The Women’s House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison, by Hugh Ryan Not Gay: Sex Between Straight White Men, by Jane Ward “ Madison Cawthorn Thrusting His Naked Body on Another Man’s Face Doesn’t Tell Us Much About His ‘Gayness,’ ” by Bryan in Slate Two recent articles on phalloplasty: “ How Ben Got His Penis,” by Jamie Lauren Keiles in the New York Times, and “ My Penis Myself,” by Gabriel Mac in New York Then they discuss how prison shows up in pop culture-and whether they’re entirely comfortable with those fantasies. How has America’s prison-loving penal system shaped our history and present, and how does that experience get channeled-or not-into the culture we make and consume? The hosts are joined by Hugh Ryan, author of the new book The Women’s House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison, which uses one infamous mid-century institution in New York’s Greenwich Village to return the overlooked lives of incarcerated women and transmasculine folks to our collective story, and to make a stirring case for prison abolition as a queer issue. ![]() This month Bryan, Christina, and Jules explore the intersection of queer life and incarceration.
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