posts by Tom Stoelker

Tom Stoelker writes about art, architecture, and academia. He lives in New York, but identifies as Philadelphian.

July 14, 2019 by
Bearded Ladies Cabaret at New York’s La Mama, musical theater takes on Walt Whitman’s racism

Tom Stoelker reviews “Contradict This!” a musical performance by the Bearded Ladies Cabaret for Stonewall at 50 that examines Walt Whitman’s problematic history with racism.

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Comics
Four-panel comic: TOP PANEL shows a woman, dressed in Handmaid’s Tale habit and bonnet, standing in a plaza in front of a government building and holding a sign that says “THE FUTURE IS FEMALE.” Behind her, running through the plaza, is a bare-chested, tattooed man wearing a horn headdress and holding a Trump 2020 flag. He’s shouting AHHHHHHHHH through a megaphone. MIDDLE PANEL shows a closeup of the scene with the man, still shouting AHHHHHHHH, exiting the scene at the left and the woman standing and now looking concerned. BOTTOM LEFT PANEL shows the woman with her cosplay costume now on the ground, and she’s holding a lighter that is lit and makes the CHHSSHHH sound. BOTTOM RIGHT PANEL shows woman standing holding her sign, looking wistful with the costume n flames at her feet.
 
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