Brit Alexandria (they/them) on writing a novel, being “a lot,” and The Non-Binary Barista

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Buy Brit’s novel: All We’ve Ever Done
Brit’s blog: The Non-Binary Barista
The Twelfth Annual Sprudgie Award Nominations
Umeko Moyotoshi’s "A Better Table" interview with Alice Wong
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Brit Alexandria and I have confusingly parallel online presences. I’m a coffee person, they’re a coffee person. I run a coffee and trans stuff blog, they run a coffee and trans stuff blog. Both of our websites were nominated for Sprudgie awards, both of us write candidly about mental health and workplace advocacy. But earlier this year, Brit released a full-length, sci-fi fantasy novel, so I guess now I have to write a freaking book!

Brit, who is sometimes referenced (at least in my brainhole) by their longtime username “Blogger Brit” , has been writing online since 2006. Formerly a lifestyle blogger, Brit launched The Non-Binary Barista in early 2020 to give themselves—and the coffee community—a space to talk about coffee, fun little coffee experiments, disability justice, gender, workplace dynamics, and so much more, and to share resources for marginalized baristas. They also use their social media for similar purposes, and are constantly seeking new ways to show their support for people around them.

Brit just has lots of great thoughts about a whole array of different topics, and doesn’t tend to limit themselves to discussing or addressing any one particular thing—only that, from what I can see, pretty much everything they do both on and offline is filtered through their desire to make the world a kind, safer, happier, healthier place for others.

This episode mentions mental health, ableism, and workplace mistreatment.

This is Brit Alexandria on writing a novel, being “a lot,” and The Non-Binary Barista

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