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Content THE BLACK CATALYST SHOW by Jameela Hammond A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ANNENBERG SCHOOL FOR COMMUNICATION AND JOURNALISM UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF ARTS SPECIALIZED JOURNALISM May 2022 Copyright 2022 Jameela Hammond TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract ..…………………………………….………… iii Introduction ……………………………………….…… 1 References .………………………………………..….… 9 Appendices …………………….………………..…..…. 12 Appendix A: One Page Sheet …………….….… 12 Appendix B: Season 1 Episode 1 Transcript ….…13 ii ABSTRACT The Black Catalyst Show is a video/audio podcast hosted by Jameela Hammond in the framework of a radio/video magazine show that focuses on inspiring Black Queer stories. The audio and video live independently. The show has LGBTQ+ news stories, a Vox pop, audio/video narrative feature storytelling, and an in-studio interview. Storytelling and in-studio interviews will focus on Black Queer people pioneering and paving the way – their own way. Season 1 Episode 1: Episode Name: CHICAGO’S DARLINGS The episode’s commonality is Chicago, from the news headlines to the narrative feature that takes a closer look at what makes Nobody’s Darling a unique experience as the second Black Queer, woman- owned bar in the United States including an interview with Black lesbian pioneers and Chicago LGBT Hall of Famers, Pat McCombs and Vera Washington, who are critical to lesbian bar history in Chicago and fought racist carding in the 1970s. They also created Executive Sweet which began as a Lesbian-only “traveling club” (bar takeover/pop-up bar event). Click link for: Video Audio iii INTRODUCTION The Black Catalyst Show aims to highlight Black Queer pioneers. As the first person to come out in my blended family, I grew up admiring Black Queer folx who made history. Black Queer folx have been the changemakers, but their stories don’t always receive front-page coverage. George Floyd’s death united people to stand for racial justice and LGBTQ rights throughout the world. Chanting — Black Lives Matter led to the rallying cry that— All Black Lives Matter. It was important for the Black community to reconcile – at long last – the way it has ignored the three layers of marginalization that its Queer folx experience because anti-Black racism couldn’t be dismantled without also dismantling homophobia, transphobia, etc. Black LGBTQ leaders have been at the forefront of change, including Alicia Garza and DeRay Mckesson. The Gay Liberation Day march that turned into the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York was spearheaded by Marsha P . Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, Queer people of color and trans activists. Bayard Rustin, was a Black gay civil rights activist and mastermind of the Civil Rights Movement's major 1 campaigns, such as the March on Washington. Rustin was also an advisor to Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1950s and ‘60s. As the documentary The Same Difference shows, BIPOC LGBTQ+ in relation to White LGBTQ+ are very different in representation and their cultural differences. Now, the first Black (Queer) woman to win an Emmy for comedy writing, Lena Waithe, has been instrumental in pushing Hollywood for more Black Queer representation. Currently, video podcasts have become a contemporary form of receiving radio shows and podcasts. Video podcasting has become a trend that reaches more audiences. For some listeners, it is no longer enough to have a driveway experience, consumers want to be a “fly on the wall,” in the moment. Podcasts allow for closer intimacy with listeners, and if these committed consumers feel the energy exchange, it becomes performative almost like a concert – consumers have a reason to return because they can see what they hear in an organic experience. Syndicated radio shows such as iHeart Radio’s The Breakfast Club have provided video content of show episodes on their YouTube channel for several years and there continues to be a demand for a visual compliment. 