How to Be a Girl

About How to Be a Girl

How to Be a Girl is an audio podcast I produce about life with my six-year-old transgender daughter. It stars the two of us -- a single mom and a six-year-old "girl with a penis" -- as we attempt together to sort out just what it means to be a girl.

Publisher

Marlo Mack

Category

kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Jun 2014

Latest episode

26 Nov 2024

Latest episodes

42 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 Nov 2024

   A post-election message from Marlo

   Marlo Mack shares a poignant post-election message and offers words of comfort and resilience with her daughter's emotional guitar improvisation.

2. 

   22 Oct 2024

   Episode XXXV: Unwelcome (Part II)

   What happens when supporting your child means leaving your home? Meet my courageous friends from Montana, who are building a new life in a new state after anti-trans legislation targeted their young daughter. This is the second part in a two-part story. Listen to Part One here. (https://www.howtobeagirlpodcast.com/episodes/episode-xxxiv-unwelcome-part-i) Music credits: Game Hens by Blue Dot Sessions (https://www.sessions.blue) Chorus and Call, Detroit by Podington Bear (https://www.soundofpicture.com)

3. 

   7 Oct 2024

   Episode XXXIV: Unwelcome (Part I)

   Imagine living in a place where your own child has been outlawed. This is happening, right now, all over the United States. In this episode, you’ll meet my new friends, a courageous and close-knit family who suddenly found themselves unwelcome in the place they had always called home. Music credits: Night Light, Dowdy, Quarry Clouds, & November Mist, by Blue Dot Sessions (https://www.sessions.blue/) Pacific Tree Frogs by Podington Bear (https://www.soundofpicture.com/)

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

1,113 ratings

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