Remnants of Resistance

University Library, CSUN
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Episodes in this limited podcast series delve into the unique and hidden stories in queer history contained within the Vern and Bonnie Bullough Collection on Sex and Gender at California State University Northridge and beyond. Hosted by an interdisciplinary group of scholars, episodes will look at queer themes in early 20th century horror magazines, what happened when 40 queer activists were arrested at an underground slave trade in 1976, the founding of an independent Catholic church that ordained openly-queer priests, the twisted treatment of non-binary individuals in research, and more.

  1. 04/04/2025

    Love and (R)evolution

    Join Heidi Schumacher and Ellen Jarosz as they interview artist and activist Lydia Emily, exploring the relationship between art and politics alongside intersectional identities and resistance, the focus of much of her work.   See more information about Lydia Emily, see this episode’s website or Lydia Emily’s website.   Read a transcript of this episode.  Thanks to Kayla Wilkins for production assistance, and to SmallPox for our theme music!  Edited by Ellen Jarosz  Learn more:   CSUN Queer Studies Program  CSUN University Library  Circa Queer Histories Festival

    58 min

  2. 03/28/2025

    Scientific Data is Not Going to Make the Case for Equality

    Join Heidi Schumacher and Ellen Jarosz as they interview Dr. Jeremy Yoder about his 2019 Slate column “A New Age of Gay Genomics Is Here. Are We Ready for the Consequences?” and his follow-up blog post from 2024, “What do we know about the genetics of “born this way?” — and how does it help us to know it?”  To see more information about Jeremy, visit this episode's ⁠website⁠.        Read a transcript of this episode.     Thanks to Kayla Wilkins for production assistance, and to SmallPox for our theme music!     Edited by Ellen Jarosz     Learn more:     CSUN Queer Studies Program  CSUN University Library  Circa Queer Histories Festival  More Reading:  Andrea Ganna, et al. “Large-Scale GWAS Reveals Insights into the Genetic Architecture of Same-Sex Sexual Behavior,” Science 365, Iss. 6456 (30 August 2019). DOI: 10.1126/science.aat7693. Freely available to the public at the project’s website: https://geneticsexbehavior.info/.Joanna Wuest. Born This Way: Science, Citizenship, and Inequality in the American LGBTQ+ Movement. Chicago: University of Chicago Pres, 2023. Find it in your local library | Buy a copyLulu Miller. Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2021. Find it in your local library | Buy a copy

    33 min

  3. 03/21/2025

    Paying More Attention to Bisexuality

    Join Heidi Schumacher and Ellen Jarosz as they interview Dr. Adrian Valadez about her recent article “Bisexuals’ Implicit Associations about Bisexuality: Measurement Design and Development.”  To see more information about Adrian, visit this episode's ⁠website⁠.        Read a transcript of this episode.     Thanks to Kayla Wilkins for production assistance, and to SmallPox for our theme music!     Edited by Ellen Jarosz  Learn more:     CSUN Queer Studies Program CSUN University LibraryCirca Queer Histories Festival More Reading:  Robyn Ochs and Sarah E. Rowley, eds. Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World. Boston, MA: Bisexual Resource Center, 2009. Find it in your local library | Buy a copy Robyn Ochs and H. Sharif Williams, eds. Rec-og-nize: the Voices of Bisexual Men: an Anthology. Boston, MA: Bisexual Resource Center, 2014. Find it in your local library | Buy a copy Western Psychological Association, 2025 Convention Information Association for Psychological Science, 2025 APS Annual Convention Information American Psychological Association, APA 2025 Conference Information Other Recommendations:   Victoria MonetKehlaniadrienne maree brown. Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds. Chico, CA: AK Press, 2017. Find it in your local library | Buy a copyadrienne maree brown and Janine De Novais. Loving Corrections. Chico, CA: AK Press, 2024. Find it in your local library | Buy a copy

    33 min

  4. 03/14/2025

    Care Means Being Present

    Join Heidi Schumacher and Ellen Jarosz as they interview Dr. David Leitch about his recent article “Toward a Culture of Care and Consent.”     To see more information about Dave, visit this episode's ⁠website⁠.       Read a transcript of this episode.    Thanks to Kayla Wilkins for production assistance, and to SmallPox for our theme music!    Edited by Ellen Jarosz    Learn more:    CSUN Queer Studies Program   CSUN University Library  Circa Queer Histories Festival  More Reading:   Elizabeth Brake. Minimizing Marriage: Marriage, Morality, and the Law. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. Find it in your local library | Buy a copy Joseph J. Fischel. Screw Consent: A Better Politics of Sexual Justice. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2019. Find it in your local library | Buy a copy Catharine A. MacKinnon. Women’s Lives, Men’s Laws. Cambridge, MA: Belknap, 2007. Find it in your local library | Buy a copy Ronald C. Den Otter. In Defense of Plural Marriage. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Find it in your local library | Buy a copy Carole Pateman. The Sexual Contract. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2018. Find it at your local library | Buy a copy Amia Srinivasan. The Right to Sex. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021. Find it in your local library | Buy a copy Jonathan Turley. “An Unholy Union: Same Sex Marriage and the Use of Governmental Programs to Penalize Religious Groups with Unpopular Practices,” in Douglas Laycock, et al, eds. Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty: Emerging Conflicts. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2008. Find it in your local library | Buy a copy Williams, D.J., et al. “From ‘SSC’ and ‘RACK’ to the ‘4Cs’: Introducing a New Framework for Negotiating BDSM Participation.” Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality 17 (2014). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271854517_From_SSC_and_RACK_to_the_4Cs_Introducing_a_New_Framework_for_Negotiating_BDSM_Participation

    1h 14m

  5. 03/07/2025

    Research is a Space for Reconnecting

    Join Heidi Schumacher and Ellen Jarosz as they interview Dr. Luis Esparza about his recent article published in Border-Lines, “Desde La Preferia de La Milpa: Testimonios de Joteria Rural de Los Ranchos y Pueblos del Sur de Mexico.”  To learn more information about Luis, visit this episode's ⁠website⁠.   Read a transcript of this episode.  Thanks to Kayla Wilkins for production assistance, and to SmallPox for our theme music!  Edited by Ellen Jarosz. Learn more:   CSUN Queer Studies Program  CSUN University Library Circa Queer Histories Festival More Reading: Guillermo Núñez Noriega, Just Between Us: An Ethnography of Male Identity and Intimacy in Rural Communities of Northern Mexico. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 2014. Find it at your local library | Buy a copy Works by Xamuel Bañales Find them at your local library Works by Anita Tijerina-Revilla Find them at your local library | Buy copiesRichard S. Trexler, Sex and Conquest: Gendered Violence, Political Order, and the European Conquest of the Americas. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1997. Find it at your local library | Buy a copyMichael Roy Hames-Garcia, Gay Latino Studies: A Critical Reader. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2011. Find it at your local library | Buy a copyWorks by Peter Herman Sigal Find them at your local libraryFederico Garza Carvajal. Butterflies Will Burn: Prosecuting Sodomites in Early Modern Spain and Mexico. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2021. Find it at your local library | Buy a copyRecommended Films, Series, and more:  Dance of the 41 (Netflix) The Secret of the River (Netflix)

    48 min

  6. 02/28/2025

    Manuscript in a Filing Cabinet in London

    Join Heidi Schumacher and Ellen Jarosz as they interview Dr. Jacob Lau about his co-authored introductory essay for Out of the Ordinary, titled “In His Own Way, In His Own Time.”   To see more information about Jacob, visit this episode's website. Read a transcript of this episode. Thanks to Kayla Wilkins for production assistance, and to SmallPox for our theme music!    Edited by Ellen Jarosz   Learn more:   CSUN Queer Studies Program CSUN University Library Circa Queer Histories FestivalMore Reading:   Michael Dillon/Lobzang Jivaka. Out of the Ordinary: A Life of Gender and Spiritual Transitions. Jacob Lau and Cameron Partridge, Eds. New York: Fordham University Press, 2017. Find it in your local library | Buy a copy “One From the Vaults,” in Tourmaline, et al. Trap Door: Trans Cultural Production and the Politics of Visibility. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2017. Find it in your local library | Buy a copy.  Cameron Awkward-Rich. The Terrible We: Thinking with Trans Maladjustment. Durnam, NC: Duke University Press, 2022.  Find it in your local library | Buy a copy  José Ignacio Cabezón. “Epilogue.” Sexuality in Classical South Asian Buddhism. Sommerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2017. Find it in your local library | Buy a copy Other Recommendations Valentine’s Day Special, One From the Vaults (Apple Podcasts)  Disclosure (Netflix)  Framing Agnes (Prime)  No Ordinary Man (Prime)  Heather María Ács  Kit Yan

    46 min

  7. Season 2, Episode 1 Trailer

    Season 2 Trailer

    Welcome to season 2 of Remnants of Resistance! In this trailer, we'll introduce ourselves and give a brief preview of what's to come this season. Read a transcript of this episode. Thanks to our production assistant Kayla Wilkins, and to SmallPox for our theme music! Edited by Ellen Jarosz. Learn more: CSUN Queer Studies ProgramCSUN University LibraryVern and Bonnie Bullough Collection on Sex and GenderCIRCA Queer Histories Festival

    1 min

  8. 12/01/2023

    Queer Studies Scholars Mine the Archives

    Join the Queer Studies faculty and students who researched and hosted each episode of this limited podcast series for a discussion about their experiences using archives for the project, and Q&A with our live audience.   Read a transcript of this episode.  Huge thanks to all our episode hosts!   Thanks also to Kate Ridgewell for production assistance, and to SmallPox for our theme music!   Edited by Ellen Jarosz.  Learn more:

    52 min
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Episodes in this limited podcast series delve into the unique and hidden stories in queer history contained within the Vern and Bonnie Bullough Collection on Sex and Gender at California State University Northridge and beyond. Hosted by an interdisciplinary group of scholars, episodes will look at queer themes in early 20th century horror magazines, what happened when 40 queer activists were arrested at an underground slave trade in 1976, the founding of an independent Catholic church that ordained openly-queer priests, the twisted treatment of non-binary individuals in research, and more.

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  • Creator
    University Library, CSUN
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    17
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © University Library, CSUN
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    Remnants of Resistance