Hey everyone, it's Manouche and this is Note to Self.

There's a quick, very brief minor curse word.

I kind of say it more for emphasis,

but I just wanted to give you a heads up.

And I am gonna start off this episode

with a moment that actually got edited out

of one of the conversations I taped

for last week's series about how women live online.

We called the series No Filter.

Okay, so this moment was when I was wrapping up

a pretty intimate conversation with Trace Lissette.

She's on the show Transparent.

We were talking about what it's like

to be a trans actor in Hollywood, not easy,

and how she got to a place where she felt safe owning it.

You just made me wanna say, yes, queen, except that I would sound

like that when I would say it, so I didn't say it,

but kinda...

It's all good, so good, you wanna try again?

Yeah, can you teach me actually?

Okay, so I loved this moment.

I mean, I know I sound like an old fart,

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