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Season 4 - Ep. 3 "Is It Okay I Haven't Shaved..." Transcripts are here   Please support us during our spring fundraising drive! Ronni and Rebecca will match up to $300 of your donations with another $300, so please give in any amount that feels good. Donate here: https://delco.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create/fund?funit_id=3511   You also support the show when you purchase our merch! Head to the RWQ store at Tee Public for all the goodies. https://www.teepublic.com/user/reallyweirdquestionpodcast?utm_source=designer&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mDN-l9Wf88g   Historical Sources for this episode:   Fissell, Mary E. “Hairy Women and Naked Truths: Gender and the Politics of Knowledge in Aristotle’s Masterpiece.” WMQ 3d series, 60, no. 1 (January 2003): 43–74.   Herzig, Rebecca M. Plucked: A History of Hair Removal. New York: University Press, 2015.   King, Helen. “An ancient Greek bearded lady’s role in the evolution of feminism.” The Conversation May 30, 2014. Perdue, Theda. “Columbus Meets Pocahontas in the American South.” Southern Cultures 3, no. 1 (1997): 4–21.

Season 4 - Episode 2: "Does My Kid Really Need the HPV Vaccine?"   For transcripts visit our website, www.reallyweirdquestion.com For links to legal support, medical support / mutual aid, and mental health support, please visit the “Resources” page on our website, www.reallyweirdquestion.com    

Season 4 - Episode 1: "Why am I the one who’s responsible for birth control?"   For transcripts visit our website, www.reallyweirdquestion.com For links to legal support, medical support / mutual aid, and mental health support, please visit the “Resources” page on our website, www.reallyweirdquestion.com   Sources from this month’s episode:  June 12, 2024 Carnal Knowledge Post, “Putting Men on the Pill” https://rebeccaldavis.substack.com/p/putting-men-on-the-pill   Rebecca L. Davis, Fierce Desires: A New History of Sex and Sexuality (W.W. Norton, 2024).   https://www.scarleteen.com/read/sexual-health/birth-control-bingo-condoms   Trials currently recruiting in the US! https://www.malecontraception.center/clinical-trials-1   Elaine Tyler May, American and the Pill: A History of Promise, Peril, and Liberation (Basic Books, 2010).

Season 3 - Episode 6: "What the F*$% Do I Do Now..."   For links to legal support, medical support / mutual aid, and mental health support, please visit the “Resources” page on our website, www.reallyweirdquestion.com   You can find more information (and links to purchase) Rebecca’s book, Fierce Desires, here! Her newsletter is Carnal Knowledge.   More links from today’s episode:   A great article about Kiyoshi Kuromiya The Lesbian Avengers Documentary Project and a 2022 NPR story about them. Andrea Gibson RWQ Season 2 episode with Kelli Dunham about Living Wills Jenifer Lewis, Brandi, and Roz Ryan singing “In These Streets”  

Season 3 - Episode 5: "Can I Get Tested for Autism?"   Find more information, donate, and check out our merch! www.reallyweirdquestion.com You can find more history on Rebecca’s newsletter, Carnal Knowledge, https://rebeccaldavisphdgmailcom.substack.com/ Her new book, Fierce Desires: A New History of Sex and Sexuality in America, is available for preorder! References:   Atherton G, Edisbury E, Piovesan A, Cross L. Autism Through the Ages: A Mixed Methods Approach to Understanding How Age and Age of Diagnosis Affect Quality of Life. J Autism Dev Disord. 2022 Aug;52(8):3639-3654. doi: 10.1007/s10803-021-05235-x. Epub 2021 Sep 4. PMID: 34482523; PMCID: PMC9296439.   Warrier V, Greenberg DM, Weir E, Buckingham C, Smith P, Lai MC, Allison C, Baron-Cohen S. Elevated rates of autism, other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric diagnoses, and autistic traits in transgender and gender-diverse individuals. Nat Commun. 2020 Aug 7;11(1):3959. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-17794-1. PMID: 32770077; PMCID: PMC7415151.   https://www.autistichoya.com/2011/08/significance-of-semantics-person-first.html   https://neuroqueer.com/person-first-language-is-the-language-of-autistiphobic-bigots/   Gratton et al.  The Intersection of Autism and Transgender and Nonbinary Identities: Community and Academic Dialogue on Research and Advocacy.  AUTISM IN ADULTHOOD Volume 5, Number 2, 2023 Resources https://autisticadvocacy.org/ https://fireweedcollective.org/ https://rebirthgarments.com/#rebirthgarments

