Trans Sister Radio is a podcast that explores the real-life stories of two trans women, Athena and Quinn. Every week, they give advice based on their experiences and cover topics and questions they see frequently asked by new and questioning trans folk.
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Welcome to Trans Sister Radio Season 5, Episode 24! This week, Athena and Quinn take a break from their usual topics to look back at season 5, and the tumultuous year that was its hallmark. Main Topic: Season 5 Finale Really Silly Thing: Supergirl Discussion (Spoilers Ahead!) We have a Patreon! Come find us at patreon.com/storythusfar We are asking for more topic ideas! Please contact us through our Blue Sky, https://bsky.app/profile/storythusfar.com, or our email (staff@storythusfar.com) if there's anything you'd like to hear us talk about!
Welcome to Trans Sister Radio Season 5, Episode 23! This week, Athena and Quinn cover Quinn’s recent experience at consultation for bottom surgery. Main Topic: Quinn’s Bottom Surgery Consult Experience Really Silly Thing: Athena’s Controller Journey Part 2 - Mom, We Have Steam Controller At Home The “Steam Controller at Home” https://www.8bitdo.com/ultimate-2-wireless-controller/ Original Controller RST: https://www.storythusfar.com/tsr/episode-87 We have a Patreon! Come find us at patreon.com/storythusfar We are asking for more topic ideas! Please contact us through our Blue Sky, https://bsky
Welcome to Trans Sister Radio Season 5, Episode 22! This week, Athena and Quinn expand on a topic they briefly mentioned last episode: how to tell if someone made an honest mistake, or is being transphobic. Main Topic: The Difference Between Mistakes and Transphobia Really Silly Thing: Granvir - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2743460/Granvir/ https://bsky.app/profile/granvir.bsky.social We have a Patreon! Come find us at patreon.com/storythusfar We are asking for more topic ideas! Please contact us through our Blue Sky, https://bsky.app/profile/storythusfar.com, or our email (staff@storyth
Welcome to Trans Sister Radio Season 5, Episode 21! This week, Athena and Quinn expand on a topic they’ve covered in the past by diving into the current landscape of being trans at work. Main Topic: Navigating Work Life as a Trans Person (a sequel to Professionally Trans, episode 12) Really Silly Thing: Iron Lung - Now Streaming on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQqav0_fbdk We have a Patreon! Come find us at patreon.com/storythusfar We are asking for more topic ideas! Please contact us through our Blue Sky, https://bsky.app/profile/storythusfar.com, or our email (staff@storythusfar.
Welcome to Trans Sister Radio Season 5, Episode 20! This week, Athena and Quinn discuss all the little things about their gender that bring them joy. Main Topic: Microdosing Gender - The Little Things That Bring Us Joy? Really Silly Thing: The Headliners - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3059070/The_Headliners/ We have a Patreon! Come find us at patreon.com/storythusfar We are asking for more topic ideas! Please contact us through our Blue Sky, https://bsky.app/profile/storythusfar.com, or our email (staff@storythusfar.com) if there's anything you'd like to hear us talk about!
Welcome to Trans Sister Radio Season 5, Episode 19! This week, Athena and Quinn discuss why it’s harmful to engage with properties owned by individuals that do harm, and the lines we set for ourselves. Main Topic: Should You Engage With TERF-Owned IPs? Really Silly Thing: He is Coming - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2824490/He_is_Coming/ We have a Patreon! Come find us at patreon.com/storythusfar We are asking for more topic ideas! Please contact us through our Blue Sky, https://bsky.app/profile/storythusfar.com, or our email (staff@storythusfar.com) if there's anything you'd like to hear
Welcome to Trans Sister Radio Season 5, Episode 18! This week, Athena and Quinn discuss why trans individuals so often turn to non-trans characters and stories to find representations of themselves. Main Topic: Oops, I transed a character’s gender again! Really Silly Thing: Star Trek Voyager: Across the Unknown - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2643390/Star_Trek_Voyager__Across_the_Unknown/ We have a Patreon! Come find us at patreon.com/storythusfar We are asking for more topic ideas! Please contact us through our Blue Sky, https://bsky.app/profile/storythusfar.com, or our email (staff@stor
Welcome to Trans Sister Radio Season 5, Episode 17! This week, Athena and Quinn discuss why it’s so important to protect yourself online, even when sharing exciting things about being trans. Main Topic: Digital Privacy & Trans Safety Really Silly Thing: SorceryCon - https://www.sorcerycon.com/ We have a Patreon! Come find us at patreon.com/storythusfar We are asking for more topic ideas! Please contact us through our Blue Sky, https://bsky.app/profile/storythusfar.com, or our email (staff@storythusfar.com) if there's anything you'd like to hear us talk about!
