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Do you know what it feels like for a butch? Join Dr Melissa Hidalgo (California State University) and me for a brief interlude between Lesbian Lives panels to find out. Melissa is interested in barbershops, pubs, sports venues and other typically male connoted spaces. She explores how inclusive they are for female, butch, and brown bodies and shares some of her own experiences of California vs Ireland. Hot tip: If you need better language to tell your barber how you want your hair cut, listen now. Lad it up! Follow @DrBeerButch and @Lena_Mattheis on Twitter, and @lifes_a_butcha and @queerlitpodcast on Instagram, for more queer content and gay haircuts. Texts and people mentioned: James Joyce's Ulysses Davy Byrnes Bloomsday Melissa Hidalgo's “What it feels like for a butch” Gay Mag (2019) https://gay.medium.com/what-it-feels-like-for-a-butch-3ba9ded6f126 Roxanne Gay Alfred Arteaga's House of the Blue Bed Melissa Hidalgo's Mozlandia: Morrissey Fans in the Borderlands (Headpress UK, 2016) San Patricio or Saint Patrick's Batallion La Virgen de Guadalupe St Brigid of Kildare Chris Abani's Virgin of Flames Cherrie Moraga's Native Country of the Heart
Melissa Hidalgo might be the smartest beer person I know. She has a Ph.D in Literature from U.C. San Diego; is currently a professor of women's, gender, and ethnic studies at California State University, Long Beach; and, if she wasn't busy enough with her work in academia, she's also a longtime beer writer who often goes by the pseudonym Dr. Beer Butch. Melissa has been writing about beer for over 10 years, but it was a pint of Guinness that started her beer journey well before that. As a Los Angeles native, she was an early organizer of queer spaces in her local community, helping to form a beer education social club called Queers and Beers, as well as a blog called Butch's Brew, all with the intent of taking up space in what was then, and could still very well be considered, an extremely white, cis, male beer scene. As a freelance writer, Melissa mostly writes about beer for L.A. Taco, but her desire to tell stories about people, history, and culture transcend food and drink. In our conversation today, you'll hear her tell her own experience and journey into beer, the prejudices she's had to overcome in order to explore the industry she loves, what's changed over the years (as well as what hasn't), who inspires her, and the preciousness of human connections through a shared passion.
Professor Melissa Hidalgo is living her dream. As a kid all she wanted to do was "read books and write". Well, thats exactly what she's doing. Very interesting talk about higher education, following your passion and being yourself. Hidalgo holds a Ph.D. in Literature and has taught at Pitzer College, California State University-Fullerton, UCLA, UC San Diego and is the Author of: Mozlandia: Morrissey Fans in the Borderlands This podcast is brought to you by: DicksCottons.com for all your fresh sunglasses. Use the code “DREAM” and get 50% off. craftbeerkings.com is our official beer supplier. Order all your fancy beers from them. Delivered to you door! Ask for Moe Instrumentals: “Esta Noche” by @phillyfresh13 from @casadecalacas Cover Art: @DodgersBeat Tech Support: @tynowell
Professor Melissa Hidalgo is living her dream. As a kid all she wanted to do was "read books and write". Well, thats exactly what she's doing. Very interesting talk about higher education, following your passion and being yourself. Hidalgo holds a Ph.D. in Literature and has taught at Pitzer College, California State University-Fullerton, UCLA, UC San Diego and is the Author of: Mozlandia: Morrissey Fans in the Borderlands This podcast is brought to you by: DicksCottons.com for all your fresh sunglasses. Use the code “DREAM” and get 50% off. craftbeerkings.com is our official beer supplier. Order all your fancy beers from them. Delivered to you door! Ask for Moe Instrumentals: “Esta Noche” by @phillyfresh13 from @casadecalacas Cover Art: @DodgersBeat Tech Support: @tynowell
In Mozlandia: Morrissey Fans in the Borderlands (Headpress, 2016), Melissa Hidalgo examines the world of Morrissey fandom in US-Mexico borderlands. As the frontman of The Smiths, Morrissey is regarded as one of the most influential and iconic musical performers to come out of the Manchester music scene. Yet, for the past three decades, Morrissey has made a name for himself as a solo performer, with committed and passionate fans across the world. As a solo performer, Morrissey has a larger fan base in borderland cities such as Los Angeles, the focus of Hidalgo’s work. In Mozlandia, Hidalgo deftly unpacks fandom, specifically as it plays out with Chicano/a, Latino/a, and Mexican fans. Hidalgo presents the ways in which fans contribute to the Morrissey community through MorrisseyOke, tribute bands, radio shows, plays and other literary tributes. By situating her work in the borderland city of Los Angeles, Hidalgo is able to present what a fan community looks like and the variety of ways fan culture is enacted. A fan of Morrissey herself, Hidalgo effectively weaves an academic lens with a true tribute book to Morrissey and his fan. Rebekah Buchanan is an Assistant Professor of English at Western Illinois University. Her work examines the role of narrative–both analog and digital–in people’s lives. She is interested in how personal narratives produced in alternative spaces create sites that challenge traditionally accepted public narratives. She researches zines, zine writers and the influence of music subcultures and fandom on writers and narratives. You can find more about her on her website, follow her on Twitter @rj_buchanan or email her at rj-buchanan@wiu.