Season 3, Episode 4: "Do I Have Undiagnosed Adult ADHD?" For transcripts click here   Please support our show! Please consider a tax-deductible donation to our podcast via the Foundation for Delaware County, a 501c3 organization.   Support the pod on Delco Gives Day, May 8–9! delcogives.org   Find our fabulous merch and a link to donate – www.reallyweirdquestion.com! Show Notes: Carnal Knowledge, Rebecca’s newsletter: https://rebeccaldavisphdgmailcom.substack.com/ Medical Sources https://www.jabfm.org/content/34/4/741.long https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10173356/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10173330/ Historical Sources Mayes, Rick, and Adam Rafalovich. “Suffer the Restless Children: The Evolution of ADHD and Paediatric Stimulant Use, 1900-80: History of Psychiatry.” History of Psychiatry 18, no. 4 (2007): 435–57. https://doi.org/10.1177/0957154X06075782. Smith, Matthew. Hyperactive: The Controversial History of ADHD. London: Reaktion, 2013. Weinstein, Deborah. The Pathological Family: Postwar America and the Rise of Family Therapy. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2013. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/early-history-autism-america-180957684/  

Season 3, Episode 3: "Can I Trust My Psychiatrist?" with guest Katie Dalke, MD For transcripts click here   Please support our show! Please consider a tax-deductible donation to our podcast via the Foundation for Delaware County, a 501c3 organization.   Every purchase of RWQ merch also helps support our show!    Show Notes:  Carnal Knowledge, Rebecca’s newsletter: https://rebeccaldavisphdgmailcom.substack.com/ National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center: https://www.lgbtqiahealtheducation.org/

Season 3, Episode 2: "Should I Curate Porn for My Teenager?" For transcripts click here   Please support our show! Please consider a tax-deductible donation to our podcast via the Foundation for Delaware County, a 501c3 organization.   Every purchase of RWQ merch also helps support our show!    Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to our podcast–and tell your friends about us!   Resources: Sex-Positive Families Common Sense Media Society for adolescent health and medicine  Learning More from Adolescence On-Line (LMFAO) https://www.pediatrics.wisc.edu/research/research-groups/lmfao-selkie/ B3study.org Scarleteen: sex ed for the real world Bare Bodies: Reality Checking Mainstream Porn: https://www.scarleteen.com/article/politics_sexual_identity_sexuality/bare_bodies_reality_checking_mainstream_porn_part_one Sex On Screen: reality Checking Mainstream Porn: https://www.scarleteen.com/article/politics_sexual_identity_sexuality/sex_on_screen_realitychecking_mainstream_porn  Jeffrey Moran, Teaching Sex

Season 3, Episode 1: "Is Porn Bad For Your Health?" **CONTENT WARNING** This episode contains talk about violence, rape, sex trafficking, child pornography, and racism. Please listen with care.  For transcripts click here   Please support our show! Please consider a tax-deductible donation to our podcast via the Foundation for Delaware County, a 501c3 organization.   Every purchase of RWQ merch also helps support our show!    Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to our podcast–and tell your friends about us!     References Sniewski et al. The assessment and treatment of adult heterosexual men with self-perceived problematic pornography use: A review, Addictive Behaviors, Volume 77, 2018.  Pages 217-224 Hook, J. N., Farrell, J. E., Davis, D. E., Van Tongeren, D. R., Griffin, B. J., Grubbs, J., ... & Bedics, J. D. (2015). Self-forgiveness and hypersexual behavior. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity, 22(1), 59-70. Fritz, N., Malic, V., Paul, B. et al. Worse Than Objects: The Depiction of Black Women and Men and Their Sexual Relationship in Pornography. Gend. Issues 38, 100–120 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12147-020-09255-2 Dwulit AD, Rzymski P. The Potential Associations of Pornography Use with Sexual Dysfunctions: An Integrative Literature Review of Observational Studies. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2019; 8(7):914. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm8070914 Hakkim S, Parsa AD, Arafat SMY, et al. Pornography—Is It Good for Sexual Health? A Systematic Review. Journal of Psychosexual Health. 2022;4(2):111-122. doi:10.1177/26318318221088949

Season 2, Episode 8: "Why Would I Need A Living Will?" with guest Kelli Dunham For transcripts click here   To learn more about our amazing guest, Kelli Dunham, her comedy, workshops, and her work visit: Kellidunham.com   Please support our show! Please consider a tax-deductible donation to our podcast via the Foundation for Delaware County, a 501c3 organization.   Every purchase of RWQ merch also helps support our show!    Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to our podcast–and tell your friends about us!      

Season 2, Episode 7: "Could This Be Menopause?" For transcripts click here:   Please support our show! Please consider a tax-deductible donation to our podcast via the Foundation for Delaware County, a 501c3 organization.   Every purchase of RWQ merch also helps support our show!    Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to our podcast–and tell your friends about us!   Show Notes: Www.menopause.org, The North American Menopause Society Jen Gunter, The Menopause Manifesto: Own Your Health with Facts and Feminism (Citadel, 2021) Judith A. Houk, Hot and Bothered: Women, Medicine, and Menopause in Modern America (Harvard University Press, 2006)  

Season 2 - September Mini Episode: Spreading Queer Joy with Dr. Sami Schalk   Show notes: To learn more about Dr. Sami Schalk, visit her website: http://samischalk.com/ She gave shout-outs to… Freedom, Inc., https://freedom-inc.org/  GSafe in Wisconsin, https://gsafewi.org/  Outreach Madison, https://www.outreachmadisonlgbt.org/  Dana Pellebon, director of the Rape Crisis Center in Madison, WI, https://www.thercc.org/staff-bios/dana-pellebon

Season 2, Episode 6: "What Are You Doing For Pride?" For transcripts, follow the link here   Please support our show! Please consider a tax-deductible donation to our podcast via the Foundation for Delaware County, a 501c3 organization.   Every purchase of RWQ merch also helps support our show!    Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts–and tell your friends about us!   Show Notes: Documentary of the first Christopher Street Liberation Day march, from Gay and Proud, by Lilli Vincenz, 1970, Library of Congress Video of Christopher Street Liberation Day participants debating the exclusion of Sylvia Rivera from speaking at the march in 1973. With Marsha P. Johnson, Rivera co-founded Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) in 1970.   Stonewall: David Carter, Stonewall: The Riots that Sparked the Gay Revolution (2004) Marc Stein, The Stonewall Riots: A Documentary History (2019) Martin Duberman, Stonewall (1993)   Pride: Library of Congress, History of Pride; Pride at 50 Organizational history of NYC Pride (NYC organization that organizes NYC’s Pride March)

Special Mini-Episode: Spreading Queer Joy with Susan Stryker For transcripts, follow the link here   Please support our show! Please consider a tax-deductible donation to our podcast via the Foundation for Delaware County, a 501c3 organization.   Every purchase of RWQ merch also helps support our show!    Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts–and tell your friends about us!

Season 2, Episode 5: "I Keep Hearing About Ketamine Therapy. Should I Try It..." with special guest: Susan Stryker For transcripts, follow the link here   Please support our show! Please consider a tax-deductible donation to our podcast via the Foundation for Delaware County, a 501c3 organization.   Every purchase of RWQ merch also helps support our show!    Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts–and tell your friends about us!   Show Notes: (Coming Soon)

Season 2, Episode 4: "Can Anyone Tell If I'm A Virgin..." For transcripts, follow the link here   Please support our show! Please consider a tax-deductible donation to our podcast via the Foundation for Delaware County, a 501c3 organization.   Every purchase of RWQ merch also helps support our show!    Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts–and tell your friends about us!   Show Notes:  Huge shout out to Mercury Stardust (https://mercurystardust.com/merctree), Jory (@alluringskull), and Point of Pride (https://www.pointofpride.org/about) who raised over $2 MILLION during a 30hr live stream / Tik-Tok-A-Thon to support gender-affirming care at the end of March! Historical Sources Blank, Hanne. Virgin: The Untouched History. Bloomsbury Press, 2007. Moslener, Sara. Virgin Nation: Sexual Purity and American Adolescence. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015. Reinarz, Jonathan. Past Scents: Historical Perspectives on Smell. University of Illinois Press, 2014. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/j.ctt7zw5zg. Rodriguez, Sara. "Restoring 'Virginal Conditions' and Reinstating the 'Normal': Episiotomy in 1920," in Heterosexual Histories, Rebecca Davis and Michele Mitchell, eds. (New York University Press, 2021), 303-330.   Medical References Rosa M. Laterza, Mario De Gennaro, Andrea Tubaro, Heinz Koelbl.  Female pelvic congenital malformations. Part I: embryology, anatomy and surgical treatment.  European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Volume 159, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-34, Scarleteen https://www.scarleteen.com/ Jen Gunter’s Twitter thread about hymens/virginity: https://twitter.com/DrJenGunter/status/1192143613947457537?s=20 Moussaoui, D., Abdulcadir, J. and Yaron, M. (2022), Hymen and virginity: What every paediatrician should know. J Paediatr Child Health, 58: 382-387. https://doi-org.ezproxy.library.wisc.edu/10.1111/jpc.15887 https://www.who.int/news/item/17-10-2018-united-nations-agencies-call-for-ban-on-virginity-testing Olson RM, García-Moreno C. Virginity testing: a systematic review. Reprod Health. 2017 May 18;14(1):61. doi: 10.1186/s12978-017-0319-0. PMID: 28521813; PMCID: PMC5437416.

