Welcome to season two of Fancy Meeting You Here!
I’m Kelly Rafferty, a writer and an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning documentary producer based in Alameda, CA, a little island between Oakland and San Francisco. In this newsletter, I send you personal essays in text and audio from the land of queer embodiment. If you listen to the audio version of Fancy Meeting You Here, you’ll get to know Lisa Weaklim, my fiancée and producer. She’s a musician, filmmaker, and all-around creative genius. (I’m biased but also picky.) We end up talking a lot about the politics of sports, eating disorders, feminist theory, family, sapphic culture, and, one time, Florida’s finest frozen yogurt establishments.
Season one began on a golf course and ended in a strongman gym. Where will season two take us? I have no idea! Wherever we go, I’ll be sharing monthly (instead of weekly) dispatches along the way. I have a book manuscript that needs some attention, so I’m adjusting the newsletter’s cadence this time around. If you’re new around these parts, you can catch up on season one in the archive, or just jump into season two.
Thanks for being here with us. It’s been quite fun and meaningful to do this work with all of you.
If you’d like to read this month’s essay, you can find it over here.
Want to support Aubrey, Patrick, and other people who are helping us build bridges?
I have some links for you:
* Watch Daughters on Netflix
* Read about ways to get involved through the Daughters impact campaign.
* Participate in the San Quentin Film Festival! You can stream short films by filmmakers who are currently or formerly incarcerated for the next two weeks. Buy your festival pass here. I recommend starting with the documentary short Healing Through Hula.
* If you’re in the Bay Area this weekend, you’re officially invited to attend Patrick’s performance on Friday 10/18 or Sunday 10/20. I’d love to see you there. Together we can stare into the void and contemplate the resources we recruit when it’s time to grow through the unknown. Click the link below to reserve your tickets.
* Share Patrick’s crowdfunding campaign! He has 48 hours left to raise money for his upcoming tour. Even if you aren’t able to donate, watch the video and maybe send it to the people in your life who are working on their own daddy issues.
* Here’s our interview with Patrick Barnes from last season:
