Shapeshifters in Text, Audio, and Video Interviews

Interviews

• Cause to celebrate: Queer-owned Brattleboro business marks 10 years - James Rinker, The Keene Sentinel, May 2024

         Shapeshifters' tenth anniversary, looking back, looking forward, and celebrating the present.

• In Trying Times, Shapeshifters Makes Gender Euphoria Possible - Andrea Marks-Joseph, INTO, April 2023

The future of binding, trans safety in an unsafe world, and the dreams we dare to have. Let's decentralize binding knowledge and production. Let's start a queer trade school.

• All Things LGBTQ Interview Show: Rep. Mike Rice, Eli & Krista Coughlin-Galbraith - Anne M. Charles, All Things LGBTQ, April 2023

A wonderful chat with Anne Charles about the history of the work. And cats.

• How a Vermont binder business is helping people feel more at home in their body - Jenn Jarecki, Vermont Public, March 2023

We went on the radio for Trans Day of Visibility 2023! Feelings about visibility, necessity and dangers and all.

• In a bind, Brattleboro company 'shapeshifts' to make face masks - Olivia Belanger, Keene Sentinel, May 2020 
• Out In The Open Radio Hour - Shapeshifters In The Studio - HB Lozito, Out in the Open, November 2019

A delightful chat with HB about our lives and our work. Talking points: Tumblr, cosplay, Ursula K. LeGuin, and being trans in the sticks. Interstitial: Lizzo, Rae Spoon, and The Mountain Goats. 

• Shapeshifters Custom Garments Are For All - Chris Gilmore, Trans Headlines, November 2019
• Shapeshifters: Made to fit in Brattleboro (with VIDEO) - Chris Mays, The Brattleboro Reformer, December 2018
• Physical transformations: Custom body binders help customers shift their shapes - Wendy M. Levy, The Commons, August 2017

 

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Reviews

• Named Best Custom Binder by New York Magazine's The Strategist! The Best Chest Binders, According to People who Bind - Sarah Gannett, May 2023
• Shapeshifters: Bespoke Binders Put Fun on Your Chest - A.E. Osworth, AutoStraddle, December 2018

“There are so few opportunities to look at your binder maker in the face, and that person is another trans person, and they say yes, we recognize that your body is different than all other bodies and here are the ways we can make accommodations for that. In fact, I would argue that there are so few opportunities that this may be the only one. Or at least, the only one I could’ve stumbled into. It felt so nice to have someone take such care.”

• Binding for Plus Size Babes - J., ComfyFat, September 2018

“My experience with [Shapeshifters] has been incredible! They hand-make every binder and therefore have an unlimited size range. They require a few measurements and truly value bodies for being diverse and unique.”

• Also see our Testimonials page, plus the tag on Tumblr!

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In magazines

• Shapeshifters – Lifting People Up - Lesley A. Dyson, Vermont Innovator, Winter 2019 Issue

• Vermont entrepreneurs charting their own course - Valerie Stuart, Southern Vermont Living, May 2019

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Recommended In

• What is a Chest Binder and How Does It Work? - Reviewed, July 2021
• In The Lingerie Addict: Lingerie As Outerwear For Pride | Top 5 Binder Brands for Every Body and Budget | Trans Swimwear, Part 2: Swimsuits for Trans Men and Other Transmasculine People
• 15 Queer and Inclusive Businesses to Support for Pride and Beyond - Volup2
• 8 Ways To Safely, Discreetly, And Affordably Get Your Hands On A Chest Binder - BuzzFeed, July 2017
• 11 Of The Best Binders You Can Buy, According To A Trans Person - Bustle, January 2017
• 7 Things You Should Know Before Buying Your First Chest Binder - Bustle, February 2016
• Making Queer History Now - Making Queer History, October 2018