Welcome to Trans Sister Radio Season 5, Episode 16! This week, Athena and Quinn return after a long hiatus and talk about the reason the show has been gone so long: Anxiety. Main Topic: Anxiety and How Gender Dysphoria Masks It Really Silly Thing: Quinn: Vintage Story - https://www.vintagestory.at Athena: Absolum - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1904480/Absolum/ We have a Patreon! Come find us at patreon.com/storythusfar We are asking for more topic ideas! Please contact us through our Blue Sky, https://bsky.app/profile/storythusfar.com, or our email (staff@storythusfar.com) if there's any
Welcome to Trans Sister Radio Season 5, Episode 15! This week, Athena and Quinn discuss how to balance fitting in versus finding yourself. Main Topic: Being Your Honest Self After Transition Really Silly Thing: Expeditionary Force by Craig Alanson https://www.amazon.com/Expeditionary-Force-18-book-series/dp/B07F7T8NPK We have a Patreon! Come find us at patreon.com/storythusfar We are asking for more topic ideas! Please contact us through our Blue Sky, https://bsky.app/profile/storythusfar.com, or our email (staff@storythusfar.com) if there's anything you'd like to hear us talk about!
Welcome to Trans Sister Radio Season 5, Episode 14! This week, Athena and Quinn discuss how relationships have to change as a result of one or more partners transitioning. Main Topic: How Transition Affects Gender Roles in a Relationship Really Silly Thing: Arc Raiders https://store.steampowered.com/app/1808500/ARC_Raiders/ We have a Patreon! Come find us at patreon.com/storythusfar We are asking for more topic ideas! Please contact us through our Blue Sky, https://bsky.app/profile/storythusfar.com, or our email (staff@storythusfar.com) if there's anything you'd like to hear us talk about!
Welcome to Trans Sister Radio Season 5, Episode 13! This week, Athena and Quinn discuss whether your partner has a say in your transition. Main Topic: Can My Partner Set Boundaries on My Transition? Really Silly Thing: Mortal Sin https://store.steampowered.com/app/1494810/Mortal_Sin/ We have a Patreon! Come find us at patreon.com/storythusfar We are asking for more topic ideas! Please contact us through our Blue Sky, https://bsky.app/profile/storythusfar.com, or our email (staff@storythusfar.com) if there's anything you'd like to hear us talk about!
Welcome to Trans Sister Radio Season 5, Episode 12! This week, Athena and Quinn discuss how transitioning impacts one’s role as a caregiver and how to balance your needs against those in your care. Main Topic: Caregiving as a Trans Person Really Silly Thing: Dispatch https://store.steampowered.com/app/2592160/Dispatch We have a Patreon! Come find us at patreon.com/storythusfar We are asking for more topic ideas! Please contact us through our Blue Sky, https://bsky.app/profile/storythusfar.com, or our email (staff@storythusfar.com) if there's anything you'd like to hear us talk about!
Welcome to Trans Sister Radio Season 5, Episode 11! This week, Athena and Quinn discuss how horror, and especially movie monsters, remind us of our own gender journeys. Main Topic: Allegorical Monsters - The Intersection of Gender and Horror Citations: Barbara Creed’s "Monstrous-Feminine": Trans and gender-nonconforming bodies as sites of horror and fascination. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Creed#Work Julia Kristeva’s "Abjection": Society rejects what blurs boundaries, including gender. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abjection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powers_of_Horror Frankenstein
Welcome to Trans Sister Radio Season 5, Episode 10! This week, Athena interviews Quinn about her experience transitioning in a small, rural town, and dives in deep on advice for those doing the same. Main Topic: Small Town Trans Really Silly Thing: A “Mini” Tainted Grail Review https://store.steampowered.com/app/1466060/Tainted_Grail_The_Fall_of_Avalon/ We have a Patreon! Come find us at patreon.com/storythusfar We are asking for more topic ideas! Please contact us through our Blue Sky, https://bsky.app/profile/storythusfar.com, or our email (staff@storythusfar.com) if there's anything you'd l
Welcome to Trans Sister Radio Season 5, Episode 9! This week, Quinn and Athena discuss something they’ve covered only in passing, but that deserves its own episode: do you have to medically transition to be trans? Main Topic: Do You Have to Medically Transition to Be Trans? Really Silly Thing: No Man’s Sky https://store.steampowered.com/app/275850/No_Mans_Sky/ We have a Patreon! Come find us at patreon.com/storythusfar We are asking for more topic ideas! Please contact us through our Blue Sky, https://bsky.app/profile/storythusfar.com, or our email (staff@storythusfar.com) if there's anything
Welcome to Trans Sister Radio Season 5, Episode 8! This week, Quinn and Athena discuss the parallels between two of their journeys of self-discovery: accepting their gender identity, and accepting their own neurodiversity. Main Topic: Masc off: The Overlap of Gender and Neuro Diversity Really Silly Thing: Kill the Crows https://store.steampowered.com/app/2441270/Kill_The_Crows/ We have a Patreon! Come find us at patreon.com/storythusfar We are asking for more topic ideas! Please contact us through our Blue Sky, https://bsky.app/profile/storythusfar.com, or our email (staff@storythusfar.com) if
Welcome to Trans Sister Radio Season 5, Episode 7! This week, Quinn and Athena tackle a question that seems obvious, but isn’t everything it seems to be: do they ever forget they’re trans? Main Topic: Do You Ever Forget That You’re Trans? Really Silly Thing: Haste https://store.steampowered.com/app/1796470/Haste/ We have a Patreon! Come find us at patreon.com/storythusfar We are asking for more topic ideas! Please contact us through our Blue Sky, https://bsky.app/profile/storythusfar.com, or our email (staff@storythusfar.com) if there's anything you'd like to hear us talk about!
