Hey friends,
What can I say? I hope you're all hanging in there. I don't know what to do but I'm going to keep making podcasts about gender until y'all tell me to stop.
This week on the show, we spoke with Bangladeshi artist, organizer, and curator 2020-03-21 21:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey friends! A more thorough newsletter is in the works, but in the meantime, I wanted to show you all of the glorious new merch that we've made out of some of our favorite existing designs:
New items include:
Surf Shark Mug ($11.99)
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 beli...
2020-03-13 23:33:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends! Boy howdy, do I hope you're all hanging in there. It's wild out there, huh? In the words of one of our lost internet oracles of 2012...
Anyway, last week was full of both professional and personal stuff that I tbh don't feel comfortable talking about, but the result is that I did...
2020-03-10 23:07:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends! It's the morning after Super Tuesday (a day in the United States where roughly 28-40% of our primary voting takes place; it doesn't make any sense to us either), so may I just say with extra emphasis: I hope you're all hanging in there.
It's spring here, so, there's that.
Friends! After all of last week's stressing that I wouldn't be able to make a podcast, and what we should do instead, I just... made a podcast. Neat.
This week on the show, I chat with Indigenous artist and Gender Reveal grant winner Elijah Forbes about censorship, representation, and joy...
2020-02-27 03:47:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends! This week on the podcasts, we share the second half of our November 2019 live show, featuring gender advice with BFF-of-the-show Zee Griffler. This episode is full of friendship and laughter and big “do-whatever-feels-good” energy and I hope you feel as nourished listening to it as I did making it.
2020-02-19 00:21:32 +0000 UTC
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Friends! Good to see you!
This week on the show, we chat with the inspiring Paige Kreisman about her journey from growing up in an abusive home in rural North Carolina (no abuse details in the show, don't worry) to fighting for universal healthcare, affordable housing and a Green New Deal as a democratic socialist in Oregon. Other topics include:
Friends! I am delighted to finally share our November 2019 live show with all of you, featuring the ineffable Alyssa Pariah.
This week on the show, we share our conversation with Alyssa, which explores how the labor movement, Black Lives Matter, Medicare for All, and prison abolition can all play a role in trans liberation. Other topics include:
Hey friends,
Just wanted to let you know that our entire merch store is 10% off this weekend. Just use offer code "SEASON5" (that's the number five) and celebrate the launch of our new season by owning a sweet Support Trans Media shirt, 2020-01-31 21:41:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Heyyyyy cool babies! Did you know that Gender Reveal is BACK and better than ever? That's right: Season 5 has officially begun, and you can find this week's episode in Spotify or Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to whateve...
2020-01-29 03:23:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends! I finally have news, both personal and podcast-related:
As you have heard, I've now officially left my day job, and am now learning to juggle the podcast (plus merch, patreon, etc.), consulting work with Sylveon, and all of the contract work that I'm still doing with Travel Portland. (Oh, hey, did you know that I edited the entire Portland visitors guide this year? You can 2020-01-20 05:34:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey friends. I don't have any major updates, other than the fact that tomorrow is my last day at my day job!!!!!!! But I do owe you a newsletter this week. So, in lieu of our usual content, I'm going to share an email exchange I just had with a random NPR listener who emailed me out of the blue to tell me her feelings about the way that my voice sounds!
It's very long and spicy and you should feel 100% free to skip it, but hopefully it might feel mildly cathart...
2020-01-08 03:55:32 +0000 UTC View PostFriends! Hello!
I hope that you've all been hanging in there through the holidays. This time of year can be rough for so, so many reasons, but I hope you're finding some kind of joy and acceptance and peace and validation wherever you may find yourself.
Before the year ends, I wanted to thank you all one last time (in 2019) for your endless patience and incredibly generous support. Whether you've been with Gender Reveal since the beginning (or even the...
2019-12-30 06:16:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi friends!
Remember when we sent a newsletter two days ago? That was actually technically last week's newsletter (lmao) so here is this week's edition!
Since we have other updates out of the way (Morning Edition, new episode, etc.), I thought it was high time that ...
2019-12-16 05:48:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends! I have two very exciting topics for the (very belated) newsletter today.
The first is that we put out a bonus episode this week! The episode consists of 10ish minutes of updates (that tbh you probably know already because you read this newsletter, but there's some new info in there as well), followed by an excellent episode of 2019-12-14 06:22:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi friends,
I didn't write a newsletter this weekend because I was waiting until I got the (surprise!) bonus episode up. But it still always takes longer than I think it will to make a podcast, so the bonus episode isn't ready and neither is the newsletter. SO, for now, I just wanted to say hello and that I hope you're doing well. Also, here are some photos of Rhubarb. Look how big her whiskers are!
