Amos Mac's guest appearances

Amos Mac

New Books in Gender

New Books in Journalism

New Books in American Studies

New Books in Literary Studies

Skylight Books Podcast Series

New Books Network

KUCI: Film School

New Books in Popular Culture

Sagittarian Matters

Confidently Insecure

Orphic Frequency

WUSSY Movie Club

Shame Spiral

Rocco Kayiatos

Phillipa Chong

J. Neuhaus

Kathryn Conrad

Peter Lang

Brian Greene

Leslie M. Harris

Palgrave Macmillan

Gregory A. Daddis

Matt Cook

McKenzie Wark

K. Linder

Johns Hopkins

Alberto Cairo

Harper Collins

OwlTail

This week I spiraled out with television writer, producer and photographer Amos Mac (Y :The Last Man, Gossip Girl.)  We talked beating yourself up when you fail to be a hero, navigating connection when you'd kinda rather escape to an isolated cabin in the woods,  and even processed some juicy former roommate drama between us, involving a nosy landlord, a couch hacked into pieces with an AX (!!!) and an extraordinarily pissed off cat.  Plus, Amos shares a shame story about desperately yearning for Anne Heche's memoir in the moments after she died (RIP to the incomparable queen Anne Heche.)  Follow  Amos on Instagram @amosmac and Twitter @theamosmac, and you can follow me on Twitter, Instagram, and Tiktok @elykreimendahl, and the pod on Twitter and Instagram @podshamespiral, where I'm regularly posting fun video clips of especially juicy or hilarious moments from the episodes.  Audio Engineer/Editor: Sarah Gabrielli (check out her amazing podcast about the last lesbian bars in America @cruisingpod on Instagram and TikTok and listen here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cruising-a-lesbian-bar-road-trip/id1585850925Original Music: Shadwick Wilde, Instagram and Twitter: @shadwickwildeCover Art: Cassidy Kulhanek, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok: @heavenlygrandpaNew episodes every Tuesday! Don't forget to subscribe, review and please leave those five shining stars! twitter.com/podshamespiralinstagram.com/podshamespiralinstagram.com/elykreimendahltiktok.com/@elykreimendahltwitter.com/elykreimendahl

This week I spiraled out with television writer, producer and photographer Amos Mac (Y :The Last Man, Gossip Girl.)  We talked beating yourself up when you fail to be a hero, navigating connection when you'd kinda rather escape to an isolated cabin in the woods,  and even processed some juicy former roommate drama between us, involving a nosy landlord, a couch hacked into pieces with an AX (!!!) and an extraordinarily pissed off cat.  Plus, Amos shares a shame story about desperately yearning for Anne Heche's memoir in the moments after she died (RIP to the incomparable queen Anne Heche.)   Follow  Amos on Instagram @amosmac and Twitter @theamosmac, and you can follow me on Twitter, Instagram, and Tiktok @elykreimendahl, and the pod on Twitter and Instagram @podshamespiral, where I'm regularly posting fun video clips of especially juicy or hilarious moments from the episodes.  Audio Engineer/Editor: Sarah Gabrielli (check out her amazing podcast about the last lesbian bars in America @cruisingpod on Instagram and TikTok and listen here: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cruising-a-lesbian-bar-road-trip/id1585850925" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cruising-a-lesbian-bar-road-trip/id1585850925</a>Original Music: Shadwick Wilde, Instagram and Twitter: @shadwickwildeCover Art: Cassidy Kulhanek, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok: @heavenlygrandpaNew episodes every Tuesday! Don't forget to subscribe, review and please leave those five shining stars! <a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/podshamespiral" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/podshamespiral</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/podshamespiral/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> instagram.com/podshamespiral</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/elykreimendahl/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/elykreimendahl</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@elykreimendahl?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tiktok.com/@elykreimendahl</a> <a href="https://www.twitter.com/elykreimendahl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/elykreimendahl</a>

