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Gender Reveal

Sep 9, 2024

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...


Sep 2, 2024

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...


Aug 19, 2024

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...


Aug 5, 2024

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


Jun 25, 2024

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...