BONUS: $1000 grant! 5 days left to apply! (Also, other things!)

Quick announcement because I remembered that not everyone is on Instagram dot com.</p> This year's grant applications close on Halloween night. Apply at <a href="http://bit.ly/GRgrant23">bit.ly/GRgrant23</a>, and find a full list of past grant recipients at <a href="https://www.genderpodcast.com/grant">genderpodcast.com/grant</a>. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CyTODg5uwEv/?img_index=1">Spread the word! </a></p> Grab free tickets for the November 10 <a href="https://tuckwoodstock.com/2-trans-2-furious">2 Trans 2 Furious</a> event (featuring Tuck, Tre'vell Anderson, and Mckenzee Griffler) at <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2-trans-2-furious-release-tickets-729809087627?aff=oddtdtcreator"> bit.ly/2T2FLA.</a> Only a few left! </p> Also, we've got a new Gender Conceal episode with Mckenzee and it <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/gazpacho-based-91742946?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link"> really is something</a>.</p>

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Episode 160: Raquel Willis

Tuck chats with activist Raquel Willis (she/her). Topics include: </p> <ul> <li>Why having the ~most radical gender~ isn’t a useful standard </li> <li>Reconciling your feminism with your transsexual desires </li> <li>Parental loss, and death as an animating force</li> <li>How to choose a <em>good</em> beneficiary for trans fundraising </li> <li>Plus: Afrotransmisogyny, Janet Mock, and… Fortnite??</li> </ul> This Week in Gender: <em><a href="https://www.littlepuss.net/shop/p/pre-order-girlfriends-by-emily-zhou-paperback-k693g"> Girlfriends</a></em> by Emily Zhou; <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/idlewild-james-frankie-thomas/19737076?ean=9781419769146"> </a><em><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/idlewild-james-frankie-thomas/19737076?ean=9781419769146">Idlewild</a></em> by James Frankie Thomas; <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/people-collide-isle-mcelroy/19879431?ean=9780063283756"> People Collide</a></em> by Isle McElroy; <em><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1546596349/laugh-riot-comic?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=bum+lung&ref=sr_gallery-1-2&bes=1&referrer_page_guid=f6911ce53ef.0999943a0465d93486cf.00&organic_search_click=1"> Laugh Riot</a></em> by Io & Jonas Goonface.</p> Find Raquel on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/raquel_willis/">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/RaquelWillis_">Twitter</a>. <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250275684/theriskittakestobloom"> Preorder</a> <em>The Risk It Takes to Bloom</em> before Nov 14.</p> Find a copy of <em>2 Trans 2 Furious</em> <a href="https://tuckwoodstock.com/2-trans-2-furious">here</a>, and join us on Nov 10 at North Figueroa in LA! (<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2-trans-2-furious-release-tickets-729809087627?aff=oddtdtcreator">RVSP HERE.</a>)</p> Check out <a href="https://gender-reveal.creator-spring.com">our nonprofit merch store</a> by October 15! </p> Join our Patreon (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/gender">patreon.com/gender</a>) to access our bonus podcast, newsletter, and other fun perks.</p> Find us <a href="http://genderpodcast.com/">genderpodcast.com</a> (for <a href="https://www.genderpodcast.com/starterpacks">starter packs</a>, FAQ, grant info, transcripts, etc) and @gendereveal.</p> Join the <a href="https://join.slack.com/t/gendereveal/shared_invite/zt-241jllm6v-TfYnJqCKV5OhVw6aQeI7Kw"> Gender Detective Slack here</a> (link expires in 28 days).</p> Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/myopicmisanthrope/">Ira M. Leigh</a>Music: <a href="https://breakmastercylinder.bandcamp.com/">Breakmaster Cylinder</a>Additional Music: “Di Breun” and “Hedgeliner” by <a href="https://www.sessions.blue/">Blue Dot Sessions</a> Sponsors: <a href="http://ShopEnby.com">ShopEnby.com</a> (promo code: GenderReveal)</p>

