GBA 224 AJ McKenna

Getting Better Acquainted

In GBA 224 we get better acquainted with AJ. She talks about writing and performing poetry, finding her poetry voice as a result of transitioning, responding to banter culture, transphobia and transmisogyny, kink, sex and sexuality. This was a snatched conversation during the Edinburgh Fringe 2015 where we were both did solo shows. Our shows had a lot of cross over and that's reflected in the conversation. AJ plugs: A Lady of a Certain Rage: http://www.lulu.com/shop/aj-mckenna/a-lady-of-a-certain-rage/paperback/product-21075072.html The Gunshots that Kill Us Are Silenced: https://ajmckenna.bandcamp.com/album/the-gunshots-which-kill-us-are-silenced Public Address III: http://www.applesandsnakes.org/page/108/PUBLIC+ADDRESS+THE+SOAPBOX+TOUR/1597 @AnathemaJane: https://twitter.com/anathemajane I plug: Stand Up Tragedy presents.... https://www.facebook.com/events/461679520679231/ Stand Up Tragedy: Tragic Autumn: http://www.facebook.com/events/1453089018350037/ #ManSurvey: http://www.mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ We mention: Stand Up Tragedy: http://standuptragedy.co.uk Cis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisgender David Cameron: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cameron UKIP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Independence_Party Jeremy Clarkson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Clarkson #KillAllMen: https://stavvers.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/kill-all-men/ https://medium.com/matter/the-meme-ification-of-misandry-3b0c95ad51f5 Bahar Mustafa: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/bahar-mustafa-goldsmiths-university-diversity-officer-could-lose-job-after-being-accused-by-students-10260697.html #FuckCisPeople: https://cisnormativity.wordpress.com/2013/08/17/disrupting-the-politics-of-etiquette/ Kate Fox: http://katefox.co.uk/ Angela Readman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Readman Rich Mix: http://www.richmix.org.uk/ The Bathroom Thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7qfU45jhOQ Queer'Say: http://bit.ly/1OGtG04 Daniel Bye: http://www.danielbye.co.uk/ Marina Abramović: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Abramovi%C4%87 Sarah Thomasin: http://sarahthomasin.com/ Kate Tempest: http://katetempest.co.uk/ Stewart Lee: http://www.stewartlee.co.uk/ If You'd Prefer A Milder Comedian Please Ask for One: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stewart-Lee-Prefer-Milder-Comedian/dp/B003XMVGYQ Josie Long: http://www.josielong.com/ Fun Home by Alison Bechdel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fun_Home Eggshells: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUQdVTNnr_4 Stonewall: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_riots Mattachine Society: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattachine_Society Ferguson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferguson_unrest Autogynephilia: http://www.tsroadmap.com/info/autogynephilia.html DSM: http://psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/dsm Breuer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Breuer Charcot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Martin_Charcot Freud: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud Hirschfeld: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Hirschfeld Paraphilia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraphilia Topping from the Bottom: http://houseofvoid.com/2012/04/18/topping-from-the-bottom-what-does-it-mean/ Fay Roberts: http://www.fayroberts.co.uk/ 6 Sexes: http://www.nature.com/news/sex-redefined-1.16943 Niels Bohr: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Bohr My Revelation Will Not Be Trivialised: https://ajmckenna.bandcamp.com/track/my-revelation-will-not-be-trivialised Gil Scott-Heron: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Scott-Heron Pegging: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegging_(sexual_practice) Chella Quint: https://chellaquint.wordpress.com/ Kyriarchy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyriarchy Chelsea Poe: http://chelseapoe.com/ Kasey Platt - A Safe Girl to Love: https://alumni.columbia.edu/node/984451 Gender dysphoria: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_dysphoria Transmisogyny: http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Transmisogyny