"I aspire to be a bimbo" with Agnes Borinsky

Big deal playwright Agnes Borinsky (Playwrights Horizons, Bushwick Starr) is here to give her hottest takes on bimbo-hood, trans Jewishness, and Milton Steinberg (iconic Yenta).

We Yenta about:

- Writing historical trans fiction

- Talking shit about synagogues

- The theatre of Judaism

- Every Jew feels like an outsider

- Biiiiig juicy Israel chat

- The most incredible academic bullshit that has ever been bullshitted

Agnes Borinsky: https://www.rustchukfarm.org/

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

Timestamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

00:07:34 - Historical trans fiction

00:12:08 - Failure. Ugh.

00:18:36 - Judaism as theatre

00:23:19 - Queerness as theatre

00:29:17 - Being an outsider

00:31:33 - Growing up Jewish

00:36:17 - Jewish transness

00:41:35 - Matzah minute

00:42:28 - Israel

00:58:28 - Secrets