00:58:51

Episode 159: Alison Rumfitt

Tuck and Ozzy chat with author Alison Rumfitt (she/her). Topics include: </p> <ul> <li>When people fail to recognize their kink as simply a kink</li> <li>Letting go of the need to ~understand~ TERFs</li> <li>What makes a good trauma narrative?</li> <li>Reappropriating an accidentally-trans Eminem lyric</li> <li>Plus: Utopian organ dreams and trans slug allyship? (Also: worms!) </li> </ul> Find Alison <a href="https://www.instagram.com/alison.zone/">@alison.zone</a> (IG) and @hangsawoman (Bluesky/Twitter). <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/brainwyrms-alison-rumfitt/19546804">Preorder</a> <em>Brainwyrms</em> before Oct 10.</p> Come see Tuck & Mckenzee at <a href="https://northfigbookshop.com">North Figueroa Bookshop</a> on Nov 10! </p> Join our Patreon (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/gender">patreon.com/gender</a>) to access our bonus podcast, newsletter, and other fun perks.</p> Find a copy of <em>2 Trans 2 Furious</em> <a href="https://tuckwoodstock.com/2-trans-2-furious">here</a>.</p> Find us <a href="http://genderpodcast.com/">genderpodcast.com</a> and @gendereveal.</p> Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/myopicmisanthrope/">Ira M. Leigh</a>Music: <a href="https://breakmastercylinder.bandcamp.com/">Breakmaster Cylinder</a>Sponsors: <a href="http://ShopEnby.com">ShopEnby.com</a> (promo code: GenderReveal)</p>

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Episode 158: Chiquitita

Tuck chats with drag performer Chiquitita (she/her). Topics include: </p> <ul> <li>Why trans people make the best drag performers (even w/o clothes)</li> <li>Dealing with family members who don’t grow alongside you</li> <li>A romcom-worthy t4t meet-cute </li> <li>An exclusive future name change announcement(!)</li> <li>Plus: Nicki, Lana, TS Jackson, getting FFS in Spain and tranifesting a trans magician??</li> </ul> This Week in Gender: Should you let an app <a href="https://www.thetrace.app">trace</a> your gender? Part 3! </p> Find Chiqui <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chiquitettas/">@chiquitettas</a> on IG.</p> Join our Patreon (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/gender">patreon.com/gender</a>) to access our bonus podcast, newsletter, and other fun perks.</p> <em>2 Trans 2 Furious</em> PDFs and physical copies <a href="https://2trans2furious.bigcartel.com/">available via BigCartel</a>.</p> Find us <a href="http://genderpodcast.com/">genderpodcast.com</a> and @gendereveal.</p> Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/myopicmisanthrope/">Ira M. Leigh</a>Music: <a href="https://breakmastercylinder.bandcamp.com/">Breakmaster Cylinder</a>Additional Music: “Tall Journey” and “Dream Her Voice” by <a href="https://www.sessions.blue/">Blue Dot Sessions</a> Sponsors: <a href="http://ShopEnby.com">ShopEnby.com</a> (promo code: GenderReveal) and <a href="http://bit.ly/transtechdesign">bit.ly/transtechdesign</a>.</p>

00:49:12

Episode 157: SPEED/READING Live!

Tuck chats with Casey Plett (she/her), Fran Tirado (she/they) and Kendra Wells (they/them) live at the Bell House. Topics include: </p> <ul> <li>Gossip from the <a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/trans-doll-invasion-fire-island-photos"> Fire Island Doll Invasion</a></li> <li>Is <em>Fast & Furious</em> more like Shakespeare or Dante’s Inferno?</li> <li>Casey’s very secret fan fiction</li> <li>Kendra's book title reveal! </li> <li>Plus: Elf pervert gender, Che Diaz redemption arc, and a fast(!) reading from Casey</li> </ul> Find Kendra at <a href="http://kendrawcandraw.com">kendrawcandraw.com</a>. Find Fran <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fransquishco/">@fransquishco</a> and <a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-like-a-virgin-88833874/">Like a Virgin</a>. Find Casey at <a href="https://caseyplett.wordpress.com">caseyplett.com</a> (and last week’s episode). Find several additional segments <a href="https://www.patreon.com/gender">on our patreon</a> very soon! </p> <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe9hcijFTh0xyt9o4VR4rXoVajQl_qgYWY9T13Z5yYNIf-1yw/viewform?usp=sf_link"> Submit a piece of Theymail</a>: a small message or ad that we’ll read on the show. Today’s message was from <a href="https://www.mothershewrote.earth">“MOTHER,” She Wrote</a>.</p> Join our Patreon (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/gender">patreon.com/gender</a>) to access our bonus podcast, newsletter, and other fun perks.</p> <em>2 Trans 2 Furious</em> PDFs and physical copies <a href="https://2trans2furious.bigcartel.com/">available via BigCartel</a>.</p> Find us <a href="http://genderpodcast.com/">genderpodcast.com</a> and @gendereveal.</p> Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/myopicmisanthrope/">Ira M. Leigh</a>Music: <a href="https://breakmastercylinder.bandcamp.com/">Breakmaster Cylinder</a>Additional Music: “Palms Down” by <a href="https://www.sessions.blue/">Blue Dot Sessions</a> Sponsors: <a href="http://ShopEnby.com">ShopEnby.com</a> (promo code: GenderReveal)</p>

