Ep. 271 The Paradox of Visibility with Tre'vell Anderson
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 14 June 2023
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Award-winning journalist, podcaster, and author Tre'vell Anderson joins The Stacks to discuss their new book We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film. We talk about how the media portrayal of trans people impacts individuals and the conversation around trans rights, and the relationship between trans women and drag queens on screen. We also discuss the types of trans stories that have deemed acceptable for audiences.
The Stacks Book Club selection for June is Oreo by Fran Ross. We will discuss the book on June 28th with Hannah Oliver Depp.
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| 0:00.0 | You guys, the live and the stacks tour is underway. |
| 0:03.8 | We had an incredible night in Oakland filled with bookish conversations, hot takes, games, |
| 0:08.8 | cocktails. If you missed it, I'm sorry, but don't worry, it's not too late to see the stacks live |
| 0:15.3 | in one of our next four stops. Join me in Chicago with Samantha Erby on August 27th |
| 0:21.6 | in Washington, D.C. with Jason Reynolds on September 24th in New York City with KSA |
| 0:26.9 | Laman on September 25th and in LA on October 18th with some extra special guests that we will be |
| 0:33.6 | announcing real soon. Tickets are selling fast so head to the stackspodcast.com slash tour |
| 0:40.4 | and get your tickets before we sell out. |
| 0:52.7 | Welcome to the stacks, a podcast about books and the people who read them. |
| 0:55.7 | I'm your host Tracy Thomas and today we are joined by Trevelle Anderson, an award-winning |
| 1:00.1 | journalist co-host on the weddeday podcast and the fan-tie podcast and the author of the brand |
| 1:05.5 | new book We See Each Other, a black trans journey through TV and film. Today I talk with Trevelle |
| 1:11.0 | about their book which is a personal history of trans visibility on screen and it traces the |
| 1:15.7 | televisual trans history both in plain sight and hidden in the shadows of history. |
| 1:20.5 | The book is fantastic and adds much needed context to our current state of transphobia as well |
| 1:26.0 | as increased representation. Remember our June Book Club pick is Oreo by Fran Ross. We will discuss |
| 1:31.3 | the book with Hana Oliver Dept on Wednesday, June 28th. Everything we talk about on each episode of |
| 1:36.6 | the show can be found in the link in the show notes. If you just cannot get enough of the stacks, |
| 1:41.8 | I have even more for you if you join the stacks pack which is our community on Patreon. |
| 1:48.2 | For just five dollars a month you get bonus episodes, our virtual book club access to the |
| 1:53.0 | extremely active discord where we do buddy reads, give book recommendations, share our pop tart |
| 1:58.0 | power rankings and a lot more. Trust me, the stacks pack is having a good time. If this sounds |
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