Bonus: Mal Blum's villain era
Gender Reveal4 Aug 2025

Bonus: Mal Blum's villain era

Tuck and Mal chat about how 2010s Brooklyn hurt Mal's relationship to masculinity, whether reading a book would help kids understand song lyrics, and why Mal is putting "he" pronouns in timeout until you all earn them back.

Listen to the full episode on Patreon to hear discussions of Geminis vs Cancers, personal gossip, new transmasc slurs, Hatchet (1987), stolen transfeminine valor, TikTok, touring, getting physically cut out of childhood photos, and deciding how mean and messy to get in a breakup album. Plus, Tuck tells Mal a secret they've been holding for five years wow.

Find Mal on tour now! Mal is also at malblum.com and ffm.bio/malblum.

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Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman
Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional Music: Mal Blum

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Episode 15: Gender 103

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Episode 14: AC Dumlao

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Episode 12.5: Trans Specific Partnership & Asher Johnson

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Episode 12: Kevin Cook/Poison Waters

Episode 12: Kevin Cook/Poison Waters

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Episode 11: Kaig Lightner

Episode 11: Kaig Lightner

In this week's episode, Tuck speaks with Kaig Lightner (he/him), the founder of both Portland Community Football Club and Breaking the Gender Binary Consulting. Topics include: Coming out as trans t...

12 Mar 201840min

Episode 10: LaTisha Rico

Episode 10: LaTisha Rico

In this week's episode, Tuck speaks with LaTisha "Tish" Rico (she/they). LaTisha is Diné (Navajo) and originally from Na' Neelzhin (Torreon, New Mexico). They identify as an Indigenous feminist and ve...

5 Mar 201840min

Episode 9: Mads Ambrose

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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. Tran...

26 Feb 201837min

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