A new episode (Finally!)
Added 2020-09-19 00:48:52 +0000 UTCSo much time has passed since my last episode. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting so very long. (Oh my, I just checked and it is now just shy of a YEAR since my last episode! Where does the time go?!) I want to thank you for hanging in there with me. It's been a weird and wild year for us, much of it good but much of it very hard.
But we are safe and healthy and wearing our masks, and hoping for better days ahead for our world. In the meantime, my little girl is growing like a weed. She's not quite 13, but I already feel like I have a teenager in the house. She's attending seventh grade online, Zooms and Facetimes with her many friends, and (sometimes) still laughs at my jokes. All in all, we are extremely lucky.
This episode is about what happened before the pandemic shut down the schools. Back when packs of tween girls still roamed crowded halls, just like I did over 30 years ago, sharing jokes and secrets.
I hope it was worth the wait. I hope you are well.
Much love,
Marlo
(Listen here: http://www.howtobeagirlpodcast.com/episodes/episode-xxxi-m-is-for-middle-school )
Comments
Thank you, Karen. I'm so glad you're finding the podcast comforting. We ALL need to feel less alone, I think. Hearing from you makes me feel less alone, too! Sending much love.
Marlo Mack
2020-09-30 19:19:43 +0000 UTCThank you for continuing to do this important work. It is always such a comfort to hear your voice and to know that we are not alone. Other parents of trans children and I want so badly to advocate and reach out to others, but it's difficult to know how to help trans kids (and their families) without putting them at risk by exposing their identity. You have found a way to make this work. Looking forward to the book.
Karen Krajcer
2020-09-27 15:08:19 +0000 UTCThank you, Lorna. I'm sorry to hear that you are experiencing the negative impacts of others' ignorance. Wishing you all the support YOU deserve! And I'm (cautiously) hopeful about my daughter's school. I've had some promising conversations with them in recent weeks... (Fingers crossed!)
Marlo Mack
2020-09-22 16:13:07 +0000 UTCThank you, Chloe!
Marlo Mack
2020-09-22 16:10:24 +0000 UTCThank you, Scott! I'm really excited about the book, too. It is a chance to really tell our whole story, in a much fuller, more cohesive way.
Marlo Mack
2020-09-22 16:09:54 +0000 UTCI was so glad to see there was another post from you. I have been wondering how you all were. I was really angry to hear how the other mum treated you. I believe your feelings of anger and fear for your daughter’s safety in general, were absolutely appropriate and understandable. What to do when someone doesn’t realise their privilege is a big question. It isn’t up to a marginalised group in society to educate others. It’s even more complex when you are doing this for your daughter because she’s a young person, so cannot do this for herself. As someone with invisible disabilities, I experience being blamed for someone else’s ignorance a lot. I really look forward to your audio book. I hope you get better support from your daughter’s school. You both deserve it.
Lorna
2020-09-22 11:56:02 +0000 UTCThank you for giving and sharing so much of yourselves and your story on this podcast. I learn so much every episode. I hope I will never be that Mom you described, but the graceful fighter Mom that you are for your daughter. Can’t wait for the audiobook.
Chloe Banks
2020-09-22 05:57:16 +0000 UTCMe, this morning: "Oh, yay! A HTBAG podcast update!" (Five minutes in...) Me: "Oh, dear." However: I also can't wait for the audiobook. I've been putting off signing up for Audible, but this may be the push.
Scott G
2020-09-22 00:37:03 +0000 UTCI 2nd what Marijn said about the Mom. I was fuming. The gravity of what was revealed is beyond what they understand.
Ariodne Lewis
2020-09-21 23:46:20 +0000 UTCThank you for this new episode. Hearing about that mom made my blood boil. I think you managed to tell this story in an incredibly balanced way. Hang in there. xxxxx
Marijn van der Waa
2020-09-21 13:46:42 +0000 UTCThank you all for hanging in there with me!
Marlo Mack
2020-09-19 18:49:11 +0000 UTCThank you, Ariodne!
Marlo Mack
2020-09-19 18:48:55 +0000 UTCSo good to hear both your voices again. An upcoming audio-book, you say? Looking forward to it!
Nathan Jones
2020-09-19 14:20:02 +0000 UTCI'm so glad you're back and that everything is ok.
Roxana Cornac
2020-09-19 09:55:26 +0000 UTCI’m so glad you and your family are doing well. I joined just as you took the hiatus and was worried something had happened. I absolutely love your journal-esque narrative style. Thank for sharing your journey with us
Ariodne Lewis
2020-09-19 01:46:02 +0000 UTCThank you, Alexandra!
Marlo Mack
2020-09-19 01:20:38 +0000 UTCOh! I forgot to say this: This art is by none other than Miss M., my talented middle schooler!
Marlo Mack
2020-09-19 01:07:54 +0000 UTCThank you for sharing yourselves with us like this 💜 Makes it easier to see there's light out in the world.
Alexandra Lilly
2020-09-19 00:58:44 +0000 UTC
