Episode 131: Cat Fitzpatrick
Episode description
Tuck speaks with Cat Fitzpatrick (she/her), author of The Call-Out and cofounder of LittlePuss Press. Topics include:
- Writing about Brooklyn trans girl drama in iambic tetrameter
- Searching for answers on the Transsexual Internet Circa 2001
- Running a small press that doubles as a community org (aka lessons learned from Topside)
- Why is it so hard for (trans) people of goodwill to build a functional community, let alone a just one?
- Plus: Cameoing in your fiction using the meanest DM you’ve ever received
This Week in Gender: Rosemary deserves a sword.
Find Cat @intermittentcat and at catfitzpatrick.net. Follow LittlePuss @LittlePussPress and littlepuss.net, and on tour now through Nov 5. The Call-Out, Faltas, and Meanwhile, Elsewhere are all available now.
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