Cassy Judy has had quite the career pivot. From defending clients in Broken Hill courtrooms to selling out Sydney Comedy Festival shows, she’s swapped legal briefs for stage lights. She’s also a vocal advocate for trans and gender diverse communities, organizing everything from photoshoots to beach days, and making national headlines with her activism. Her stance is clear: “It’s what’s between our ears, not what’s between our legs.” Recorded at Quarterpipe Studios in Gymea Bay, this mixtape pulls directly from her life as both a trans woman and a criminal lawyer.
“From Broken Hill to sold-out shows, Cassy Judy is turning displacement into performance art.”
This collection of tracks swings between gut-punching social commentary and genuinely funny moments. The album opens with the kind of existential road trip fantasy we’ve all had, you know, the one where you chuck everything and start over somewhere nobody knows your name. But Judy’s version carries extra weight because she’s actually talking about the freedom to exist authentically, without the invisible borders society loves to draw.
Top favourites like “Love Letter to Society,” which is about as loving as a parking ticket. The sarcasm is thick, she’s writing to society, alright, but only to tell them she’s the person they’ve shoved to the margins and would rather not see. Drawing from her legal work, she captures the claustrophobic reality of being trapped in systems designed to keep certain people down.
In “Fly Away” Judy compares her mind to the mafia and references Elon Musk’s hyperloop in the same breath. It’s about wanting to escape the mental chaos, the traffic jam of life, but ultimately finding peace in simple things. After everything she’s taken you through, this ending suggests that sometimes managing to find a bit of calm is its own kind of victory.
“The Cassy Judy Mixtape” works because Judy trusts her audience enough to give it to them straight. She’s funny, angry, vulnerable, and unapologetic, often all at once. This is what happens when someone with real-world experience in the trenches of criminal justice and trans advocacy decides to make art about it. Just seven tracks that’ll make you think, laugh, and maybe reconsider who gets to take up space and tell their story.
Do yourself a favor and give this one a listen!
Muse Chronicle 
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