Ariana Steele! New TDoS merch! Boyfriends in little outfits?!

Okay, look, I’m starting this newsletter at 11:58pm Eastern, so it’s definitely going to be “late” by some definitions, but also yesterday at this time it was 10:58pm so like, what is time anyway!!! Pretty sure Shuli said it was bougie to care about time. Or something.

“Tuck, why are you writing this at 11:58pm?” Because earlier today I was busy doing a little comedy show and also a fantasy baseball draft for a trans-run league called “Boyfriends in Little Outfits” or something like that. Don’t worry I drafted my two most important boyfriends, thank you for your concern!!!

Anyway, in this week(ish)’s episode, we spoke with linguist Ariana Steele! We talked about race and linguistics and trans nightlife and also whether your astrological sign is measured from your head or your toes. (Does anyone have an answer?? How does birth work??) It was fun!

Oh, and we also talk about Nonbinary Fashion, as exemplified by baby Ariana here: 

Photo: A printed photo from 2000 showing bb Ariana in neon yellow and blue sunglasses and a choker and a pink spaghetti strap tank top. 

I cannot write about next week’s (aka out-in-3-hours) episode without feeling Emotions and it’s too late at night for me to feel Emotions so we’ll save that for next week’s newsletter.

But speaking of podcast episodes, rumor has it that you should subscribe to Hang Up right now if you haven’t!! For normal reasons!!

Meanwhile, Trans Day of Snack is approaching, and we’ve taken the merch store out of retirement so that we can run two new designs. Here’s roughly what they look like!

Photo: Six mouths eating different snacks, such as a banana, ice cream, and boba tea. One hand has THEY knuckle tats and another has a trans flag ring. Someone else is wearing a trans anarchy earring.

Photo: A giraffe licking a red popsicle next to the words Trans Day of Snack.

We’ve got them both on a variety of items (hoodies, toddler tees, mugs, a canvas print, and stickers coming soon probably) with a wide variety of beautiful background colors, so check those out and remember that 50% of proceeds go straight to our mutual aid fund :)

I’m SO tired, but here is a very abbreviated Links & Stuff:

• This one is just for Portlanders and/or fans of bridges
• This one was too smart for me and I gave up but maybe you’ll enjoy it??
• My friend Jazmine put out a new album this month and yes she is a DJ!!! Trans women are beautiful and also they are DJs. We know this.
• Xtra interviewed Io about Be Gay Do Crime…
• …and also btw Io has a good new design about Dune and robots and stuff, so keep an eye out for the shirt to drop.

That’s it for this week. Here’s your weekly Rhubarb. My roommate demanded that I use this one so I hope u love it.

Photo: Ruby laying on her back on a heating pad with her fluffy belly exposed. Her eyes are closed and her body is curved in a C shape. 

Oh, Ramadan Mubarak to those who observe!! Ok bye!!

Xo,

Yr resident gender detective