Dot Femme Podcast
1) Episode 23 - 404: Straight Not Found
It's the 90's, baby! And the queer community is evolving thanks to a little thing called "The Internet." Join Dany and Claire in a corner internet cafe as they learn all about the (queer) history of t...Show More
2) Episode 22 - (Gender)Fucking Peasant Revolts
It’s festival season in Medieval Europe, and for the first episode of season 2, Dany and Claire take a moment to see how queerness and class struggle are inherently linked. Because history shows that ...Show More
3) Episode 21 - Time to ACT UP: The AIDS Crisis (Part 4)
In the final part of our deep dive into the AIDS crisis, Dany & Claire explore the life and legacy of New York activist Larry Kramer and ACT UP—the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power—and how direct actio...Show More
4) Episode 20 - Organize to Survive: The AIDS Crisis (Part 3)
Dany and Claire explore how queer communities became caregivers, researchers, pharmacists, smugglers, lawyers, activists, and even nuns to survive a global plague in an era of political apathy and mor...Show More
5) Episode 19 - From Mystery to Breakthrough: The AIDS Crisis (Part 2)
In part two of this four-part miniseries, Dany and Claire step into the chaotic early 1980s to uncover how doctors like Anthony Fauci unraveled one of the most mysterious medical crises in modern hist...Show More
6) Episode 18 - Making a Silent Massacre: The AIDS Crisis (Part 1)
On a stormy afternoon in 1982, Dany and Claire take an overarching look at the AIDS Crisis of the 1980s and the political environment that created a silent massacre in the first part of this four-part...Show More
7) Episode 17 - The Enigma of Alan Turing (Part 2)
In the aftermath of World War II, Alan Turing pioneered artificial intelligence and modern biology—only to be persecuted for being gay. Dany and Claire explore his final years, his tragic death, and h...Show More
8) Episode 16 - Brains Over Bullets: Alan Turing (Part 1)
Dany and Claire travel to Bletchley Park to uncover how Alan Turing’s genius helped crack Nazi Germany’s Enigma code and invent the blueprint for modern computing—long before the world understood what...Show More
9) Episode 15 - Portrait of a Rebirth: The Lili Elbe Story
In this episode, Dany and Claire travel to 1930s Paris and Dresden to uncover the story of Lili Elbe — the pioneering transgender woman whose courage and tragedy reshaped the early history of gender-a...Show More
10) Episode 14 - A Prescription for Authenticity: The Story of Gender-Affirming Healthcare
Gender-affirming healthcare isn’t new — it’s ancient. From Hippocrates to hormones, Dany and Claire uncover the long lineage of trans medicine, busting modern myths about puberty blockers, surgeries, ...Show More