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General Summary: Professor Lore Lemaster talks about her scholarship on queer and trans of color communication and performance, specifically her article with Michael Tristano Jr. “Performing (Asian American trans) femme on RuPaul’s Drag Race.” Two undergraduate students at UT reflect on Lemaster’s article, trans femme performance, and the impact of the media and representation on the queer experience.
Detailed Summary: Introductions to LeMaster’s background in queer and trans of color communication and performance (00.00-03.51); Lemaster’s inspiration for this piece (03.52-6.37); Lemaster’s summary of the main argument of the piece (6.38-7.57); Lemaster defines the terms “ambiguity” and “intelligibility” in the context of the work (7.58-13.16); LeMaster discussing Gia’s ambiguity as a “bad trans subject” (13.17-14.55); LeMaster discussing media makers’ use of orientalist tropes to mediate Gia’s performance (14.56-21.00); Lemaster describes “dis/orientation” as a concept and how it applies to Gia’s performance (21.00-25.30); Lemaster offers critiques about the drag empire and questions its future, specifically in the context of representation (25.30-28.52); Lemaster responds to questions about accessibility in scholarship (28.52-33.03); Closing statements (33.03-33.47).
Scholarly Article Informing this Production: Lemaster, Lore/tta and Michael Tristano Jr. “Performing (Asian American trans) femme on Rupaul’s Drag Race: dis/orienting racialized gender, or, performing trans femme of color, regardless.” Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, 2021.
Credits: This podcast was produced by Rachel Kunzi, Avery Stewart, Waverli Almand and Aaron Lamoreaux, with resources and assistance provided by Mark Longaker and the Digital Writing and Research Lab at the University of Texas at Austin. It features the voices of Lore Lemaster, Rachel Kunzi, Avery Stewart, and Waverli Almand. Music featured in this podcast, titled “commonGround,” was created by airtone and has been repurposed here under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial license 3.0. Additionally, conversation.wav was adapted and incorporated under Creative Commons 1.0 license.
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By Digital Writing and Research Lab, UT AustinGeneral Summary: Professor Lore Lemaster talks about her scholarship on queer and trans of color communication and performance, specifically her article with Michael Tristano Jr. “Performing (Asian American trans) femme on RuPaul’s Drag Race.” Two undergraduate students at UT reflect on Lemaster’s article, trans femme performance, and the impact of the media and representation on the queer experience.
Detailed Summary: Introductions to LeMaster’s background in queer and trans of color communication and performance (00.00-03.51); Lemaster’s inspiration for this piece (03.52-6.37); Lemaster’s summary of the main argument of the piece (6.38-7.57); Lemaster defines the terms “ambiguity” and “intelligibility” in the context of the work (7.58-13.16); LeMaster discussing Gia’s ambiguity as a “bad trans subject” (13.17-14.55); LeMaster discussing media makers’ use of orientalist tropes to mediate Gia’s performance (14.56-21.00); Lemaster describes “dis/orientation” as a concept and how it applies to Gia’s performance (21.00-25.30); Lemaster offers critiques about the drag empire and questions its future, specifically in the context of representation (25.30-28.52); Lemaster responds to questions about accessibility in scholarship (28.52-33.03); Closing statements (33.03-33.47).
Scholarly Article Informing this Production: Lemaster, Lore/tta and Michael Tristano Jr. “Performing (Asian American trans) femme on Rupaul’s Drag Race: dis/orienting racialized gender, or, performing trans femme of color, regardless.” Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, 2021.
Credits: This podcast was produced by Rachel Kunzi, Avery Stewart, Waverli Almand and Aaron Lamoreaux, with resources and assistance provided by Mark Longaker and the Digital Writing and Research Lab at the University of Texas at Austin. It features the voices of Lore Lemaster, Rachel Kunzi, Avery Stewart, and Waverli Almand. Music featured in this podcast, titled “commonGround,” was created by airtone and has been repurposed here under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial license 3.0. Additionally, conversation.wav was adapted and incorporated under Creative Commons 1.0 license.