Hey friends,
Hope you’re all hanging in there. (I sort of forgot that I started saying this in late 2017, but it’s all making sense now.)
This week on the show, I chatted with the wonderful River Gallo about:
Getting glamorously force-femmed by Indya Moore in an historic Ponyboi scene
Realizing that your genitals are in the second paragraph of your Wikipedia page
Why Republicans are seemingly more aware of intersex people than liberals are?
How growing up in a restaurant led us both to film school somehow
Connecting to the ethereal and embracing the inherent witchiness of gender
Totoro, Bruce Springsteen, New Jersey, Hamlet, Sex and the City, and much much more!
Speaking of Sex and the City, Niko and I are working hard at putting the new anthology together. It's so funny how, even when we’re editing joke essays about old TV, I want them to really work on a sentence level, you know? But that’s the Girl Dad Press commitment to the bit, I guess.
And speaking of Girl Dad Press: bookstores can finally finally finally finally order 2 Trans 2 Furious easily — I could explain why this took four months, but ultimately nobody cares except me! — so if you see a copy floating around in the world, could you send me a picture or otherwise let me know? It would mean A Lot to know that the book is finally making its way into the wider world.
By the way, if you’re looking for a gift for a freak in ur life, you can still order 2T2F copies directly through us, and I will sign them with whatever message you want. I also recommend pre-ordering Niko’s new book, The Dad Rock That Made Me A Woman, while it’s fully 40% off!!!! A steal!!!
And of course, I’m sure you’ve heard this 100 times, but our Philly show is on December 3rd, which is SOON! I just roped Kirby Conrod into joining the show! Mckenzee is gonna play a bonus game! It’s gonna be sort of my birthday! We are gonna have fun! Tickets available now!
Okay, let’s do Links & Stuff.
Queer stuff:
Jewish Currents published a beautiful interview with Shoog McDaniel, a photographer whose work I hope you’re already familiar with
A newsletter reader recently plugged Queer Liberation Library, a free library of queer books and audiobooks that you access via Libby.
Maddy Court shared more advice for making queer friends
Organizing dept:
The Wired guide to protecting yourself from government surveillance is rly good! I’ve read a bunch of these and I still learned new stuff.
Mariame Kaba shared this robust list of suggested actions that are not protesting or voting
Dyke Domesticity published a history piece on coalition-building and the 1970 Revolutionary People’s Constitutional Convention, which I was not previously familiar with
Them.Us put together a short list of mutual aid funds that assist trans people
And speaking of, our longggg list of resources from Trans Day of Snack is still available!
Everything else:
A 22-year-old New Zealand MP led a haka in Parliament in protest of a bad bill, and it ruled!! The beaming elder makes me so so happy.
I know we’re all tired of AI discourse but the Anime Sickos’ specific critiques of AI slop are refreshing imho! (You can skip past the cold open.)
From PJP, a short piece on the lives of women aging in prison
This Arab Israeli college student had her life destroyed for reposting four memes
I put together a list of Gaza GoFundMes that I support, and it’s gotten a lot of shares on Bluesky but very few donations. If you can share $10 with one of these families, please do.
Tuck’s Creature Corner:
That’s it for this week. Here’s your weekly Rhubarb.

Photo: Ruby (on top of blanket) snuggling with legs (under a blanket)
Xo,
Yr resident gender detective
Tuck
2024-11-18 14:18:27 +0000 UTCCameron Welsh
2024-11-18 05:26:56 +0000 UTC