Calmversations

Theo shares about her childhood medical and sexual trauma, wrestling with a Disorder of Sexual Development so rare it's still got an incredibly awkward name, and how she used transition to process her life—only to realize that radical self-acceptance with her natural body and difficult history was the right choice for her. Connect with Theo on twitter @XXinv9   Suggested reading: "The Body Keeps the Score" by Bessel Van Der Kolk   Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Auron MacIntyre has been producing articles, interviews, and video essays on right-wing "dissident" or "reactionary" thought. In this interview we explore the right side of the political compass and why "Cthulhu always swims left." Find him on twitter @AuronMacintyre and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/c/AuronMacIntyre/videos  His writing: https://auronmacintyre.substack.com/p/introduction-to-the-total-state?sd=pf  Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Carl Benjamin and I discuss his essay "The Five False Assumptions of Liberalism." We also commiserate about the end of the West as we know it. Links: https://www.lotuseaters.com/five-false-assumptions-of-liberalism-10-06-2022  https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePodcastoftheLotusEaters  https://www.youtube.com/c/SargonofAkkad/    Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Kelly is a concerned parent who has been investigating the socialist dogma encroaching through California public education. Connect with her on twitter @kellyske and find her podcast at https://atimetostand.me  Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce 

Maria works with New Polity, which is a Catholic think tank out in some quaint college town. They do good work, which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/c/NewPolity1 and https://newpolity.com  Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Alan Wolan is a fan of Thomas Sowell. In this conversation he tells me why.  Find him on twitter @AlanWolan and his podcast at   https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-genius-of-thomas-sowell/id1581181836  Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

NJada (a detrans male) speaks to me about his search for redemption through—and then from—a transgender identity.  Find him on twitter @Herenotthere5   And on substack at https://njadadetrans.substack.com   Njada's art: https://njada-art.blogspot.com   Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Shape Shifter speaks about a life of dealing with internal and external homophobia, and how transition damaged his body and distracted him from dealing with childhood trauma and self acceptance. Find shape shifter on twitter @ShifterofShapes and on youtube at  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcU5PxKfWqAQcaFIecpwiHA  Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Zander Keig is a transman who began transition at 39. In this discussion we speak about how society treated his as a masculine woman and how masculinizing his body help him become more aligned with his self and the world. He is a social worker focused on proper treatment and getting things done, more than sloganeering. Find out more about his work at https://www.zanderkeig.net Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Helena is a female-to-male-to-female detransitioner, Limpida is a male-to-female detransitioner, Josh Slocum (host of Disaffected Podcast) is a gay man who's a couple years younger than me, and I'm Benjamin Boyce, of no known novel sexual or gender identities. In this conversation, the four of us tackle the negative impacts that popular feminism has had on young people, and young men in particular. Find us on twitter at @lacroicsz, @americandog1998, @OriginalRecipeG, and @BenjaminABoyce because I made my account when I was an adult and haven't yet had to make a replacement. Helena's substack: https://lacroicsz.substack.com Limpida's substack: https://strigoi.substack.com Benjamin's substack: https://theaphorist.substack.com support this channel https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce