Episode 242: Trans Allegories in The Matrix with Tilly Bridges!

Coming Out Pod

Health & Fitness, Sexuality, Comedy, Mental Health

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🗓️ 29 March 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

This Friday, March 31st, is Trans Day of Visibility, and we quite literally can't think of a better way to celebrate than with the author of the upcoming book "Begin Transmission: The trans allegories of The Matrix!" When screenwriter Tilly Bridges first saw The Matrix back in 1999, it spoke to her on an incredibly deep level that she couldn't fully understand until about fifteen years later, when she realized that - like the Wachowski Sisters themselves - she was trans. Tilly decided to revisit and analyze the movie that had started it all, and what began as a simple thread about The Matrix's trans allegories eventually became a timestamped handbook to the entire series! As Matrix fans, we absolutely GEEKED OUT over this conversation, and we know that you will, too! Happy Trans Day of Visibility!

"Begin Transmission: The trans allegories of The Matrix" comes out on June 27th, and you can pre-order it wherever books are sold! Also, follow Tilly (and ask her all your Matrix questions!) on Twitter at @TillyBridges, and on Instagram at @heckyeahtillybridges. For all of the writing she and her wife do as a team, check out http://birdguest.com/, and for over a hundred archived Trans Tuesdays posts (plus new ones every week), go to http://tillystranstuesdays.com/!

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0:00.0	Hey everybody.
0:06.8	Hey y'all.
0:08.6	Welcome to Coming Out with Lauren and Nicole.
0:12.7	We are a weekly podcast where we have on queer folks from all walks of life they tell us the
0:17.0	tales of how they came out to friends, family, and the world at large. Because who doesn't love a coming out story?
0:23.6	Folks, for those who are not already in the know, this Friday, March 31st, is Trans Day of Visibility.
0:32.6	And we, woohoo, indeed. We have a very cool, very on-themed guest, Tilly Bridges.
0:43.0	Tilly is a screenwriter and podcast writer and producer.
0:47.4	Most importantly or most excitingly for our conversation.
0:52.4	Tilly has a book coming out on June 27 that is called
0:56.0	Begin Transmission, the Trans Allegories of the Matrix. And this is something, yes, yes,
1:03.5	this is what we will be discussing in bulk today. Tilly, hello, welcome. We're so thrilled to
1:10.7	have you. Thank you. I am absolutely delighted to be here.
1:15.6	So, you know, as we ask all of our guests, how do you identify? I am a trans woman. My pronouns
1:23.0	are she her. That's it. Pretty basic. Excellent. Beautiful. I love that.
1:33.5	Yeah. And so as we said, you know, beforehand, we could talk a bit about your coming out story.
1:39.0	If that also comes up within the talking about the book naturally, if it all sort of blends together, then that's fantastic. But I'm just absolutely, yeah, I'm really excited to hear about your story and what inspired you to write
1:47.6	your book. Yeah. It is tied in with my coming out story sort of in that if I hadn't ever
1:54.9	realized my truth and come out, then this book wouldn't exist. So there's sort of a direct line
2:00.0	from one thing to the next.
2:01.5	Yeah. Yeah. Where do things start for you? Going back, however far, you know, that means to you,
2:08.1	I know a lot of people have a realization later, but then sort of retroactively look back at their
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