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Outward: Slate's LGBTQ podcast cover image

Are Advice Columns Intrinsically Queer?

Outward: Slate's LGBTQ podcast

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The Importance of Being a Main Character on Advice Columns

"I'm just always trying to imagine being in the position of being the letter writer," she says. "It occurs to be that maybe part of the interesting, you know, ethos or meditative practice of giving advice is in some ways, like taking the opportunity of someone presenting themselves as a main character." She adds: "Living a queer and trans life ... one thing it can impart as wisdom is an ability to deflate the drama"

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