Tuck Woodstock

hope you're all hanging in there.

Added 2020-03-13 23:33:16 +0000 UTC

Hey friends. Just wanted to say that I'm sorry that everything is falling apart a little bit. Well, the internet says that everything is falling apart—offices are shutting down and events are getting cancelled and many people can't work and other people have to work and it's always getting worse. But also, I'm sitting in the empty corner of a fairly busy coffee shop and nice trans people are smiling at me and from here, it seems like everything is more or less OK. I'm not sure which to believe, but I'm tipping well and washing my hands and I don't know what else to do.

Seven is alarmed, but Seven is always alarmed, so it's almost reassuring that one thing is the same as always. It's Seven's mom's birthday in a couple days — did you know that birthdays still exist? Also, weddings? A queer couple I know just got engaged and it's weird to see joy happening but we all need it so much. (By the way, did you hear that Chelsea Manning is getting out? Let's try to celebrate that for a moment.)

If you can, maybe try going outside for a minute. It's still nice out there, even when it's raining. The trees don't know about coronavirus or any politicians and they're still doing great. Also, dogs still exist. This is mostly advice for myself but I'm passing along to you as well.

Thank you for being so sweet about me taking a week off. There will almost definitely be a new episode on Monday because it turns out that ~social distancing~ is a great time to edit a podcast. I have two more episodes pre-recorded after this one, and then after that, I'm not sure what happens (do people still record podcasts about gender during a pandemic?) but we'll figure it out together.

Thanks for listening. I hope you're all doing OK or possibly even well? If not, let me know how I can support you. I love you so, so much.

XO,
Yr resident gender detective