Gen(der) Z

Bren and Michelle discuss different attachment styles in different relationships and how they manifest, then find out their own attachment styles!

Gen(der) Z is having a birthday! Bren and Michelle celebrate and talk about their hopes for the future, along with how they and the podcast has changed over its time.

Michelle and Bren discuss what they’ve learned in their high school romances about relationships and themselves.

Bren and Michelle discuss intersectionality and layers of oppression.

Michelle and Bren talk about how they are feeling about become freshman again (in college!)

Michelle and Bren review Barbie (spoiler warning! also, they loved it), and how it, the strikes in the entertainment industry, and Oppenheimer are interacting with each other and the world.

Bren and Michelle talk about their expereince with the far right and how it has manifested in their generation.

Bren and Michelle talk about their experiences with neurodivergency and how they've seen queer people interact with their own neurodivergency.

Bren and Michelle look back on their senior year of high school, the highs and the lows, what they would do different, and things they wouldn't change for the world.

Michelle and Bren discuss rainbow washing, it's impact, and how superficial it actually is.

Bren and Michelle talk to each other about how they love drag, some things they know, and why it is so important to protect.

Bren reads to the listeners and Michelle their script for their ten-minute historical presentation about the gay rights movement from eighth grade, talking about the history, the facts, and the experience.

Bren and Michelle discuss how the news, particularly news against marginalized communities' effect those in them, and how finding balance between knowing what's going on and protecting your mental health is harder than it sounds.

Michelle and Bren describe their experiences with grief, what they learned, and what they've seen.

Michelle and Bren let loose a little and discuss college mascots, slang, and how teenagers don't have enough cool catch phrases. 

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode discusses mass shootings and hate crimes.  Bren and Michelle discuss Michelle's Lunar New Year, gun reform, and then discuss Black History Month and what they are doing and have found success in with anti-racism work. 

Michelle and Bren discuss their experiences in applying to college, the ups and downs, the waiting, and how it really isn't like the movies. 

Michelle and Bren read the Marriage Equality Act and break it down with their thoughts. 

Michelle and Bren talk about the different options for binding and Bren's experience with them, telling you their preferences and pros and cons to each. 

Michelle and Bren read through Bren's IA from Math, about Dr. Alan L Hart, the first documented trans doctor in the US.

Bren and Michelle take the famous Colbert Questionert!

Bren and Michelle celebrate entering their third year of producing Gen(der) Z!

Michelle and Bren review Bren's article entitled Dear JK Rowling, which is their own take on JK Rowling's sudden ascension to transphobia. 

Bren and Michelle are joined by their friend Ash, who takes them through the movie franchise Descendants by Disney, and how it's queercoding was noticed. 

Bren and Michelle talk about what they think senior year will hold and how they are feeling about it.