
Gender Spiral is an award-winning podcast about queer folk's relationship to gender. Through interviews with trans and queer guests, hosts Ally Beardsley (Dropout) and Babette Thomas (Yale University) explore how our reinventions and evolutions aren't always so linear. Support us at patreon.com/GenderSpiralPodcast. Gender Spiral with Ally Beardsley and Babette Thomas is an Audiation Original produ... more
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 63 | Founded | 3 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | Society & CultureComedy | |||

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 r... more
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 womanh... more
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 influen... more
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, ... more
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okayyyyy babies and Judith Butler? Merry Christmas to me
Grateful this show exists. Vital conversations happening. Also some good laughs.
You guys got to interview JUDITH BUTLER?!?!
The most recent episode featuring Cass Adair is, no exaggeration, my single favorite episode in all of podcasting. (And I listen to over 100 shows!) Truly, I find the process of writing podcast reviews to be so tedious that I’ve only ever written one before this, and I *ran* to write one as soon as I finished the episode.
Ally and Babette ask such insightful questions, and Cass provides such thoughtful, digestible, and well-articulated responses.
I got answers to questions l've always had abo... more
wow u ever just hear a conversation and think these are my people and im enriched by hearing their nuanced and wonderful thoughts
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A lively, intersectional conversation about gender, queerness, and lived experience, featuring in-depth interviews with scholars, artists, activists, and creators who work at the margins of gender studies and queer culture. Episodes mix personal storytelling with rigorous discussions on topics like transgender rights, identity, community care, archival practices, and survival in modern society. Live shows and cross-campus collaborations add a dynamic energy, while humor and warmth keep complex subjects approachable for a broad audience. Noteworthy guests include humanities scholars, writers, and prominent trans and queer voices, making this a standout space for nuanced, down-to-earth explorations of gender and sexuality.
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Recent guests on Gender Spiral include:
1. Dion, also known as Tygapaw
2. Cuthwulf Eileen Myles
3. Aza Mahanti
4. Judith Butler
5. J Wortham
6. Eoin McGraw
7. Sasha Fuentes
8. Irregular Girl
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