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Podcast: Slate Gender and Society
Episode: Working: A Much-Needed History of Queer Womenâs Spaces
Description: This week, host Ronald Young Jr. talks to June Thomas about her new book A Place of Our Own: Six Spaces That Shaped Queer Womenâs Culture. In the interview, June explains what it was like to bring journalistic rigor to a world thatâs close to her heart. She also discusses her pivot to full-time book writing, the importance of passing history to future generations, and her use of the phrase âqueer womenâ to describe a group that goes well beyond that label. After the interview, Ronald and co-host Isaac Butler talk about culture a...