Ep 12: The Watermelon Woman

This week, in solidarity with BLM, Catherine and Maddie take on The Watermelon Woman, Cheryl Dunye’s narrative documentary about writing your own history. Dunye lays out the life of a fictional, black, lesbian actress from the 1930s known to the world as, “The Watermelon Woman,” seeking your honor her memory through filmmaking. We talk about Quaker Oats’ decision to erase Aunt Jemima, the history of minstrel shows, and how powerful it can be to re-appropriate popular story telling techniques as someone othered by a normalised population. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/queerpressurepc/support