Artwork

Marisa Cadena & Rita Puskas, Marisa Cadena, and Rita Puskas에서 제공하는 콘텐츠입니다. 에피소드, 그래픽, 팟캐스트 설명을 포함한 모든 팟캐스트 콘텐츠는 Marisa Cadena & Rita Puskas, Marisa Cadena, and Rita Puskas 또는 해당 팟캐스트 플랫폼 파트너가 직접 업로드하고 제공합니다. 누군가가 귀하의 허락 없이 귀하의 저작물을 사용하고 있다고 생각되는 경우 여기에 설명된 절차를 따르실 수 있습니다 https://ko.player.fm/legal.
Player FM -팟 캐스트 앱
Player FM 앱으로 오프라인으로 전환하세요!

Panache, Persistence and Truth: Writer and Photographer Elyssa Maxx Goodman (a.k.a. Miss Manhattan) on Her Love of Drag, Unheard Stories, and NYC Culture

55:38
 
공유
 

Manage episode 508418937 series 3573273
Marisa Cadena & Rita Puskas, Marisa Cadena, and Rita Puskas에서 제공하는 콘텐츠입니다. 에피소드, 그래픽, 팟캐스트 설명을 포함한 모든 팟캐스트 콘텐츠는 Marisa Cadena & Rita Puskas, Marisa Cadena, and Rita Puskas 또는 해당 팟캐스트 플랫폼 파트너가 직접 업로드하고 제공합니다. 누군가가 귀하의 허락 없이 귀하의 저작물을 사용하고 있다고 생각되는 경우 여기에 설명된 절차를 따르실 수 있습니다 https://ko.player.fm/legal.

Ever wondered how someone builds a life around what they love? Elyssa Maxx Goodman offers a masterclass in turning passion into purpose. Born to New York natives transplanted to Florida, Goodman always felt the magnetic pull of the city where "the weirdos" gathered. By sixteen, she was already saving for her inevitable migration.
The path wasn't always smooth. After losing an office job just months after moving to New York at twenty-one, Goodman faced a pivotal moment. Rather than retreat, she began cold-emailing editors and professionals she admired. "I wanted my life to be my work," she explains, a philosophy that guided her through fifteen years of successful freelance writing for publications including Vogue, The New York Times, and Vanity Fair.
Throughout our conversation, Goodman reveals how her approach to journalism—particularly when covering subcultures from drag performers to sex toy testers—stems from a deep belief that knowledge dispels fear. This perspective shaped her bestselling book "Glitter and Concrete: A Cultural History of Drag in New York City," which chronicles 160 years of drag history with both scholarly precision and personal passion.
What makes this episode particularly illuminating is Goodman's historical perspective on today's anti-LGBTQ+ backlash. Rather than seeing current challenges as unprecedented, she identifies them as part of a recurring cycle throughout history—one that, despite its difficulties, has seen the community gain more allies with each iteration.
Whether discussing her long-running Miss Manhattan Non-Fiction Reading Series, her own performance work, or the writers who've influenced her, Goodman offers wisdom about creating authentic work and community. As she beautifully puts it, we're all "collages" who find tools in others' work but make them distinctly our own—"You go and get a hammer, but then you put rhinestones on it."
Listen now for an inspiring conversation about persistence, storytelling as bridge-building, and finding your own rhinestone-covered tools.

Elyssa Maxx Goodman:

Website

Glitter and Concrete: A Cultural History of Drag in New York City by Elyssa Maxx Goodman

The Miss Manhattan Non-Fiction Reading Series

Mentions:

The Last Resort (2018)

Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk by Legs McNeil & Gillian McCain

Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress: Tales of Growing Up Groovy and Clueless by Susan Jane Gilman

