulder to cry on, please contact the Trans Lifeline for support at TransLifeline.org.

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