“I think the question of ownership always comes up for me, like who's in charge of the
show that we're watching? Who's profiting the most from it? Who's in charge of the narrative? And then, of course, how genuine does the narrative feel? There's so many mitigating factors. I do think since Paris is Burning, which was directed by a white woman, and “Vogue,” made by Madonna, I think we've sort of gone closer to owning the narrative more and driving the narrative more.”
This week we talk with writer, educator, and art critic Ricky Tucker. He is the author of And The Category Is…: Inside New York’s Vogue, House and Ballroom Community, for which he was a 2023 Lambda Literary Award Finalist in Nonfiction. We explore the idea of social versus stage performance, misconceptions of art criticism, and how the sacred space of voguing and ballroom is like church.
Recommendation: Mary J. Blige’s What’s the 411?
Shout out: Brad Walrond
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