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Gender Reveal

Episode 148: M Nijiya

Gender Reveal

Tuck Woodstock

Lgbtq, Documentary, Queer, Personal Journals, Gender, Nonbinary, Society & Culture, Genderqueer, Transgender, Trans

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Ozzy and Tuck chat with tattoo artist M Nijiya (they/them). Topics include:

  • Tattoos as gender-affirming care
  • What to know about nipple tattoos before top surgery
  • Why introverts should get face tattoos(?!)
  • What white people get very wrong about “Japanese-style” tattoos
  • Plus: Choosing a new last name; “irreversible damage” but for tattoos; and the drag king to HRT pipeline

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Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman
Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional Music: “Carolina Carboy” “Let Go Gecko” and “Grumpalo” by Blue Dot Sessions
Sponsors: JoinDeleteMe.com/GenderReveal

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:10.4

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0:51.6

Welcome to gender reveal, a podcast where we hopefully get a little bit closer to understand

0:56.0

what the hell gender is.

0:58.0

I'm your host and resident gender detective, Tech Woodstock.

1:03.0

Hey everyone, hope you're all hanging in there.

1:13.8

We've got something special for you this week.

1:16.2

If you've been here while you've no doubt heard producer Ozzy pop into various interviews

1:20.0

to ask a few questions, well today the tables are turned, Ozzy will be leading the interview

1:25.2

and I will be popping in to ask a couple of questions here and there, but Ozzy is leading

1:29.2

the show.

1:30.2

But who will Ozzy be speaking with glad you asked in this episode, Ozzy and I chat with

1:34.4

tattoo artist M Nijia, who specializes in gender affirming work like nibble tattoos,

1:39.6

scar cover ups, phallotats and scalp micro pigmentation.

1:43.1

We're going to talk about that work as well as discovering your gender through like 18

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