Hurray for the Riff Raff! Who, Me?! Let us do advice to you!

Hey friends,

Hope you’re all hanging in there. My big news for the week is that I beat out Lena Dunham to anonymously win a Who, Me? Award for most deranged/iconic call of 2022!?! If you’re a Who? Weekly listener, you know exactly what I mean, and if you are not a Who? Weekly listener, I strongly encourage you to not try to figure it out — the lore is like 10 months deep minimum and it’s not worth it, lol.

Anyway! This week on the show, I’m thrilled to share my conversation with musician Alynda Segarra, also known as Hurray for the Riff Raff. In true gender detective fashion, I’ve been keeping an eye on Alynda’s ~gender journey~ and was very excited to have an excuse to chat with them. We discuss trying to sneak past a blockbuster movie set while wearing… this.

Photo: Alynda standing in shallow water wearing latex shorts and a bikini made of keys.

We also talk about their musical inspirations (Emergent Strategy, climate change, the Young Lords, etc.) and gender inspirations (Julian Casablancas, being a scary punk); discuss the key distinctions between Pisces and Cancers; and even learn Alynda’s favorite bit of wisdom from a Gender Reveal advice episode!

And speaking of which: we’ve got two advice segments coming up (one with Mattie & Danny at our upcoming live show, and one with Mckenzee on ye ol’ bonus pod Gender Conceal), so if you have any questions you’d like to hear us tackle, please send them our way!

In next week’s show, we finally chat with an oft-requested guest who is also a longtime friend of Alynda’s. Can you guess who they are? (Here’s an anagram of their name: ratlike glory jam.)

OK, time for Links & Stuff.

Listen:

• I can’t stop thinking about Dolly singing Wrecking Ball!!!!
• I’ve been hoping for a quick explainer on the 20-month coal strike ever since Labor Week, and NPR made a decent one.
• Late to this, but my friend Parker interviewed Emily St. James about the “millennial parent apology fantasy” genre (think Everything Everywhere All At Once).

Read:

• Marissa Bertucci said she was going to make a list of “the top 10 slays of 2022” and somehow turned it into this beautiful and heartbreaking personal essay (complete with dog pics)
• I labeled this in my notes as “read this if you want to have a mental breakdown”
• For fans of sea creatures and Glass Onion fashion

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

Photo: Ruby laying in a windowsill, basking in a sunbeam and looking out the window. One paw is reaching through the ripped-out window screen. 

Xo,
Yr resident gender detective