Tuck chats with writer Harron Walker (she/her). Topics include:

• Sleepaway Camp (1983) vs They/Them (2022)
• Making sense of GSA Day of Silence circa 2007
• Advice for women who keep accidentally dating eggs
• Ways that even “supportive” adults influence trans kids’ genders
• Plus: The Marshafication of Cecilia Gentili, Bill Clinton’s death in a tragic saxophone accident, and three tips for being normal :) :)

Submit a piece of Theymail: Today’s messages were from Eliot West Editorial and Chrysalis Magazine.

Find Harron at harronwalker.com and @harnwaw. Aggregated Discontent is available at thisistrans.info and your local bookstore.

You can find Harron’s profile of Cecilia Gentili on Vulture and read the full interview transcript via the Poetry Project.

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Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman
Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional music: Blue Dot Sessions
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Tuck and Mckenzee chat about the big knife in Moonstruck (1987), pizza mnemonics, blue foods, trans vibing, and the special cat that David Lynch invented for Dune (1984).

Listen to the full episode on Patreon to hear additional movie reviews and recommendations, plus our medical histories(?!), cat updates, lite gossip, tips for being normal, and much more.

You can follow Mckenzee & Tuck on Letterboxd if you're into that sort of thing.

Come see Gender Ordeal in Brooklyn on May 9, which is your last chance to see our little trans comedy show!!!!!!! Tickets at genderpodcast.com/live.

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Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman
Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional Music: Blue Dot Sessions

Tuck chats with author Caro De Robertis (they/them). Topics include:

• Caro’s oral history work with trans, genderqueer, and two-spirit elders of color
• Why Spanish can be more gender-affirming than English
• How Caro’s knowledge of South American dictatorships informs their perspective on US politics
• Why Black trans women were encouraged to detransition during the AIDS crisis (and other stories from elders)
• Plus: Butch babies, genderfuck, and staying free (!)

Gender Ordeal be in Chicago (4/24), Minneapolis (4/25) and Brooklyn (5/9) and then we’re done forever! Grab your tickets at genderpodcast.com/live see u soon!!!

This Week in Gender: We share info about US border crossings.

• How to enter the US with your digital privacy intact (Wired)
• Tracking the foreign nationals detained by ICE as tourists or U.S. residents (Axios)
• What green-card and visa holders should know before traveling abroad (NPR)
• Can Border Agents Search Your Electronic Devices? It’s Complicated. (ACLU)
• Countries issue advisories about trans people traveling to the United States (CNN)

Submit a piece of Theymail: Today’s message was from the Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage.

Find Caro at caroderobertis.com. So Many Stars is available for pre-order now.

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Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional music: “Huffalo” “Four Count” & “Nine Count” by Blue Dot Sessions
Sponsors: DeleteMe (code: TUCK20)