Calmversations

Stella O'Malley (@stellaomalley3) is an author, speaker, psychologist, and unapologetic Irish lass. In this discussion, she speaks about her severe childhood gender dysphoria and how she embraced her womanhood midway through her teenage years. She also addresses her concerns with the current Western obsession with identity and diagnosis that are producing more roadblocks than inroads for young peo...

After a gender non-conformist childhood, Leigh decided to transition at 24. Then, at 30, she decided to kick testosterone and accept her identity as a woman. In this interview, she explains her experiences and reasons for transitioning and desisting. Her Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPPBP1b5evheZzJHybTE_xg   Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce  ...

Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce  Claire Graham is a teacher and intersex advocate working in the UK. In this chat, she chimes in on her dissociation from feminist associations, and what sort of person wants to be inside a cause, and what sort of person doesn't.  Follow me on twitter @BenjaminABoyce

I stumbled upon Belinda Brown last weekend when she delivered some criticism to a group of feminists meeting for International Women's Day. Admiring her pluck, I wanted to afford her the opportunity to flesh out her thoughts and subject them to critical inquiry and biographical context. Follow her on twitter @bbhippopotamus Support this channel (after you've seen to it you and your loved ones are...

Societal expectations, sexual objectification, eating disorders, gender stereotypes... I speak with a woman about the tropes of feminism, and together we move the discussion away from the political and deeper into the personal. Follow this female on twitter: @radley_ms And me @BenjaminABoyce Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Meghan Daum (@meghan_daum) is a prolific columnist for a wide array of digital and print publications. In this interview, we speak about defying expectations and denying self-censorship. Her new book, The Problem with Everything, is available in audio, ebook, and print format and can be ordered through her website:   https://www.meghandaum.com   Support this channel: https://www.paypal.m...

James "@ConceptualJames" Lindsay is an author and speaker who has been shining the light on inconsistencies and vicissitudes of PostModern Activism and Critical Theory. He's launching a new platform: https://www.newdiscourses.com that lays out in encyclopedic detail (quite literally, in fact) how the various Grievance Studies and their core concepts operate. This is a wide ranging discussion—as it...

Jennifer Anne (twitter: @JenniferAnne_s) has been working these last few months to get the Canadian Government to release analytics about the impact and outcomes of C-16. This has not been an easy task, and she needs more Canadians' help to make it happen:   Find the e-petition here: https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details? Petition=e-2289   More information:   https://w...

Andrew Doyle (@andrewdoyle_com) is the architect of the Titania McGrath (@TitaniaMcGrath) phenomenon. But who is the man behind Twitter's most ruthless bigotphobe? In this interview we speak about his passion for gay 16th century poetry, pub playwriting, and if (or, rather, when) my cat is going to eat me.   Read Titania's memoirs: https://amzn.to/31WN6bG   Support this channel: https://...

Lara speaks candidly about abusive relationships, sex work, and motherhood.  Follow her at @LaraAdamsMille1 on Twitter.    Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce   Follow me on twitter @BenjaminABoyce

Helen Joyce (@HJoyceGender) is The Economist's finance editor, and is currently on sabbatical to focus on a book about gender-identity ideology.    Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Graham Linehan (@Glinner) returns to talk about being the mob’s target, and whether he’s been swept up in similar groupthink.   Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce Follow me on twitter @BenjaminABoyce 

Debbie Hayton is a normal person who has a normal job helping her society function. She is also a transsexual—and has over the past few years found it necessary to speak out against the extreme views that have taken over the trans discussion.   Find her on Twitter (so long as she hasn't been banned for... making too much sense): @DebbieHayton   Support this channel:  https://www.paypal.me/benjamin...

Meet Laura (@FlohrFritz), who spent her young adulthood in anarchist and antifa groups, transitioning from female to male, and then taking a turn into motherhood, science, and philosophy. Laura’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0PzPV2-mrkbxLPk2-eY53Q   Part of a series: http://bit.ly/2L2JaS6   Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Watson is a Scottish woman who underwent hormonal and surgical transition over the course of half a decade. Yet after each successive transition, she realized her underlining issues were not being resolved. She has now turned away from transition, and is speaking about her journey on YouTube and Twitter. Follow her @ImWatson91. Support this podcast: https://paypal.me/benjaminboyce Follow me on Twi...

A deeply personal interview with a young woman about her childhood trauma, transition, detransition—and the long road to self-acceptance. Part of a series: http://bit.ly/2L2JaS6   Find Rachel on Twitter @HabituallyFemme   And me @BenjaminABoyce   Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Helena (@lacroicsz) is a member of the Pique Resilience Project, a group of detransitioned women who are trying to spread awareness about quality of care issues with the American medical industry's treatment of trans identified youth.    Find out more about the Pique Resilience Project at: https://www.piqueresproject.com    Follow me on twitter @BenjaminABoyce  Donations:  https://www.paypal.me/be...

​ @ArielleScarcella has been on YouTube discussing gender, sexuality, and LGBT culture for over a decade now. I ask her what she's learned and how things have changed.  Find her work at: https://www.youtube.com/user/ArielleIsHamming    Follow me on twitter @BenjaminABoyce  Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Contact Ben at GNCcentric@gmail.com  Society For Evidence Based Gender Medicine: https://segm.org  Gender Care Consumer Advocacy Network: https://www.gccan.org  Meghan Murphy's talk in the Toronto library: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIzXSLFeAxQ  Follow me on twitter @BenjaminABoyce Tips welcome:  https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Sasha Ayad is a Licensed Professional Counselor specializing in teen therapy. Her website is https://www.inspiredteentherapy.com and her twitter handle is @SashaLPC.   Follow me on twitter @BenjaminABoyce  Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyc

Mars (@_Mars_F) is a transman in the midwest who is more or less fed up with the "trainings" that are being mandated around his identity. He's also the sort of lad who I'd be gaming with constantly if we lived within a certain proximity, and I had the time to game with constantly. Check out his podcast: https://transbruh.podbean.com  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzfYbUgSrIwf2HRMG8_PUeQ On twit...

Dr. Stephen Hicks is a professor and lecturer who has been speaking about the origins and outcomes of Postmodernism for over 20 years. In this discussion, provided by the the new media platform thinkspot, we explore the Evergreen Protests in the light of intellectual trends dating from the Enlightenment.   Follow him on twitter @SRCHicks    And me @BenjaminABoyce  tip jar: https://www.paypal.me/be...

Logan McCree (Philip Tanzer) speaks to me about his pursuit of self-knowledge through male sexuality and gender experimentation. Somewhat NSFW, yet a very insightful glimpse into one man's journey. Follow him on twitter @LoganMcCree777 And me @BenjaminABoyce Tips very much appreciated: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Logan McCree (@LoganMcCree777) is a German artist and Men's Rights Activist living in Scotland. He responded to a brief youtube video I made about a clip of Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, seeming to argue that restricting speech is the path to insure a free Germany. I was unaware of the complex issues of the German politic, and so I invited Logan on to fill me in on the situation. This was...

Part of a series: http://bit.ly/2L2JaS6 Posie Parker is an advocate for women's rights who is roundly derided by activists of all stripes. She's been kicked off every platform that you have an app for, and even interviews with her get taken down. She's not that scary, though—unless you have an irrational fear of opinionated women. Learn more about her here: https://www.standingforwomen.com Support...