It's another interview episode. This time we're joined by Elizabeth Day. We talk about her first newspaper column from when she was twelve, the ethics of book reviewing, and how a cop took Mic's copy of The Communist Manifesto.

The column we sacrificed to the journalism gods this week – an ode to the writing of Martin Amis by James Marriott – is unfortunately, since it's in The Times, is behind a paywall. Here's an archive link if you want to read it.

Elizabeth's new book, Friendaholic, is out now!

And she also recommended the novel Everything's Fine by Cecelia Rabess, which is out in June, but available for pre-order now, and the Netflix docudrama, Full Swing.

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Music and sound effects:
Intro: 'NewsPound' - Russell Garner
Outro: 'Children of England' - Curious Machines
Htranchant_01 by iut_Paris8 (freesound.org): By Attribution 4.0 License under Creative Commons.

The media loves to hype up the risks of these powerful drugs, from the real-but-overstated impact on bone density to their imaginary ability to turn cis kids trans. We investigate how the media discusses trans healthcare for kids and *gasp* ask trans young people about their experiences of healthcare. As it turns out, the side effects are the least of their problems...

Sources (non-exhaustive):

bricks that built bodies - Eliott Rose (personal story of GIDS)

The Tavistock - Polly Curtis/Tortoise

Anti-trans Conversion Therapy Map of Influence - Health Liberation Now

Our Duty at the Tavistock - Our Duty Now

Questions remain over puberty-blockers as review clears study - Hannah Barnes and Deborah Cohen/BBC

GIDS service specification (p.26) 

Bone Development in Transgender Adolescents Treated With GnRH Analogues and Subsequent Gender-Affirming Hormones Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (2020), Pubertal Suppression in Transgender Youth and Risk of Suicidal Ideation - Pediatrics (2020), Mental Health Outcomes in transgender and Nonbinary Youths Recieving Gender-Affirming Care - Jama Network Open (2022), Gonadotropin releasing hormone agonists: Expanding vistas - Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Can we rely on adolescents to self-assess puberty stage? A systematic review and meta-analysis - Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (2020)

Journalism Recommendations:

Adrift - AP (and Atlantics on Netflix, fiction but relevant)

Why young people in the UK are returning to anarchism - Huck

"F--k him he loses": The Inside Story of how Disney's Attempt to Buy Buzzfeed Fell Apart - Vanity Fair

Dril is Everyone, More Specifically He's a Guy Named Paul. - The Ringer

Culture recommendations:

The Record - boygenius

Guys & Dolls at The Bridge Theatre, London

Paradise - Toni Morrison

After Kathy Acker: A Biography - Chris Kraus

Live Through This - Hole

Find us:

@correctionspod

@sashabaker98

@brokenbottleboy

Music and sound effects: 

Intro: 'NewsPound' - Russell Garner

Outro: 'Children of England' - Curious Machines

Htranchant_01 by iut_Paris8 (freesound.org): By Attribution 4.0 License under Creative Commons