Episodit
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Tuck chats with visual artist and author Rani Som (she/her) about writing an exquisitely eggy memoir, coming out in her 40s, and exploring the inevitable failure of trans utopia.
Listen to the full episode on Patreon to hear discussions of growing up in Manhattan, working in architecture, drawing sex scenes (or not), Kate Bush, misanthropy, and the freaky pickle art on Tuck’s wall.
Find Rani at bishakh.com and @biche_bash. Apsara Engine and Spellbound are both available on Bookshop.org.
Get your Philly live show tickets and come hang out with Tuck, Mckenzee, Mattie, Calvin, Sadie Dupuis and moooore on December 3! Or else!
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Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman
Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
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Tuck chats with filmmaker and intersex activist River Gallo (they/them). Topics include:
Making cinema history with (and getting force-femmed by?) Indya Moore How to reckon with the fact that yr genitals are on Wikipedia Why growing up in restaurants made Tuck & River into storytellers Evolving Ponyboi from experimental John Waters-y play to Sundance-premiering comedy thriller Plus: Trans Hamlet, trans Bruce Springsteen, trans Totoro, real New Jersey, and the Huff & Puff Queen.Submit a piece of Theymail: Today’s messages were from Trans Sexual Pod and I. E. Lewis Editorial.
Find River @rivergallo and keep an eye out for Ponyboi to hit theaters.
Get your Philly live show tickets!
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Find transcripts at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Instagram @gendereveal.
Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman
Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional Music: Blue Dot Sessions
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Tuck chats with Still Life author Katherine Packert Burke (she/her) about trans lit, Austin TX, Susan's Place, and possibly getting her egg cracked by Drake.
Listen to the full episode on Patreon to hear discussions of Gossip Girl, the Strand, autofiction, lesbian TTRPGs, someone Tuck dated in high school, returning to your hometown as a transsexual, and why 2 Trans 2 Furious is an Uncle John's Bathroom Reader.
Find Katherine at katherinepackertburke.com, on Twitter @katpburke and on IG @vegetasackvillewest. Still Life is available now.
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Get your Boston live show tickets!
Applications for our grant program are open now through October 31.
Don’t forget to send us your SCATC submission by October 21!
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Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
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Tuck chats with Colby Gordon (he/him), a founder of Early Modern Trans Studies. Topics include:
How much of Colby’s work is writing slashfic about the Bible?? The limits of secularism in protecting trans people, and why Colby wants more trans people to have access to religion How the IRS randomly assigned Colby a trans name as a teen Running a twitter poll to decide between rabbinical school and a neck tattoo Plus: Phalloplasty, Wheat Jesus, trans mayhem(!), and the return of SpinozaThis Week in Gender: We preview many new trans books! A full list with links is available here.
Submit a piece of Theymail: Today’s messages were from Urge Surfer and Max Burns.
Find Colby at colbygordon.com and @badinfinity2. Glorious Bodies is available now.
Applications for our grant program are open now through October 31!
Get your Boston live show tickets!
Don’t forget to send us your SCATC submission by October 21.
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Join our Patreon to access our monthly bonus episodes and weekly newsletter.
Find transcripts at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Instagram @gendereveal.
Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman
Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional Music: Blue Dot Sessions
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Three bits of news that couldn't wait until our next episode:
Submissions for the second Girl Dad Press anthology are open now for a limited time! Learn all about the submission process here.
WE'RE COMING TO BOSTON on 11/3! Tickets are on sale now! All ages show but no guarantees that we will behave.
Lastly, patrons have until Sunday (11/6) to fill out our annual patreon survey and enter to win a fun prize! (If you're not a patron, it only costs $1 to join, and your feedback will be used to shape the next year of Gender Reveal/Conceal/etc.)
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Tuck chats with drag performer and artist Yvie Oddly (she/they). Topics include:
How being on Drag Race changed the way Yvie watches TV An impromptu analysis of RuPaul’s memoir Why dysphoria is universal and drag is inherently trans What Yvie and Chappell Roan have in common Plus: FtMtW transgender, unionizing Drag Race, bendy bones gender and accessibility at the clubSubmit a piece of Theymail: Today’s message was from Chris Gallego.
Join our Patreon to access more of this conversation with Yvie, plus our monthly bonus episodes and weekly newsletter.
Find Yvie at oddlyyvie.com and @oddlyyvie.
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Find transcripts at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Instagram @gendereveal.
Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman
Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional Music: Blue Dot Sessions
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Tuck chats with Vogue culture writer Emma Specter (she/they) about unionizing Condé Nast, embracing Bisexuality 2, and not monetizing their gender exploration.
Listen to the full episode on Patreon to hear Emma talk about seeing girlies from middle school at their book events; being asked about her boyfriend on the local news; and shoplifting gender from an infinite nonproblematic Sephora.
Emma’s memoir More, Please is available now! Find Emma @specteremma / @emmaspecter.
