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Season 2 - Episode 5: I Keep Hearing About Ketamine Therapy. Should I Try It? With Special Guest: Susan Stryker,

Season 2, Episode 5: "I Keep Hearing About Ketamine Therapy. Should I Try It..." with special guest: Susan Stryker
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Season 2 - Episode 4: Can Anyone Tell If I’m A Virgin?

Season 2, Episode 4: "Can Anyone Tell If I'm A Virgin..."
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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?

Season 2, Episode 3: "What's That Smell?"
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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.

Mini-Episode with Mercury Stardust

Season 2, Episode 2.5: Mini-Episode with Mercury Stardust
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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 Elizabeth Reis

Season 2, Episode 2: "Am I Intersex?" with special guest: Elizabeth Reis
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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?

Season 2, Episode 1: "Am I asexual, or do I have a sexual dysfunction..."
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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.
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Season 1 - Episode 6: This Is Because I’m Fat, Right?

Episode 6: "This Is Because I'm Fat, Right?"
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Show Notes:
Medical Research
7 Ways to Uproot Your Anti-Fat Bias by Aubrey Gordon 
Tomiyama, A., Carr, D., Granberg, E. et al. How and why weight stigma drives the obesity ‘epidemic’ and harms health. BMC Med 16, 123 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-018-1116-5
Phelan SM, Burgess DJ, Puhl RM, et al. The adverse effect of weight stigma on the well-being of medical students with overweight or obesity: findings from a national survey. J Gen Intern Med. 2015;30(9):1251–8.
First Do No Harm: stories of fat predjudice in healthcare
When Doctors Body Shame Their Patients – It’s a fricking Cosmo article, but the anecdotes are powerful. 
Haqq AM, Kebbe M, Tan Q, Manco M, Salas XR. Complexity and Stigma of Pediatric Obesity. Child Obes. 2021 Jun;17(4):229-240. doi: 10.1089/chi.2021.0003. Epub 2021 Mar 29. PMID: 33780639; PMCID: PMC8147499.
Incollingo Rodriguez, A.C., Smieszek, S.M., Nippert, K.E. et al. Pregnant and postpartum women’s experiences of weight stigma in healthcare. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 20, 499 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-020-03202-5
Ives GC, Fein LA, Finch L, Sluiter EC, Lane M, Kuzon WM, Salgado CJ. Evaluation of BMI as a Risk Factor for Complications following Gender-affirming Penile Inversion Vaginoplasty. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2019 Mar 13;7(3):e2097. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000002097. PMID: 31044103; PMCID: PMC6467628.
https://naafa.org/community-voices/fat-self-care
Maintenance Phase Podcast Episode on the BMI: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1411126?client_source=large_player&iframe=true&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzsprout.com%2F1411126%2Fpodcast%2Fembed#
Historical Sources
 
Altman, Claire E., Jennifer Van Hook, and Jonathan Gonzalez. “Becoming Overweight without Gaining a Pound: Weight Evaluations and the Social Integration of Mexicans in the United States.” International Migration Review 51, no. 1 (Spring 2017): 3–36. https://doi.org/10.1111/imre.12220.
Parr, Jessica M. “Obesity and the Emergence of Mutual Aid Groups for Weight Loss in the Post-War United States.” Social History of Medicine 27, no. 4 (2014): 768–88. https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hku020.
Rasmussen, Nicolas. “Downsizing Obesity: On Ancel Keys, the Origins of BMI, and the Neglect of Excess Weight as a Health Hazard in the United States from the 1950s to 1970s.” Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences 55, no. 4 (October 2019): 299–318. https://doi.org/10.1002/jhbs.21991.
Strings, Sabrina. Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia. New York: New York University Press, 2019.
Additional Resources:
Thebodyisnotanapology.com
https://www.iamannachapman.com/fat-selfcare-tips
https://naafa.org/
https://asdah.org/health-at-every-size-haes-approach/
https://theadipositivityproject.zenfolio.com/about.html
http://stacybias.net/
https://www.aubreygordon.net/
https://nolose.org/
http://www.kellidunham.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/YOU-DONT-HAVE-TO-LOVE-YOUR-BODY-TO-TAKE-CARE-OF-IT-FOR-DOWNLOAD.pdf
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-to-do-about-fat-shaming-doctors_n_5ba9604ee4b0181540dfd54d

Season 1 - Episode 5: Is the Turkey Baster Thing Real...

