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The Fight to Retain the Weird and the Feral — Michelle Tea tells the story of SLUTS

May 07, 2024 Brianna Avenia-Tapper Season 2 Episode 24
The Fight to Retain the Weird and the Feral — Michelle Tea tells the story of SLUTS
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The Fight to Retain the Weird and the Feral — Michelle Tea tells the story of SLUTS
May 07, 2024 Season 2 Episode 24
Brianna Avenia-Tapper

In this episode, Michelle Tea tells the story of SLUTS, from Dopamine Press. Along the way, she covers:

Starting Dopamine Press
Anthologies as fundraisers
Starting and ending anthologies
Perceptions of 'sluttery' and our culture's relationship to pleasure
An iconic '90s San Francisco sexual experience
Assimilationist and anti-assimilationist queerness
Beth Pickens
Clement Goldberg and New Mistakes
Semiotext(e)
Vera Blossom and How To Fuck Like A Girl 
Cheryl Klein (who will also be joining Writing Stories to talk about her memoir Crybaby!) 
Jen Silverman
Amanda Montell
Brontez Purnell

Find out more about Michelle Tea here
Buy SLUTS here
Find out more about Writing Stories here

Follow Writing Stories here

Show Notes

In this episode, Michelle Tea tells the story of SLUTS, from Dopamine Press. Along the way, she covers:

Starting Dopamine Press
Anthologies as fundraisers
Starting and ending anthologies
Perceptions of 'sluttery' and our culture's relationship to pleasure
An iconic '90s San Francisco sexual experience
Assimilationist and anti-assimilationist queerness
Beth Pickens
Clement Goldberg and New Mistakes
Semiotext(e)
Vera Blossom and How To Fuck Like A Girl 
Cheryl Klein (who will also be joining Writing Stories to talk about her memoir Crybaby!) 
Jen Silverman
Amanda Montell
Brontez Purnell

Find out more about Michelle Tea here
Buy SLUTS here
Find out more about Writing Stories here

Follow Writing Stories here