Unabridged: We’re in a Gender Straitjacket with Emily St. James
In this episode of The Stacks Unabridged, we’re joined by author and critic Emily St. James to discuss her new book, Woodworking. We explore the recent evolution of anti-trans legislation, what it tells us about the current political moment, and trans rep in pop culture. Plus, Emily offers us her entries into the trans literary canon.
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Everything we talk about on today’s episode can be found below in the show notes. You can also find what we talked about on Bookshop.org and Amazon.
Woodworking by Emily St. James
The Corn Palace (Mitchell, KS)
Ms. Rachel (Youtube)
We Can Do Hard Things by Glennon Doyle, Amanda Doyle, and Abby Wambach
“It’s a Baby Race” (Bluey, Season 2)
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Community (NBC)
Mad Men (AMC)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
Yellowjackets (Showtime)
“Better Off Dead” by Elton John
“Denial Is a River” by Doechii
Fly by The Chicks
They Were Her Property by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
“How History Classes on the Women’s Suffrage Movement Leave Out the Work of Black Voting Rights Activists” (Olivia B. Waxman, Time)
Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s cancel culture screed is a dangerous distraction” (Aja Romano, Vox)
“Show & Tell: Transphobia Amnesia, Meghan Shouldn't Relate, and a Haunting Denzel Interview” (Traci Thomas, Unstacked)
“A timeline of JK Rowling's transphobic shift” (Brendan Morrow, The Week)
“And, This is Charlie Kirk” (This is Gavin Newsom, iHeartPodcasts)
“Gavin Newsom breaks with Democrats on trans athletes in sports” (Christopher Cadelago, Politico)
“And, This is Steve Bannon” (This is Gavin Newsom, iHeartPodcasts)
Ladybugs (Sidney J. Furie, 1992)
The Crying Game (Neil Jordan, 1993)
Ace Ventura Pet Detective (Tom Shadyac, 1994)
“Queer Literature Top Five” (Sassafras Lowrey, The Center for Fiction)
Pose (FX)
P-Valley (STARZ)
We See Each Other by Tre’vell Anderson
“Ep. 271 The Paradox of Visibility with Tre’vell Anderson” (The Stacks)
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
Stag Dance by Torrey Peters
“Ep. 363 Gender and Genre Are the Same Word with Torrey Peters” (The Stacks)
Nevada by Imogen Binnie
A/S/L by Jeanne Thorton
Little Fish by Casey Plett
Girlfriends by Emily Zhou
Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin
Cuckoo by Gretchen Felker-Martin
Tell Me I’m Worthless by Alison Rumfitt
Little Blue Encyclopedia for (for Vivian) by Hazel Jane Plante
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