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  • Season 4 - Episode 3: "Is It Okay I Haven't Shaved...."
    Apr 24 2025

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

    Transcripts are here

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    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.

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    28 min
  • Season 4 - Episode 2: Does My Kid Really Need the HPV Vaccine?
    Mar 27 2025

    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

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    43 min
  • Season 4 - Episode 1: "Why am I the one who’s responsible for birth control?"
    Jan 30 2025

    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).

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    40 min
  • Season 3 - Episode 6: "What the F*$% Do I Do Now..."
    Dec 19 2024

    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”

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    33 min
  • Season 3 - Episode 5: Can I Get Tested for Autism?
    May 30 2024

    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

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    41 min
  • Season 3 - Episode 4: Do I Have Undiagnosed Adult ADHD?
    Apr 25 2024

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

    For transcripts click here

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    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/

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    43 min
  • Season 3 - Episode 3: Can I Trust My Psychiatrist with guest Katie Dalke, MD
    Mar 28 2024

    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/

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    52 min
  • Season 3 - Episode 2: Should I Curate Porn for My Teenager? with Ellen Selkie, MD
    Feb 29 2024

    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.

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    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

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    49 min