Ryen and Megan get together to yet again discuss another queer person with an astrological sign: this time Megan talks about the life and times of working class, transgender activist Leslie Feinberg whose novel Stone Butch Blues was a breakthrough moment in trans masc visibility, and whose tireless dedication to progressive causes was barely slowed down, despite being diagnosed with Lyme Disease.

CW: homophobia, transphobia

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Feinberg, L. (1993). Stone Butch Blues. Alyson Pubns.

Feinberg, L. (1996). Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman. Beacon Press.

Feinberg, L. Leslie Feinberg. https://www.lesliefeinberg.net.

Feinberg, L. Transgender Warrior. https://transgenderwarrior.org.

Pratt, M.B. Minnie Bruce Pratt. minniebrucepratt.net. https://minniebrucepratt.net/about/

Pratt, Minnie Bruce (November 18, 2014). “Leslie Feinberg – A communist who revolutionized transgender rights”. Archived from the original on December 2, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2015.

Tyroler, Jamie (July 28, 2006). “Transmissions – Interview with Leslie Feinberg”. CampCK.com. Archived from the original on November 23, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2014.

UCLA Film & Television Archive. (2017, May 13). In the Life:Interview with Kate Bornstein, Leslie Feinberg [unedited footage] [Video]. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_Aqmaq_a2U

Weber, Bruce (November 25, 2014). “Leslie Feinberg, Writer and Transgender Activist, Dies at 65”. New York Times. Archived from the original on March 28, 2019. Retrieved February 17, 2015.

*EDIT* OOPS! I played with your hearts and somehow managed to upload an incomplete file. The full episode is now live. My apologies! Now you can truly learn about our next dark goddess: Lilith. Enjoy!

In their second installment focusing on dark goddesses, Megan tells Shannon about Sumerian, Babylonian and Hebrew goddess, Lilith, long vilified as the she-demon, and "snake-like temptress" first wife of Adam in Biblical lore whose reputation has evolved as a patron goddess of women, femmes and queer folx when it comes to equal rights body and sovereignty.

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BEN SIRA, ALPHABET OF JewishEncyclopedia.com".⁠ www.jewishencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 23 June 2022.Raymond Buckland⁠, The Witch Book, Visible Ink Press, 1 November 2001.

Fortune, Dion. ⁠Psychic Self-Defence⁠. Weiser Books. pp. 126–128. ⁠ISBN⁠ ⁠9781609254643⁠.

Lesses, Rebecca (2001). "Exe(o)rcising Power: Women as Sorceresses, Exorcists, and Demonesses in Babylonian Jewish Society of Late Antiquity". Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 69 (2): 343 375.

Lilith-The First Eve".⁠ Imbolc. 2002. ⁠Archived⁠ from the original on 26 February 2007. Retrieved 23 January 2007.Mcdonald, Beth E. (2009). "In Possession Of The Night: Lilith As Goddess, Demon, Vampire". Sacred Tropes: Tanakh, New Testament, and Qur'an as Literature and Culture. Brill: 173–182.

Valiente, D. (1973). An ABC of Witchcraft past and present.

We all want a sigil for Lilith". Archived from the original on7 April 2012.

In celebration of Cancer sun sign Dolly Wilde, Megan and Ryen meet up as Megan takes us through the story of Oscar Wilde's vivacious, troubled queer flapper niece - a woman for whom, a friend once said drama spun - "like crows around a bell tower." Listen and find out more about Dolly Wilde's That's So Raven life!

CW: suicide, self-harm, cancer (breast cancer)

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Pfeffer, Leigh (Host) and Jones, Gretchen (Host). (2018, November 6). Girls Gone Wilde (No.18) [Audio podcast episode]. History Is Gay. https://www.historyisgaypodcast.com/

Schenkar, Joan. Truly Wilde: The Unsettling Story of Dolly Wilde, Oscar’s Unusual Niece. Virago. 2000. Beside Every Man. "When Dolly Wilde Met Zelda Fitzgerald". https://eafitzsimons.wordpress.com. Retrieved July 11, 2026.

In their first instalment focusing on dark goddesses, Megan tells Shannon all about Greek goddess of the underworld, thresholds and crossroads: Hekate.