"We Can't All Be Heroes" w/ Amos Mac

Writer and founder of Original Plumbing magazine, Amos Mac, is here to talk about trans representation and working on the new ‘Gossip Girl’ reboot and ‘No Ordinary Man’.    This week, Movie Club host John E  chats with writer, photographer and artist Amos Mac about being in the writers room on ‘Gossip Girl’, trans representation behind the scenes in Hollywood, and working on the Billy Tipton documentary, ‘No Ordinary Man’.    WUSSY Movie Club is a weekly roundtable movie podcast with a Queer lens, featuring themed seasons and special interviews with Queer filmmakers. Every Wednesday, a rotating cast of LGBTQIA+ voices will dish on their favorite films of past and present. Join the club and be a part of the discussion!   WUSSY Movie Club is part of the WUSSY Podcast Network, hosted by WUSSY Mag (@wussymag)   Produced by Jon Dean @jondeanphoto   Podcast Art created by Nick Sheridan @glass.knuckles   Podcast Music by DJ Helix @1djhelix  Join the WUSSY Movie Club on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wussymovieclub/    Follow WUSSY Movie Club on Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/WussyMovieClub/   Showtimes and more about No Ordinary Man  https://noordinaryman.oscilloscope.net/

Writer and founder of Original Plumbing magazine, Amos Mac, is here to talk about trans representation and working on the new ‘Gossip Girl’ reboot and ‘No Ordinary Man’.  This week, Movie Club host John E  chats with writer, photographer and artist Amos Mac about being in the writers room on ‘Gossip Girl’, trans representation behind the scenes in Hollywood, and working on the Billy Tipton documentary, ‘No Ordinary Man’.  WUSSY Movie Club is a weekly roundtable movie podcast with a Queer lens, featuring themed seasons and special interviews with Queer filmmakers. Every Wednesday, a rotating cast of LGBTQIA+ voices will dish on their favorite films of past and present. Join the club and be a part of the discussion! WUSSY Movie Club is part of the WUSSY Podcast Network, hosted by WUSSY Mag (@wussymag) Produced by Jon Dean @jondeanphoto Podcast Art created by Nick Sheridan @glass.knuckles Podcast Music by DJ Helix @1djhelix Join the WUSSY Movie Club on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wussymovieclub/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/wussymovieclub/</a> Follow WUSSY Movie Club on Facebook  <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WussyMovieClub/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/WussyMovieClub/</a> Showtimes and more about No Ordinary Man <a href="https://noordinaryman.oscilloscope.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://noordinaryman.oscilloscope.net/</a>

Amos Mac (‘No Ordinary Man’, Gossip Girl’)

HEY UPPER EAST SIDERS AND FOLLOWERS!! OMG Kelsey has waited her entire life to geek over Gossip Girl and she was lucky enough to sit down with Amos Mac, writer on THEEE NEW GOSSIP GIRL reboot on HBOMax! Not only do Amos and Kelsey talk all new things GG like fashion, lingo, and representation in the show - but all the amazing work Amos is doing outside of writing for the most memorable characters of our generation! Most notably: NO ORDINARY MAN the documentary feature co-written by Amos about the extraordinary life and career of jazz musician and transgender icon Billy Tipton.Watch Gossip Girl every Thursday on HBOMax! FOLLOW AMOS: @amosmac (just instagram)amosmac.comNO ORDINARY MAN (tickets and info) https://noordinaryman.oscilloscope.net/﻿BUY KELSEY'S BOOK! AND SENSITIVE MERCH! OUT NOW!BOOK:https://shopc.at/dfpMERCH:https://shopcatalog.com/shop/tag/kelsey-darragh-collection/Follow Kelsey &amp; Keep Up with her life! https://linktr.ee/kelseydarraghSign up for Kelsey’s new company at swapskis.coSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/confidently-insecure/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy &amp; Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

