121! The Coming-Out Gauntlet and Thick Conversations

What are the dangers when coming out becomes outdated? And what is the role of nuance in an increasingly media-/sound-bite-oriented culture? [30:32]

This week, Aaron, Joey, and Jess talk about Colton Underwood, the business and real work of coming out, gauntlet types, Tressie McMillan Cottom, "tell me more," and nuance as poetry. They don’t talk about Lance Bass.

references

• Paula Deen's Butter Sleep
• Good Morning America: Former 'Bachelor' Colton Underwood speaks his truth and comes out as gay
• CNN: ‘GMA’ anchor Robin Roberts publicly acknowledges she’s gay
• Michael Sam, first openly gay player drafted by the NFL, retires for mental health reasons
• Variety: Lil Nas X’s Sexed-Up ‘Montero’ Video Has Changed Everything for Queer Music Artists
• New York Magazine's Vulture: The Story Behind Caitlyn Jenner’s Masterful Press Strategy
• Rolling Stone: Former Congressman Aaron Schock Comes Out as Gay, Surprising No One
• Ex-‘Bachelorette’ Rachel Lindsay tells the franchise to figure out its racial issues
• Babies eating lemons
• The Ezra Klein Show: Tressie McMillan Cottom on the Moral Panics of Our Moment
• Tressie McMillan Cottom's Thick: And Other Essays
• The Origin of the Word ‘Emoji’
• Backpfeifengesicht
• Open Culture: The (Urban) Legend of Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Story
• Paper: Why Is Laura Dern a Gay Icon?
• "The Puppy Episode" that changed Hollywood