00:37:00

Episode 156: Casey Plett

Tuck and Ozzy chat with author Casey Plett (she/her). Topics include: </p> <ul> <li>Is queer community… bad for us?</li> <li>Is it finally time to talk about Topside?</li> <li>The present and future of trans publishing</li> <li>Accidentally teaching girlies about the COGIATI(!?)</li> <li>Plus: Mennonite masculinity, Super Smash Bros, and Taylor Swift’s Red</li> </ul> This Week in Gender: <a href="https://www.anxietyshark.ca">Niko Stratis</a> shares the latest from Autostraddle’s <a href="https://defector.com/autostraddle-is-spiraling-toward-a-shutdown-or-a-sale"> ongoing</a> <a href="https://defector.com/autostraddle-to-be-acquired-by-queer-wellness-company-for-them"> implosion</a>. Read more <a href="https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1695160767056597184.html">via MB’s thread</a>.</p> Find Casey at <a href="https://caseyplett.wordpress.com">caseyplett.com</a> and <a href="https://www.biblioasis.com/shop/forthcoming/on-community/">preorder On Community</a>.</p> <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe9hcijFTh0xyt9o4VR4rXoVajQl_qgYWY9T13Z5yYNIf-1yw/viewform?usp=sf_link"> Submit a piece of Theymail</a>: a small message or ad that we’ll read on the show. Today’s messages were from <a href="https://wigdogpress.com">Wig Dog Press</a> and <a href="https://www.thembro.fit">Axe Thembro</a>.</p> Join our Patreon (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/gender">patreon.com/gender</a>) to access our bonus podcast, newsletter, and other fun perks.</p> Find us <a href="http://genderpodcast.com/">genderpodcast.com</a> and @gendereveal.</p> <em>2 Trans 2 Furious</em> PDFs and physical copies <a href="https://2trans2furious.bigcartel.com/">available via BigCartel</a>.</p> Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/myopicmisanthrope/">Ira M. Leigh</a>Music: <a href="https://breakmastercylinder.bandcamp.com/">Breakmaster Cylinder</a>Additional Music: “Posh and Vine” and “St. Augustine Red” by <a href="https://www.sessions.blue/">Blue Dot Sessions</a> Sponsors: <a href="http://queercandleco.com/">Queer Candle Co.</a> (promo code: GENDER10)</p>

00:51:10

Episode 155: Checking in with Soleil Ho

Tuck catches up with cultural critic Soleil Ho (they/them). Topics include: </p> <ul> <li>Doing secret drag at an anti-trans fundraising dinner</li> <li>Should we abolish restaurants?</li> <li>Why insisting on “authentic” recipes is... fascist </li> <li>Soleil’s takes that are too spicy for a mainstream newspaper</li> <li>Plus: Strikes at the pronoun factory and worldwide socialist revolution</li> </ul> This Week in Gender: Breaking down <a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/article-abstract/2808129"> a new study</a> about top surgery regret (or a complete lack thereof). </p> Find Soleil at <a href="http://soleilho.com">soleilho.com</a> and read their work at <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/author/soleil-ho/">SFChronicle.com</a>.</p> ONE WEEK LEFT! <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gender-reveal-presents-speedreading-tickets-688817651137?aff=odwdwdspacecraft"> Get your tickets</a> to our August 28 live show! </p> <em>2 Trans 2 Furious</em> PDFs and physical copies <a href="https://2trans2furious.bigcartel.com/">available via BigCartel</a>.</p> <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe9hcijFTh0xyt9o4VR4rXoVajQl_qgYWY9T13Z5yYNIf-1yw/viewform?usp=sf_link"> Submit a piece of Theymail</a>: a small message or ad that we’ll read on the show. Today’s message was from <a href="http://LaurSurgery.BigCartel.com">LaurSurgery.BigCartel.com</a></p> Join our Patreon (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/gender">patreon.com/gender</a>) to access our bonus podcast, newsletter, and other fun perks.</p> Find us <a href="http://genderpodcast.com/">genderpodcast.com</a> and @gendereveal.</p> Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/myopicmisanthrope/">Ira M. Leigh</a>Music: <a href="https://breakmastercylinder.bandcamp.com/">Breakmaster Cylinder</a>Additional Music: “Kern PKL” by <a href="https://www.sessions.blue/">Blue Dot Sessions</a> Sponsors: <a href="http://queercandleco.com/">Queer Candle Co.</a> (promo code: GENDER10)</p>

