EP 438 - A Personal Conversation with Malorie Cooper

Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing · Oct 14, 2025 · 39m

Mark has a personal conversation with Malorie Cooper. In this episode they talk about:

The reason she and her family moved from Boston, MA and back to Canada

The uniqueness of New England compared to the rest of the United States

How Canada is one of the hardest countries to emigrate into

Not having ever gotten American citizenship

The oppression and fear of being a queer transgender person, particularly in the US

How it's virtually impossible for people who aren't oppressed to understand what it's like

Losing half her fan base and friends when she transitioned into the person she was always…