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When A Guy Has
by Jolene
When A Guy Has A Really F***ed Gender: the lovechild of Magnus Hirschfield and Joe Rogan. Each week, Jolene (she) talks to a guest about their gender, using their personal experience and interests as a springboard for further conversations about gender, sex, and sexuality.
Episodes
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re: Pilot
Hi all. It's been a while. I've missed you. The show is new. Things are different. There's a co-host now (s/o Roxy, she's great). There won't be guests until there are again. We'll be discussing City of Night by John Rechy next week, alongside, likely, at least: Esther Newton's Mother Camp, Jules...
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The Consequences of Fetishizing Gay Men
Jolene is joined by James Frankie Thomas to discuss his life, his transition, and his novel, Idlewild. Topics include: bookstores, the quality of desire both on and off T, divorce, the Animorphs, and, of course, the fetishization of gay men. The intro and outro music is by Lynn July. You can…
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When A Guy Writes 3: Fun Home, by Alison Bechdel
The third episode of the reading series! Unfortunately, this reading series is going on hiatus so Jolene can work on some other projects. There was still another recorded before she decided to do that, though, so there'll be one more upload of a reading group discussion in the coming weeks. Also,...
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So, which humour would that be?
Jolene is joined by François·e Charmaille for a jaunt through the history of European sciences and sexes, for a discussion that begins with Hildegard of Bingen's analysis of humouric imbalances, and ends with François·e's proposal for a new understanding of the medieval concept of sodomy. Check…
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When A Guy Writes: The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
The second episode of the reading group, When A Guy Writes, on Gertrude Stein's The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas. August 4th, 1 PM CST: Kate Bornstein's A Queer and Pleasant Danger: https://discord.gg/D4JDKzpTPh?event=1254870250487545988 The intro and outro music is by Lynn July. You can…
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Femboys in the Factory: Trans Labour Beyond Abjection?
This week, Jolene is joined by Alexis to talk about her essay in the Trans Marxism special issue of TSQ, as well as: Remy Boydell and Michelle Perez's The Pervert, Jolene's opinions on Car Seat Headrest, just what happens at furry conventions, the erotics of Finnster, and the worst cover on an...
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When A Guy Writes A Really Fucked Gender #1: Herculine Barbin
Jolene hosts a reading group for Herculine Barbin's memoir! S/o to Rhea, Harper, and Logan for joining, discussion was lovely. You can join us for the next meeting on June 23rd, at 1PM CST for a discussion of the Autobiography of Alice B Toklas by Gertrude Stein, or for the meeting after that, a...
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Born Again Man
Jolene is joined by Judas for a conversation about the there and back again and back again that is transition, detransition, and retransition. It's also kinda sorta like transgender Fun Home but with indie rock instead of modernist literature. Check out Judas' writing here:...
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We were wearing tails before it was cool
Jolene is joined by Kay for a story of there and back again: detransition. Tune in for a story of wolfaboos, drag queen babysitters, colonialism, and more! Also, at the end we get excited about the upcoming WAGHARFG reading group! Join here: https://discord.gg/tDkukGxgS3?event=1229990512560443423...
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Fucked Genders of the Past: the Byzantine Empire
This episode was a patreon only episode, but I decided to throw it up on the main feed by way of apology for falling behind on putting out episodes. Don't worry patreons, there's another one for you coming in just another day or two (or three, apologies). Jolene is joined by repeat guest Ilya to...
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Gender is for special occasions ONLY
Join the WAGHARFG Reading Group Discord: https://discord.gg/TTESqMNENt I'm sorry about the dog sounds in the background of my beginning spiel; I didn't think you'd be able to hear it through the mic. Jolene is joined this week by Lev, a different Lev than ever before, to talk through hir life,...
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Woundfucking
Does what it says on the tin. Jolene is joined by Vanya this week to discuss woundfucking. It is exactly what it sounds like. Also some discussions of sex work, brain tumors, Ehlers-Dahnlos, the endorphin system, and more. Also: Jolene was on another podcast last week. I talk about it at the…
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Omegaverse!
