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The Last of the Latchkey Kids
or; 21st Century Organized Abandonment
Intergenerational Cold War
Sarah reflects on her childhood, the weirdness of growing up in the middle ground between gen x and gen z, and the absurdity of the American welfare system.
Intro Music is "Roll Up Your Sleeves" by Molly Noise: https://linktr.ee/MollyNoise.
The Surgery & Other Anxieties (with Iris Jay)
or; HEED THE CONTENT WARNINGS
Looks like we're blasting one off again!
In the first interview episode of TQ2, Sarah talks to cartoonist Iris Jay about transgender surgeries, everything that goes into them, and what ultimately comes out. We also answer a listener question about whether you should come out at work!
What Goes Unsaid Does Not Exist
or; Even Instant Gratification Is A Process
Laser Hair Removal Progress Update
She's three sessions deep into LHR and Sarah's feeling morose. While sifting through her feelings across several separate recordings, she discusses the stop-and-start nature of transition, the immateriality of intrusive thoughts, and the question of what comes next
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.
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
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
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.
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."
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.
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