Episode 119: TAYLOR ALXNDR
Episode description
Tuck speaks with musician, drag performer, and community organizer TAYLOR ALXNDR (they/she) Topics include:
- Drag as a political organizing tool
- “I feel like gender is still a competition… especially on social media”
- Collaborating on hundreds of Southern Fried Queer Pride events without collapsing from burnout or internecine squabbles.
- Gender social contagion (Would I want tits on a desert island?)
- Plus: Lumpy Space Princess gender, the RuPaul Industrial Complex, and MITOCHONDRIHANNA!
This Week in Gender: Ozzy teaches us about Apayauq Reitan and more trans Iditarod history.
Find Taylor @tayloralxndr and at tayloralxndr.com. Southern Fried Queer Pride is @sfqp.
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Associate Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman
Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional Music: “Pitho Magnus” and “Luper” by Blue Dot Sessions
Sponsors: Zoned Out Podcast & Urbody (promo code: TUCK15)