Calmversations

As a child and into his teen years, Ash had a very difficult time understanding people and getting along with them—especially boys. This lead him, as a freshman in high school, to consider if he was in fact trans. Fast-tracked by his therapist, but held back by his father, a closer, more careful inspection of how he makes sense in the world lead to a diagnosis of autism. Once that connection was made, things became a lot easier for him to manage. Support this channel by murmuring about it on zoom meetings, or tipping via https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Veera is a detransitioned Finnish youtuber who shares a very personal story about struggling to love and care for herself through a life of foster care, anorexia, and other mental and emotional difficulties. Watch her content at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG0-O3zN9yp0jgd5a4-VL2g Support this channel by stuffing url's of your favorite episodes into local church hymnals and those cute little Free Libraries that are here and there, or by tipping via https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Deborah Fillman is a mother and writer who, shocked by the treatment of her daughters in public education, has done her research and decided that public schools are beyond reformation, and should be abolished. Find her on twitter @insomnochick, on youtube at The Reason We Learn and on locals https://thereasonwelearn.locals.com If you're interested in homeschool resources visit the Homeschool Legal Defense Association at https://hslda.org Support this channel by sharing your favorite episodes with your local contractors and journeyman, or by sending tips through https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

I'm not the first to notice symmetries in the political and social arc of The Me Generation (Boomers) and The Me² Generation (Zoomers). Jim Heller talks about his experience in a 70's era cult and how he sees the same thinking going on at present. Jim Heller lives and works in the costal town of Victoria, British Columbia Support this channel by sharing your favorite episodes with your childhood sweetheart(s) and by tipping at https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce or via CashApp $benjaminaboyce

Ella Washington (@rhetorical_joke on twitter) speaks to me about the years she devoted to a child with severe mental health issues, and how she gracefully managed his foray into a trans identity. Support this channel by sharing your favorite episodes, and by tipping via CashApp $benjaminaboyce or https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Milli Hill (@millihill on twitter) has been writing about women's reproductive health for many years, and was recently shunned and abused for putting women first.  Find her writing at  https://www.millihill.co.uk  "Give Birth Like a Feminist" https://bit.ly/3s1XuMu  "My Period" https://bit.ly/3fCCIOv  Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce CashApp $benjaminaboyce Read my fiction: http://bit.ly/aliastodream  

Elika is a university student whose proclivity for critical thinking, logic, and humor makes her somewhat of an outcast among her peers. We talk about navigating a social landscape that is highly moral, ideological, and vengeful (in the name of fairness, justice, and equity), and how she's coming to terms with thinking out loud and for herself. Find the beginnings of her impressive writing career at https://rimeslikedimes.substack.com Follow her on twitter at @rimeslikedimes Support this channel by sharing your favorite episodes with friends and middling acquaintances, or by tipping via CashApp $benjaminaboyce or https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

James Esses found working in counseling very fulfilling, and decided to pursue a degree in the field. Three years in to a five year degree, someone complained about his views on the affirmation-only approach to gender issues, and his educational institute unceremoniously kicked him from his program. What follows is his story, and what he's doing to fight back. Find James at @JamesEsses on twitter and check out his legal fund if you feel so moved at:  https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/expelled-university-free-speech/ Support this channel by sharing your favorite episodes with friends and enemies, and tipping via CashApp $benjaminaboyce or PayPal.me/benjaminboyce

Alexandros is an entrepreneur practice solutions to design-based problems. He's also keen on making sense of the world, in order to optimize human life and ingenuity. Pulled into the controversy surrounding Bret Weinstein's questions of the COVID vaccine and alternatives thereto, Alexandros found a lack of substance in these critics' complains. So he has put together a crowdsource sort of fact checking mechanism which I think might give us clues to fielding the broadest amount of input and truth in a world overloaded with information and personality quirks. Find out more by following @BetterSkeptics and @alexandrosM on twitter, and learning about The Ground Truth Challenge at https://www.betterskeptics.com Support this podcast by sharing your favorite episodes with friends, or tipping via https://paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Aaron Kimberly (@Aaron_GDAC) is a long time mental health professional and transman. He has been advocating for evidence based trans health care, while Canada is implementing laws that ban people from exploring gender identities in any way other than affirmatively (casting this as "conversion therapy" and outlawing even talk therapy). A vocal advocate for Gender Identity, who has been working nationally and internationally, has decided to harass and bully Aaron for not toeing the line of an ideology that isn't based on facts, but rather internal feelings. I have Aaron on to discuss what he is really standing for and trying to teach people about.  Learn more about Aaron's trans health advocacy: https://www.gdalliancecanada.com Also: https://www.trevoices.com Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce