Nicole Maines! Submit a live show q!

Hey friends,

Hope you’re all hanging in there. My big news is that I finally spotted a bar in NYC that serves Montucky Cold Snacks, but it cost $7 before tip for a 12oz can???? So anyway, I’m moving back to Portland**, see you soon.

Photo: A neon sign for Montucky Cold Snacks

**This is a joke but I’m going to need places to start carrying Montucky and also for someone to make a decent burrito please I’m begging you.

Speaking of New York, did you know that we have a live show in 8 days, starring all of these beautiful geniuses?

Photo: Clockwise from top left, Fran Tirado, Casey Plett, Kendra Wells, Mattie Lubchansky

Yes, you sure did, because I never stop talking about it. Anyway, we’ve got a lot of people coming into town for the show, presumably as an excuse for one last little summer trip. Maybe you, too, want to take a little trip and make some new hot trans friends? Great, see you there! 

Oh, also, if you have questions for any of our guests, let me know because I haven’t written any of the show yet!!! I should… do that. 

Meanwhile, this week on the podcast, we’ve got Yellowjackets/Supergirl actress Nicole Maines on the show to talk about everything except Yellowjackets and Supergirl (due to the strike ofc). Luckily, we had so much more to talk about! Lots of people have been sharing Nicole’s quotes about how trans kids deserve to, you know, live and be happy — so maybe this is a good ep to share with cis people who have been Just Asking Questions about trans kids? IDK, worth a shot!

Next week on the show, I’m thrilled to be catching up with Soleil Ho, who the True Heads might remember from way back in Episode 8, back when they half-heartedly identified as a woman, lol lmao. (We recap all the relevant bits from that interview so I promise there is no need to dig it back up.)

Since we last spoke on the podcast, Soleil has become a fancy columnist at the SF Chronicle; as part of their reporting, they recently infiltrated an anti-trans dinner?!?!? Can’t wait for you to hear about it.

Until then, here’s Links & Stuff:

• Gender Reveal alum Edgar Gomez wrote about a surprise Walter Mercado encounter in De Los
• My friend Jaya (who you could see! at the show!) wrote a great one for Eater about whether tortillas are empowerment or slavery(!!)
• A friend reminded me of ALC’s critique of A Little Life and honestly it still slaps (cw for basically everything, due to the way A Little Life is)
• Someone made a GoodReads page for 2T2F, which is so funny to me. (Nobody has been brave enough to review it yet.)
• I’ll just leave you with whatever this is 

That’s it for this week. Here’s your weekly Rhubarb, courtesy of my roommate.

Photo: Ruby chomping a tiny pot of cat grass, eyes wide, with her tongue extremely out 

Xo,
Yr resident gender detective