Episode 7 or Rome Didn’t Fall in a Day and History Has Entered the Chat
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Episode 7 or Rome Didn’t Fall in a Day and History Has Entered the Chat
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In this week’s episode of The Femme and the Fire, I talk about where I’m at as a Midwestern trans woman living in Illinois and how grateful I am for the protections I still have here under Governor Pritzker while planning for the medical steps ahead in my transition.
On the “femme” side, I share updates on my writing. I’m still waiting to hear back from the agent I queried for In the Devil’s Wake, and in the meantime I’ve been refining my structural satire series starting with This Machine Ridicules Fascists. I’m deep in the historical framing—drawing parallels not just to Nazi Germany but also to the fall of the Roman Republic under Julius Caesar. I even read portions of my draft on World War I and how instability and exhaustion can open the door to concentrated power.
I also talk about the many fiction ideas building in my head—from Unspoken to other long-developing projects—and what it’s like trying to move all of them forward at once. I touch on taxes, Medium royalties, launching my own movie publication (CineCraft within The Film Forge), and the frustrations of editorial gatekeeping.
On the “fire” side, I reflect on Trump’s presidency, economic instability, and why resistance and civic awareness still matter.