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The Fight to Retain the Weird and the Feral — Michelle Tea tells the story of SLUTS
Season 2
Episode 24
Published 2 years ago
Description
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