Avery Tucker! Trans + Disabled Solidarity! 62% Homosexual!

Hey friends,

Hope you’re all hanging in there! Maybe an unrealistic hope but I’m doing it anyway.

I just put a really beautiful new design in the merch shop that I wanted to share with y’all. It’s by my dear friend Ariana Martinez (one of my favorite artists!), with proceeds going to the Brave Space Alliance. I’m in awe.

Photo ID: Image description of this design can be found here.

We’ve got a few other new designs in there as well, so take a peek when you get a chance.

This week’s episode features my chat with Avery Tucker, the Pool from Girlpool. Tbh, I’ve been having a hard time doing like, bullet point teasers for this episode? But I think it rules and I’m very very glad that we got to chat, and I hope you also enjoy this Tuck-on-Tucker action. Here is a photo he sent me for promo purposes that made me absolutely scream.

Photo ID: Avery sitting on the floor of an empty-looking room. He is wearing white shorts and a white tank and the walls and ceiling are also white. He is taking a mirror selfie with his legs wide open and his elbows on his knees in the most bro pose possible. 

By the way, what’s your favorite song off Forgiveness, the new Girlpool record? I think mine is still Faultline; how do you beat “I hold my body like a butcher knife” as an opening-ish line???

Next week on the show, we’ve got TAYLOR ALXNDR!!! (She styles her name in all caps like that but also I’m very excited.) Taylor is a musician and a drag performer and and incredible organizer, and also made this shirt that I love. They’re an incredible human and I’m really excited for you to hear our convo.

Photo ID: TAYLOR ALXNDR in drag makeup and a light pink-purple wig. She's wearing a crop top and kneeling on the floor next to what looks like sound equipment maybe. 

And now it’s time for Links & Stuff I Liked:

• Relevant to last week’s episode, I loved this roundtable on the problems with “Latinidad.”
  
• Several of us at the Trans Journalists Association released a statement on best practices for trans-inclusive abortion coverage, if that happens to be useful for anyone.
  
• I had no idea where the word “boycott” came from until I read this Nib comic, and I would not have guessed it.
  
• Two gay dolphins were cruising and picked up a snake…
  
• Have you seen an armadillo yawn??? Highly recommend!
  
• Finally… are y’all watching this show???????????????? I have so many feelings about it, but first let’s just see who recognizes this website from a pivotal moment in a Netflix show and who recognizes it from when we all took it ourselves as teens, lol.

Photo ID: A photo of Tuck's computer screen, which is watching a TV show but cropped so the name isn't visible. The TV show is showing a website that says "The ultimate gay quiz! The results are in... you're 62% homosexual! You're definitely at least a little bit gay..." then it says "62% Homosexual" again in huge font, followed by a pride flag. The TV show captions show that music is playing with the lyrics "No matter what I do it's bad, it's hurting." 

Even writing this image description I am laughing out loud again. Anyway. That’s it for this week. Thanks for being here and supporting what we do!!!!

Here’s your weekly Rhubarb.
 

Photo ID: Ruby laying on top of a couch with her eyes closed. She looks very fluffy. 

Xoxo,
Yr resident gender detective