This week, Jolene is joined by Jay (@trans_catboy on twitter) to discuss the omegaverse. Tune in to find out what the hell is secondary sex, and how it was birthed from the inflamed libidos of sci-fi fans who got a hold of some bad wolf science, and how it fits into Jay's life and transition. The...
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Stream WORMMOTHER on Spotify
FIRST EPISODE OF 2024!!! Jolene is joined by Lua to talk mostly about noise music, transition and blackness, and eventually, raceplay. Also featured: gossip, some censorship (sorry), and sissies. Check out Lua's music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlxYb3JaACE...
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Guiltily listening to jordaan mason and the horse museum in a radfem way
EDIT: There are a couple places in here where my guest says something and then says he'd prefer it omitted from the recording. We talked more off-mic, and Jamie ultimately decided he was fine with putting out what all is in here. Jolene is joined by Jamie for a discussion that ranges across:...
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Bonus Episode: Neuroendocrinology
Jolene is joined by Professor Megan Massa of Emory University to talk about neuroendocrinology! We talk about hormones, their affects on behavior, scientific narratives around this, how those narratives interact with popular narratives, and more! This is a really jam packed episode and one I'm...
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Supportive Dad to Trans Mom Pipeline or "Sexemes"
Jolene is joined by Roxana to talk about her transition, spurred in part by the transition of her daughter! Other topics include: the importance of bisexual Wiccan girls to a healthy ecosystem, how gay fighting games are, gender-neutral parenting, and more! Here's the Iranian poet Roxana mentions...
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PREVIEW: science fiction: Joanna Russ and Samuel Delany
Subscribe to the Patreon to hear the full episode: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=85347146 Jolene is joined by Lyn of Make the Golf Course a Public Sex Forest (which you can order here: https://maitlandsystems.bigcartel.com/product/make-the-golf-course-a-public-sex-forest) to discuss some books…
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Preview: When Guy Hocquenghem Fucks Up Gender Part 1: Homosexual Desire
Jolene is joined by Alice for the first discussion of many about Guy Hocquenghem, a gay French guy (Guy) who wrote some provocative theory. This series will be released primarily on Patreon, with some episodes getting public releases. This episode is on Homosexual Desire, which you can read here:...
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Rabbithole
This week, Jolene is joined by Cody to discuss some art they made, centering around masculine performances of misogyny. Watch Rabbithole here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zYEJQ1kqv8&t=1s (Content notes: Contains a lot of misogyny, obviously, as well as footage of someone masturbating). Some...
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Animal Facts (for fascists???) FULL RELEASE
Sorry that episodes are still slow coming. Here's some bonus content by way of apology. An episode where Jolene is joined by Talia to discuss some fun animal facts! Tune in to learn about mourning geckos, barnacles, mole salamanders, and more! Talking about biology gets fascistic fast. Content...
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HALLOWEEN: CREATURES
Listen to jolene and ichor talk about: creatures, goblins, ghouls, self-cest, addiction, cucking yourself with yourself, how 'it' is actually the first pronoun used for most people, the "dead wife experience," clowning, and more. Check out all of Ichor's links here: https://linktr.ee/duckykw...
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Animal Facts (for fascists???)
An episode where Jolene is joined by Talia to discuss some fun animal facts! Tune in to learn about mourning geckos, barnacles, mole salamanders, and more! Talking about biology gets fascistic fast. Content warning for some discussion of sexual violence. (There will be another normal episode…
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the phalloplasty episode (part 2 of 2)
My guest described this episode thusly: "one boygirls quest to liberate sexy hunky trans men from the "my only sexual value js my fronthole" industrial complex & get them phalloplasty in an attempt to fulfill a long held deep seated fantasy of bottoming for an all post op no loads refused ftm...
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the phalloplasty episode (part 1 of 2)
My guest described this episode thusly: "one boygirls quest to liberate sexy hunky trans men from the "my only sexual value js my fronthole" industrial complex & get them phalloplasty in an attempt to fulfill a long held deep seated fantasy of bottoming for an all post op no loads refused ftm...
