In our final episode on transgender music, we discuss Jenny Lewis in Rilo Kiley One of The Guys, The Regrettes A Living Human Girl, Liz Phair Firewalker, Metric Too Little Too Late, R.E.M. Hope, and Chvrches Death Stranding. We really hope you liked this series!

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We're back with even more songs.  And this ain't all, there's still a part 3 in your future!

In this episode, we discuss:

Fraulein Wunder Wenn Ich Ein Junge War or "If I Were A Boy". Faith's judgment: a good song.  The Soviettes Middle of the Night  Hole My Beautiful Son and the link shows you a picture of Kurt Cobain looking pretty in a dress and lipstick and pearls at 0:52 Lords of Acid I Like It (best known for the song The Crab Louse about pubic crabs) 

James Laid 

St Vincent has a song about Candy Darling Green Day King for A Day The Replacements and Peter Buck Androgynous Laura Jane Grace is lead singer of Against Me! and she transitioned in public. One of the band's albums is Transgender Dysphoria Blues. 

Pitchfork hates every album.

Trans or queer musicians: Kim Petras  Romy Haag Pete Burns of Dead of Alive which you know from "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)".  Kurt Cobain  New York Dolls  David Bowie 

Getting a used toaster as wedding gift is just one of the many objectifying, dehumanizing virginity metaphors Faith was taught. But sure, let's follow that comparison to its conclusion.  A used toaster? What if it's just the right toaster for you? What if it's amazing, and it sees you and treasures you for who you are, and it makes you laugh, and it shares your values and interests? Yes, then I wouldn't care if the toaster has a few crumbs in its tray from a previous owner. 

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You KNOW we have opinions on everything from "Lola" to "Walk On The Wild Side" to "Dude Looks Like A Lady". The good, the bad, and the strange.  And this is just part one!!

Links galore:

Jasper the Colossal Markers and Beer live version. It slaps.     

Make famous friends by cultivating fandoms for less- famous people. Faith admires awesome YouTuber Lindsey Ellis -- and she reteweeted one of Faith's dog pics! 

Lake Baikal is a super deep lake. Terrifyingly deep.

SNL Ashlee Simpson debacle.

Okay, music! In this ep, we discussed: Aerosmith's Dude Looks Like A Lady. Faith's judgment: Not a good song.

Here's a picture of Vince Neil of Mötley Crüe (not Poison; apologies to both Mr. Crüe and Mr. Poison), for reference. 

Hair metal, for reference including two cool lists of Top 10 Best and Bottom 5 Worst Hair Metal Bands.

The Kinks Lola. Faith's judgment: Good song but not on her mix or karaoke list.

Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground Take a Walk on the Wild Side (Faith's judgment: good song and not on her karaoke list) and Candy Says (Faith's judgment: same-- good song and not on her karaoke list) 

Learn about: Candy Darling ! Andy Warhol's Factory ! Joe Delassandro !

The Community commercial where they say "meet different people!" 

 Many familiar crabs are of the genus Cancer

Suzanne Vega As Girls Go.  Faith's judgment: not a good song.

Matt Baum's Culture Cruise on YouTube talks about the representation of gays in TV and movies. 

Madonna's What It Feels Like For A Girl. Faith's judgment: a good song. 

Garbage Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go),  Androgyny, and Bleed Like Me . Faith's judgment: 100% awesome songs.  Bonus is their cover of Candy Says that's also spectacular.

The JT Leroy literary hoax 

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Transition is expensive.  A listener writes in to ask, what's the harm with starting an OnlyFans account to help with the costs? Chasers are creepy, but money is money. She's got systems in place to ensure her anonymity and safety.  What do you think?

Topics in this episode include:

Usury laws Bible says don't charge interest when you lend money, but Christians still seem to like it for some reason.  "Caveat" means an old-fashioned necktie, we're pretty sure.  Don't Fuck With Cats taught us people can locate you based on your images, if they're motivated enough. NYC paramedic outed (correction: not fired) for having an OnlyFans account. The concept of "less dead" in criminal justice  Porn actress Asia Carrera retired to Utah because no one looks at porn in Utah.   Speaking of Utah: the only thing better than the breathtaking canyon walls of Zion National Park were the cute Utah queers we encountered there. We see you and we love you.

Faith does not love driving in Phoenix AZ.       Listen past the end credits for sounds of one of our dogs sleep- barking!

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Krav Maga is a hand- to- hand combat technique originally developed by the Israeli armed forces.   And Faith and Kath took the field by storm a few months ago.  Hear how it's going in their women- only classes and their mixed classes.

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Listener and Rebel Erin wrote in to ask about mourning her lost girlhood, and also about her obligations to help other transfolx having a hard time with transition.  Thanks Erin!

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Listener Hayley actually wrote in with three excellent questions.  She asked the Rebels' thoughts on transgender representation in video games, transitioning in the public eye, and how transgender academics handle a lifetime of publications attributed to their deadname.

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Faith has been playing Civilization for years and Civ 6 is the newest one.

A recent article about trans representation in video games-- including 3 games that get it right.

The super-easy, super-tasty popcorn recipe Faith likes.  And that website has a TON of great vegetarian recipes.  We're not even vegetarian and we like Cookie & Kate's recipes!

Within the last year, leading academic publishers have developed a simple policy to help transgender academics: rapid and discreet revisions on all electronic resources. Nature, Science, Elsevier, Wiley and other of the top academic publishers are paving the way.

Kath does not know how to pronounce Elsevier. It is "el suh veer". Both of her guesses were wrong.

Wiley published the MR safety book with Kath's chapter, chapter #30.  But don't buy that book. Buy Faith's book. 

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You know things are bad if the Gender Rebels do a political episode about sports.  But ignoring politics is a luxury for privileged people and we're just plain pissed.

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The book is here! The book is here!!  The second edition of Trans Bodies, Trans Selves is finally out, featuring 2 pieces by our very own Faith Da Brooke!! We can't contain our excitement even though this 649-page ENCYCLOPEDIA is going to put us out of business.  Written almost entirely by trans people, it is an exhaustive resource on healthcare, legal stuff, relationships, history, poetry, and more. And we were so lucky to have the opportunity celebrate the launch by interviewing 2 of the people who were the force behind this, Kelsey Pacha and Kevin Johnson.

Kelsey Pacha is more than just President of the TBTS Board. He's also a consultant for workplaces who want to move forward with their diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Kevin Johnson is a doctor in upstate New York specializing in addiction medicine.

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What does it mean to want to transition, while also being aware gender is a construct? Does transition mean gender is not a construct? Taylor writes in with this excellent question and a few other great insights.

Faith brought up the monkeys who wash their sweet potatoes, which is an atypical behavior that nonetheless spread through the troop and was even handed down through generations.  They do it today; you can go to Japan and see them. It's an amazing case study of behavior that meets three proposed aspects for a cultural behavior: emergence, propagation, and modification.  

The "modification" part is most relevant to Taylor's question. Yes, gender is a construct, a cultural behavior.  It has a lot of problematic aspects but also a LOT of aspects that feel right to many people.   So trans* people and even plenty of cis people modify gender constructs to fit themselves. We live gender in the way we want.

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