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- Title
- Juliana Martinez Interview, June 3, 2020
- Date
- June 3, 2020
- Creator
- Juliana Martinez; Dan Kerr
- Description
- Juliana Martinez, an Assistant Professor in the World Languages and Cultures department at American University, reflects on how COVID has impacted how she thinks about the world. She talks about how the crisis has revealed how deeply rooted social inequality is in the Americas, and what the deadly consequences of that inequality are. She studies gender violence, and explains how COVID has severely impacted the experiences of women, girls, and trans individuals who are experiencing violence at home and/or are sex workers or others who may not be able to stay at home and are facing increased police brutality. Juliana discusses how COVID has revealed how racism and sexism are at the base of how our society works, and addresses recent examples of police brutality against peaceful protestors. She reflects upon how COVID has revealed how she benefits from the inequalities society is based on, and hopes that the crisis will lead to deep social change. With over 100,000 people dead -- majority Black, Latinx, the elderly, and the incarcerated -- Juliana hopes that we get a real sense of urgency for a need of radical institutional, economic, and political change in the US. This video is part of the Humanities Truck's From Me To You: A Covid-19 Oral History Project. https://humanitiestruck.com/frommetoyou/
- Subject
- American University; Washington, DC; professor; COVID-19; coronavirus; pandemic; inequality; gender; race; violence; sex work; police brutality; protests
- Country
- United States
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2177
- Rights statement
- Copyright for this object is held by American University and does not preclude any use the co-interviewee(s) may want to make of the information in the recordings themselves. This object is made available through the American University Digital Research Archive for research and educational purposes. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the object beyond the bounds of Fair Use must be obtained from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.
- Title
- Liz Interview, October 6, 2020
- Date
- October 6, 2020
- Creator
- Rosie Cain; Liz
- Description
- Rosie Cain interviews narrator Liz about their identity as non-binary and fat. Liz discusses their process coming to and sharing their identity as non-binary with others in their life. Liz also discusses identifying as fat, what the term fat means to them and how they came to identify as fat. Liz shares their experiences clothing shopping, being in online community groups and visiting a health care practitioner. They also discuss topics of disordered eating, social media and the influence of non-binary YouTubers.
- Subject
- fat; fat acceptance; non-binary; gender; androgynous; identity; friends; uni; university; fatness; fit; weight; body positivity; advice; Health at Every Size; health; doctor; mental health
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2490
- Rights statement
- Interview contents have been given to the Public Domain through the Humanities Truck Oral History Project at American University.
- Title
- Ly Meloccaro Interview, October 6, 2020
- Date
- October 6, 2020
- Creator
- Ly Meloccaro; Rosie Cain
- Description
- In this interview Rosie Cain interviews Ly Meloccaro about both their identity as non-binary and trans as well as their identity as fat. Ly discusses how they previously identified as trans-masc, a trans man and then non-binary, now agender. Ly discusses their experiences performing drag, as well as what their gender identity and body identity has meant in relation to their career as a musician and performer. Ly discusses their body identity as fat, fatphobia in the queer community and society as a whole, and the work of the Fat Liberation movement. Ly discusses their history with disordered eating and their struggle to receive gender affirming care because of their body size. They also discuss their use of social media.
- Subject
- gender; transgender; queer; non-binary; agender; body; fat; plus size; drag; musical theater; dysphoria; Health at Every Size; body positivity; cisgender; lesbian; gay; fat liberation; top surgery; disordered eating; fatphobia; social media; twitter; instagram; tumblr
- Country
- United States
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2476
- Rights statement
- Interview contents have been given to the Public Domain through the Humanities Truck Oral History Project at American University.
- Title
- Sheena Sproule Interview, October 1, 2020
- Date
- October 1, 2020
- Creator
- Rosie Cain; Sheena Sproule
- Description
- Rosie Cain interviews narrator Sheena Sproule about their identity as non-binary and fat. Sheena discusses identifying as non-binary and their process coming out as non-binary to friends and family, as well as what identifying as non-binary means to them. Sheena also discusses identifying as fat, reactions from others around their use of the term fat, and how fatness intersects with their identity as non-binary. Sheena discusses topics of disordered eating, gender euphoria/dysphoria, and the LGBTQ+ community. Sheena also discusses their use of social media and their thoughts on social media movements such as the Body Positivity movement, Fat Acceptance movement and Health At Every Size movement.
