Danny Lavery welcomes Katie Tastrom, a sex worker and writer whose work focuses on disability justice. Her forthcoming book about prison abolition and disability justice is coming out in late 2023. Lavery and Tastrom take on two letters. First, someone who received a marriage proposal from her depressed boyfriend. Another letter writer is wondering how to make it up to their friend after accidentally calling them by their deadname, and how to get their own family to start honoring their own chosen name. Plus, a sneak peek at Tastrom’s forthcoming book on abolition and disability justice.More on transition “traps”:https://www.thechatner.com/p/let-me-save-you-some-time-a-fieldhttps://www.thechatner.com/p/let-me-save-you-some-time-on-transitioninghttps://www.thechatner.com/p/the-stages-of-im-really-trying-toIf you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you’ll also be supporting the work we do here on Big Mood, Little Mood. Sign up now at Slate.com/MoodPlus to help support our workNeed advice? Send Danny a question here.Email: [email protected] by Phil Surkis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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