Season 2, Episode 3: "What's That Smell?" For transcripts, follow the link here   Please support our show!   Please consider a tax-deductible donation to our podcast via the Foundation for Delaware County, a 501c3 organization.   Every purchase of RWQ merch also helps support our show!    Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts–and tell your friends about us!   Medical References Egan ME, Lipsky MS. Diagnosis of vaginitis. Am Fam Physician. 2000 Sep 1;62(5):1095-104. PMID: 10997533. del Mármol, J., Yedlin, M.A. & Ruta, V. The structural basis of odorant recognition in insect olfactory receptors. Nature 597, 126–131 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03794-8 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=snJnO6OpjCs Dr. Jen Gunter’s blog https://vajenda.substack.com/   Historical References Farmer, Ashley D. Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2017. Kettler, Andrew. “Race, Nose, Truth: Dystopian Odours of the Other in American Antebellum Consciousness.” Patterns of Prejudice 55, no. 1 (2021): 1–24. doi:10.1080/0031322X.2021.1898811. Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company. [Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and other remedies]. [Ephemera]. 11779.F. Available through: Adam Matthew, Marlborough. Popular Medicine in America, 1800-1900, http://www.popularmedicine.amdigital.co.uk.udel.idm.oclc.org/Documents/Details/PM_11779_F_7 [Accessed January 31, 2023]. C. 1876 Reinarz, Jonathan. Past Scents: Historical Perspectives on Smell. Urbana, Il: University of Illinois Press, 2014.

Season 2, Episode 2.5: Mini-Episode with Mercury Stardust Find the transcript here.   Join us for the first in a series of bonus mini-episodes where we chat with people sharing queer joy! 

Season 2, Episode 2: "Am I Intersex?" with special guest: Elizabeth Reis For transcripts, follow the link here:   Show notes:  Elizabeth Reis, Bodies in Doubt: An American History of Intersex (John Hopkins Univ. Press, updated edition 2021) Georgiann Davis, Contesting Intersex: The Dubious Diagnosis (NYU Press, 2015) Katrina Karkazis, Fixing Sex: Intersex, Medical Authority, and Lived Experience (Duke Univ. Press, 2008) Hida Viliora, Born Both: An Intersex Life (Hatchette Books, 2017) Kimberly Zieselman, XOXY: A Memoir (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2020) Anne Fausto-Sterling, Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality, 2nd ed. Stephanie Lohman and Eric Lohman, Raising Rosie: Our Story of Parenting an Intersex Child (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2018) Sharon Preves, Intersex and Identity: The Contested Self (Rutgers Univ. Press, 2003)   Hans Lindahl (hanslindahl.com) Pidgeon Pagonis (http://pid.ge/) Sean Saifa Wall on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dJduGC3HyQ&t=127s and (https://www.seansaifa.com/)

Season 2, Episode 1: "Am I asexual, or do I have a sexual dysfunction..." For transcripts, follow the link here:   Asexual Visibility and Education Network (AVEN) Corp, Isabel. “14 Asexual Anthems to Listen to on February 14.” Them.us, February 11, 2021. Irvine, Janice M. Disorders of Desire: Sexuality and Gender in Modern American Sexology. Rev. and Expanded ed. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2005. For complete show notes and resources, please head to our website.