Gender Spiral with Ally Beardsley and Babette Thomas

Gender Spiral is a quest to explore the modern experience of being a human in our gendered world. Hosts Ally Beardsley (Dropout) and Babette Thomas (Yale University) explore gender and gender variance through interviews with the experts on the subject: trans and queer people.Support us at patreon.com/GenderSpiralPodcast.Gender Spiral with Ally Beardsley and Babette Thomas is an Audiation Original production.

Gender Spiral with Ally Beardsley and Babette Thomas is a society podcast hosted by Ally Beardsley & Babette Thomas, with 64 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Ally Beardsley & Babette Thomas hosts Gender Spiral with Ally Beardsley and Babette Thomas, a society show with 64 episodes published.

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  Episode #5

  Men Who Think I Am One of Them Speak (w/ Stacey Waite)

  Aug 10, 202649 minS4

  Poet and professor Stacey Waite is staying in Nebraska, and examining masculinity as they raise their son. Get Stacey's Lambda-nomiated book A Real Man Would Have a Gun . Hosted by Ally Beardsley and Babette Thomas, Gender Spiral is a quest to explore the modern experience of being a human in our gendered world. Listen to this episode ad-free, watch the video version, and access other perks on our Patreon: patreon.com/GenderSpiralPodcast . Thank you for supporting us! Find transcripts, merch and more at genderspiralpod.com . Follow us on Instagram @genderspiral.

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  Episode #4

  Everyone Needs Gender Liberation (w/ Raquel Willis)

  Jul 27, 20261h 1mS4

  Activist and writer Raquel Willis tells us why we can't lose focus on intersectionality in the gender liberation movement. Plus, she talks about recording her experience of growing up Black and trans in a Catholic southern family in a memoir at the ripe age of 33. TRIGGER WARNINGS: death of a parent, suicide, grief Learn more about Raquel and her work at raquelwillis.com . Follow her on Instagram , Threads , Facebook and YouTube . Get a copy of her memoir The Risk it Takes to Bloom . Stay connected and get involved with Gender Liberation Movement on their website and on Instagram . Hosted by Ally Beardsley and Babette Thomas, Gender Spiral is a quest to explore the modern experience of being a human in our gendered world. Listen to this episode ad-free, watch the video version, and access other perks on our Patreon: patreon.com/GenderSpiralPodcast . Thank you for supporting us! Find transcripts, merch and more at genderspiralpod.com . Follow us on Instagram @genderspiral.

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  Episode #3

  Black Trans Masculine Experience (w/ TYGAPAW)

  Jul 13, 202647 minS4

  From their all-girls school growing up in Jamaica, to the international customs kiosk, to their Carribean neighborhood in NYC, DJ TYGAPAW (aka Dion) examines moving through the world now passing as a man versus their former experience of Black womanhood. Hosted by Ally Beardsley and Babette Thomas, Gender Spiral is a quest to explore the modern experience of being a human in our gendered world. This episode features music from TYGAPAW's new album "Together You Gather All Power Applied Worldwide," which you can purchase on Bandcamp and stream on all music platforms. Listen to this episode ad-free, watch the video version, and access other perks on our Patreon: patreon.com/GenderSpiralPodcast . Thank you for supporting us! Find transcripts, merch and more at genderspiralpod.com . Follow us on Instagram @genderspiral.

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  Episode #2

  HRT After Menopause (w/ Cuthwulf Eileen Myles)

  Jun 29, 202643 minS4

  Poet and novelist Cuthwulf Eileen Myles ( Chelsea Girls, An American Poem, Working Life ) debuts a new name - and haircut - in a conversation about transitioning in their 70s, their "butch straight" mother and "definitely queer" father, and the influence of death, sobriety and a working class childhood on their writing. Hosted by Ally Beardsley and Babette Thomas, Gender Spiral is a quest to explore the modern experience of being a human in our gendered world. Listen to this episode ad-free, watch the video version, and access other perks on our Patreon: patreon.com/GenderSpiralPodcast . Thank you for supporting us! Find transcripts, merch and more at genderspiralpod.com . Follow us on Instagram @genderspiral.

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  Gender Spiral with Ally Beardsley and Babette Thomas

  Gender Spiral is BACK! Season 4 Coming Soon

  Jun 29, 20262 minS4

  Ally Beardsley and Babette Thomas are kicking of another season of spiraling featuring all new interviews with trans and queer people from across the gender spectrum. Hear from poet Eileen Myles, activist Raquel Willis, electronic musician Tyga Paw, critic Andrea Long Chu, performance artist Jibz Cameron, writer and theorist Da'Shaun L. Harrison, and many more as we continue on our quest to explore gender in all its forms! New episodes out biweekly wherever you get your podcasts. And check out our Patreon for ad-free listening, videos, and bonus content!

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