Britni de la Cretaz!
Added 2021-11-11 01:47:56 +0000 UTCHey friends,
Hope you’re all hanging in there. Phew, it’s dark out there, huh???? I meant literally — it’s pitch black at 5:13pm — but figuratively we probably aren’t doing great either. It's brutal out here, as (I assume) the teens say.
You know what is great, though? This week’s episode with sports writer extraordinaire Britni de la Cretaz! I had so much fun speaking with Britni, and learned so much about everything from the obstacles faced by transmasculine athletes, to the way that AA both helped Britni get sober and led to an ill-advised marriage.
(Neither of those topics sound particularly fun, huh? We also talk about embracing gender maximalism, discovering trans elders, protesting the Olympics, fighting your editors, and creating space for nonbinary and trans people in sports, to name a few.)
Photo ID: A selfie of Britni sitting in a car. They are clutching to their chest a copy of their book, Hail Mary.
Britni’s book (Hail Mary: the Rise & Fall of the National Women’s Football League) is currently available wherever books are, and their Instagram features a bunch of fun behind-the-scenes content of, let’s be honest, a bunch of hot dykes who played football 50 years ago. Would recommend!
I’d also recommend checking out our merch store this month, as we packed it full of six (6!) new designs and four old favorites (including Surf/Terf tanks and the iconic Trains Flag mug!). I could post like 15 product shots here but why don’t you go check it out in the shop instead.
I do feel obligated to tell you that I didn't end up working six 12s last week, both because Jules is an angel and because my brain completely shut down after the 4th day and made me go eat a sandwich or whatever. But I did work a lot, and then I went to a Julien Baker show because I wasn’t depressed enough already, and now here we are!
Luckily, this cured my depression:
Photo ID: A Gender Reveal podcast sticker has been stuck to a craft store department sign that says "GENDER REVEAL."
OK, I think that's it for now. Thanks for being here and making it possible for me to pay Jules and also myself. Here’s your weekly Rhubarb.
Photo ID: Ruby perched on a cushion.
Xoxo,
Yr resident gender detective
Comments
That sticker! Also just wanted to say how much I appreciated this episode. I wrote a zine about being a nonbinary swimmer in 2019 and included details from every swimming org from the IOC to the masters swim about their policies on trans athletes and woof--not just a lot of being shitty to trans athletes but also conflicting standards. And that's only one sport! Very glad that you and Britni are getting this info out there and to know more about them!
Marlowe
2021-11-14 18:27:54 +0000 UTCThis was SUCH a good episode. Also I’ve probably said this before, but the Ruby photos at the end never get old, they always blast away all non-cat thoughts from my head, she’s perfect
Math
2021-11-12 07:31:31 +0000 UTC