00:49:13

Episode 154: Nicole Maines

Tuck chats with actress <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7414233/">Nicole Maines</a> (she/her). Topics include: </p> <ul> <li>The long, slow process of transitioning in elementary school </li> <li>Picketing with the WGA even before the SAG-AFTRA strike </li> <li>Writing a trans superhero’s origin story </li> <li>Getting name inspiration from Nickelodeon & Disney Channel </li> <li>Plus: vampire hot takes and Danny Phantom Tumblr discourse?!</li> </ul> This Week in Gender: A moment from the <a href="https://www.curbed.com/2023/08/oshae-sibley-memorial-voguing.html"> O’Shae Sibley vigil</a></p> <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gender-reveal-presents-speedreading-tickets-688817651137?aff=odwdwdspacecraft"> Get your tickets</a> to our August 28 live show! </p> <em>2 Trans 2 Furious</em> PDFs and physical copies <a href="https://2trans2furious.bigcartel.com">available via BigCartel</a>.</p> <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe9hcijFTh0xyt9o4VR4rXoVajQl_qgYWY9T13Z5yYNIf-1yw/viewform?usp=sf_link"> Submit a piece of Theymail</a>: a small message or ad that we’ll read on the show. Today’s message was from <a href="https://genevievehuffman.com">Genevieve Huffman</a>.</p> Join our Patreon (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/gender">patreon.com/gender</a>) to access our bonus podcast, newsletter, and other fun perks.</p> Find us <a href="http://genderpodcast.com/">genderpodcast.com</a> and @gendereveal.</p> Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/myopicmisanthrope/">Ira M. Leigh</a>Music: <a href="https://breakmastercylinder.bandcamp.com/">Breakmaster Cylinder</a>Additional Music: “Damaroon” by <a href="https://www.sessions.blue/">Blue Dot Sessions</a> Sponsors: <a href="http://queercandleco.com/">Queer Candle Co.</a> (promo code: GENDER10)</p>

00:52:33

Episode 153: Katie Barnes

Tuck chats with sports journalist Katie Barnes (they/them). Topics include: </p> <ul> <li>Will “the science” ever be settled re: trans athletes?</li> <li>How coordinated are all these anti-trans sports bills?</li> <li>Why most teams should be co-ed (and why most elite sports shouldn’t be)</li> <li>What makes a bad interview question? (Asking for a friend lol)</li> <li>Plus: Getting banned for your bones, interviewing trans kids, and a reminder that sports are hard! </li> </ul> This Week in Gender: <a href="https://gender.libsyn.com/episode-135-joan-summers">Joan Summers</a> on Barbie (2023)</p> Find Katie @katie_barnes3 and <a href="http://KEBarnes.com">KEBarnes.com</a>. Read their work on ESPN.com and <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250276636/fairplay">preorder Fair Play</a><em>.</em></p> <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gender-reveal-presents-speedreading-tickets-688817651137?aff=odwdwdspacecraft"> Get your tickets</a> to our August 28 live show! </p> <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe9hcijFTh0xyt9o4VR4rXoVajQl_qgYWY9T13Z5yYNIf-1yw/viewform?usp=sf_link"> Submit a piece of Theymail</a>: a small message or ad that we’ll read on the show. Today’s message was from <a href="https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/books/11520#:~:text=Anyone%20can%20use%20masturbation%20to,beautiful%20perspective%20to%20self-love"> “Bang!” by Vic Liu</a>. (Promo code: GENDERREVEAL)</p> Join our Patreon (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/gender">patreon.com/gender</a>) to access our bonus podcast, newsletter, and other fun perks.</p> Find us <a href="http://genderpodcast.com/">genderpodcast.com</a> and @gendereveal.</p> Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/myopicmisanthrope/">Ira M. Leigh</a>Music: <a href="https://breakmastercylinder.bandcamp.com/">Breakmaster Cylinder</a>Additional Music: “Luka 75” “Single Still” & “Calgary Sweeps” by <a href="https://www.sessions.blue/">Blue Dot Sessions</a> Sponsors: <a href="http://queercandleco.com/">Queer Candle Co.</a> (promo code: GENDER10)</p>

00:58:44

BONUS: Capturing The New York Times with Imara Jones

The most recent episode of the Anti-Trans Hate Machine is a banger, and we thought you should hear it.</p> Listen to the <a href="https://translash.org/antitranshatemachine/">Anti-Trans Hate Machine</a> (a TransLash production) wherever you get your podcasts, or <a href="https://translash.org/transcript-capturing-the-new-york-times/">read the transcript here</a>. </p>  </p>

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