FOF #2956 – Translocas: Puerto Rican Art Gender Warriors
With the high visibility of drag queens on TV and social media and (even this podcast) there’s an idea that drag is just another form of show business, but it’s so much more. For Puerto […]
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Marc Felion
FOF #2949 – Making Out with Strangers
While there are a lot of similarities between the AIDS crisis of the late 80s and today’s Covid pandemic, one thing that’s been hard for a lot of people is not being able to meet up for a little hanky panky, not even get a little kiss.
Well, pucker up lovers, cause that’s all about to change.
Today we’re taking a look at new health guidelines that are saying if you’ve had your covid shots, it’s probably ok to kiss and hook up with strangers.
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Fausto Fernós
Bonus: How do You Pronounce Latinx?
ow we think about gender identity and sexuality is evolving and some people are having a hard time keeping up with all the new language surrounding these new concepts.
Our friend, Professor Larry La Fountain travels all over the world talking about LGBT people and Latin American culture and one of the most common questions he gets asked is: what is Latinx and how do you translate the word “queer” into Spanish?
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Bonus: The Magical Life of Walter Mercado
TV psychic astrologer Walter Mercado, the flamboyant astrologer who captivated generations of people all around the world just passed away in Puerto Rico at the age of 87.
Today queer Latinx historian Larry La Fountain joins us to take a look at the magical life of Walter Mercado and why this bejeweled gender and sexually ambiguious superstar meant so much to so many people around the world.
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Marc Felion
FOF #2801 – The Magical Life of Walter Mercado
TV psychic astrologer Walter Mercado, the flamboyant astrologer who captivated generations of people all around the world just passed away in Puerto Rico at the age of 87.
Today queer Latinx historian Larry La Fountain joins us to take a look at the magical life of Walter Mercado and why this bejeweled gender and sexually ambiguious superstar meant so much to so many people around the world.
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Fausto Fernós
FOF #2571 – You Can’t Stop Despacito
Everyone knows the Grammys are a sham, so why are folks getting so upset that Despacito got overlooked?
Today the always fabulous Larry La Fountain, queer and Latinx studies professor at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor joins us to look at the crisis in Puerto Rico and this remarkable song’s power to change the world.
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Marc Felion
FOF #2493 – Marga Gomez’s Heart Belongs to Daddy
We love comedian Marga Gomez, who you may know from such film classics as Sphere where she and Queen Latifah go down deep, deep into the sea. Marga was born into showbiz- her father was an empresario who created variety shows in New York City for Latinx audiences that included such amazing acts as Tito Puente, Celia Cruz and transgender cabaret pioneer Christine Jorgensen.
Today, Marga Gomez joins us in the home studio to kiki about her new and perhaps last show, Latin Standards, her awkward run ins with Ellen DeGeneres and all the unusual films & TV shows she managed to get cast in including Sense 8 and Batman Forever.
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Marc Felion
FOF #2472 – Lola Von Miramar Gets Her Cucu Back
Of all the queens on Cooking with Drag Queens, nobody’s worked her appearance on the web series to get gigs talking about drag, food and culture like Lola Von Miramar, the creation of Dr. Larry La Fountain who teaches queer latinx studies at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
Today, Lola joins us to kiki about Pepsi’s disastrous Kendall Jenner advertisement, teaching a university course on the art of drag in America and all the té on the latinx hijas from RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9: Valentina, Cynthia Lee Fontaine and Jaymes Mansfield.
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Fausto Fernós
FOF #2409 – How do You Pronounce Latinx?
ow we think about gender identity and sexuality is evolving and some people are having a hard time keeping up with all the new language surrounding these new concepts.
Our friend, Professor Larry La Fountain travels all over the world talking about LGBT people and Latin American culture and one of the most common questions he gets asked is: what is Latinx and how do you translate the word “queer” into Spanish?
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Fausto Fernós
FOF #2408 – Boricua to the Max
Dr. Larry LaFontaine is best known to fans of Feast of Fun as the incredible Lola Von Miramar whose first time in drag was in our very first episode of Cooking with Drag Queens where we fried up tostones and smashed them with cha cha heels.
Today, Larry La Fountain joins us to talk about his new coloring book on Queer History and his sexy new short story, SJU-ATL-DTW, about sex, airports and life as gay Puerto Rican in Detroit.