Gen(der) Z
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Gen(der) Z
A podcast where Bren, a queer teenager, and Michelle, a not queer teenager, explore the world surrounding gender and sexuality, and outreaches to other intersecting communities. Focused on political commentary and personal experience with some lighthearted humor, we hope you take some time to listen...
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E77 Attachment Styles
Bren and Michelle discuss different attachment styles in different relationships and how they manifest, then find out their own attachment styles!
E76 3 Years Later…
Gen(der) Z is having a birthday! Bren and Michelle celebrate and talk about their hopes for the future, along with how they and the podcast has change...
E75 High School Dating
Michelle and Bren discuss what they’ve learned in their high school romances about relationships and themselves.
E74 Layers of Oppression
Bren and Michelle discuss intersectionality and layers of oppression.
E73 Freshman Again (College Edition)
Michelle and Bren talk about how they are feeling about become freshman again (in college!)
E72 Barbenheimer (but mostly Barbie)
Michelle and Bren review Barbie (spoiler warning! also, they loved it), and how it, the strikes in the entertainment industry, and Oppenheimer are int...
E71 The Pendulum Swing: An Analysis of Far Right Gen Z
Bren and Michelle talk about their expereince with the far right and how it has manifested in their generation.
E70 Neurodivergency and Queerness
Bren and Michelle talk about their experiences with neurodivergency and how they've seen queer people interact with their own neurodivergency.
E69 We GraduATEd! A Review of Senior Year
Bren and Michelle look back on their senior year of high school, the highs and the lows, what they would do different, and things they wouldn't change...
E68 Rainbow Washing
Michelle and Bren discuss rainbow washing, it's impact, and how superficial it actually is.
E67 The Art of Drag Performance
Bren and Michelle talk to each other about how they love drag, some things they know, and why it is so important to protect.
E66 Reacting to Bren's Writing: NHD Script
Bren reads to the listeners and Michelle their script for their ten-minute historical presentation about the gay rights movement from eighth grade, ta...
E65 Checking Out of the News
Bren and Michelle discuss how the news, particularly news against marginalized communities' effect those in them, and how finding balance between know...
E64 Grief
Michelle and Bren describe their experiences with grief, what they learned, and what they've seen.
E63 Scattered Thoughts Pt 4
Michelle and Bren let loose a little and discuss college mascots, slang, and how teenagers don't have enough cool catch phrases.
E62 Lunar New Year, Gun Reform, and Black History Month (in that order)
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode discusses mass shootings and hate crimes.
Bren and Michelle discuss Michelle's Lunar New Year, gun...
E61 College Apps - Not Just An Envelope
Michelle and Bren discuss their experiences in applying to college, the ups and downs, the waiting, and how it really isn't like the movies.
E60 Marriage Equality Act
Michelle and Bren read the Marriage Equality Act and break it down with their thoughts.
E59 Binders vs. Tape vs. Sports Bras
Michelle and Bren talk about the different options for binding and Bren's experience with them, telling you their preferences and pros and cons to eac...
E58 Reacting to Bren's Writing: Math IA
Michelle and Bren read through Bren's IA from Math, about Dr. Alan L Hart, the first documented trans doctor in the US.
E56 Happy Birthday Gen(der) Z!
Bren and Michelle celebrate entering their third year of producing Gen(der) Z!
E55 Reacting to Bren's Writing: Dear JK Rowling
Michelle and Bren review Bren's article entitled Dear JK Rowling, which is their own take on JK Rowling's sudden ascension to transphobia.
E54 The Movie Franchise Descendants Is Secretly Gay (with Ash)
Bren and Michelle are joined by their friend Ash, who takes them through the movie franchise Descendants by Disney, and how it's queercoding was notic...
E53 Senior Year Baby!
Bren and Michelle talk about what they think senior year will hold and how they are feeling about it.
E52 Reacting to Bren's Writing: Gender Dysphoria Article
Bren writes a lot of pieces about queer history or issues. In this series, Bren and Michelle react to them. This episode, Bren reads Michelle the very...
E51 Reproductive Rights: The Overturn of Roe v. Wade
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains discussions that include rape, sexual harassment, sexual assault, and forced pregnancy.
Bren and Michell...
E50 Liberal Isms
Bren and Michelle take it back to the beginning - talking about Liberal isms, the thing that got Gen(der) Z started!
E49 How to be a better ally
Bren and Michelle debrief pride, and how to be a better ally to marginalized communities.
E48 How to Survive Junior Year
Bren and Michelle made through junior year! Here are their top tips for how to survive, and enjoy your life while you go through junior year of high s...
E47 The Danger in Influence
Bren and Michelle discuss the line at which they stop engaging in problematic content, focusing their discussion on the dangers Dave Chapelle perpetua...
E46 2 Public Schoolers Fear of School Shootings
Michelle and Bren, in reaction to the Uvalde shooting, take some time to talk about why school shootings are very close to home and how terrifying the...
E45 Scattered Thoughts Pt 3
Bren and Michelle take a day off and talk about breakfast and how life is going.
E44 Straight Media Didn't Make Me Straight
Bren and Michelle revisit some of their childhood shows and assess straight media, and how the fear of a gay couple turning your kids gay is an argume...
E43 Polyamory and Relationship Anarchy with Sky
Bren and Michelle welcome their friend Sky, who tells us about polyamory and their experiences with it. Sky suggests further reading in polysecure.
E42 Burnout
Bren and Michelle discuss burnout as a high schooler, what it means to them, and how they have tried to deal with it.
E41 Eternals Review
Bren and Michelle talk about one of the latest movies, Eternals, and give their unfiltered thoughts.
E40 Straight Passing Relationships with Emily
Bren and Michelle talk to their friend Emily about her pansexuality and what being in a straight passing relationship can mean for her, good and bad.
E39 Gender Expression
Bren and Michelle delve into how they express their gender, and the role gender expression plays in their lives
E38 Lunar New Year
Michelle and Bren discuss what Lunar New Year is in general as a holiday and what it means to Michelle's family. It was a happy accident that its post...