Episode 160: Raquel Willis

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10/02/23 • 58 min

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Gender Reveal

Tuck chats with activist Raquel Willis (she/her). Topics include:

Why having the ~most radical gender~ isn’t a useful standard
Reconciling your feminism with your transsexual desires
Parental loss, and death as an animating force
How to choose a good beneficiary for trans fundraising
Plus: Afrotransmisogyny, Janet Mock, and... Fortnite??

This Week in Gender: Girlfriends by Emily Zhou; Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas; People Collide by Isle McElroy; Laugh Riot by Io & Jonas Goonface.

Find Raquel on Instagram and Twitter. Preorder The Risk It Takes to Bloom before Nov 14.

Find a copy of 2 Trans 2 Furious here, and join us on Nov 10 at North Figueroa in LA! (RVSP HERE.)

Check out our nonprofit merch store by October 15!

Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to access our bonus podcast, newsletter, and other fun perks.

Find us genderpodcast.com (for starter packs, FAQ, grant info, transcripts, etc) and @gendereveal.

Join the Gender Detective Slack here (link expires in 28 days).

Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: “Di Breun” and “Hedgeliner” by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: ShopEnby.com (promo code: GenderReveal)

Tuck chats with activist Raquel Willis (she/her). Topics include:

Why having the ~most radical gender~ isn’t a useful standard
Reconciling your feminism with your transsexual desires
Parental loss, and death as an animating force
How to choose a good beneficiary for trans fundraising
Plus: Afrotransmisogyny, Janet Mock, and... Fortnite??

This Week in Gender: Girlfriends by Emily Zhou; Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas; People Collide by Isle McElroy; Laugh Riot by Io & Jonas Goonface.

Find Raquel on Instagram and Twitter. Preorder The Risk It Takes to Bloom before Nov 14.

Find a copy of 2 Trans 2 Furious here, and join us on Nov 10 at North Figueroa in LA! (RVSP HERE.)

Check out our nonprofit merch store by October 15!

Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to access our bonus podcast, newsletter, and other fun perks.

Find us genderpodcast.com (for starter packs, FAQ, grant info, transcripts, etc) and @gendereveal.

Join the Gender Detective Slack here (link expires in 28 days).

Previous Episode

Episode 159: Alison Rumfitt

Tuck and Ozzy chat with author Alison Rumfitt (she/her). Topics include:

When people fail to recognize their kink as simply a kink
Letting go of the need to ~understand~ TERFs
What makes a good trauma narrative?
Reappropriating an accidentally-trans Eminem lyric
Plus: Utopian organ dreams and trans slug allyship? (Also: worms!)

Find Alison @alison.zone (IG) and @hangsawoman (Bluesky/Twitter). Preorder Brainwyrms before Oct 10.

Come see Tuck & Mckenzee at North Figueroa Bookshop on Nov 10!

Join our Patreon (patreon.com/gender) to access our bonus podcast, newsletter, and other fun perks.

Find a copy of 2 Trans 2 Furious here.

Find us genderpodcast.com and @gendereveal.

Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderSponsors: ShopEnby.com (promo code: GenderReveal)

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