[2][a] Petosky cites Ani DiFranco and folk music in general as early positive influences in her life.

[3] Later describing herself as "total AV club / film / theater kid," who read independent comic books in high school, and "devouring" many videos at the video store,[4] she noted that she has been a "victim of violence" in that early part of her life, and onward because she was "a loud, queer kid in a rural area.

"[g] Eventually, Petosky began subscribing to radical feminist ideology and "got really into trying to, like, break down gender and completely eradicate it from my mind.

"[h] In September 2015, Petosky was detained at the Orlando International Airport when a full-body scanner scanned her penis, which a Transportation Security Administration agent marked as an anomaly.

[6] As a result, congressmembers Adam Schiff, Mark Pocan, Brian Higgins, and 29 others sent a letter to Peter Neffenger, administrator of the TSA, urging changes "in the way that the agency screens transgender passengers.

[8] The TSA defended their treatment of Petosky[9] and later stated that agents would stop using the term “anomaly” when describing trans passengers.

Petosky called for the company to have a "specific policy that protects LGBT guests from discrimination," although she eschewed a possible lawsuit, saying it would be "emotionally draining."

[16] In January 2007, Petosky and Vincent "King Mini" Stall, along with the employees of Big Time Attic, formed a "convergence media" studio called Puny Entertainment,[17][18] half of which was bought by Chris Hardwick in 2015.

"[28] Petosky was interviewed at Amazon's request as a writer for Transparent but was rejected because she came from another part of the entertainment industry though she consulted on the show.

[29][30] The following year, Petosky began working on Danger & Eggs even more, pitching the show, and later becoming the executive producer who was "responsible for everything.

[34] She further stated that she wanted to "show innocent LGBTQ friendships, before the age of romantic connections," and added that there were "queer people in every aspect of production.

[12] Petosky co-created a Nickelodeon pilot called Ugly Mutt with Dan Hagen, and was the executive producer on the Netflix series Twelve Forever, sometime before July 2019.

In August 2018, she appeared at Flame Con, as did Kaitlyn Alexander, Julia Kaye, Irene Koh, MariNaomi, Molly Ostertag, ND Stevenson, Lilah Sturges, Mariko Tamaki and Brittney Williams.

In 2016, in response to "statements of love and images" of men kissing, and in defiance of the homophobic feelings of the gunman Omar Mateen, who perpetrated the Orlando shooting, she posted "a collage of male couples kissing", which she says caused her to immediately lose "200 followers on Twitter," although the post was "liked more than a thousand times.

[31] Petosky also stated, in 2018, that Amazon told her to "tone down" her political messages, claiming it's unwelcome coming from someone working for them, and saying she should stop being as critical of the TSA.