Here’s an audio-only video (is that an oxymoron) of a “listening party” in which Tongson shared and discussed the soundtrack to her book at an event in LA.
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The sounds of the suburbs (UK version)
Tongson references this UK TV series in chapter five. Here is British music icon John Peel discussing the music that emerged from the suburbs of Glasgow in Scotland, not very far from where I grew up.
Tongson on “Same Love”
Here’s a great blog post from Karen Tongson, which goes from gay marriage debates and the critique of neoliberal homonormativity into a moment of surprising emotion — a movement that we will also see often in Relocations.
“Same Love,” same old shit? at NYU Press blog
JJ Chinois Demolition Derby
Butchlalis De Panochtitlan
The Barber of East L.A. by Butchlalis De Panochtitlan
This video is large and takes a minute to stream before it plays.
Thought this was interesting . . .
Genderqueer Identities
I came across this website today and thought it was pertinent to our continuing dialogue about “queer identities” with “no fixed referent.”
Moonshine and Rainbows: Queer, Young and Rural
I came across this interview with Mary Gray; she discusses her book Moonshine and Rainbows: Queer, Young and Rural. I thought it fit with the readings for this week. Mary Gray Interview
The coolest queerest song
Brandon Teena/Boys Don’t Cry
Some visuals for context in the Halberstam reading, if any of you were unfamiliar with the story.
The Brandon Teena Story:
Boys Don’t Cry:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOarssJWHhI