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Strange Fruit #193: Policing Gender Performance
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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Apr 22, 2017
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Podcast episode
Description
Is it ok for a woman to cry in public? What about a man? What about an NBA player on the bench before a playoff game? According to former player Charles Barkley, it's "not a good look" — even if the player's sister was just killed in a car crash. On today's show we're talking about this and other recent episodes of public figures attempting to police behavior based on gender. Joining us to talk through it is Explore Kentucky founder Gerry James.
Released:
Apr 22, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Strange Fruit #64: African-American Voices in Classical Music: We're celebrating Black History Month on Strange Fruit, and so is our sister station, Classical 90.5. Their series, [African-American Voices](http://wuol.org/voices), runs throughout the month and highlights the contributions of black performers and composers in the world of classical music. WUOL's program director Daniel Gilliam joined us this week to talk about the series and play us some wonderful music from some of the featured artists. In our Juicy Fruit segment, we talked about trans activist Janet Mock's appearance on Piers Morgan Live, in which the host [made several comments](http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/02/07/_piers_morgan_s_janet_mock_interview_why_journalists_get_coverage_of_the.html) about how she "used to be a man" and was "born a boy" (online promotion of the segment was [similarly sensationalized](http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/transgender-advocate-janet-mock-piers-morgan-sensationalized), by Strange Fruit