Season 1 - Episode 5: "Is the Turkey Baster Thing Real..."
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Show Notes:
 
Health-related links:
The Longest Shortest Time Episode 153: https://longestshortesttime.com/episode-153-sperm-shopping-by-color/
Lambda Legal:  https://www.lambdalegal.org/states-regions/in-your-state?gclid=CJDu1q-55dICFUO5wAodlCEB3w
Williams Institute: https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Same-Sex-Parents-Jul-2018.pdf
Family Equality (2019) LGBTQ Family Building Survey. https://www.familyequality.org/fbs 
Carone, N., Gartrell, N.K., Rothblum, E.D., Koh, A.S., & Bos, H.M.W. (2021) The Stability of Psychological Adjustment Among Donor-conceived Offspring in the U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study from Childhood to Adulthood: Differences by Donor Type, Fertility and Sterility, 115(5), 1302–1311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2020.12.012
National Survey of Children’s Health: https://www.childhealthdata.org/learn-about-the-nsch/archive-prior-year-data-documents-and-resources/2011-12-nsch
Stephanie Berman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0NNN-5SSbM
“Turkey-Baster Baby”: https://open.spotify.com/track/1GMK8sajViuODG58vfk3uh 
 
Historical sources:
Daniels, Cynthia R, and Janet Golden. "Procreative Compounds: Popular Eugenics, Artificial Insemination and the Rise of the American Sperm Banking Industry." Journal of Social History 38, no. 1 (2004): 5-27. doi:10.1353/jsh.2004.0081. 
May, Elaine Tyler. Barren in the Promised Land: Childless Americans and the Pursuit of Happiness. New York: BasicBooks, 1995.
“‘Proxy Baby,” News- week 55 (May 30, 1960): 80–81.
Richards, Martin. “Artificial Insemination and Eugenics: Celibate Motherhood, Eutelegenesis and Germinal Choice.” Studies in History & Philosophy of Biological & Biomedical Sciences 39, no. 2 (June 2008): 211–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsc.2008.03.005.
Tallon-Hicks, Yana. “Starter Kit: Baby-making just got intimate.” Deneuve: the Lesbian Magazine (April 2013), 15. 
“Test-Tube Test Case.” Time 64 (December 27, 1954): 52.
“Use of artificial insemination increasing” (AP), The News Tribune (Tacoma, Was.), December 5, 1978, p. 11.

Season 1 - Episode 4: Can I Get Pregnant If...

Season 1 - Episode 4: "Can I Get Pregnant If.."
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Show Notes:
Health related links:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7447942.stm
http://www.drmomma.org/2008/06/human-ovulation-clearly-photographed.html
www.dodsonandross.com
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Historical sources:
Brodie, Janet Farrell. Contraception and Abortion in 19th-Century America. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1994.
Cobb, M. “An Amazing 10 Years: The Discovery of Egg and Sperm in the 17th Century.” Reproduction in Domestic Animals 47, no. 4: 2–6. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0531.2012.02105.
Horowitz, Maryanne Cline. “The ‘Science’ of Embryology Before the Discovery of the Ovum.” In Connecting Spheres: European Women in a Globalizing World, 1500 to the Present, edited by 
Marilyn J. Boxer and Jean H. Quataert, 2nd ed., 104–12. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Martin, Emily. “The Egg and the Sperm: How Science Has Constructed a Romance Based on Stereotypical Male-Female Roles.” Signs 16, no. 3 (1991): 485–501.
 
 
 

Season 1 - Episode 3: How Do I Know If I’m Trans...Part 2

Season 1 - Episode 3: "How Do I Know If I'm Trans...? Part 2"
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Show Notes:
Ainsworth, C. Sex redefined. Nature 518, 288–291 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/518288a
APA’s statement on gender dysphoria in the DSM: https://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Psychiatrists/Practice/DSM/APA_DSM-5-Gender-Dysphoria.pdf
Meyerowitz, Joanne J. How Sex Changed: A History of Transsexuality. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2002.
Stryker, Susan. Transgender History: The Roots of Today’s Revolution. New York: Seal Press, 2017.