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What is a paraphilia?
Jolene is joined by Amelie to talk about dissociative identity disorder, autophilias/paraphilias, erotic investments in transition, and more! The intro and outro music is by Lynn July. You can listen to more of her music at: https://tinytachyon.bandcamp.com/ Follow the pod on twitter:...
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summer camp counselor
Content Note: This episode includes a brief mention of a suicide attempt and subsequent hospitalization. Jolene is joined by Luca for a conversation about a lot of things, including: trans children and trans childhood, the continuity between trans childhood and the rest of the community, ballet…
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"Did you know they make bikinis for boys?"
Jolene's streak of "trans women whose lives were touched by evangelical Christianity" continues, as she's joined by Aurora for a conversation about: "Did you know they make bikinis for boys?" (they don't), joining a cult, leaving a cult, being a surfer boy as an attempt at femininity, and…
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Medicated with nuts and caffeine
Jolene is joined by her friend Livvy to talk about her transition, Michael Savage, importing hormones from Malaysia, crashing on so many different couches, living with a terminal illness, and more. The intro and outro music is by Lynn July. You can listen to more of her music at:...
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dude cults are so effed up
Jolene is joined by her third ever Audrey to discuss: Growing up in the 80s; growing up in a cult in the 80s; the crossdresser-to-trans woman pipeline, raising your child in a 'genderful' way, and more. The intro and outro music is by Lynn July. You can listen to more of her music at:...
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jolene found ANOTHER testo junkie
Jolene is joined by Rowan to talk about their life! Listen in for stories of: recreational testosterone use, teen tinder in Maine, lesbianism as a gender, serially favorite personing girls, and more. Jolene made Rowan read Testo Junkie, and then goes on a tangent about plasticity as a concept +...
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Gender Actors
Jolene is joined by Henny, to discuss their life! Featuring: erotic roleplay on deviantart, Loveless discussion (yes, the BL with the cat ears thing), lots of theater metaphors, some poker metaphors, a lot of fun theorizing about gender and relationships and reflexive genders and so on. It's a...
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leathermen keep telling me they'd be trans women if they were younger
Jolene is joined by Ariel to discuss her transition. Included are: gender in between Anglo-American, Latina, and Jewish spaces, transitioning to non-binary leatherman, transitioning to a trans woman who is still sort of a leatherman, capoiera, a frankly weird amount of bisexual erasure, the...
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Chilling on discord, making dozens of pride flags at a time
Jolene is joined by Georgie to talk about his life, which winds around a lot of different vertices, including: chilling on discord making dozens of pride flags a night, being closeted and out at the same time, bats, French immersion camp, correcting adults on your gender, the f-slur to creature...
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we made testo junkie in real life
Jolene is joined by another anonymous guest to discuss, primarily, doing sex work as a cis4pay trans guy. Other topics covered include: bisexuality, coming out to your dad who comes out right back at you, being accused of addiction to testosterone (s/o to paul, we love you), men who think you're…
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"When your friend won't stop talking about lesbian age-gap media, you can kind of infer some things..."
Jolene is joined by a nameless guest to discuss what it means to have a butch soul, crying to Jim and Pam fancams, being so monogamous you're unable to conceptualize attraction to someone besides your partner, borrowing moves men have used on you to use on women, and convincing your mom to read...
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A Punk Home Where We Do Tumblr Discourse In Real Life
Jolene is joined by Noah for a classic tale of intellectualizing your transition to death. Strap in for a tale that takes us through: the Social Network Fandom; junior college; convincing a now cancelled alt-lit poet to disavow manhood; Jolene realizing in real time the effect that adderall usage...
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A Thesis Statement
Jolene is joined by Cordelia Belton (@cozyunoist) to talk about Mary Beth Mader's Sleights of Reason, and some more stuff. This is a rough attempt at a thesis statement for the show. Sort of. Listen in to figure out what Jolene Actually Believes. The intro and outro music is by Lynn July. You can...
