A CD cover I imprinted on in 2001! Also, DC THIS FRIDAY!

Hey friends,

Hope you’re hanging in there. I was home sick for several days and have reemerged absolutely feral for human interaction.

And speaking of!!!! Would you like to interact THIS FRIDAY? I will be at Union Stage and I would love to see you!!!!! Can’t wait to singlehandedly (well, six-handedly) turn around this country’s whole vibe.

Also, hey, I know I’ve been trying to sell you on Gender Ordeal for months without explaining what it is. So, this week on Gender Conceal, Mattie and Calvin and I tried to describe what the show is. Sort of. Mostly we talked around it and also lied. But hey, who cares, because the important part is that I floated several controversial new theories, gossiped about my landlord, and performed as JoJo Siwa in Gender-Swapped Holes. Y’all told me in the Patreon survey that you wanted more chatcasts with friends, so I hope this was all you imagined and more, lol.

I do not think I have any additional podcast news for you at this time. In personal news, seeing Nicole Scherzinger in Sunset Blvd reminded me of her early days on Eden’s Crush, a band formed on the early reality television show Popstars (2001). Did any of you watch this? Have you heard this “song”? Were you even born yet? Judging by the Spotify numbers, nobody on earth has ever heard of any of this, but surely at least one other gay child imprinted on this CD cover for some reason.

image: five girlies with spiky hair and scary abs posing identically in the most 2001 tops of all time on the CD cover for "pop stars, eden's crush, get over yourself"

Sorry that jpg is like 16 total pixels. It’s VERY old. We didn’t used to have so many pixels at our disposal. We had to ration them.

That’s enough of that, right? Let’s do Links & Stuff.

• I am not experiencing this socially but on a professional level this is an epidemic that may take down the podcast and also all of my other jobs…. lol???

• A handy guide (for the LA fires but also generally!) to make sure you’re not donating junk and creating problems for volunteers/mutual aid groups.

• Related, here’s a nice little profile of NDLON’s Pablo Alvarado; you can also support their immigrant fire relief fund here

• I was going to recommend (and ultimately am recommending) this beautiful website of idyllic park scenes and this quick (~1 hr) visual novel and this collection of experimental internet poetry but tbh, I got them all from this newsletter! So maybe just read that.

• I hope you’ve been enjoying all of the wonderful photos coming out of Thailand!

Tuck’s Creature Corner:

• My roommate got a targeted ad for these guys and it worked SO well that I’m now doing free advertising in a newsletter. Look at them!!!!! (We have not purchased any but one day… ONE DAY…)

That’s it for this week. Here’s your Weekly Rhubarb.

Image: Ruby outside in da snow 

Btw she’s not allowed to go outside anymore because of bird flu and she's so bored but I’m out of ideas that don’t involve getting another cat — if anyone has a thought, hit us up.

Xo,
Yr resident gender detective