HEY UPPER EAST SIDERS AND FOLLOWERS!! OMG Kelsey has waited her entire life to geek over Gossip Girl and she was lucky enough to sit down with Amos Mac, writer on THEEE NEW GOSSIP GIRL reboot on HBOMax! Not only do Amos and Kelsey talk all new things GG like fashion, lingo, and representation in the show - but all the amazing work Amos is doing outside of writing for the most memorable characters of our generation! Most notably: NO ORDINARY MAN the documentary feature co-written by Amos about the extraordinary life and career of jazz musician and transgender icon Billy Tipton. Watch Gossip Girl every Thursday on HBOMax!  FOLLOW AMOS: @amosmac (just instagram)<a href="http://amosmac.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">amosmac.com</a>NO ORDINARY MAN (tickets and info) <a href="https://noordinaryman.oscilloscope.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://noordinaryman.oscilloscope.net/</a> <h3> </h3><h3>﻿BUY KELSEY'S BOOK! AND SENSITIVE MERCH! OUT NOW!</h3>BOOK:<a href="https://shopc.at/dfp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://shopc.at/dfp</a>MERCH:<a href="https://shopcatalog.com/shop/tag/kelsey-darragh-collection/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://shopcatalog.com/shop/tag/kelsey-darragh-collection/</a> Follow Kelsey &amp; Keep Up with her life! <a href="https://linktr.ee/kelseydarragh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://linktr.ee/kelseydarragh</a> Sign up for Kelsey’s new company at <a href="http://www.swapskis.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">swapskis.co</a>Support this podcast at — <a href="https://redcircle.com/confidently-insecure/donations" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://redcircle.com/confidently-insecure/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href="https://redcircle.com/brands" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy &amp; Opt-Out: <a href="https://redcircle.com/privacy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

gossip on the new GOSSIP GIRL | AMOS MAC

Amos Mac &amp; I have a long history. I'm delighted to find out nooks and crannies of his life that I didn't know as I researched for this episode of Orphic Frequency. Grab a cold brew and relax as we cover Amos Mac's creative journey including breathing a new life into the life story of Billy Tipton, hauntings in old Victorian houses in San Francisco &amp; what it can mean to put to much stock into psychic readings &amp; as always we end with a message of HOPE.  As an out transgender writer, Amos Mac’s work explores identity, community &amp; “second coming of age” narratives though a queer lens. He’s worked across unscripted, documentary, and dramatic series including Amazon’s Transparent, AMC's The Son, and VICELAND’s Gaycation. He is currently a television writer (Story Editor) for the forthcoming series Gossip Girl on HBO Max.  Amos Mac co-wrote No Ordinary Man, a documentary about jazz musician Billy Tipton. Presented at Cannes Docs 2020 &amp; premiered at Toronto International Film Festival in 2020. Before working in TV Amos Mac was best known as founding editor of Original Plumbing; the first print magazine in America dedicated to trans male culture. From 2009-2019, OP was an informational and humorous slice of trans guy reality that prided itself on an artful yet cheeky documentation of community. The official book,  Original Plumbing: The Best of Ten Years of Trans Male Culture, was released in 2019 by the Feminist Press. As a photographer, Amos Mac's visual art has been exhibited in galleries internationally, featured in dozens of publications including The New York Times, Interview, and Vogue Italia, and lives on in multiple museum collections. He shot the groundbreaking Fall '15 campaign for Swedish fashion brand &amp; Other Stories, featuring an all trans cast and crew. The iconic collaborative series he created with artist Zackary Drucker formed the content of his 2011 art publication Translady Fanzine, with an alternative selection of images exhibited as Distance is Where the Heart is, Home is Where you Hang Your Heart, at Luis De Jesus Los Angeles.  If you, like me are disgusted at the recent uptick in political attacks on the Transgender community, please learn how you can help at the National Center for Transgender Equality (transequality.org)  ---   Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/orphicfrequency/message