2 Creating The Black Catalyst Show with a visual component was important to experience the same richness achieved in the intimacy of podcasting and audio storytelling. The tone of the show is rooted in the host's personality and evolved version of her personal podcast, JAMPACKED - fun, personable, informative, and honest. Show Rundown: The show begins with an introduction and some of the news headlines impacting the LGBTQ+ community in a segment coined after the host’s name, Jammin News. After news headlines, the host transitions to a narrative feature which is followed by a Vox pop, then an interview. Each episode will have a common theme, but the focus will always be to spotlight Black Queer stories that inspire people to live boldly in their Black Queerness and to activate their inner Black Catalyst. Show Structure: ○ Host Intro (in studio) - LGBTQ/Black Queer -- brief news stories - VO & SOT 3 ○ Audio Storytelling - the video is “60 min. Style” in sync with the audio version) - 7-10 minutes ○ Vox Pop - 1 minute ○ In-person Interview - 10 min. Season 1 Episode 1: Episode Name: CHICAGO’S DARLINGS The episode’s commonality is Chicago, from the news headlines to the narrative feature that takes a closer look at what makes Nobody’s Darling a unique experience as the second Black Queer, woman- owned bar in the United States including an interview with Black lesbian pioneers and Chicago LGBT Hall of Famers, Pat McCombs and Vera Washington, who are critical to lesbian bar history in Chicago and fought racist carding in the 1970s. They also created Executive Sweet which began as a Lesbian-only “traveling club” (bar takeover/pop-up bar event). Host/Audio Editor: Jameela Hammond Videographer/Video Editor: Brooke Coleman 4 Video: https://youtu.be/WxSID0vezlA Audio: https://pdcn.co/e/www.buzzsprout.com/128516/10275490-the- black-catalyst-show-chicago-s-darlings-s1-ep1.mp3?download=true Reporting on Black Queer Stories: My entire focus in the Specialized Journalism program has been on highlighting LGBTQ+ communities, plural. Each community has evolved, but supports each other as one community - a family dynamic. In my quest to be the vessel for Queer stories, I stumbled across a documentary called The Lesbian Bar Project that began as a short public service announcement video in Jagermeister’s Save the Night Campaign. Due to the pandemic forcing nightlife industries such as festivals, music venues, and bars to close their doors, this was Jagermeister’s response to help bartenders and creatives supplement their income since they were no longer able to make a living. The Lesbian Bar Project is a twenty minute documentary film through the lens of the bar owners, community activists, and patrons 5 — their struggles during the pandemic, their hopes for the future, and why they must work to save these sacred spaces. According to The Lesbian Bar Project, in 1980 there were 200 lesbian bars in the United States. Now only 21 lesbian bars remain. Many different factors were attributed to the downfall of lesbian bars, including gentrification and rent increases, inclusivity and online dating apps. Other key factors: LGBTQ+ discrimination, Black business ownership, wage discrimination: cis white men wages versus white women wages versus Black women wages, and LGBTQIA+ evolving language. I noticed that when I watched the documentary there was only one Black lesbian-owned bar. I quickly searched the internet to understand how it impacted creating space for Black Queer women. During my deeper research, I realized there was a second bar in the United States that had opened during the pandemic that was owned by