2019-12-09 06:34:29 +0000 UTC
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Friends! I hope you're hanging in there. This weekend can be a rough one in the United States for many reasons, including but not limited to awkward family interactions; reminders of familial rejection; and/or the fact that everyone is celebrating Indigenous genocide for some reason. BUT ANYWAY, IT'S ALSO TIME TO BUY STUFF I GUESS?
There is so much fun new st...
2019-12-02 06:13:36 +0000 UTC View Post
This image is from a beautiful article on the Daily Beast entitled "The Transgender Day of Remembrance: So Much Loss, So Much to Keep Fighting For." Read here.
[cw: passing mention of trans death/murder]
Hey everyone, 2019-11-21 02:05:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends! Not 2 brag, but I spent this weekend hanging out with five other gay theys at a cabin in the woods! Living that good trans dream. Not that you asked, but here's a photo from a hike.
Anyway, thank you as always for your extremely generous and patient support of Gender Reveal! I'm still working on a big surprise for y'all in the next couple months, but in the meantime, how about an...
2019-11-18 05:39:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends! Hi!
So incredibly sorry for missing last week’s newsletter. I was at Third Coast International Audio Festival with a gaggle of perfect trans and queer folks. Here I am getting ready to yell at 800 members of the radio industry about being more inclusive of trans folks...
Friends! I wanted to write to say hi because it's Newsletter Time, but I don't actually have very much news for you. My main news is that this job is turning me into a mail nerd. 🤓 I now have a load of cute stamps and an official USPS postage meter, which is very exciting because it means that I can almost finally catch up on Patreon rewards!
Unfortunately, I'm still waiting on more stickers, because it turns out that I didn't have like 300+ stickers l...
2019-10-28 02:12:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends! I finally made an episode!!!
This week on the podcast, I was thrilled to speak with journalist Lewis Raven Wallace. Lewis recently released an incredible book and ...
2019-10-21 13:27:19 +0000 UTC View PostHey friends,
I wrote you a nice newsletter, but Patreon isn't letting me upload images right now because we live in hell. I'll try again soon. I love you.
xo,
Molly
PS: this is the meme i'm referencing.
2019-10-21 05:34:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends! Thank you so, so, so, so much for your endless patience and generous support. I'm finally sending out stickers and pins and other goods to all of our beautiful new patrons, and I'm realizing that it's been a solid two months (yikes!) since some of y'all signed up. So. If your name or address has changed recently, please DM me your current info, so that I can make sure that your rewards reach you.
Speaking of which! I generally don't put my return address on my...
2019-10-20 23:11:22 +0000 UTC View PostFriends! I hope you all had an extremely good National Coming Out Day! I have a long tradition of making increasingly less subtle posts on October 11— for many years, I simply made vague, affirming posts about LGBTQ folks, rather than come out personally. A year or two back, I finally got to the point where I just said, "hey, I'm gay and trans and tired."
This year, I wanted to figure out a way to escalate even further. So on Twitter, 2019-10-14 13:28:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends! I hope you all had an extremely good National Coming Out Day! I have a long tradition of making increasingly less subtle posts on October 11— for many years, I simply made vague, affirming posts about LGBTQ folks, rather than come out personally. A year or two back, I finally got to the point where I just said, "hey, I'm gay and trans and tired."
This year, I wanted to figure out a way to escalate even further. So on Twitter, 2019-10-14 04:19:23 +0000 UTC View Post
("Be Gay" sweatshirt by io/BumLung, a nonbinary anticapitalist icon, plz buy their stuff and not any of the knockoffs please thank you!)
Friends.
I really am trying to make you the last episode of Season Four! I've had the interview cut for a week. I have the narration recorded, finally. I'm doing my best, but somehow all the time I keep trying to set aside for the show keep...
2019-10-07 02:24:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends! Thank you so much for your patience. Friend of the show Z(ee) Griffler and I spent a week exploring Toronto, and the newsletter fell by the wayside in the meantime. I feel badly about it, but also... look how cute we are?????
This week — okay, last week on...
2019-09-30 04:48:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends! Welcome to the weekend! More importantly, welcome to the full moon in Pisces! Did you know that this is the first full moon to land on a Friday the 13th in thirteen years?! V v auspicious day; hope you're having a good one.
This week on the show, we released not one, but two episodes for you!
The first episode was 2019-09-14 02:49:25 +0000 UTC View Post