Tilly's Trans Tuesdays

Welcome to more Barbie in Tillyvision, in 4k UHD where available! This week we're going to look back and see how the signs of our transness were always with us, and we're going to talk about one of the most important lines in the entire movie. We're also going to overcompensate in trying to prove how not-trans we are, and that causes all kinds of problems for ourselves (and there's an entire bucke...

If you haven't fully bought in to just how trans Barbie is yet, today's episode is gonna blow your mind and seal the deal! We're going to talk symbols, how trans women never had true male privilege pre-transition, SO many more Matrix connections, how Barbie has a heart to heart WITH her heart, and just maybe... it's gonna help her escape the closet. Millicent Alexis Book returns to discuss a multi...

The trans allegory of Barbie continues, Tillyvision drive to maximum! This week Barbie experiences connection with the past she didn't get to have and the future she might yet make it to, we go All The Way Up to the metacortex, and the ride's gonna get bumpy. Millicent Alexis Book returns to discuss the imposition of manliness and how CEO is the easiest job in the world. Are you gonna be a problem...

The Tillyvision deep-dive into the trans allegory of Barbie continues! This week we engage with our subconscious and maybe don't want to hear what it has to say, experience body changes that are new to us, and take our first steps into the real world as ourselves. Things are gonna get weird! The lovely Millicent Alexis Book returns to discuss! MILLICENT ALEXIS BOOK Linktree: https://linktr.ee/myst...

The trans allegory of Barbie rolls on, Tillyvision can't be stopped! This week we talk about the cure for what ails us, Barbie's egg crack moment and her awakening to gender dysphoria! Millicent Alexis Book returns to discuss sneeze pitches and community support! Everyone has feelings! (so weird) MILLICENT ALEXIS BOOK Linktree: https://linktr.ee/mysticalalexis FURTHER READING (topics discussed wit...

Tillyvision returns! Do you guys ever thing about dying? The BARBIE movie rocked my world, and I instantly connected with it on a fundamental level, even beyond the surface feminist story. Do you wanna know why? Do you wanna know why you saw so many trans people, especially trans women, talking about how much this movie meant to them and the tears it brought? My friends, it's because BARBIE is one...

There's something insidious growing inside the trans community: transmedicalism. It's exclusionary, it's harmful, it's gatekeeping, and it needs to stop. So let's talk about what it is, why it's so bad, and where in the heck it came from (the answer may (not) surprise you). Therapist, author, and gender specialist Dr. Alex Iantaffi returns to discuss how ubiquitous transmedicalism is in the field...

How do you describe the indescribable, something so pervasive and yet so inscrutable? Join me as I tackle one of the biggest topics for many trans people, gender dysphoria. We're gonna talk about how there's no escaping it, and then see if I can put into words what it's like to live with. We're joined by therapist, author, and gender specialist Dr. Alex Iantaffi to discuss challenging the patriarc...

Didja ever notice how one little annoyance isn't a big deal, but if you get twenty of them in a day it's a problem? Doubly so when they're about your very identity? Every person from every marginalized community deals with this, and trans people are no exception. So let's talk about trans microaggressions, what they are, and why they're so awful. We've got lots of examples! Improv performer, cook,...

When trans and queer people obtain anything at all, like perhaps representation in media in the "League of Their Own" show, even those cishet folks who like to think of themselves as allies can push back. And that's due to the implicit biases society worms into us without our knowledge, and if you can't acknowledge you have those biases and work to fix them... nothing will ever get better for anyo...

There are so many tough things we have to get through, but when you find the right motivation you'll be amazed at what you can do. And when that motivation is to stay the true you and never go back? It's dang powerful, and you can do things you never thought possible. Systems trainer and medical tech consultant Jennifer Wallace returns to discuss feeling real! Where are the queers? I'm the gassy o...

A strange thing can happen when you're trans and don't know it... you never feel like your body actually belongs to you. And so you can't understand why anyone would ever want to make any changes to their bodies, and goodness did that all change for me after transition. And my tattoo is one hundred percent wrapped up in my transition, and we're gonna talk about why. And if you didn't already know,...