Black Queer women, Nobody’s Darling bar and it had created an inclusive space, welcoming to everyone. I pre-interviewed the owners and I felt a deeper connection to create a platform that spotlights these pioneers, what I call, Black Catalysts. Specifically with The Black 6 Catalyst Show, I found my passion in telling Black Queer stories as being changemakers continued to repeat itself in not only LGBTQ+ history, but American history. Reflection: I’m appreciative of the experience of creating a show that allows people to see someone that allows people to see someone that looks like them doing incredible things around the world. I’m passionate about continuing with The Black Catalyst Show because they’re actual first-hand stories of Black Queerness in narrative form and in-person interviews. I’ve found a depth in storytelling that is difficult to present in a Question & Answer conversational interview structure. By traveling to Chicago to get a better understanding of Nobody’s Darling, I was able to experience an LGBTQ+ space outside of the jaded walls of Los Angeles or an international Queer space. The Nobody’s Darling community welcomed me as if they had been waiting for years. I had the Queer Cheers experience – by the second day, I had developed a great rapport with patrons/regulars turned friends and the bar staff. I shared the story as I experienced it within the framework of a narrative feature. I hope that this show 7 inspires and motivates everyone that listens and that they get a deeper understanding of the LGBTQ+ communities, plural, and as an evolving family. 8 REFERENCES Adamson, Thomas. “French dictionary includes gender-neutral pronoun, sparking linguistic debate.” USA Today. 2021 https:// www.usatoday.com/story/life/2021/11/18/french-dictionary-adds-gender-neutral- pronoun-causes-controversy/8671553002/. Andreeva, Nellie. “Lena Waithe Inks Overall Deal With Warner Bros. TV Group, Sets ‘Hoop Dreams’ - Inspired Drama Series As First Project For Her Hillman Grad.” Deadline. 2021. https:// deadline.com/2021/11/lena-waithe-overall-deal-warner-bros-tv- group-sets-hoop-dreams-inspired-drama-series-first-project-hillman- grad-1234873377/. Baim, Tracy. Chicago LGBTQ+ Historian. Interview. 2022. Barnes, Angela. Nobody’s Darling. Interview. 2022. Contact: barnes@nobodysdarling.com. nobodysdarlingbar.com Bollinger, Alex. “Brian Michael Smith is the first trans man to be named one of People’s Sexiest Men Alive.” LGBTQ Nation. 2021. https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/11/brian-michael-smith-first-trans-man- named-one-peoples-sexiest-men-alive/. Browning, Bill. “Google launches online LGBTQ glossary but forgets to include “bisexual.” 2021. https://www.lgbtqnation.com/ 2021/11/google-launches-online-lgbtq-glossary-forgets-include- bisexual/. Dogwoof. “Hoop Dreams Trailer.” Dogwoof. YouTube. https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf9Nq2ju0t0. 9 Fitzsimons, Tim. “What does it mean to be Black and queer in America today?”. NBC News/NBC Out. 2020. https:// www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/what-does-it-mean-be-black- queer-america-today-n1231500. Girton, Moe. Gossip Grill. Interview. 2022. Contact: moe@gossipgrill.com Gonzaba, Dr. Eric. LGBTQ+ Historian. Interview. 2022. Hallonquist, Sarah. Dyke Bar Takeover. Interview. 2022. Contact: sarah.Hallonquist@gmail.com Hawkins, Karen.The Chicago Reader. Interview. 2022. Ke’da. Nobody’s Darling regular. Interview. 2022. Morin, Alyssa. “Lena Waithe Discusses the Importance of Black Queer Representation in Entertainment.” E News. 2020. https:// www.eonline.com/news/1161025/lena-waithe-discusses-the- importance-of-black-queer-representation-in-entertainment. Newman, MC. Nobody’s Darling regular. Interview. 2022. Oliver, David. “Lena Waithe talks Black LGBTQ representation, USA Today.” 