We are over the moon to welcome Capricorn dream LIL MISS HOT MESS to the podcast to discuss her book If You’re a Drag Queen and You Know It, Drag Story Hour, queer drag pedagogy, standing up to fascists and MORE.
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Aquarius friend to the show MICHELLE TEA joins us to talk about the recent anti-queer violence at the Glendale School Board meeting, and how to show up, resist, and keep your queer joy.
Also- Nicole discusses the latest drama from her "friendly" tortoise Facebook group.
Lil Miss Hot Mess is the author of the children's books If You’re a Drag Queen and You Know It (Running Press Kids, 2022) and The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish (2020) and serves on the board of Drag Story Hour. She has also appeared on world-class stages like SFMOMA, Stanford University, and Saturday Night Live, was a founding organizer of the #MyNameIs campaign that challenged Facebook’s “real names” policy, and has published essays in The Guardian, Wired, and Salon. When not twirling, Lil Miss Hot Mess is a university professor.
Michelle Tea is the author of over a dozen books, including Knocking myself up, Valencia, Against Memoir, and Black Wave.
She is also the co-creator of Sister Spit and Drag Queen Story Hour.
Michelle joined me from a literary festival’s wellness center in Denver Colorado to discuss the recent attack on the Glendale school board by the proud boys, and how to be an ally and spark queer joy in the face of it.
Please enjoy my talk with Michelle Tea
Episode 284- SOLOMON J. BRAGER : Advice, ice cream, graphic history & memoir, academia, and MORE
Episode 283- MICHELLE TEA & KATY DAVIDSON! Acaì bowls, advice on writing, boundaries, tattoos and MORE
Episode 282- CHRIS VARGAS! Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects, Golden Girls Live, and snorkeling misadventures
Episode 281-Remembering TRINA ROBBINS. Plus Lee Marrs & Mary Wings
Episode #280-CHICKEN RESCUE! with Cathy de la Cruz. Plus Unsolicited Vegan Food Reviews, pod drama, NEW GLASSES and more.
Episode #279-VEGAN FOOD REVIEWS & Celery Help with Morgan. Plus! Dawn Riddle
Episode #278-VEGAN FOOD REVIEWS, NEW BOOK, TORTOISE DRAMA and more. With DAWN RIDDLE, MORGAN, ALEC LONGSTRETH, TORRENCE & LUCA J. DAVIS!
BETH PICKENS: Live Advice on Dating, Revenge, Asking, Volunteering, New project announcements and MORE.
Episode #275-KAREN TONGSON!!! ULTIMATUM QUEER LOVE Special Pride Crossover Episode.
Episode #274- EILEEN MYLES-Home, meditation, money, tea bags, girlfriends & more. Plus: Hermes the tortoise!
Episode #273-VEGAN FOOD REVIEWS with MORGAN and an Unsolicited Vegan Food Review from Beth Pickens! Vegan Poke, Bam Milk, Chocolate Covered Chickpeas, Miyokos, Meal Train Advice and MORE.
Episode #272-GRETA LAFLEUR! Discussing Feminism, TERFs, & Fascism. Plus a chipmunk.
Episode #271-WILL BETKE BRUNSWICK! Vegan food, Grief, Comics, Advice, and MORE. Plus- unsolicited vegan food review from Morgan!
Episode #270-JESSICA LANYADOO!!! Astrological advice on navigating pandemic life, JKR supporters, queer community, the Christ Year and MORE.
Episode #269-BETH PICKENS!!! Advice on jobs, estrangement, fear & MORE.
Episode #268-BABYLAND & THE TRUTH ABOUT CABBAGE PATCH KIDS- UPDATED! with BRAN TAYLOR, DAWN RIDDLE, & SCREAMING FEMALES
Episode #267- MEGAN MILKS! DAWN RIDDLE! KAIA WILSON! Queer Weirdness,writing, vegan banana-flavored food reviews and HOME ALONE. Tune in!
Episode #267-MEGAN MILKS! DAWN RIDDLE! KAIA WILSON! Queer Weirdness,writing, vegan banana-flavored food reviews and HOME ALONE. Tune in!
Episode #266-Remembering GENEVIÈVE CASTRÉE with PHIL ELVERUM & MARIANNA RITCHEY
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