Eliza Mondegreen

Eliza Mondegreen, a returning guest, discusses the wacky USPATH conference and how the internet fuels neurosis and obsessiveness. Topics include dressing choices, the complex dynamics of identity, the media's complicity, comparing past eugenic practices with current practices, the appropriation of a tragic event, the complications of sterilization, fear of being wrong and trans identification, and male involvement in the movement.

Eliza Mondegreen, a researcher into gender related internet phenomena, and Jamie Reed, a medical whistleblower, critique our systems of medicine and culture of trans-humanism. They discuss the failures of the medical community in providing evidence-based care, the need for reform in gender medicine, and supporting detransitioners and trauma-informed care. They explore the controversy surrounding transitioning, improving healthcare for gender non-conforming individuals, and the responsibility of 'grownups' in youth gender medicine.

Eliza Mondegreen, a graduate student specializing in transgenderism and online trans communities, discusses parallels between gender ideology and psychiatric phenomena. They explore the evolution of gender identity diagnosis and the relationship between transgenderism and transhumanism. The podcast also examines the composition of natal female identified groups, the explicit sexualized image of being a woman, and contagious psychiatric conditions like gender dysphoria.

Eliza Mondegreen and Jessie Mannisto discuss our culture's obsession with normalizing the pathological and pathologizing the normal. Topics include positive disintegration, trans identity, finding community, Robert F. Kennedy's character, Jim Henson as a teenage role model, documenting the Great Depression, muck-raking journalism, dynamics and fault lines among different groups, and controversy surrounding gender.

Writers Lisa Seline Davis and Eliza Mondegreen discuss biases in journalism, complexities of free speech, gender medicine, extreme beliefs, gender identity and spirituality. They also have quirky conversations on Pride, whimsical merchandising ideas, challenging societal norms in publishing and online discourse.