Episode 151: M.E. O’Brien

Ozzy and Tuck chat with author M.E. O’Brien (she/her), whose work explores trans communist futures. Topics include: 

• What can family abolition offer trans people?
• The limits of chosen family under capitalism 
• Why we shouldn’t replace family with The State, either 
• The similarities between her psychoanalyst and oral history work
• Plus: Why protest camps are important visions of the future 

This Week in Gender: Japan’s Supreme Court lets a trans woman pee, but trans and queer Japanese people still lack basic rights. 

Find M.E. at genderhorizon.com and @genderhorizon. An archive of her work is available on Patreon. Don’t forget to pick up a copy of Family Abolition and Everything for Everyone.

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