Following up on my last post on drag balls in US and UK history (“An 18th century drag ball in London” @ History is made at night), here’s another repost from the always excellent History is made at night – Mona’s San Francisco: 1940s lesbian club Source: San Francisco Lesbian and Gay History Project ‘She Even Chewed [...]
“An 18th century drag ball in London” @ History is made at night
One of the most popular posts on Pop Culture Transgressions is Queering Pop Music Studies, which discusses my research and writing on the history of transgendered entertainers in African American music. Drag balls were a significant feature of that history that existed since at least the 1880s. (see, “Gender Crossings: A Neglected History in African American Music”). [...]
Tommy on the edge of a cliff (Redux)
This is a repost and redux of a post from my other blog Deciphering Culture about labyrinth walking & healing and the parallels I find in meditation and deep listening to music. The Tommy referred to in the title was the lead character from the Who’s rock opera Tommy but I found an unexpected occurrence of [...]
