Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - The “Protecting Trans Kids” Edition
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show
Slate Audio
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2022
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
On this episode: Jamilah, Elizabeth, and Zak talk about the wave of anti-trans legislation, the role of misinformation in this movement, and how to protect trans kids. They are joined by Jules Gill-Peterson. She is a trans historian and author of Histories of the Transgender Child, and co-host of Slate’s very own Outward podcast.
Recommendations
Jamilah recommends: NYT Spelling Bee
Elizabeth recommends: PILOT FriXion Clicker Erasable, Refillable & Retractable Gel Ink Pens
Zak recommends: This tweet
Resources
Histories of the Transgender Child by Jules Gill-Peterson
Slate’s Outward podcast
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| 0:00.0 | Spark your creativity with the Sims. |
| 0:04.0 | Sometimes you might feel like you're not creative |
| 0:07.0 | and you have to go and search of your creative spark again. |
| 0:10.0 | Maybe this is catching up with creative friends, |
| 0:13.0 | experimenting with a new look or trying out a new recipe |
| 0:16.0 | and thanks to the Sims, inspiration is just one game |
| 0:19.0 | and one spark away. |
| 0:21.0 | Ready to spark something? |
| 0:23.0 | Download the Sims 4 and play for free. |
| 0:27.0 | This episode contains explicit language. |
| 0:34.0 | Welcome to Mom & Data Fighting. |
| 0:36.0 | Slates Parenting Podcast for Monday, May 9th, |
| 0:39.0 | the Protecting Trans Kids Edition. |
| 0:41.0 | I'm Jamil Lemieux, a writer, |
| 0:43.0 | contributor to Slates Parent Feeding Parenting Come |
| 0:46.0 | and Mom to Naima, who was nine, |
| 0:48.0 | and we live in Los Angeles. |
| 0:50.0 | I'm Elizabeth New Camp. |
| 0:51.0 | I write the homeschool and family travel blog, Dutch Dutch Goose. |
| 0:53.0 | I'm the mom to three little's, Henry, who's 10, |
| 0:56.0 | Oliver, who's seven, and Teddy, who's five. |
| 0:58.0 | And we live in Colorado Springs, Colorado. |
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