You Sound Like a Girl
10 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsYou Sound Like a Girl explores how cis and trans women engage with their own voices to build identity and exist in the world.
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When we want to change how we sound - Voice coaching and identity in 2021
July 01, 2021 19:53 - 40 minutes - 46.9 MBIn this episode we speak with Joy Lanceta Coronel, a speech and dialect coach, about the intersection of vocal coaching and identity and how she works to honor people’s identities and provide each client with the tools they need to confidently use their voice. Links from our conversation: Amy Berryman: https://www.amy-berryman.com/ Walden: https://sfp-reemergeseason.com/the-plays/walden/ In the Dark: https://features.apmreports.org/in-the-dark/ Madeleine Baran: https://twitter.com/madel...
How social media platforms silence women and femmes
June 17, 2021 11:00 - 38 minutes - 70 MBIn this episode, we talk with two LinkedIn thought leaders -- Madison Butler, the Blue Haired Unicorn, and Emily O. Weltman of coFLOWco -- about how the big tech companies behind social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook & Instagram, and Twitter silence women and femmes -- especially women and femmes of color. Links from our conversation: Arlan Hamilton: https://www.itsaboutdamntime.com/arlan Emily Weltman on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilyoweltman/ Sonya Renee Taylor: h...
From the vagina dentata to pleasure activism
May 20, 2021 04:35 - 59 minutes - 68.1 MBIn this episode, we speak with Valentina Ortiz Pandolfi & Kait Scalisi about the myth of the Vagina Dentata and the connection between the voice and sexuality. Valentina shares a traditional story from the Ponca tribe & sex educator Kait of Passion by Kait weighs in. Note: You Sound Like a Girl acknowledges that not all women have vaginas & that genitals do not equal gender. This episode will focus on folks with vaginas, but as always, You Sound Like a Girl invites cis & trans women, as wel...
Her voice saved her father's life
April 29, 2021 23:58 - 34 minutes - 39.8 MB"Bad things happen with you don't speak up." In this episode, we speak with Alice Herb about saving her father from the Gestapo and escaping the Holocaust, emigrating to the United States, and how we can use our voices to stand up for those more vulnerable than ourselves. Links to topics we talk about in the show: Kristallnacht - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristallnacht The Holocaust - https://www.ushmm.org/learn Women and femmes who are speaking to us: Listen to Michelle Obama’s Bec...
Exploring gender identity
April 09, 2021 02:39 - 44 minutes - 50.6 MBIn this episode, we speak with Evie Dumont (she/they) about gender identity, pronouns, imposter syndrome, the joy of the gender journey, and how art and creativity can help us find ourselves. Content warning: You’ll hear some terms that, while originally homophobic, have been reclaimed by some members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Learn more about gender with these resources Evie shared! Genderflex from The Queen’s English by Chloe O. Davis - https://www.thequeensenglishus.com/meetchloe AE ...
Women in movies - Molly's Game
December 11, 2020 02:35 - 51 minutes - 59.4 MBIn this episode, we discuss the movie Molly’s Game with guest Alexandria Joesica Smalls. We talk about women’s representation in Hollywood; the Bechdel test; who gets to tell what story; and poker! Film resources and links from our conversation... American movies are full of women who don’t really talk (Quartz): https://qz.com/658693/american-movies-are-full-of-women-who-dont-really-talk/ 100 Women: How Hollywood fails women on screen (BBC): https://www.bbc.com/news/world-43197774 What’ ...
Trans femme gender queer empowerment (Community, liberation, education thru song)
December 04, 2020 04:17 - 34 minutes - 39 MBIn this episode, we hear from and talk with Reverend Yolanda about the relationship between the voice and gender identity. She shares how art and specifically music have helped her to find a community, to process her relationship with herself and the world, and to connect with young people. Reverend Yolanda (she/her/hers) is a trans femme gender queer singer/songwriter and interfaith minister. Excerpts from her song “Nice Girl” serve as the You Sound Like a Girl intro and outro music. Gende...
Code switching
November 12, 2020 23:58 - 18 minutes - 20.9 MBIn this episode, we hear from Shallion Dixon and Alessandra Ruiz on code switching -- what it means to them and how it’s impacted their voices; how it's a form of erasure; and how a person can both use it to their advantage and reject it as a form of oppression. Links from our discussion! Define and dig deeper into code switching - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/code-switching https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/04/13/177126294/five-reasons-why-people-code-switch ...
Voting, Running for office, How local governance works
October 29, 2020 00:50 - 24 minutes - 27.7 MBWelcome to You Sound Like a Girl, a storytelling project that explores and elevates cis and trans women’s stories about our voices. This episode we talk about how to use our voices as voters. Katherine Walsh, NY State Assembly candidate, shares why it’s important for women to vote and run for office, and we learn how we can get involved and use our voices to make change locally. Links from our discussion! Learn more about our guest, Katherine Walsh - https://www.katherineforassembly.com/ ...
What is You Sound Like a Girl?
October 29, 2020 00:19 - 17 minutes - 32.3 MBWelcome to You Sound Like a Girl, a storytelling project that explores and elevates cis and trans women’s stories about our voices. We aim to explore the social norms around cis and trans women’s voices by investigating what it means to sound like a woman and what it means for women to use our voices. In our first episode, we talk about the origin of the project and what you can expect from the podcast. Links from our discussion! Julie and the Phantoms on Netflix Megan Thee Stallion on S...