Amos Mac &amp; I have a long history. I'm delighted to find out nooks and crannies of his life that I didn't know as I researched for this episode of Orphic Frequency. Grab a cold brew and relax as we cover Amos Mac's creative journey including breathing a new life into the life story of Billy Tipton, hauntings in old Victorian houses in San Francisco &amp; what it can mean to put to much stock into psychic readings &amp; as always we end with a message of HOPE. As an out transgender writer, <a href="https://www.amosmac.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amos Mac’s </a>work explores identity, community &amp; “second coming of age” narratives though a queer lens. He’s worked across unscripted, documentary, and dramatic series including Amazon’s Transparent, AMC's The Son, and VICELAND’s Gaycation. He is currently a television writer (Story Editor) for the forthcoming series Gossip Girl on HBO Max.  Amos Mac co-wrote <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/music/how-the-documentary-no-ordinary-man-reframes-the-story-of-trans-jazz-musician-billy-tipton-1.5728220" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">No Ordinary Man,</a> a documentary about jazz musician Billy Tipton. Presented at Cannes Docs 2020 &amp; premiered at Toronto International Film Festival in 2020. Before working in TV Amos Mac was best known as founding editor of Original Plumbing; the first print magazine in America dedicated to trans male culture. From 2009-2019, OP was an informational and humorous slice of trans guy reality that prided itself on an artful yet cheeky documentation of community. The official book, <a href="https://www.feministpress.org/books-n-z/original-plumbing?rq=original%20plumbing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Original Plumbing: The Best of Ten Years of Trans Male Culture</a>, was released in 2019 by the Feminist Press. As a photographer, Amos Mac's visual art has been exhibited in galleries internationally, featured in dozens of publications including The New York Times, Interview, and Vogue Italia, and lives on in multiple museum collections. He shot the <a href="http://www.out.com/fashion/2015/8/17/exclusive-behind-scenes-cast-other-stories-transgender-campaign" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">groundbreaking Fall '15 campaign</a> for Swedish fashion brand &amp; Other Stories, featuring an all trans cast and crew. The iconic collaborative series he created with artist Zackary Drucker formed the content of his 2011 art publication Translady Fanzine, with an alternative selection of images exhibited as Distance is Where the Heart is, Home is Where you Hang Your Heart, at Luis De Jesus Los Angeles. If you, like me are disgusted at the recent uptick in political attacks on the Transgender community, please learn how you can help at the <a href="https://transequality.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">National Center for Transgender Equality (transequality.org)</a> --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/orphicfrequency/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/orphicfrequency/message</a>

Elevated conversation with Amos Mac

When Amos Mac and Rocco Kayiatos first launch Original Plumbing in 2009, they created a magazine the world desperately needed: a creative and celebratory biannual publication about trans men, by trans men. For ten years, OP was an inspired response to the lack of meaningful representation of trans lives and culture. Each issue was filled with gorgeous, moving, hilarious, and sexy narratives that pushed back against marginalizing stereotypes. Taken together, these stories met mainstream media’s violence with self-love, dismissal with determination, and repression with resistance.Collecting the best of the magazine’s entire twenty-issue run, Original Plumbing: The Best Ten Years of Trans Male Culture (Amethyst Editions, 2019) is a remarkable full-color archive that includes interviews with trailblazers like Janet Mock and Silas Howard; cutting-edge artwork and photography; mediations on love, relationships, and family; political essays and personal reflections; and much, much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

When <a href="https://www.amosmac.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amos Mac</a> and <a href="http://www.roccokayiatos.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rocco Kayiatos</a> first launch Original Plumbing in 2009, they created a magazine the world desperately needed: a creative and celebratory biannual publication about trans men, by trans men. For ten years, OP was an inspired response to the lack of meaningful representation of trans lives and culture. Each issue was filled with gorgeous, moving, hilarious, and sexy narratives that pushed back against marginalizing stereotypes. Taken together, these stories met mainstream media’s violence with self-love, dismissal with determination, and repression with resistance.Collecting the best of the magazine’s entire twenty-issue run, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1936932598/?tag=newbooinhis-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Original Plumbing: The Best Ten Years of Trans Male Culture </a>(Amethyst Editions, 2019) is a remarkable full-color archive that includes interviews with trailblazers like Janet Mock and Silas Howard; cutting-edge artwork and photography; mediations on love, relationships, and family; political essays and personal reflections; and much, much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>Support our show by becoming a premium member! <a href="https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies</a>

Amos Mac and Rocco Kayiatos, "Original Plumbing: The Best of Ten Years of Trans Male Culture" (Amethyst Editions, 2019)

When Amos Mac and Rocco Kayiatos first launch Original Plumbing in 2009, they created a magazine the world desperately needed: a creative and celebratory biannual publication about trans men, by trans men. For ten years, OP was an inspired response to the lack of meaningful representation of trans lives and culture. Each issue was filled with gorgeous, moving, hilarious, and sexy narratives that pushed back against marginalizing stereotypes. Taken together, these stories met mainstream media’s violence with self-love, dismissal with determination, and repression with resistance.Collecting the best of the magazine’s entire twenty-issue run, Original Plumbing: The Best Ten Years of Trans Male Culture (Amethyst Editions, 2019) is a remarkable full-color archive that includes interviews with trailblazers like Janet Mock and Silas Howard; cutting-edge artwork and photography; mediations on love, relationships, and family; political essays and personal reflections; and much, much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