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Logo: Ira M. Leigh
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Tuck and Ozzy chat with Rose Eveleth (they/them), creator of Tested. Topics include:
Details and stories cut from Tested that Gender Reveal listeners would appreciate! Why individual trans and/or intersex athletes have conflicting ideas of what “fair” competition looks like How the Paralympics can help us imagine new ways of categorizing elite sports What well-intentioned people often get wrong about sex testing in sports Plus: A breaking news name reveal(!?!), a Pokémon gender, and a review of Dune Messiah?This Week in Gender: LGBTQ Olympians and Paralympians.
Find Tested at tested-podcast.com, and find Rose at roseveleth.com.
Here’s Tuck’s Life Kit episode that Rose mentioned.
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Come see Tuck, Mattie & Calvin on September 22 at Union Hall!
We’re fundraising for Gaza aid in our merch shop.
Order 2 Trans 2 Furious from AllLitUp (Canada) or directly from Tuck.
Join our Patreon to access monthly Gender Conceal episodes and our weekly newsletter.
Find transcripts at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Instagram @gendereveal.
Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman
Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional Music: “Ranch Hand” by Blue Dot Sessions
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Tuck and Ozzy chat with historian Susan Stryker (she/her). Topics include:
Publishing old kink erotica in a new academic reader Truffle-hunting for niche trans subcommunities on Reddit What does it look like to embrace monstrosity in today’s world? How Susan pieced together the story of Compton’s Cafeteria Riot Plus: The literal meaning of life!Find Susan at susanstryker.net. When Monsters Speak is out now. (Watch Screaming Queens for free on YouTube!)
Come see Tuck, Mattie & Calvin on September 22 at Union Hall!
Pre-order 2 Trans 2 Furious, and learn more about Girl Dad Press via Vogue and/or Gender Conceal.
Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to monthly Gender Conceal episodes, our weekly newsletter, and other perks.
Find episode transcripts at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Instagram @gendereveal.
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Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
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Happy pub day to Heavyweight, a graphic memoir by Solomon J. Brager! Tuck chats with Sol (they/he) about the intersections of Zionism and transphobia, the need to make up true stories, and the arguments against claims of Jewish indigeneity.
Listen to the full episode on Patreon for discussions of teaching a class called Graphic Sex, stealing boxing valor, navigating our mothers' feelings about our hair color, and much more.
Find Sol at solomonbrager.com and @jbbrager. Heavyweight is available now!!!
Our merch shop at bit.ly/gendermerch.
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Logo: Ira M. Leigh
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Tuck shares an exciting 2 Trans 2 Furious update before chatting with Arlie Adlington (he/him) about queer labor solidarity, Pride movie recs, and normal tea.
Listen to the full episode on Patreon to hear Arlie talk about working with Sam Smith, navigating the world of UK t-shots, and writing an important song about beverages (before Sabrina Carpenter did it, even!)
See you at the Bell House on Thursday for our Pride™ live show!
(Oh and here’s the video that Casey took hehe.)
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For our season finale, Tuck catches up with historian Jules Gill-Peterson (she/her). Topics include:
Why Jules might be writing a trilogy of books against ~transgender~ Why liberal trans inclusion is the “kissing cousin of fascism” A list of fun hot reasons why people have transitioned throughout history Is transphobia always rooted in misogyny? Plus: Fighting your publisher over derogatory italics; learning the secrets of the most trans dinosaur; and once again asking whether a certain trans clothing company is a psy-op…Today’s Theymail message was from Thirst Pebble.
Find Jules @gpjulesss. A Short History of Trans Misogyny is out now.
Come see us at the Bell House on June 20!
Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to get access to our bonus podcasts, weekly newsletter, and other perks.
Find our FAQ page, starter packs and transcripts at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Instagram @gendereveal.
Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman
Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional Music: “Mischief Making” by Blue Dot Sessions
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Tuck and Ozzy chat with director Jane Schoenbrun (they/them). Topics include:
Working through gender feelings onscreen with Brigette Lundy-Paine How did Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst end up in I Saw the TV Glow? What happened to that film adaption of Nevada? Why the third movie in Jane’s Screen Trilogy is actually three novels Plus: The most sapphic Spielberg film; A Trip to the Moon (1902); custom Jane’s Bar Mitzvah CD booklets; and getting warped by NickelodeonThis Week in Gender: None, but may I instead introduce you to Mr. Celery, Otey, Muddona, and Ballapeño?
Submit a piece of Theymail: Today’s messages were from Go Press Girl and CN Lester.
Come see us at the Bell House on June 20!
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Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional Music: “Isn’t It Always” by Blue Dot Sessions
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In this bonus episode, Tuck chats with Cat Fitzpatrick and Casey Plett about what's going on over at LittlePuss Press post-SPD collapse. Topics include:
What’s next for LittlePuss? How can we learn to log off? Wouldn’t it be mortifying to win a Nobel Prize? Cat’s thoughts on historical fell type?? Plus: An upcoming book that "establishes, at a stroke, [the author] as one of the great writers of her generation"(!!!)Support the LittlePuss Press Kickstarter by May 17, or shop all their existing titles at LittlePuss.net.
