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A podcast for people with bodies, the healthcare providers who care for them, and the history-curious.

  1. APR 24

    Season 4 - Episode 3: "Is It Okay I Haven't Shaved...."

    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.

    28 min

  2. MAR 27

    Season 4 - Episode 2: Does My Kid Really Need the HPV Vaccine?

    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

    43 min

  3. JAN 30

    Season 4 - Episode 1: "Why am I the one who’s responsible for birth control?"

    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).

    40 min

  4. 12/19/2024

    Season 3 - Episode 6: "What the F*$% Do I Do Now..."

    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”

    33 min

  5. 05/30/2024

    Season 3 - Episode 5: Can I Get Tested for Autism?

    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

    41 min

  6. 04/25/2024

    Season 3 - Episode 4: Do I Have Undiagnosed Adult ADHD?

    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/

    43 min

  7. 03/28/2024

    Season 3 - Episode 3: Can I Trust My Psychiatrist with guest Katie Dalke, MD

    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/

    52 min

  8. 02/29/2024

    Season 3 - Episode 2: Should I Curate Porn for My Teenager? with Ellen Selkie, MD

    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

    49 min
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