2020. https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/ celebrities/2020/11/12/lena-waithe-discusses-black-lgbtq- representation-kamala-harris/6263998002/. Onuorah, Nneka, “The Same Difference.” Nneka Onuorah Documentary Film. 2015. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4269950/ 10 Queer Field Day. Interview. 2022. Contact: queerfielddayla@gmail.com. https://linktr.ee/queerfieldday 11 ONE PAGE SHEET 12 THE BLACK CATALYST SHOW SEASON 1, EPISODE 1 TRANSCRIPT 13 VIDEO AUDIO <<INTRO W/ SHOW LOGO AS GRAPHIC / FADE IN TITLE PAGE>> IN-STUDIO WIDE SHOT TO CLOSE UP GRAPHICS: <<BLM MOVEMENT>> << ALICIA GARZA>> <<DERAY MCKESSON>> << MUSIC OR SFX – TRANSITION>> <<JAMEELA CHILDHOOD PIC AS A TOMBOY>> <<BLACK LIVES MATTER>> <<ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER>> << MUSIC OR SFX – TRANSITION>> <<ALICIA GARZA>> <<DERAY MCKESSON>> << GAY LIBERATION>> <<MARSHA P. JOHNSON>> <<SYLVIA RIVERA>> <<STONEWALL RIOTS>> <<BAYARD RUSTIN>> <<MARCH ON WASHINGTON>> << MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.>> <<THE SAME DIFFERENCE>> <<LENA WAITHE>> <<BLACK QUEER REPRESENTATION>> (ANCHOR INTRO) WELCOME TO THE BLACK CATALYST SHOW… …WHERE WE SPOTLIGHT BLACK QUEER FOLX INSPIRING CHANGE IN THEIR OWN WAY. MY GOAL EACH EPISODE IS TO INSPIRE YOU WITH BLACK QUEER GOODNESS THAT WILL SILENT EVERY DOUBT AND IMPOSTER SYNDROME YOU’VE EVER EXPERIENCED. I TRULY BELIEVE IN - BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE…BUT, HOW DO YOU SEE IT IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHERE TO FIND IT? ..IT’S OVERDUE AND THIS IS THE BLACK CATALYST SHOW. I’M YOUR HOST JAMEELA HAMMOND…GROWING UP HAITIAN-AMERICAN, I DEEPLY SURPRESSED MY LONG- AWAITED QUEERNESS FOR A LONG TIME. I KNEW FOR SURE BY HIGH SCHOOL, BUT IT WASN’T UNTIL WELL AFTER COLLEGE THAT I FELT COMFORTABLE IN MY OWN SKIN AND BOLD BLACK QUEER REPRESENTATION WAS HARD TO FIND. …We only have one life to live and George Floyd’s death united people to stand for racial justice and LGBTQ+ rights. We saw protests throughout the world — Black Lives Matter — All Black Lives Matter. Black LGBTQ leaders have been at the forefront of change, in the contemporary Black Lives Matter movement,– the Catalysts that inspire, include Alicia Garza and DeRay Mckesson. It’s building on historic movements like Gay Liberation. Queer people of color and trans activists Marsha P . Johnson and Sylvia Rivera 1969 that turned into the Stonewall riots. Gay and women’s liberations movement started alongside civil right campaigns where Bayard Rustin, a Black gay civil rights activist and mastermind of events like March on Washington. Rustin was also an advisor to Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1950s and ‘60s. BIPOC LGBTQ+ vs. White LGBTQ+ are very different in representation and experiences, as represented in the documentary The Same Difference. The battle for more Black Queer representation went as far as the Emmys… As the first Black woman to win an Emmy for comedy writing, Lena Waithe has been instrumental in pushing Hollywood for more Black Queer representation. These are just some of the Black changemakers leading the way in their inspiring journey as a Black Catalyst. 14 …EACH EPISODE, I WANT TO CONNECT YOU WITH BLACK QUEER FOLX LIVING BOLDLY IN THEIR TRUTH AS THEY INSPIRE US… TODAY, WE’RE TAKING IT TO CHICAGO… WE GET TO KNOW BLACK QUEER-OWNED BAR, NOBODY’S DARLING AND THE O.G.’S OF BLACK QUEER POP-UP EVENTS AND BARS FROM THE 1970’S (WHO ARE ALSO IN THE CHICAGO LGBT HALL OF FAME), PAT MCCOMBS AND VERA WASHINGTON. …BUT FIRST, THESE NEWS HEADLINES… <<TRANSITION-SFX>> (ANCHOR INTRO) <<JAMMIN NEWS SONG - SFX>> IT’S TIME FOR JAMMIN NEWS WHERE WE SPOTLIGHT WHAT IS GOING ON WITHIN OUR VERY LARGE FAMILY . <<TRANSITION-SFX>> (CU) THE CRISIS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE HAS ALSO EXPOSED THEIR TREATMENT OF MARGINALIZED REFUGEES. (VO) ACCORDING