The Fox and the Phoenix

The Fox and the Phoenix

Understanding the Feminine Crossdressing Experience To de-mystify, humanize, and celebrate the crossdressing trans community, providing a positive and realistic understanding through conversation between a crossdresser and a cis-ally.

Episodes

January 7, 2026 35 mins

In this episode, Savannah chats with Julie about cis-female and gender-expansive MTF boyfriends or husbands where the genetic woman of the relationship prefers their male partner's feminine identity in many ways over when the male partner is presenting in his own AGAB biology. Why is it that so many gender-expansive partners exhibit personality traits that are more attractive to their partners than when presenting in male mode? Fro...

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In this episode, Savannah chats with Nicole and asks her outside perspective of the Boooos Crawl that they, plus friends Victoria and Ramien , enjoyed during an epic Halloween weekend in Atlanta! From getting recognized in the iconic yellow Belle gown (Beauty and the Beast) to a second gasp at the Beast's severed head roped at her side, to an awkward 'You're a dude' moment, to meeting complete strangers and finding ...

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December 17, 2025 40 mins

In this episode, Savannah and Julie talk about Savannah's month-long experience with a rush of body positivity, gender euphoria, and a more positive outlook on her femme life as of late. From some weight loss making the clothes feel and look better, to sources of external support, some renewed internal self-worth validation, and great rewarding events, Savannah has been harnessing all the positive energy from within and from th...

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December 10, 2025 34 mins

In this episode, Savannah gushes to Julie about the various streaming shows and series she is watching. From Netflix's 'Wayward' to 'K-Pop Demon Hunters', to Amazon Prime's 'Gen V', Savannah and Julie talk about how evolved 'queer-coded' storytelling has become over the years. From a transman being a character in a story where their gender identification has nothing to do with the series, to taking a superhero trait of gender-swapp...

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December 3, 2025 34 mins

In this episode, Julie tells Savannah about a social media post she make for "Protect the Dolls" and a comment that made her take the post down and re-evaluate what was most appropriate and most inclusive. While protecting the beautiful, young and passable "dolls" is a just cause, there are many who feel they are old, clockable "bricks" that do not fall under the same protection. Julie discusses the wi...

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November 19, 2025 43 mins

In this episode, Savannah shares with Julie her growing fear and concern about the state of the American social and political fronts as it applies to multitudes of gender-expansive people, their families, and LGBTQ+ allies. When outspoken opponents call for institutionalization of people in the trans or gay communities as mentally ill, it takes fortitude and resilience to continue to show up in the world for oneself and on behalf o...

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November 12, 2025 43 mins

In this episode, Julie tells Savannah all about the fallacies of women's fashion and how the sizing conventions between all the various online, retail, and high-end fashion designers seldom have a universal standard. Trying on a LARGE for one designer may seem like a size 10, but can also be an ego killer. Conversely, our existing women's fashion sizing ego can also cause us emotional stress. Find out how to leave the ego a...

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November 5, 2025 17 mins

In this episode, Savannah comes to the mic solo as Julie is away in southern California at an event. She shares her concern for losing joy for embodying Savannah at a time where she is also feeling great joy creating a character design for Halloween, and reconciling the feelings and emotions in between. Savannah also touches on a personal battle with body dysphoria and a surprising shift to body positivity. And last, but not least,...

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October 22, 2025 42 mins

In this episode, Julie shared with Savannah the grand opening of Fox and Hanger's newest program, Ginger's Closet! Ginger’s Closet was created to bring style, joy, and affirmation to trans folks who may not have the means to purchase a Lookbook on their own. It anonymously connects transgender individuals in need of style guidance and gender-affirming care with allies who want to help. 

Go to: https://www.foxandhanger.com/gi...

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October 15, 2025 37 mins

In this episode, Savannah tells Julie about a close friend who just happened to go to the mall and get into a traffic collision in the process. Of course, fender benders happen every day. This time, though, this friend just happened to be dressed enfemme! What happens when a gender expansive person is faced with a car accident where their identity and identification may be called into question? How can all of us be just a little bi...

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October 8, 2025 25 mins

In this episode, Savannah regales Julie with a true story of several significant others of gender expansive husbands who just want to be more involved and be able to share more in the experiences they enjoyed together.But, how does a spouse both share conversation and pictures from a all-femme outing when they still want to protect hemselves and their partner through their already-existing CIS social media? Best idea ... the signif...

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September 24, 2025 32 mins

In this second of two episodes, Julie wants to talk to Savannah about the accessories that help in a successful feminine presentation. Julie is so excited by the topic that she brings and discussed her own top three accessories she uses in her own presentation! Listen now to find out what accessories Julie brought, and see if you can guess which accessories they are! And find out from the red-headed stylist herself quick tips, tric...

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September 17, 2025 27 mins

In this first of two episodes, Julie wants to talk to Savannah about the accessories that help in a successful feminine presentation. Julie is so excited by the topic that she asks Savannah to actually bring the top three accessories she uses in her own presentation! Listen now to find out what accessories Savannah brought, and see if you can guess which accessories they are!

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In this episode, Julie is ravenous to talk to Savannah about the term and meaning of being a trans egg. Also called being a “baby trans”, cracking open your egg is akin to finally recognizing and accepting your gender expansiveness in whatever way you were meant to show up in the world. The term can be both positive and negative, most notably when others start telling you that you are going to crack soon and what that means for you...

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August 27, 2025 18 mins

In this episode, Savannah finally offers proof that she has been writing a Young Adult book series since October 2019! As the final edits and creative efforts to get the project across the finish line are still ongoing ... and seemingly never ending in and of itself ... the project is so close to being completed. Enjoy the first chapter of the prologue from the first book in the Nix Series, Nix - Rebirth (Book 1)

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August 20, 2025 31 mins

In this second of new episode, Savannah doesn't have Julie to kick around this week, so she enlists her Atlanta "hostesses with the mostess" to come on air. Jolene is a fairly recent addition to the queer, gender-expansive community. She and her wife, Nicole, have been married for years, with grown kids, and a now empty-nesting home. What happens when the kids go live their own lives and a laundry SNAFU sends an unsus...

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August 13, 2025 39 mins

In this episode, Savannah doesn't have Julie to kick around this week, so she enlists her Atlanta "hostesses with the mostess" to come on air. Jolene is a fairly recent addition to the queer, gender-expansive community. She and her wife, Nicole, have been married for years, with grown kids, and a now empty-nesting home. What happens when the kids go live their own lives and a laundry SNAFU sends an unsuspecting husband down a stran...

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July 30, 2025 36 mins

In this episode, Savannah asks Julie something important. She asks her cohost the pressing question of, "How do you know when your authenticity is actually authentic?" With so many concerned conservatives telling us our kids are all becoming queer because its a fad and trendy, or so many of us blindly believing that we must follow a certain avenue of gender expansiveness based on what other, more "Knowledgeable"...

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July 23, 2025 31 mins

In this episode, Savannah regales Julie with a treacherous tale of intrigue and existential crisis that all stemmed from the want to help an up-and-coming fellow podcaster. When Savannah reads a post from a local Facebook community group in her hometown concerning another local resident looking to start an LGBT+ podcast, Savannah struggles with whether to reply privately or publicly, then struggles with how to reply to a trolling c...

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July 16, 2025 36 mins

In this episode, Julie discusses with Savannah the topic of the importance of biological CIS-female friends for gender-expansive people. The conversation starts with insecurities from trolling negative comments playing a key part in taking down a social media post about the topic, followed by a multi-faceted conversation in-air about the sense of safety and belonging that biological female friends provide that sometimes cannot be m...

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