Welcome to Trans Sister Radio Season 5, Episode 6! This week, to celebrate 100 episodes of Trans Sister Radio, Quinn and Athena turn their introspective lens on a different topic - what the show has taught them about themselves. Main Topic: What Podcasting Has Taught Us About Ourselves Really Silly Thing: The Really Silly Things That Still Matter to Us Quinn Star Citizen (RST for Episode 52) Athena Sorcery: Contested Realm (RST for Episode 88) Cyberpunk 2077 (RST for Episode 47) LoadingReadyRun (RST for Episode 4) We have a Patreon! Come find us at patreon.com/storythusfar We are asking for mo
Welcome to Trans Sister Radio Season 5, Episode 5! This week, Quinn and Athena discuss why we misgender ourselves, and why it may not be as big a deal as we make it out to be. Main Topic: There I Go Misgendering Myself Again! Really Silly Thing: Dune: Awakening https://store.steampowered.com/app/1172710/Dune_Awakening/ We have a Patreon! Come find us at patreon.com/storythusfar We are asking for more topic ideas! Please contact us through our Blue Sky, https://bsky.app/profile/storythusfar.com, or our email (staff@storythusfar.com) if there's anything you'd like to hear us talk about!
Welcome to Trans Sister Radio Season 5, Episode 4! This week, Quinn and Athena discuss how negative self-talk can seep into everyday life, and ways to help mitigate it. Main Topic: Why Negative Self-Talk Is So Harmful Mental Health Resources: https://www.hrc.org/resources/mental-health-resources-in-the-lgbtq-community Really Silly Thing: Superman Discussion We have a Patreon! Come find us at patreon.com/storythusfar We are asking for more topic ideas! Please contact us through our Blue Sky, https://bsky.app/profile/storythusfar.com, or our email (staff@storythusfar.com) if there's anything you
Welcome to Trans Sister Radio Season 5, Episode 3! This week, Quinn and Athena discuss how fatigue and burnout can set in unexpectedly, especially as a trans person, and strategies to mitigate it. Main Topic: Managing Trans Fatigue Really Silly Thing: Outward https://store.steampowered.com/app/794260/Outward_Definitive_Edition/ We have a Patreon! Come find us at patreon.com/storythusfar We are asking for more topic ideas! Please contact us through our Blue Sky, https://bsky.app/profile/storythusfar.com, or our email (staff@storythusfar.com) if there's anything you'd like to hear us talk about!
Welcome to Trans Sister Radio Season 5, Episode 2! This week, Quinn and Athena discuss why being Trans is perceived as such a big deal, and why it shouldn’t be. Main Topic: Being Trans Shouldn’t Be A Headline Quinn at parties: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5s2OTqDiyo&list=RDT5s2OTqDiyo&start_radio=1&pp=ygUebmluamEgc2V4IHBhcnR5IHNhdHVyZGF5IG5pZ2h0oAcB Really Silly Thing: Mechanism Gaming Pillow https://getmechanism.com/products/gaming-pillow?srsltid=AfmBOoqOb2HaFDJItG8WRhQ5zulFA4WHFNS2GcBD92PIdBYbPdxpdT9u We have a Patreon! Come find us at patreon.com/storythusfar We are asking for more topi
Welcome to Trans Sister Radio Season 5, Episode 1! This week, Quinn and Athena discuss Athena’s first ever time at Pride, and what it’s taught her about why it matters. Main Topic: My First Pride Really Silly Thing: WARRIORS: Abyss https://store.steampowered.com/app/3178350/WARRIORS_Abyss/ We have a Patreon! Come find us at patreon.com/storythusfar We are asking for more topic ideas! Please contact us through our Blue Sky, https://bsky.app/profile/storythusfar.com, or our email (staff@storythusfar.com) if there's anything you'd like to hear us talk about!
Welcome to Trans Sister Radio Season 4, Episode 24! This week, Quinn and Athena discuss the past season of Trans Sister Radio. Main Topic: Season 4 Retrospective Really Silly Thing: Crime Boss: Rockay City https://store.steampowered.com/app/2933080/Crime_Boss_Rockay_City/ We have a Patreon! Come find us at patreon.com/storythusfar We are asking for more topic ideas! Please contact us through our Blue Sky, https://bsky.app/profile/storythusfar.com, or our email (staff@storythusfar.com) if there's anything you'd like to hear us talk about!