When <a href="https://www.amosmac.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amos Mac</a> and <a href="http://www.roccokayiatos.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rocco Kayiatos</a> first launch Original Plumbing in 2009, they created a magazine the world desperately needed: a creative and celebratory biannual publication about trans men, by trans men. For ten years, OP was an inspired response to the lack of meaningful representation of trans lives and culture. Each issue was filled with gorgeous, moving, hilarious, and sexy narratives that pushed back against marginalizing stereotypes. Taken together, these stories met mainstream media’s violence with self-love, dismissal with determination, and repression with resistance.Collecting the best of the magazine’s entire twenty-issue run, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1936932598/?tag=newbooinhis-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Original Plumbing: The Best Ten Years of Trans Male Culture </a>(Amethyst Editions, 2019) is a remarkable full-color archive that includes interviews with trailblazers like Janet Mock and Silas Howard; cutting-edge artwork and photography; mediations on love, relationships, and family; political essays and personal reflections; and much, much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>Support our show by becoming a premium member! <a href="https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies</a>

When Amos Mac and Rocco Kayiatos first launch Original Plumbing in 2009, they created a magazine the world desperately needed: a creative and celebratory biannual publication about trans men, by trans men. For ten years, OP was an inspired response to the lack of meaningful representation of trans lives and culture. Each issue was filled with gorgeous, moving, hilarious, and sexy narratives that pushed back against marginalizing stereotypes. Taken together, these stories met mainstream media’s violence with self-love, dismissal with determination, and repression with resistance.Collecting the best of the magazine’s entire twenty-issue run, Original Plumbing: The Best Ten Years of Trans Male Culture (Amethyst Editions, 2019) is a remarkable full-color archive that includes interviews with trailblazers like Janet Mock and Silas Howard; cutting-edge artwork and photography; mediations on love, relationships, and family; political essays and personal reflections; and much, much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/journalism

When <a href="https://www.amosmac.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amos Mac</a> and <a href="http://www.roccokayiatos.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rocco Kayiatos</a> first launch Original Plumbing in 2009, they created a magazine the world desperately needed: a creative and celebratory biannual publication about trans men, by trans men. For ten years, OP was an inspired response to the lack of meaningful representation of trans lives and culture. Each issue was filled with gorgeous, moving, hilarious, and sexy narratives that pushed back against marginalizing stereotypes. Taken together, these stories met mainstream media’s violence with self-love, dismissal with determination, and repression with resistance.Collecting the best of the magazine’s entire twenty-issue run, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1936932598/?tag=newbooinhis-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Original Plumbing: The Best Ten Years of Trans Male Culture </a>(Amethyst Editions, 2019) is a remarkable full-color archive that includes interviews with trailblazers like Janet Mock and Silas Howard; cutting-edge artwork and photography; mediations on love, relationships, and family; political essays and personal reflections; and much, much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>Support our show by becoming a premium member! <a href="https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/journalism" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/journalism</a>

When Amos Mac and Rocco Kayiatos first launch Original Plumbing in 2009, they created a magazine the world desperately needed: a creative and celebratory biannual publication about trans men, by trans men. For ten years, OP was an inspired response to the lack of meaningful representation of trans lives and culture. Each issue was filled with gorgeous, moving, hilarious, and sexy narratives that pushed back against marginalizing stereotypes. Taken together, these stories met mainstream media’s violence with self-love, dismissal with determination, and repression with resistance.Collecting the best of the magazine’s entire twenty-issue run, Original Plumbing: The Best Ten Years of Trans Male Culture (Amethyst Editions, 2019) is a remarkable full-color archive that includes interviews with trailblazers like Janet Mock and Silas Howard; cutting-edge artwork and photography; mediations on love, relationships, and family; political essays and personal reflections; and much, much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

