About this episode

Vicky Osterweil joins Dean Spade to discuss the significance of trans visibility and the revolutionary potential of holding contradictory truths.

Send us a message Vicky Osterweil, author of In Defense of Looting, joins Dean for a Trans Day of Visibility event organized by CLAGS (The Center for LGBTQ Studies at CUNY). Dean and Vicky talk about the gorgeous threat that trans people constitute to fascism, the power of holding multiple contradictory truths, and how to keep trying things and experimenting to create revolution. Vicky's new book, The Extended Universe: How Disney Killed the Movies and Took Over the World, is out now from Hay...

People in this episode

Host: Dean Spade

Guest: Vicky Osterweil

Topics covered

• trans visibility
• fascism
• revolution
• contradictory truths
• LGBTQ studies

Keywords

• trans people
• fascism
• revolution
• LGBTQ
• visibility
• contradictory truths

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CLAGS (The Center for LGBTQ Studies at CUNY)

Books & works: In Defense of Looting, The Extended Universe: How Disney Killed the Movies and Took Over the World

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