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There is something of the fae folk about Mae Martin, at least onscreen — the big blue eyes, the short blond fluff of hair, the nonbinary grace. Over the last decade, Martin has darted through the forest of popular culture like a modern-day Peter Pan, if Peter had been less afraid of growing up and more concerned with what that actually means.

In their quest to figure it out, Martin has created their own, more inclusive Neverland, hunting metaphoric pirates via stand-up (her 2023 Netflix special “Sap” literally opens in the forest), a podcast ( “Handsome” with Tig Notaro and Fortune Feimster), books (the 2019 YA “Can Everyone Please Calm Down?: A Guide to 21st Century Sexuality”)

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