Giving myself permission to be myself with Rachael Cady and Julia Serano

Welcome to our LGBT podcast This Queer Book Saved My Life! In this episode, we talk with lighting designer, radio host, and teacher Rachael Cady (she/her) about the book that saved her life: Whipping Girl by Julia Serano. It's a collection of personal essays that debunk many of the myths and misconceptions that people have about trans women, femininity, and gender. <br/><br/>Rachael shares with us that, "for the first time I saw someone who was like me. It was incredible. It was an epiphany for me. Finally, I was able to give myself permission to be myself."<br/><br/>And Julia (she/her) -- the slam poetry champion,  spoken word artist, and musician, with a PhD in Biochemistry -- joins us for the conversation. She explains why she wrote Whipping Girl, "The book felt necessary for me to write because I wrote it as I was making sense of the first time in my life I was actually moving through the world as a woman, but then I was also facing the day-to-day sexism and sexualization that many women face."<br/><br/>Don't forget to join us on November 10 at Lush Lounge and Theater in NE Minneapolis for our 2nd ever live event! We're recording the new episode "From Unseen to Seen" with author and publisher William Burleson. It's free, but we recommend you RSVP: https://bit.ly/liveatlush<br/><br/>Buy Whipping Girl and other books from our LGBT podcast at our Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/thisqueerbook<br/><br/>Follow Julia on Twitter: @juliaserano<br/>www.juliaserano.com<br/>Julia's music Soft Vowel Sounds is here: https://softvowelsounds.com<br/><br/>Follow Rachael on Facebook: RachaelKCMO<br/>Rachael (as KC Vixen) co-hosts Siren Song on KKFI: https://kkfi.org/program/siren-song/Support the show