like it s not part of america s pop culture consciousness? yeah. it feels like you also, and thanks for having me on. congratulations for the new show. listen, yeah, we have to walk into a room and always have to have the resume, your resume in your hand and justify your actions and explain to people who you are and why you do what you do. it gets it gets tiresome. you know, we make a majority of consumers. right? only a fraction of media productions. there s more salsa soul in the united states than ketchup. latino radio stations are some of the top markets in the nation. how is it there is this disparity, and is there something that we should be doing to help bridge this gap? yeah. well, we got to make sure we take advantage of the opportunities that we have. we need to see more people on msnbc and more santos and tyler
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There’s something powerful about wearing a message on a T-shirt; something vulnerable about putting it on your body. You’ve committed to your message, and it’s there in plain sight across your chest for everyone to see.
Feminist activists have been using T-shirts to challenge a culture that denies women and others their basic rights for decades and to keep pushing social justice movements themselves to be more inclusive. In the same way that posting a feminist or anti-racist meme on social media is not a substitute for the hard work of political organizing and action, there’s certainly a limit to the T-shirt’s political power. Without any further activism behind it, a T-shirt is just cotton fabric. Yet, fashion, like social media, can increase visibility, which in turn can make a political message more accessible and approachable, and more widely seen, forcing itself into the cultural conversation.
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Before we can support and preserve queer culture in a world where assimilation seems to be the mainstream modus operandi, let’s first try to define what queer culture is.
What you qualify as LGBTQ culture will depend heavily on your self-identified segment and/or segments of the community and your own demographics. Still, there are some queer culture clues and characteristics that apply no matter your personal identity mix.
Queer culture is made up of four main parts:
Works by and for LGBTQ people
An understanding of LGBTQ social movements
Recognition of out figures who represent different factions of LGBTQ life including artists, celebrities, creators, drag kings and queens, etc.