When <a href="https://www.amosmac.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amos Mac</a> and <a href="http://www.roccokayiatos.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rocco Kayiatos</a> first launch Original Plumbing in 2009, they created a magazine the world desperately needed: a creative and celebratory biannual publication about trans men, by trans men. For ten years, OP was an inspired response to the lack of meaningful representation of trans lives and culture. Each issue was filled with gorgeous, moving, hilarious, and sexy narratives that pushed back against marginalizing stereotypes. Taken together, these stories met mainstream media’s violence with self-love, dismissal with determination, and repression with resistance.Collecting the best of the magazine’s entire twenty-issue run, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1936932598/?tag=newbooinhis-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Original Plumbing: The Best Ten Years of Trans Male Culture </a>(Amethyst Editions, 2019) is a remarkable full-color archive that includes interviews with trailblazers like Janet Mock and Silas Howard; cutting-edge artwork and photography; mediations on love, relationships, and family; political essays and personal reflections; and much, much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>Support our show by becoming a premium member! <a href="https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies</a>

When Amos Mac and Rocco Kayiatos first launch Original Plumbing in 2009, they created a magazine the world desperately needed: a creative and celebratory biannual publication about trans men, by trans men. For ten years, OP was an inspired response to the lack of meaningful representation of trans lives and culture. Each issue was filled with gorgeous, moving, hilarious, and sexy narratives that pushed back against marginalizing stereotypes. Taken together, these stories met mainstream media’s violence with self-love, dismissal with determination, and repression with resistance.Collecting the best of the magazine’s entire twenty-issue run, Original Plumbing: The Best Ten Years of Trans Male Culture (Amethyst Editions, 2019) is a remarkable full-color archive that includes interviews with trailblazers like Janet Mock and Silas Howard; cutting-edge artwork and photography; mediations on love, relationships, and family; political essays and personal reflections; and much, much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/popular-culture

When <a href="https://www.amosmac.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amos Mac</a> and <a href="http://www.roccokayiatos.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rocco Kayiatos</a> first launch Original Plumbing in 2009, they created a magazine the world desperately needed: a creative and celebratory biannual publication about trans men, by trans men. For ten years, OP was an inspired response to the lack of meaningful representation of trans lives and culture. Each issue was filled with gorgeous, moving, hilarious, and sexy narratives that pushed back against marginalizing stereotypes. Taken together, these stories met mainstream media’s violence with self-love, dismissal with determination, and repression with resistance.Collecting the best of the magazine’s entire twenty-issue run, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1936932598/?tag=newbooinhis-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Original Plumbing: The Best Ten Years of Trans Male Culture </a>(Amethyst Editions, 2019) is a remarkable full-color archive that includes interviews with trailblazers like Janet Mock and Silas Howard; cutting-edge artwork and photography; mediations on love, relationships, and family; political essays and personal reflections; and much, much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>Support our show by becoming a premium member! <a href="https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/popular-culture" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/popular-culture</a>

When Amos Mac and Rocco Kayiatos first launched Original Plumbing in 2009, they created a magazine the world desperately needed: a creative and celebratory biannual publication about trans men, by trans men. For ten years, OP was an inspired response to the lack of meaningful representation of trans lives and culture. Each issue was filled with gorgeous, moving, hilarious, and sexy narratives that pushed back against marginalizing stereotypes. Taken together, these stories met mainstream media’s violence with self-love, dismissal with determination, and repression with resistance. Collecting the best of the magazine’s entire twenty-issue run, Original Plumbing: The Best of Ten Years of Trans Male Culture is a remarkable full-color archive that includes interviews with trailblazers like Janet Mock and Silas Howard; cutting-edge artwork and photography; meditations on love, relationships, and family; political essays and personal reflections; and much, much more.

When Amos Mac and Rocco Kayiatos first launched Original Plumbing in 2009, they created a magazine the world desperately needed: a creative and celebratory biannual publication about trans men, by trans men. For ten years, OP was an inspired response to the lack of meaningful representation of trans lives and culture. Each issue was filled with gorgeous, moving, hilarious, and sexy narratives that pushed back against marginalizing stereotypes. Taken together, these stories met mainstream media’s violence with self-love, dismissal with determination, and repression with resistance. Collecting the best of the magazine’s entire twenty-issue run, Original Plumbing: The Best of Ten Years of Trans Male Culture is a remarkable full-color archive that includes interviews with trailblazers like Janet Mock and Silas Howard; cutting-edge artwork and photography; meditations on love, relationships, and family; political essays and personal reflections; and much, much more.