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Tuck tackles more advice questions with BFF of the show Mckenzee Griffler (she/her). Topics include:
What if my partner doesn’t want me to come out to their parents? Are we sure that cis people don’t think about gender this much? Can my gender be “boy” if I’m in my thirties? Should I live the plot of Boys Weekend by Mattie Lubchansky? Plus: wedding photos, astrology, nonprofits, FFS soup, King of Falafel, and securely attached Super Smash Bros characters?This Week in Gender: Kai Jacobsen bravely attempts the segment that Tuck refused.
Find Mckenzee at mckenzeegriffler.com and @mckenzeeisshortforzee.
Submit a piece of Theymail: Today’s message was from Succulent.
Come see us at the Bell House on June 20!
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Find our FAQ page, starter packs and transcripts at genderpodcast.com. We’re also on Instagram @gendereveal.
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Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional Music: “Young Buck” & “Tin Tile Shuffle” by Blue Dot Sessions
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Tuck catches up with organizer Jerika Che (they/them). Topics include:
Creating an abolitionism-inspired trans summer camp What’s up with all the gender-segregated trans picnics? Advice for creating your own trans community events Learning to successfully collaborate with co-organizers Plus: Xenogenders, Transoween, and Warrior Cats?This Week in Gender: The Girls & Gays Movie Corner (lol)
Find Jerika’s events at seattletransjoy.com and @seattletransjoy.
Submit a piece of Theymail: Today’s messages were from Joce Ryder/Gentlethem and the podcast Cruising.
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Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional Music: Blue Dot Sessions
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Tuck chats with author KT Hoffman (he/him) about trans romance novels, egg & cheddar gender, egg behavior, and not being Assigned Mariners At Birth.
Listen to the full episode on Patreon for discussions of bagel recipes, real-life baseball romance (in our dreams), local queer softball leagues, formative gay YA novels, and which marginalized group will get to play professional baseball first (lol).
The Prospects is available now wherever books are sold! Find KT Hoffman at kthoffmanwrites.com and @squashgoblin.
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Ozzy and Tuck chat with with Yin Q (they/them). Topics include:
How parenting changed Yin’s relationship to gender and kink What queer people still need to learn about kink and consent How the Red Canary Song documentary honors its subjects’ privacy and agency Decriminalizing sex work — and then taking the “work” part out of it Plus: Spiritual sexuality, the kink-o-meter, and parent-child top surgery?This Week in Gender: A Trans Day of Snack update!
Find Yin @redcanarysong @kinkoutevents and @yinq13ritual. Yin also recommends the book Thriving in Sex Work by Lola Davina as a resource.
Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we’ll read on the show. Today’s message was from the podcast Cruising.
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Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional Music: “Jadie Grange” by Blue Dot Sessions
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Happy (almost) Trans Day of Snack! We’re explaining this weekend’s mutual aid campaign (including FREE SNACKS for trans people in 26 US states) and sharing part two of our chat with Shuli Branson.
Sign up to receive your snack and/or financial aid at bit.ly/tdos24. View our list of trans resources at bit.ly/tdos24links. Spread the word!
Our full chat with Shuli is available here. (Part one is available here.)
Find Shuli at sjbranson.com and @shulibranson. Practical Anarchism is available from Pluto Press. Support The Breakup Theory on Patreon.
Get 25% off the Surviving the Future paperback or e-book with the coupon code GENDERREVEAL at pmpress.org this weekend.
Donate to our mutual aid/snack fund via PayPal or Venmo. (Put "TDoS" in the subject line plz.) Please donate to families fleeing Gaza at linktr.ee/fundsforgaza.
Our Trans Day of Snack merch is available through March 31 at bit.ly/gendermerch.
Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman
Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional Music: “Hensteeth” & “Road to Petersby” by Blue Dot Sessions
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Tuck chats with with writer Jamie Lauren Keiles (he/him). Topics include:
Writing a nonbinary history book that eschews common trans identity rhetoric Reporting on phallo and blowjob jokes for the New York Times Magazine Why Jamie will never run another Most Transgender Name Competition Why everyone in the trans community is annoying in different beautiful ways :) :) :) Plus: “Fake bi to real bi,” best novelty license plates, and Chaz Bono shopping in Miami?This Week in Gender: There’s new work by Andrea Long Chu, Beans Velocci, Paisley Currah and Judith Butler… but we instead quote Sawyer Kemp, Lola Pellegrino and Foz Meadows.
Find Jamie at jamielaurenkeiles.com and on Instagram and Twitter.
Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we’ll read on the show. Today’s message was from Southpaw Cafe.
We’ve got limited-edition Trans Day of Snack 2024 merch on sale this month, with proceeds benefiting our mutual aid fund.
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Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman
Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional Music: “Syriah” & “The Odd About It” by Blue Dot Sessions
Sponsors: ShopEnby.com (code: GenderReveal) and DeleteMe (code: TUCK20) - Näytä enemmän
