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Gender Reveal

Episode 9: Mads Ambrose

Gender Reveal

Tuck Woodstock

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

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2018

⏱️ 37 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In this week’s episode, Tuck speaks with Mads Ambrose (they/them), founder of body-positive, all-gender waxing salon Babe Wax. Topics include:

  • Why waxing can be lifesaving for some trans folks.
  • Transphobia at mainstream waxing salons.
  • The struggle of being femme and genderqueer (in Oklahoma circa 2010).
  • Playing with gender as a feminine drag king.
  • What even is a woman?

Donate to WaxFund here.

Read more about our This Week in Gender topic here.

Find Tuck on last week’s episode of Feminist Killjoys, PhD and Two Broads Talking Politics.

Questions/feedback/feelings? Hit us up at [email protected] or on Twitter @gendereveal. You can also submit questions anonymously here. And of course, we always appreciate donations at patreon.com/gender or PayPal or Cash App.

Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Sponsors: Gladrags and Open Hand Health— let them know we sent you!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Well, Welcome to Gender Review

0:15.0

Gender Review, a podcast where we ask intrusive personal questions and hopefully get a little

0:21.0

bit closer to understanding what the hell gender is.

0:24.4

I'm your host and resident gender detective Molly Woodstock.

0:27.8

Hey everyone I hope you're all hanging in there. I just wanted to let you know

0:36.8

that I was lucky enough to guest on two podcasts last week. My dear

0:40.8

dear friends of Feminist Cultures PhD invited me to speak about asexuality as part of their

0:45.6

sex and love series. They're so smart and we had a really great time. I'm really proud

0:50.9

of how that episode turned out and then the folks at two

0:54.3

broads talking politics had me on to talk about the wonderful world of gender as part

0:58.8

of their gender identity episode. They actually started the show by misgendering me and I know I should be mad but it was like so

1:05.3

fucking funny to me I can not get over it. Anyway they're trying their best we're trying our

1:10.0

best everyone's gonna learn it's fine. Speaking of which, if you are looking for someone

1:15.5

to do educational work about gender identity, asexuality, queer shit, even like

1:22.1

veganism or diet culture, I am officially available for

1:25.8

podcasts, freelance journalism work, in-person presentations, all that good stuff.

1:31.7

You can reach me at Woodstock Molly at gmail.com.

1:35.0

And of course if you appreciate the educational work and labor that Liza and I are doing on this show,

1:40.0

please consider becoming a Patreon member at Patreon.com slash gender.

1:44.4

We really can't do it without you.

1:46.0

Speaking of supporting the show, let me take a moment to thank open hand health.

1:50.6

Open hand health is a gender affirming body positive queer owned business. and They're currently accepting new patients with and without insurance, so find them at

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