Outward: ACT UP History and Queer Portraits

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🗓️ 19 May 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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This month, Christina, Bryan, and Rumaan are joined by Sarah Schulman, whose new book Let the Record Show sets out to correct inaccurate representations of ACT UP New York, its tactics, and its philosophy of direct action in response to the AIDS epidemic. Then they discuss three collections of photographs of LGBTQ people. Who are they for, and will they be seen by the people who need them most? Items discussed on the show: "How to Be a Queer Person in the World Post-Quarantine," by Naveen Kumar The section of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass that begins, "I have perceived that to be with those I like is enough.” Let The Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-93, by Sarah Schulman Sarah’s appearance on the June 10, 2020, episode of Outward, “ACT UP and Larry Kramer's Legacy” The ACT UP Oral History Project Self Evident Truths: 10,000 Portraits of Queer America, by IO Tillett Wright Queer Love in Color, by Jamal Jordan Eye to Eye: Portraits of Lesbians, by JEB (Joan E. Biren) Gay Agenda Bryan: Taylor Mac’s "Whitman in the Woods" Christina: Call My Agent Rumaan: Halston This podcast was produced by Margaret Kelley. Please send feedback, topic ideas, and advice questions to outwardpodcast@slate.com. Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello cats and kittens, and welcome to the May 2021 edition of Outward.
0:18.6	That's my new intro.
0:19.6	I'm Christina Cotterucci, a senior writer at Slate, and right now I am just reveling in the
0:24.9	possibilities of the lesbian power vacuum that's going to open up.
0:29.0	And Ellen DeGeneres steps down from her talk show next year.
0:33.2	I'm predicting a little instability, obviously, but hoping we can avoid any sectarian violence
0:40.9	and have a peaceful transfer of power to the next.
0:44.4	Whatever next rich and cynical jerk wants to rule our land.
0:49.0	You're here.
0:55.4	I'm Ramon Alam.
0:57.6	I don't have any affiliation at Slate, and so every month when I have to say who I am,
1:00.8	I stumble over how to say this.
1:03.3	I'm just myself, I'm a writer, and I'm one of that's more than enough, I guess.
1:08.7	And Christina, it's funny that you would bring up Ellen because when I saw the news, I was
1:12.0	like, oh, Christina Cotterucci is going to get that job and leave us in the palace.
1:16.3	It's going to be the daily show.
1:18.5	It's just going to be called Christina, maybe with an explanation.
1:20.7	Yeah, I don't have enough of a filter.
1:22.6	I'm not kind enough.
1:23.6	You know, she's got that whole B kind thing, I'm, I'm even too much of a bitch.
1:28.4	Way too vicious, yeah.
1:33.7	I'm Brian Louder, editor of Outward, and, you know, with the assistance of my stylist
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