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UNLOCKED: SCI-FI
Tomorrow is my birthday, and I want the week off! So I'm giving myself and you a present by unlocking the most recent patreon episode, my discussion of sci-fi with James Hudson! Enjoy and subscribe to the patreon for more like this, and to support the show! And if you want to give me a birthday...
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Preview: Short Science Fiction Stories
Patreon preview!!! Listen to Jolene and James talk about Imago, from the wonderful collection Meanwhile Elsewhere from Littlepuss Press! Full Notes: Sci fi is one of my favorite things and I'm so happy I got to record this with James! Discussed stories include: The World Well Lost by Theodore...
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the sluttiest thing a man can do is have a stretched septum
Jolene is joined by Syd for a discussion of body modification and transition! This is a fun one, lots of HEAVY modifications discussed, including: split tongue; silicon horn implants; coinslots; conch punching; and more! Also we talk hook suspension some. Generally a fun time. Check out Syd's...
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Transmisogyny and Disability: Part 3 of 3
Jolene is joined by Amity to discuss faer life and transition. Topics include: terminal illness, ME/CFS, transmisogyny, sexual abuse, and more. The intro and outro music is by Lynn July. You can listen to more of her music at: https://tinytachyon.bandcamp.com/ Follow the pod on twitter:...
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Transmisogyny and disability: Part 2 of 3
Jolene is joined by Amity to discuss faer life and transition. Topics include: terminal illness, ME/CFS, transmisogyny, sexual abuse, and more. The intro and outro music is by Lynn July. You can listen to more of her music at: https://tinytachyon.bandcamp.com/ Follow the pod on twitter:...
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Transmisogyny and disability: Part 1 of 3
Jolene is joined by Amity to discuss faer life and transition. Topics include: terminal illness, ME/CFS, transmisogyny, sexual abuse, and more. The intro and outro music is by Lynn July. You can listen to more of her music at: https://tinytachyon.bandcamp.com/ Follow the pod on twitter:...
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Gender Junkie
Jolene is joined by Alice for a conversation about the work of Paul B. Preciado, the last of the weird French guys (except he's actually Spanish). Tune in for a conversation about when you don't mean to transition but then do it anyways, what if everything were a dildo, barebacking and pozzing…
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A Good Experience As A Trans Teenager
Jolene is joined by a pseudonymous and voice disguised stealth trans man to talk about male homosociality and homosexuality, youth transition, having children, and more! Tune in! The intro and outro music is by Lynn July. You can listen to more of her music at: https://tinytachyon.bandcamp.com/...
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he/him but anything could happen
Jolene is joined by Mikaele for a conversation that pushes on a lot of strange buttons around the questions of transitions. I think this episode is really illustrative of what Sedgwick called the "universalizing" approach to sexual questions, as contrary the "minoritizing" approach. In other…
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Dyke-y needleplay
Jolene is joined by Madeline to talk about her (re)transition, being a boydyke, being butch, having revelations in Berlin, sexuality-as-gender, needleplay and more! All of this while being a "model transsexual" to the gatekeepers in England's NHS. Listen in, and DM me if you need help figuring…
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Puppygirls
Jolene is joined by not one but TWO puppygirls this week! Tune in to figure out what's up with puppygirls. It's basically what it says on the tin. Also if you like this episode you should read Leash by Jane Delynn. Subscribe to the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=85347146 The intro and...
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Patreon Episode Preview: Body Modification with Mikaele
Our first patreon episode! Jolene is joined by Mikaele to talk about her research into the history of body piercing! Listen in for a fun story about a bunch of orientalist and primitivist gay guys sticking needles through each others' junk and how this birthed an entire industry. Interview with…
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When A Guy Has A Really F***ed Gender: the lovechild of Magnus Hirschfield and Joe Rogan. Each week, Jolene (she) talks to a guest about their gender, using their personal experience and interests as a springboard for further conversations about gender, sex, and sexuality.
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When A Guy Has A Really F***ed Gender: the lovechild of Magnus Hirschfield and Joe Rogan. Each week, Jolene (she) talks to a guest about their gender, using their personal experience and interests as a springboard for further conversations about gender, sex, and sexuality.
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