In this episode, Megan discusses encountering the sacred feminine from a non-binary perspective, the problematic language behind coining oneself a "critical thinking witch", POLECATS, and how Hekate is the perfect deity to summon during a heatwave (topical!).

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Brannen, Cyndi Ph.D. (2020), Entering Hekate’s Garden: The Magick, Medicine & Mystery of Plant Spirit Witchcraft. Weiser. D’Este, Sorita, Rankine, David. (2009), Hekate Liminal Rites: A Study of the rituals, magic and symbols of the torch-bearing Triple Goddess of the Crossroads. Avalonia.

Johnson, Sarah Iles (1990), Hekate Soteira: A Study of Hekate’s Role in the Chaldean Oracles and Related Literature. Oxford University Press.

Shannon shares the story of her near death experience in her early teen years, which led to her career trajectory as a CNA (certified nursing assistant) that has put her in the position "hovering over the edges of death" as a hospice caregiver.

...and also: we heart Australians who are the best podcast fans

...and also: send in weird, creepy stories to be read on the p'cast

...and also: included in this episode GHOST TURDS.

CW: overdose

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Megan and Ryen are back to serve more hot takes on the witchy, the woo and the weird. Just in time for Pride month, they meet up to discuss the life and times of Lou Sullivan: the transmasc trailblazer who fought for gay trans men to be able to access gender affirming care during a time when trans people were expected to perform cis het normativity in order to be given the treatment they were seeking. Tragically, he was also the first trans man to be diagnosed with AIDS. Also in this episode, Megan and Ryen discuss the trauma of growing up queer kids during the height of the AIDS crisis.

CW: medicalized transphobia, AIDS-related death/dying

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Beardsley, Ally (Host), Thomas, Babette (Host). 2025, August 25. Lou Sullivan and the Pink Butt Book (w/Zach Ozma & Ellis Martin). In Gender Spiral with Ally Beardsley and Babette Thomas. https://www.genderspiralpod.com/

GLBT Historical Society. “Primary Source Set: Lou Sullivan”. Glbthistory.org. Retrieved April 17, 2026.

Johnson, William. “Desire and Discovery in 1970s San Francisco”. Lambdaliteraryreview.org. Retrieved April 17, 2026.

Rohrer, Megan. “Man-i-fest: FTM Mentorship in San Francisco from 1976-2009”. OutHistory.org. Retrieved April 16, 2026.

Stryker, Susan. “The Difficult Decades.” in Transgender History. Berkeley, CA: Seal Press, 2008.

Stryker, Susan (2017). Transgender History (Revised ed.). BasicBooks. pp. 143-149.

Sullivan, Lou. Diary. 1966. As quoted in “FTM Newsletter”, Summer 2007, edited by Susan Stryker. Archived from the original on November 4, 2015.

Sullivan, Lou. Martin, Ellis (editor). Ozma, Zach (editor) (2019). We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan 1961 – 1991. Nightboat Books.

Megan tells Shannon all about the tarot card of 2026: The Wheel of Fortune. Learn how to make the most of this year's tarot card, and calculate what your very own tarot birth card is!

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Chen, Aria. “Zodiac and Tarot: What Does ‘The Wheel Of Fortune’ Really Mean?” GTHC. 16.8.2025. Available at https://gthic.com/

Cynova, Melissa. Kitchen Table Tarot. Woodbury, MN USA. Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd. 2017.

Miro, Shaheen. Reed, Theresa. Tarot For Troubled Times. Newbury, MA USA. Weiser Books. 2019.

Pamita, Madame. Madame Pamita’s Magical Tarot: Using the Cards to Make Your Dreams Come True. Newbury, MA USA. Weiser Books. 2018.

Pollack, Rachel. Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom: A Book of Tarot. London, England. Thorsons. 1997.

Snow, Cassandra. Queering The Tarot. Newbury, MA USA. Weiser Books. 2019.

Tea, Michelle. Modern Tarot: Connecting with Your Higher Self Through the Wisdom of the Cards. New York, NY USA. HarperCollins. 2017.

I'm finally back with a new episode after a long pause due to some personal setbacks and dealing with grief. In this first episode of 2026, I am joined by best friend since high school, Shannon. Enjoy getting back into the swing of things with our shared enthusiasm for witchin' weirdin' and wooin'.

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