Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang

“Turn Up The Volume” (w/ Tourmaline)

May 14, 2025
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ANECDOTE

Finding Community on Christopher Street

  • Tourmaline found her queer and trans community on Christopher Street as a Columbia student.
  • That space was where they embraced their full selves despite resistance from locals and police.
INSIGHT

Trauma Shapes Memory

  • Trauma shapes memory, causing blurred or altered recollections of events.
  • Marsha P Johnson’s living memory is joyful and spiritual despite traumatic contexts like Stonewall.
INSIGHT

Power Comes from Self-Knowledge

  • Power comes from self-knowledge and clarity.
  • Oppressors lack connection to self, whereas those true to themselves harness transformative spiritual power.
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