This month, Tuck chats with visual artist and author Rani Som (she/her). Topics include:
Kate Bush and her powerful influence
Rani’s currently-in-progress name change
Exploring the inevitable failure of trans utopia
Searching for a feeling of home as a diasporic South Asian trans femme
Writing books about queer women (pre-transition) for Normal Reasons
Being a NYC goth kid in the 80s/90s
Not drawing/writing about sex
Foiling the trans “before & after pic” trope
Experimenting with the Kuleshov Effect in comics
The comics from Rani’s childhood that made her trans hehe
Tuck's weird baseball pickles :)
And more!
Find Rani at bishakh.com and @biche_bash. Apsara Engine and Spellbound are both available on Bookshop.org.
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