Biologist, trans woman, and author of the memoir Whipping Girl, Julia Serano reveals a unique perspective on femininity, masculinity, and gender identity. In this episode, Julia Serano talks about transitioning from male to female and cultural attitudes about that transition, growing up a boy feeling like a girl, transgender stereotypes, feminine identity, and more.

Deliver This! by Marisa Cohen is a smart, informative book that helps mothers and mothers-to-be explore traditional and alternative birthing choices. In this episode Marisa Cohen discusses delivering in a pool, natural and home births, drugs, elective c-section, and much more.

With sass, humor, and style, Single State of the Union edited by Diane Mapes paints a provocative, playful, and complex portrait of today's single woman. In this episode, Diane Mapes addresses "single woman" stereotypes, the marriage craze, reality TV dating shows, sex and the single girl, being single and happy, and more.

When author Allison Gilbert lost both parents at age 32, she could not find any books that spoke to her with the same level of compassion and reassurance that she found in the support group she belonged to, so she decided to write one of her own. The result is Always Too Soon, a sensitive and candid portrayal of loss which brings together experiences from famous and ordinary grief-stricken sons and daughters that explores the regrets, heartache and sometimes, relief that accompanies pain and healing. Allison Gilbert discusses losing both of her own parents and how those deaths affected every part of her life, the non-linear stages of loss, and more.