Interview with Imara Jones

Imara Jones reflects on the challenges and rewards of producing independent media for diverse millennial audiences, including her talk show The Last Sip and her docuseries Translash. She addresses the high level of visibility for trans people that marks our current moment, pointing out the limits of this visibility, including tokenization and the pressure to monetize trans identity. Reflecting on early experiences in New York in clubs, on the piers, and at balls, Imara charts how social spaces and networks lay a groundwork for political mobilization.

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Identifier: v118rd835
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
Creator(s): Jones, Imara
Contributor(s): Coan, Jaime Shearn
Publisher: New York Public Library
Date Created: Apr. 25, 2019
Genre: Oral Histories
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Subject(s): Audre Lorde
Black Trans Future
Color Lines
David French
Donald Trump
Free Speech Television
Governor's House
Happy Birthday, Marsha
Marsha Clark
Marsha P. Johnson
Morehouse College
New York Women's Studies Association Conference
Pose
Saidiya Hartman
The Anti-Violence Project (AVP)
The Last Sip
The New York Women's Foundation
Tourmaline
Tovia Smith
Trans Slash
Places: New York
Georgia > Fulton County > Atlanta
England > Greater London > London
New York > Kings County > Brooklyn
Washington, D.C. > Washington County > Washington
New York > New York County > Columbia University
Connecticut > Fairfield > Town of Danbury > Danbury
Topic(s): Activists
Ageism
Black people
Capitalism
Childhood
Future
Gender identity
Gentrification
Journalists
LGBTQ+ sex workers
Marxism
Mass media
Politics
Representation
Transgender community
Transgender movement
Transgender people
Transitioning (Gender)
Resource Type: Audio
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Language: English
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