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In Mozlandia: Morrissey Fans in the Borderlands (Headpress, 2016), Melissa Hidalgo examines the world of Morrissey fandom in US-Mexico borderlands. As the frontman of The Smiths, Morrissey is regarded as one of the most influential and iconic musical performers to come out of the Manchester music scene. Yet, for the past three decades, Morrissey has made a name for himself as a solo performer, with committed and passionate fans across the world. As a solo performer, Morrissey has a larger fan base in borderland cities such as Los Angeles, the focus of Hidalgo’s work. In Mozlandia, Hidalgo deftly unpacks fandom, specifically as it plays out with Chicano/a, Latino/a, and Mexican fans. Hidalgo presents the ways in which fans contribute to the Morrissey community through MorrisseyOke, tribute bands, radio shows, plays and other literary tributes. By situating her work in the borderland city of Los Angeles, Hidalgo is able to present what a fan community looks like and the variety of ways fan culture is enacted. A fan of Morrissey herself, Hidalgo effectively weaves an academic lens with a true tribute book to Morrissey and his fan. Rebekah Buchanan is an Assistant Professor of English at Western Illinois University. Her work examines the role of narrative–both analog and digital–in people’s lives. She is interested in how personal narratives produced in alternative spaces create sites that challenge traditionally accepted public narratives. She researches zines, zine writers and the influence of music subcultures and fandom on writers and narratives. You can find more about her on her website, follow her on Twitter @rj_buchanan or email her at rj-buchanan@wiu.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In Mozlandia: Morrissey Fans in the Borderlands (Headpress, 2016), Melissa Hidalgo examines the world of Morrissey fandom in US-Mexico borderlands. As the frontman of The Smiths, Morrissey is regarded as one of the most influential and iconic musical performers to come out of the Manchester music scene. Yet, for the past three decades, Morrissey has made a name for himself as a solo performer, with committed and passionate fans across the world. As a solo performer, Morrissey has a larger fan base in borderland cities such as Los Angeles, the focus of Hidalgo’s work. In Mozlandia, Hidalgo deftly unpacks fandom, specifically as it plays out with Chicano/a, Latino/a, and Mexican fans. Hidalgo presents the ways in which fans contribute to the Morrissey community through MorrisseyOke, tribute bands, radio shows, plays and other literary tributes. By situating her work in the borderland city of Los Angeles, Hidalgo is able to present what a fan community looks like and the variety of ways fan culture is enacted. A fan of Morrissey herself, Hidalgo effectively weaves an academic lens with a true tribute book to Morrissey and his fan. Rebekah Buchanan is an Assistant Professor of English at Western Illinois University. Her work examines the role of narrative–both analog and digital–in people’s lives. She is interested in how personal narratives produced in alternative spaces create sites that challenge traditionally accepted public narratives. She researches zines, zine writers and the influence of music subcultures and fandom on writers and narratives. You can find more about her on her website, follow her on Twitter @rj_buchanan or email her at rj-buchanan@wiu.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In Mozlandia: Morrissey Fans in the Borderlands (Headpress, 2016), Melissa Hidalgo examines the world of Morrissey fandom in US-Mexico borderlands. As the frontman of The Smiths, Morrissey is regarded as one of the most influential and iconic musical performers to come out of the Manchester music scene. Yet, for the past three decades, Morrissey has made a name for himself as a solo performer, with committed and passionate fans across the world. As a solo performer, Morrissey has a larger fan base in borderland cities such as Los Angeles, the focus of Hidalgo’s work. In Mozlandia, Hidalgo deftly unpacks fandom, specifically as it plays out with Chicano/a, Latino/a, and Mexican fans. Hidalgo presents the ways in which fans contribute to the Morrissey community through MorrisseyOke, tribute bands, radio shows, plays and other literary tributes. By situating her work in the borderland city of Los Angeles, Hidalgo is able to present what a fan community looks like and the variety of ways fan culture is enacted. A fan of Morrissey herself, Hidalgo effectively weaves an academic lens with a true tribute book to Morrissey and his fan. Rebekah Buchanan is an Assistant Professor of English at Western Illinois University. Her work examines the role of narrative–both analog and digital–in people’s lives. She is interested in how personal narratives produced in alternative spaces create sites that challenge traditionally accepted public narratives. She researches zines, zine writers and the influence of music subcultures and fandom on writers and narratives. You can find more about her on her website, follow her on Twitter @rj_buchanan or email her at rj-buchanan@wiu.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In Mozlandia: Morrissey Fans in the Borderlands (Headpress, 2016), Melissa Hidalgo examines the world of Morrissey fandom in US-Mexico borderlands. As the frontman of The Smiths, Morrissey is regarded as one of the most influential and iconic musical performers to come out of the Manchester music scene. Yet, for the past three decades, Morrissey has made a name for himself as a solo performer, with committed and passionate fans across the world. As a solo performer, Morrissey has a larger fan base in borderland cities such as Los Angeles, the focus of Hidalgo’s work. In Mozlandia, Hidalgo deftly unpacks fandom, specifically as it plays out with Chicano/a, Latino/a, and Mexican fans. Hidalgo presents the ways in which fans contribute to the Morrissey community through MorrisseyOke, tribute bands, radio shows, plays and other literary tributes. By situating her work in the borderland city of Los Angeles, Hidalgo is able to present what a fan community looks like and the variety of ways fan culture is enacted. A fan of Morrissey herself, Hidalgo effectively weaves an academic lens with a true tribute book to Morrissey and his fan. Rebekah Buchanan is an Assistant Professor of English at Western Illinois University. Her work examines the role of narrative–both analog and digital–in people’s lives. She is interested in how personal narratives produced in alternative spaces create sites that challenge traditionally accepted public narratives. She researches zines, zine writers and the influence of music subcultures and fandom on writers and narratives. You can find more about her on her website, follow her on Twitter @rj_buchanan or email her at rj-buchanan@wiu.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices