Outward: Mercury Stardust Helps Queer People Feel Safe and Sound at Home
b'It\\u2019s September. Are you ready to warm up your muscles as the temperatures dip and get your apartment all cozy for the cuffing season to come? If so, Outward has you covered. First, listeners Elizabeth and Peter respond to last month\\u2019s discussion of Amazon\\u2019s film adaptation of Red, White & Royal Blue. Then the hosts talk with sports journalist Katie Barnes about their new book Fair Play: How Sports Shape the Gender Debates, which tells the remarkable story of how sports have been gendered long before today\\u2019s anti-trans panic. After that, they\\u2019re joined by writer and TikTok-er extraordinaire Mercury Stardust, who is known as the \\u201cTrans Handy Ma\\u2019am\\u201d for her DIY home-repair videos. Mercury\\u2019s new book, Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair, blends stunning illustrations and emotional-processing breaks with how-to guides for making your apartment into a sanctuary. The hosts end the show, as always, with some new additions to the Gay Agenda.\\n\\nItems discussed in the show:\\n\\u201cBottoms Queers the High-School Comedy,\\u201d the Culture Gabfest\\u2019s discussion of the movie, with Christina\\n\\u201cPower Bottoms,\\u201d by Rachel Handler, on Vulture\\nFair Play: How Sports Shape the Gender Debates, by Katie Barnes\\nSafe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair, by Mercury Stardust\\nThe Safe and Sound book tour\\n\\nGay Agenda\\n\\nBryan: \\u201cWhat Happens When You\\u2019re Almost Out of Testosterone\\u2013and You Live in Florida,\\u201d by Nico Lang\\nChristina: Deadloch, on Amazon Prime\\nJules: People Collide, by Isle McElroy\\n\\nThis podcast was produced by June Thomas.\\n\\nPlease send feedback, topic ideas, and advice questions to outwardpodcast@slate.com.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'