UnMuted: the TransMuted Podcast

My guest today is Pamela Garfield-Jaeger, a Licensed Social Worker who describes herself as ‘awake, but not woke’ — a phrase I love and might appropriate myself. She earned a Masters in Social Work from New York University in 1999 before moving to the San Francisco Bay Area to work with teens in school and outpatient settings. Today she’s an author, speaker and consultant specializing in youth gender issues, and there’s a good chance you’re already familiar with her work. You may not know that in

Erin and I recorded this conversation about a week before catastrophic fires spread across Los Angeles County and surrounding areas. We both live a safe distance from L.A., but we each have friends and loved ones who’ve suffered terrible losses and genuine trauma resulting from this historic disaster. It’s hard to frame a proper acknowledgement of that pain and loss in the immediate aftermath. However, we plan to return to this ‘California Report’ periodically, and will likely have observations

I first became aware of Brandon Showalter when I read his book review of The Reckoning by Kara Dansky. I asked him for permission to republish the review on my Substack because I was struck by the empathy it showed both for feminist activists like Kara and for parents who feel targeted by the totalizing societal pressure that comes with having a child who identifies as ‘trans.’ It was also clear Brandon had a very deep understanding of the issue, so when I learned that he’d also made a documentary