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LaTisha Rico! Live shows?! Episode 100 spoilers!?!

Added 2021-07-18 03:02:43 +0000 UTC

Hey friends,

Hope you’re all hanging in there. I’ve been trying to write this newsletter for fully five days but every time I look at the screen I can’t think of how to make words into sentences.

This week on the show, I was very excited to officially catch up with my friend LaTisha Rico. Tish is a youth worker, an artist, a nonbinary parent, and the front-person of With War. I loved talking to them about:

Raising a nonbinary Indigenous baby as a nonbinary Indigenous parent, and what it’s been like to search for spaces and communities that can hold and honor both identities simultaneously…

Photo ID: Tish sitting outside on a blanket, smiling at the camera and holding their baby, who is wearing a grey onesie that says "Always hungry."

…working with trans Indigenous youth, and viewing youth work as a way to honor two-spirit traditions and roles…

…learning more about beadwork and developing their own style (which you can buy here)…

Photo ID: a collection of pins that say "LAND BACK" in white letters on a floral background, surrounded by several concentric layers of beadwork.

…celebrating Indigenous hardcore and reminding white people that Indigenous people!!!! Still!!!!! Exist!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Photo ID: A close-up of Tish yelling into a microphone while performing at a hardcore show.

There’s not going to be a new episode on Monday, but there are going to be (PATREON EXCLUSIVE SCOOP lol) two interviews the following week, and two more the week after that, because Episode 100 is in five parts for some reason!!!!!! I love to go very big and do more work than is necessary!!!! Anyway, we’ve got a great bonus episode lined up for you on Monday from our friends at another trans podcast, so you won’t even miss us :)

Speaking of Patreon exclusives, we’re also working on putting together a live show in September, and hopefully a few more after that. I’ll make sure that y’all are the first to know the details as soon as we have them ironed out. I’m v excited to see some of you??? In the world???? Can you imagine????

Photo ID: A white water bottle covered in pink and blue triangles and other geometric shapes.

OK, I think that’s it for this week. Please go look at this month’s merch if you’re into that sort of thing! We’ve got some fun new stuff, like these vaguely trans water bottles. See it all at bit.ly/gendermerch as always.

Hey, thanks for being here! I really appreciate you so deeply. I’ve been making a lot of jokes this week about how I’m employed by 900 people on the internet, but it's really true and I wouldn’t trade it!!!!!

Here’s your weekly Rhubarb.