Episode 72
Laura Jane Grace, Tranny
Supercontext: an autopsy of media · Charlie Bennett
September 15, 20171h 23mExplicit
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Show Notes
With a provocative book title, Laura Jane Grace is reclaiming a slur and repurposing it for her story of struggling with gender dysphoria and self-destructive behavior. Guest Alyson McManus helps us unpack this experience into something universal, with which we can all identify.
Additional Resources:
- Lead Singer of Punk Band 'Against Me' Comes Out as Transgender in Rolling Stone
- Against Me!'s Laura Jane Grace to Release Memoir 'Tranny' Later This Year
- Laura Jane Grace's Brutally Honest 'Tranny' Memoir: 10 Things We Learned
- Against Me!'s Laura Jane Grace explains why she decided to title her memoir 'TRANNY.'
- One Year and One Million Words with Laura Jane Grace
- Laura Jane Grace on New Memoir, Why She's Not a Trans Spokesperson
- Rock's Not Dead, It's Ruled by Women: The Round-Table Conversation
- Beyond XX and XY: The Extraordinary Complexity of Sex Determination