being joyously bad at things
you start a new thing, you suck at the thing, you get frustrated and quit? i say "you" but i actually mean "I."
Feb 04, 2021•13 min
Queersplaining
True Stories of The Lives of Queer and Trans People
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ask callie 2021
time for another in the somewhat regularly occurring series of ask callie episodes. lets goooooo
Jan 28, 2021•25 min
i'll write my own
medical gatekeeping sucks. this week is a story about someone who was able to circumvent it, kinda learn more about Cal here: http://calcates.com/ Read their letter here: https://www.calcates.com/post/when-the-boob-is-on-the-other-foot And this is a cool site they write a bunch for: http://online.healwell.org/
Jan 21, 2021•20 min
we need to ask better questions
It seems to be a sort of accepted thing...the most strident homophobes are closeted gays! the idea has never sat super well with me. so i found a super smart person to talk to us about why its a crap idea. we also spend some time talking more broadly about how our society does a terrible job of studying questions related to marginalized groups. here's some folks doing good work with marginalized folks in research if you're interested! Dr. Christian Chan Dr. Adrienne Erby Dr. Anneliese Singh Flor...
Jan 14, 2021•39 min
gayer than i thought
Netalie is a Muay Thai fighter and coach. Like a lot of things, being trans has made that more complicated than it should be. come join the Queersplaining Discord: bit.ly/qsdiscord
Jan 07, 2021•36 min
insert new years cliche here
its the end of 2020. i'm not quite sure what else to say about that, haha.
Dec 31, 2020•23 min
needlessly complicated
so much of being trans is needlessly complicated. and a lot of those complications simply don't have to exist. to join the new Queersplaining Discord, check out bit.ly/qsdiscord gimme a call to leave a voicemail (i think they're limited to 1 minute) - 859.308.6615 or shoot me an email callie [at] queersplaining [dot] com For more about David Reimer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Reimer...
Dec 24, 2020•28 min
non binary.....space?....worms?
trans and non binary folks officially exist in the star trek universe now. you know i had to make an episode about it. just know i took great care to make it make sense to folks who aren't star trek fans. love yooooooouuuuu
Dec 17, 2020•21 min
so THAT's what that was...
we all come to the realization we're trans in different ways
Dec 10, 2020•14 min
the most weirdest time of the year
well its officially "the holidays." and that means is a really weird time of year for a whole lot of us
Dec 03, 2020•16 min
i did a thing
i did a thing
Nov 26, 2020•14 min
visibility is both life and death
trans awareness week leads up to the trans day of remembrance. and that feels kinda weird to me.
Nov 19, 2020•14 min
a good day to be on wheelie feet
Sunday was a lot.
Nov 12, 2020•13 min
take your meds and hydrate please <3
and don't forget to breathe <3
Nov 05, 2020•10 min
let's tango
Rafi and Phillip never considered getting married. Until they did.
Oct 29, 2020•40 min
the retransitioners
Twitter trolls love talking about de-transition. What about retransition? help my fundraiser for Women's Crisis Center! bit.ly/calliewcc
Oct 22, 2020•31 min
civility?
niceness (or lack thereof) is NOT the problem
Oct 15, 2020•43 min
a bunker? in this economy?
the word prepper has a certain image attached to it. but its not exactly right. and there's some valuable stuff we can learn from fellow leftists who are preppers. and given the unrest that's almost sure to follow the election, i think its a good idea to think about these things and take some steps to keep you and yours safe. check out these resources: https://medium.com/@kittystryker https://live-like-the-world-is-dying.pinecast.co/ https://bookshop.org/books/a-paradise-built-in-hell-the-extrao...
Oct 01, 2020•32 min
on dead and dying heroes
i learned not to have heroes the hard way
Sep 24, 2020•16 min
chasing euphoria
we don't talk enough about gender euphoria. so that's what we're doing this week <3
Sep 17, 2020•28 min
the good death
it's an uncomfortable topic for lots of people (myself included). but its something that's super important to talk about, so let's do that. this week we'll hear from two of my friends on why they care so much about this, and i make a death plan and share it with my loved ones <3 Resources: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/ https://www.joincake.com/
Sep 10, 2020•37 min
the public universal friend
a bit of queer history this week! the public universal friend is someone i've heard stories about here and there. i decided to do a deep dive and i found some super interesting stuff. enjoy, friends!
Sep 03, 2020•29 min
ask callie again!
its been about 8 weeks since we did one of these, so we're doing another! if you want to ask questions for the next one, hit me up at callie [at] queersplaining.com love you friends!
Aug 27, 2020•18 min
TransLash
Today I'm dropping an episode of a new podcast called TransLash into the feed. It's a show about news and politics from a trans perspective. I think its really important that this show exists and so I'm super excited to share it with you all. Check it out and subscribe on your podcast platform of choice. Love you friends <3
Aug 24, 2020•34 min
quiet
i figured out something important for my mental health. and i switched to injectable estrogen. believe it or not, these two things are related! Check out TransLash here: https://play.acast.com/s/translash/introducingthetranslashpodcastwithimarajones
Aug 20, 2020•13 min
lunch and trauma
last week was an outdoor adventure with friends. this week is an indoor adventure with me and Wedge.
Aug 13, 2020•19 min
adventure queers!
some new friends and I went adventuring <3
Aug 06, 2020•30 min
how to have hard conversations
this week is audio from my virtual presentation at the Secular Student Alliance virtual conference. I talked about how to have some of the hard conversations we're having right now about racial justice, gender, sexuality, and other topics where we might be trying to bring someone around to a different point of view
Aug 02, 2020•47 min
store bought is fine
i started taking an anti-depressant for my anxiety. here's how that's been going...
Jul 23, 2020•18 min
when you actually get cancelled
A full transcript of this episode is available here There's been a lot of talk about cancel culture lately. Its the 21st century version of the Satanic Panic. There was an open letter released by Harpers Magazine decrying this new climate of what they called censorship and suppression of views that diverge from the mainstream. They never get too specific. But when you see the names of the people who signed this open letter, their actual meaning becomes pretty clear pretty quick. My new friend Da...
Jul 16, 2020•27 min
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