It's the wrap-up of our discussion on trans rep in movies and tv in 2023! This week we have the rest of the discussion on television, and then see where things are at overall. Critic, journalist, and author Mo Ryan returns to discuss not being happy with crumbs anymore, and being gently radical! This episode includes in-depth discussions on Our Flag Means Death, Quantum Leap, Somebody Somewhere, S...

Okay, we talked about movies, so now it's time for the first half of our discussion on trans rep in television I saw in 2023! Critic, journalist, and author Mo Ryan returns to discuss the bad outcome factory, and how we should all avoid joining the bad person of the month club! This episode includes in-depth discussions on Blue Eye Samurai, Foundation, Heartstopper, Monster High, Never Have I Ever...

Over the course of 2023 I took notes on every single movie and tv show I watched, to bring you my three-part report on 2023 trans rep in media! We're going to discuss the good, the bad, and just how often there was nothing at all to discuss. This week: movies! Critic, journalist, and author Maureen Ryan joins us to discuss the demystification of Hollywood and who's insulated from career blowback....

Trans people are a small percentage of the population, though there's actually more than any reports can show. But that means for many cis people out there, if you know a trans person, they're probably the only trans person you know. They're probably the only trans person a LOT of people know. Which means we're constantly getting bombarded with questions (or worse) about our existence from all sid...

A lot of people don't realize how children in our society are bombarded with the "right" and "wrong" ways to be a certain gender, or just how compulsory being a cisgender heterosexual person is. And this damages all kids in all kinds of ways, and makes life much more difficult for trans kids. Writer and costume designer Aoife Baker joins us to discuss hot lady assassins and how we as a society sho...

Okay, so you know that I received the AI-generated yearbook photos of a younger me that didn't get to exist... but what you don't know is what they did to me. So we're gonna discuss it, in depth, and the history that wasn't. And it's going to be hard, but something important happened and we need to talk about it. Housewife and writer Miriam Robern returns to discuss being a transbian tradwife! We...

I'm not generally a supporter of AI for most things (it isn't even really AI anyway), and yet I cannot deny the impact it's had upon the trans community. So I wanted to write about it, but what I didn't realize is that what I was really writing about is the past and why it's so complicated for people who transition as adults. And what happens when we can get a glimpse of... a new past? A world tha...

It's the final episode of our series on trans voices... an interview with the speech-language pathologist that I saw for my gender-affirming speech therapy! We're going to get into the science behind it all, why AMAB and AFAB voices sound different and what it really takes to change them. It takes a long time and a lot of work, but if you're dedicated and put in the effort (with safe and certified...

We continue our discussion of voice, and what that means when you're transgender. This week we discuss my full gender-affirming speech therapy experience, when is the right time to work on pitch, D-I-S-T-E-R-B, and you get to hear a voice timeline... of me saying the exact same thing, from pre-transition, through every stage of speech therapy, on to where I'm at now. It might blow your mind (it ce...

So many of us trans people struggle with our voices. They might spike our dysphoria, or cause us to get misgendered, or just not sound like US. So this week we kick off a three week series all about voice! In this episode, we're going to talk about how incredibly gendered voices are in our society, what that does to us, and how to approach that if you're seeking out gender-affirming voice therapy....

We made it! This is the final episode of our discussion of the trans allegory of Silo s1 on AppleTV+! And we're talking all about the season finale, and how the ending maybe doesn't mean what you think it means. We're gonna talk about how even those at the top buy into the lie, and how we need solidarity and community because we can't do it alone. The sagacious Samantha Cuddy returns to discuss ho...

It's the penultimate episode of our discussion of the trans allegory of Silo season 1 on AppleTV+! This week we discuss how it's socially acceptable to hide your queerness, how the rules only apply to the oppressed and not the oppressors, and how if you're not fighting alongside us for our rights you're an integral part of the power structure that oppresses us. The luminous Samantha Cuddy returns...

It's part seven of our examination of the trans allegory of Silo season 1 on AppleTV+! This week we talk about the importance of chosen family, how we're not allowed to have knowledge society doesn't approve of, and how we're saddled with obligations to keep us too busy and exhausted to examine the big questions. Oh, and rabbits! The junoesque Samantha Cuddy returns to discuss how trans people hav...