June merch! Trans Jeopardy! Fire Island!

Hey friends,

Hope you’re all hanging in there. It is very rainy here but I’ve heard it’s summer in other places, so I hope you are enjoying whatever climate crisis you happen to be experiencing.

As you know, we skipped the main show this week, but we have a bonus episode out for all our $5+ listeners! I won’t plug it too hard because most of y’all have already seen a post about it, but I did want to take the chance to share a picture of me and Cass in fun shirts.

In other news, we’ve got three new merch designs in the shop, plus a zillion restocks! I’ll put the new designs below, but it might be easier to just take a look at everything in the store.

Photo ID: 1) A white shirt that says "I was transed by GENDER REVEAL and all I got was this lousy t-shirt! 2) A black tank top with a skull on it; the skull is striped in the trans flag colors and is wearing sunglasses that say "GENDER REVEAL." 3) A white shirt that says "Trans Musicians Are Hotter" next to an image of an androgynous purple-haired person playing electric guitar. 

Not to be self-centered about it but I’m very excited to finally be selling merch with the name of the show on it! Proceeds on both of those designs go to our grant & mutual aid programs. :)

OK, it’s time for Links & Stuff:

• First and foremost: watch Fire Island (a gay Pride & Prejudice romcom featuring TWO Britney Spears covers!) and then listen to (writer/star) Joel Kim Booster and (director) Andrew Ahn and (star) Bowen Yang and (supporting actor but also star) Matt Rogers talk about making the movie on Las Culturistas! (Spoilery content warning that there is sexual assault/revenge p0rn near the end of the film.)

Tomás Matos (left) is also in it and they're nonbinary! So! There's that! 

Alsoooo:

• Our friend Kirby has been putting out a bunch of great blog posts lately. Here’s one about how pronouns aren’t gender (and also birds).
• Casey Plett talking with Imogen Binnie 
• Harron Walker talking with Imogen Binnie
• Harron Walker talking with Chase Strangio 
• Another short piece about “what do cops actually do?”
• An essay about Severance and also Severance 
• Leaving on a light note: A tiny post about Swiss trains(?) that made me laugh

Next week on the show, we’ve got Amy Schneider of Jeopardy fame! Tune in to hear me ask what categories would exist in Trans Jeopardy and also how her cat’s birthday party went.

That’s it for now. Here’s your weekly Rhubarb.

Photo ID: Ruby sleeping on a chair cushion on the porch. Her tail looks extra big and fluffy.

Xo,
Yr resident gender detective