- Subject
- non-binary; gender; identity; sexuality; LGBTQ+; fat; fatness; body positivity; Health at Every Size; fat acceptance; disordered eating; queer; intersectionality; pride; social media; instagram; twitter; facebook; tumblr; pinterest; Canada
- Country
- Canada
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2480
- Rights statement
- Interview contents have been given to the Public Domain through the Humanities Truck Oral History Project at American University.
- Title
- Spencer Lawson Interview, December 1, 2021
- Date
- December 1, 2021
- Creator
- Spencer Lawson; Colette Combs
- Description
- In this interview, Spencer Lawson, a full-time student at the University of Delaware, reflects upon his experience through a gendered lens. He discusses growing up openly expressing femininity, living in Haverhill Massachusetts, attending an all-boys middle and high school, coming out ,and life during the COVID-19 pandemic. He also describes finding make-up artistry and drag during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, using art as expression throughout his life, and his understanding of the performative aspects of gender.
- Subject
- drag; gender; youth and gender; gende roles; COVID-19; quarantine; isolation; theater; school; all-boys school; fashion; design; painting; art; make-up; RuPaul's Drag Race; Aquaria; University of Delaware; UDress; Coronavirus; gender performativity; Haverhill, MA
- Country
- United States
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3491
- Rights statement
- American University may copy, use, and distribute to the public the Collection including but not limited to this interview (and other items above) for educational purposes, including, but not limited to, formats such as audio and/or video documentaries, pamphlets, print publications, public programming and/or performances, exhibits, online archives and/or publications, mobile platforms, and other new media resources. I also understand the Humanities Truck and American University may use the Collection for promotional purposes. Both the Interviewee and Interviewer will retain licenses to use these materials for any future purpose.
- Title
- Spencer Lawson Interview: Interviewer Reflection
- Date
- December 1, 2021
- Creator
- Colette Combs
- Description
- Reflective text by the interviewer, Colette Combs, for the Fall 2021 American University oral history course.
- Subject
- drag; gender; gender and youth; sexuality; gender roles; theater
- Country
- United States
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3490
- Rights statement
- American University may copy, use, and distribute to the public the Collection including but not limited to this interview (and other items above) for educational purposes, including, but not limited to, formats such as audio and/or video documentaries, pamphlets, print publications, public programming and/or performances, exhibits, online archives and/or publications, mobile platforms, and other new media resources. I also understand the Humanities Truck and American University may use the Collection for promotional purposes. Both the Interviewee and Interviewer will retain licenses to use these materials for any future purpose.
- Title
- Tanner Fraser Interview, October 27, 2021
- Date
- October 27, 2021
- Creator
- Tanner Fraser; Colette Combs
- Description
- In this interview, Fraser, a non-binary drag artist living in Maryland, reflects upon their life through a gendered lens. They discuss growing up as a tomboy, living in Arizona, their relationship to their parents, youth sports, family dynamics, coming out, grappling with trans identity, discovering drag, and life during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fraser describes how serving in the U.S Navy, finding drag as a performance art form, and experiencing the pandemic changed their relationship to and Understanding of their own gender.
- Subject
- drag; Pretty Boi Drag; Gage Razor; non-binary; Washington, DC; Arizona; Scotland; tomboy; The L Word; One Direction; familial relationships; gender; youth and gender; US Navy; military and gender; gender roles; Catholicism; trans identity; COVID-19; quarantine; youth sports; ADHD
- Country
- United States
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3501
- Rights statement
- American University may copy, use, and distribute to the public the Collection including but not limited to this interview (and other items above) for educational purposes, including, but not limited to, formats such as audio and/or video documentaries, pamphlets, print publications, public programming and/or performances, exhibits, online archives and/or publications, mobile platforms, and other new media resources. I also understand the Humanities Truck and American University may use the Collection for promotional purposes. Both the Interviewee and Interviewer will retain licenses to use these materials for any future purpose.