TO THEM, BLACK UKRAINIANS HAVE FACED RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA AT THE BORDERS FROM UKRAINIAN BORDER PATROL WHO ARE PUSHING “UKRAINIAN FIRST” POLICIES. ON THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM, LGBTQ+ UKRAINIANS ARE IN FEAR OF RUSSIA’S HOMOPHOBIA INCLUDING ITS BAN ON GAY MARRIAGE AND ANTI-LGBTQ+ LAW . <<TRANSITION-SFX>> SEGMENT: LGBTQ+ NEWS CLOSE UP - DIFFERENT ANGLE IN-STUDIO <<JAMMIN NEWS SFX>> STORY SLUG: LGBTQ+ BLACK UKRAINE CLOSE UP IN-STUDIO <<GRAPHIC>> <<End vo for in-studio CU>> <<TRANSITION-SFX>> 15 STORY SLUG: TRANS CLUBHOUSE SXSW CLOSE UP IN-STUDIO <<GRAPHIC>> <<End vo for in-studio CU>> <<TRANSITION-SFX>> STORY SLUG: PEOPLE’S SEXIEST MAN CLOSE UP (SOT) https://youtu.be/g_ZBCloHloY IN 00:01:54 OUT 00:02:12 (00:00:20) <<CU - STUDIO>> <<TRANSITION-SFX>> (CU) CLUBHOUSE CONFRONTS EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH TEXAS INCLUDING ITS MOST PROGRESSIVE EVENT – SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST (SXSW). (VO) CLUBHOUSE ANNOUNCED THEY WON’T BE AT SXSW BECAUSE OF THE STATE’S ATTEMPT TO LIMIT GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE FOR TRANS YOUTHS. IN LIEU OF THEIR PARTICIPATING IN-PERSON, THEY’LL HOLD ITS PANEL “THE POWER OF VOICE” ON ITS PLATFORM. CLUBHOUSE WILL ALSO DONATE THE TRAVEL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONFERENCE INSTEAD TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS WHILE HOLDING A SERIES OF CLUBHOUSE ROOMS – THAT ARE DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING TRANS SPEAKERS AND CREATORS. <<TRANSITION-SFX>> (CU) BRIAN MICHAEL SMITH IS THE FIRST TRANS MAN TO BE NAMED ONE OF PEOPLE MAGAZINE’S SEXIEST MEN ALIVE! (VO) SMITH STARS AS A FIREFIGHTER ALONGSIDE ROB LOWE IN 9-1-1: LONE STAR ON FOX. HE SHARES THE IMPORTANCE OF BLACK TRANS REPRESENTATION AS A HERO ON NETWORK TELEVISION. (SOT) “I’VE NEVER SEEN A TRANS HERO…” ….”AS OPPOSED TO SOMETHING TO OVERCOME” <<CU>> <<TRANSITION-SFX>> 16 STORY SLUG: DEMISEXUAL CLOSE UP <<GRAPHIC>> <<End vo for in-studio CU>> <<TRANSITION-SFX>> STORY SLUG: WAITHE WARNER BROS DEAL CLOSE UP IN-STUDIO (SOT) HOOP DREAMS DOCUMENTARY TRAILER https://youtu.be/uf9Nq2ju0t0 IN 00:00:23 OUT 00:01:07 (00:00:42) CLOSE UP IN-STUDIO (VO) GOOGLE LAUNCHED AN ONLINE GLOSSARY, BUT FORGOT TO INCLUDE BISEXUAL. ACCORDING TO LGBTQ NATION, GOOGLE MADE SURE TO INCLUDE DEMISEXUAL AND ANTI-LGBTQ SLURS, BUT LEFT OUT BISEXUALS AND PANSEXUALS. FUN FACT: APPARENTLY ON GOOGLE I WOULD BE BLAQUEER - WHAT GOOGLE LISTED FOR BLACK QUEER PEOPLE. <<TRANSITION-SFX>> (CU) LENA WAITHE SIGNED A MULTI-YEAR DEAL WITH WARNER BROS. TELEVISION GROUP THAT WILL INCLUDE HER PRODUCTION COMPANY, HILLMAN GRAD PRODUCTIONS AND HER BUSINESS PARTNER, RISHI RAJANI. (VO) THEY’LL BE PRODUCING NEW TELEVISION PROGRAMMING FOR ALL PLATFORMS, INCLUDING WARNERMEDIA’S HBO MAX, EXTERNAL STREAMING SERVICES, CABLE, AND FIVE BROADCAST NETWORKS. THEIR FIRST PROJECT WILL BE A SCRIPTED DRAMA INSPIRED BY THE 1994 LANDMARK DOCUMENTARY HOOP DREAMS…HERE’S A BIT OF THAT DOCUMENTARY TRAILER. (SOT) “IT BEGINS WITH A GAME”... …. “ALL I DREAMED ABOUT WAS PLAYING IN THE NBA” (VO) CHICAGO-BORN WAITHE, AS WE KNOW IS NO STRANGER TO SHARING STORIES FROM HER HOMETOWN. AS THE CREATOR OF SHOWTIME’S DRAMA SERIES THE CHI. BUT HOOP DREAMS WAS EXTRA SPECIAL FOR HER GROWING UP . HERE’S WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT WATCHING THE DOCUMENTARY AS A YOUNG PERSON TOLD DEADLINE: 17 PHOTO OF LENA WAITHE [QUOTE] <<CU IN STUDIO>> <<TRANSITION-SFX>> SEGMENT: IN-STUDIO INTERVIEW CLOSE UP IN-STUDIO INTERVIEW ZOOM INTERVIEW END OF INTERVIEW IN-STUDIO SEGMENT: VOX POP - CHICAGO CLOSE UP IN-STUDIO << VOX POP - CHICAGO PKG >> “I WAS SEEING TWO YOUNG BLACK PEOPLE WITH DREAMS BIGGER THAN THEIR BACKYARD AND WATCHING THEIR JOURNEYS AS THEY ALSO STRUGGLED AND TRIED TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY FIT IN THEIR FAMILIES. I ALWAYS KNEW I WANTED TO BRING THAT STORY BACK BECAUSE HOOP DREAMS, TO ME, IS SO REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE A DREAM, TO BE FROM A CITY THAT YOU REALLY BELIEVE IN, AND YOU’RE REALLY PROUD TO BE FROM.” <<TRANSITION-SFX>> (ANCHOR INTRO) YOU’VE HEARD ABOUT THE HISTORICAL CHANGEMAKERS FROM MARSHA P . JOHNSON TO ANGELA DAVIS, BUT YOU HAVEN’T HEARD ABOUT OUR VERY SPECIAL GUESTS WHO HAPPEN TO BE IN THE CHICAGO LGBT HALL OF FAME… …IN THE EARLY 1970S, THEY CREATED A SOCIAL ALTERNATIVE TO BARS, CREATING THE AQUARIUS AIR CONNECTION, A HOME PARTY THAT EVOLVED INTO PRODUCING LARGE PARTIES ON THE SOUTH SIDE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. IN 1982, THEY CREATED EXECUTIVE SWEET WHICH BEGAN AS A LESBIAN-ONLY “TRAVELING CLUB” (WHAT WE KNOW TODAY AS A BAR TAKEOVER OR POP-UP BAR). THEY ARE CRITICAL TO LESBIAN BAR HISTORY IN CHICAGO AND FOUGHT RACIST CARDING IN THE 70S.. FOLX, I BRING TO Y’ALL PAT MCCOMBS AND VERA WASHINGTON… (VO) THANK YOU SO MUCH PAT MCCOMBS AND VERA WASHINGTON FOR JOINING US TODAY . SO WHILE I WAS OUT IN THE BLISTERING COLD OF CHICAGO, I COULDN’T HELP , BUT GET A PULSE FOR WHAT IS ON THE MINDS OF CHICAGO FOLX. 18 SEGMENT: NARRATIVE FEATURE - NOBODY’S DARLING CLOSE UP IN-STUDIO << NOBODY’S DARLING PKG >> << FADE IN>> (CU) SEGMENT: OUTRO CLOSE UP IN-STUDIO (ANCHOR INTRO) …FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO, WE MOVE TO ANDERSONVILLE – NOBODY’S DARLING BAR TO BE EXACT… THE PANDEMIC ADDED TO THE ALREADY DECLINING NUMBER OF LESBIAN BARS. IN 1980 THERE WERE 200 LESBIAN BARS IN THE UNITED STATES, NOW THERE ARE ABOUT 21. THE LAST LESBIAN BAR IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, THE OXWOOD INN, CLOSED ITS DOORS IN 2017. …OF THE LESBIAN BARS LEFT, THERE ARE ONLY 2 THAT ARE BLACK- OWNED — HERZ IN MOBILE, ALABAMA...THE OTHER IS IN CHICAGO. NOBODY’S DARLING, TAKES ITS INSPIRATION FROM THE ALICE WALKER POEM, “BE NOBODY’S DARLING” TO HEART…BUT IT’S BETTER KNOWN AS THE QUEER CHEERS – HAs CREATED AN INCLUSIVE SAFE SPACE FOR ALL. I WENT TO CHICAGO TO SPEAK WITH THE BAR OWNERS, RENAUDA [REN-na-Da] RIDDLE AND ANGELA BARNES. I WANTED TO DISCOVER WHAT MAKES NOBODY’S DARLING A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE. << FADE IN>> (CU) THANK YOU TO THE FOLX OF CHICAGO ESPECIALLY THE OWNERS OF NOBODY’S DARLING, RENAUDA [REN-na-Da] RIDDLE AND ANGELA BARNES. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A QUICK THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT I INTERVIEWED IN RELATION TO QUEER SPACE ESPECIALLY TRACY BAIM AND KAREN HAWKINS. …YOU CAN FOLLOW NOBODY’S DARLING ON INSTAGRAM @nobodysdarlingbar I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE SHOW AS MUCH AS I HAD A BLAST DIVING DEEP IN IT. GOING TO CHICAGO WAS AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE THAT I WILL TREASURE FOR A LIFETIME …AND I HAVE TO SAY – I GOT THE QUEER CHEERS EXPERIENCE! …WE’RE ALL THAT WE’VE GOT AND WE’VE GOT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER. SO WITH THAT I’D LIKE TO GIVE A MASSIVE THANK YOU TO MY FAMILY, FRIENDS, SUPPORTERS, AND MY DREAM TEAM OF ADVISORS (AKA MY COMMITTEE) WILLA SEIDENBERG DR. ALLISA RICHARDSON REBECCA HAGGERTY AND OF COURSE TO MY ACE BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THE CAMERA - BROOKE COLEMAN! …FOR MORE INSPIRING BLACK QUEER STORIES, FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM @THEBLACKCATALYST…AND WE’LL SEE YOU ON THE NEXT BLACK CATALYST SHOW .

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Creator Hammond, Jameela Irene (author)

Core Title The Black catalyst show

School Annenberg School for Communication

Degree Master of Arts

Degree Program Specialized Journalism

Degree Conferral Date 2022-05

Publication Date 04/28/2022

Defense Date 04/28/2022

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