Discover this podcast and so much more

Podcasts are free to enjoy without a subscription. We also offer ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more for just $11.99/month.

We Choose Our Own Families

We Choose Our Own Families

FromStill Processing


We Choose Our Own Families

FromStill Processing

ratings:
Length:
57 minutes
Released:
Jul 12, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This week, we take a deep dive into "Pose," Ryan Murphy's new show on FX, and unpack the role of queer chosen families in pop culture. We dissect some of our favorite scenes — featuring Blanca Abundance Evangelista (Mj Rodriguez), Elektra Abundance (Dominique Jackson), and Angel (Indya Moore) — and celebrate the nuanced stories told of queer and trans characters of color by queer and trans people of color. Are we free to create chosen families that support who we are and who we're trying to be, or are we destined to replicate the burdens and blessings of our biological families?  Discussed this week: "Far From the Tree" (dir: Rachel Dretzin, 2018)"Won't You Be My Neighbor?" (dir: Morgan Neville, 2018)"Whitney" (dir: Kevin MacDonald, 2018)"Review: ‘Whitney,’ a Pop Music Tragedy, Is Sad, Strange and Dismaying" (Wesley Morris, The New York Times, July 5, 2018)"Three Identical Strangers" (dir: Tim Wardel, 2018)"Whack World" (Tierra Whack, 2018) "Pose" (FX, 2018)"Queer Eye" (Netflix, 2018)"My House" (Viceland, 2018)
Released:
Jul 12, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Step inside the confession booth of Wesley Morris and Jenna Wortham, two culture writers for The New York Times. They devour TV, movies, art, music and the internet to find the things that move them — to tears, awe and anger. Still Processing is where they try to understand the pleasures and pathologies of America in 2020.