Follow us on Instagram! People at the Core Podcast
Email us! [email protected]

  continue reading

챕터

1. From Greenpoint Palace Bar: Intro (00:00:00)

2. Meet Alyssa Max Goodman (00:02:06)

3. From Florida to New York City (00:05:40)

4. Breaking Into Freelance Writing (00:11:05)

5. The Miss Manhattan Reading Series (00:19:15)

6. Drag, Performance and Identity (00:27:35)

7. Cycles of Visibility and Backlash (00:38:40)

8. Books That Change Lives (00:44:45)

30 에피소드

Artwork
icon공유
 
Manage episode 508418937 series 3573273
Marisa Cadena & Rita Puskas, Marisa Cadena, and Rita Puskas에서 제공하는 콘텐츠입니다. 에피소드, 그래픽, 팟캐스트 설명을 포함한 모든 팟캐스트 콘텐츠는 Marisa Cadena & Rita Puskas, Marisa Cadena, and Rita Puskas 또는 해당 팟캐스트 플랫폼 파트너가 직접 업로드하고 제공합니다. 누군가가 귀하의 허락 없이 귀하의 저작물을 사용하고 있다고 생각되는 경우 여기에 설명된 절차를 따르실 수 있습니다 https://ko.player.fm/legal.

Ever wondered how someone builds a life around what they love? Elyssa Maxx Goodman offers a masterclass in turning passion into purpose. Born to New York natives transplanted to Florida, Goodman always felt the magnetic pull of the city where "the weirdos" gathered. By sixteen, she was already saving for her inevitable migration.
The path wasn't always smooth. After losing an office job just months after moving to New York at twenty-one, Goodman faced a pivotal moment. Rather than retreat, she began cold-emailing editors and professionals she admired. "I wanted my life to be my work," she explains, a philosophy that guided her through fifteen years of successful freelance writing for publications including Vogue, The New York Times, and Vanity Fair.
Throughout our conversation, Goodman reveals how her approach to journalism—particularly when covering subcultures from drag performers to sex toy testers—stems from a deep belief that knowledge dispels fear. This perspective shaped her bestselling book "Glitter and Concrete: A Cultural History of Drag in New York City," which chronicles 160 years of drag history with both scholarly precision and personal passion.
What makes this episode particularly illuminating is Goodman's historical perspective on today's anti-LGBTQ+ backlash. Rather than seeing current challenges as unprecedented, she identifies them as part of a recurring cycle throughout history—one that, despite its difficulties, has seen the community gain more allies with each iteration.
Whether discussing her long-running Miss Manhattan Non-Fiction Reading Series, her own performance work, or the writers who've influenced her, Goodman offers wisdom about creating authentic work and community. As she beautifully puts it, we're all "collages" who find tools in others' work but make them distinctly our own—"You go and get a hammer, but then you put rhinestones on it."
Listen now for an inspiring conversation about persistence, storytelling as bridge-building, and finding your own rhinestone-covered tools.

Elyssa Maxx Goodman:

Website

Glitter and Concrete: A Cultural History of Drag in New York City by Elyssa Maxx Goodman

The Miss Manhattan Non-Fiction Reading Series

Mentions:

The Last Resort (2018)

Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk by Legs McNeil & Gillian McCain

Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress: Tales of Growing Up Groovy and Clueless by Susan Jane Gilman

Follow us on Instagram! People at the Core Podcast
Email us! [email protected]

  continue reading

챕터

1. From Greenpoint Palace Bar: Intro (00:00:00)

2. Meet Alyssa Max Goodman (00:02:06)

3. From Florida to New York City (00:05:40)

4. Breaking Into Freelance Writing (00:11:05)

5. The Miss Manhattan Reading Series (00:19:15)

6. Drag, Performance and Identity (00:27:35)

7. Cycles of Visibility and Backlash (00:38:40)

8. Books That Change Lives (00:44:45)

30 에피소드

모든 에피소드

×
 
Loading …

플레이어 FM에 오신것을 환영합니다!

플레이어 FM은 웹에서 고품질 팟캐스트를 검색하여 지금 바로 즐길 수 있도록 합니다. 최고의 팟캐스트 앱이며 Android, iPhone 및 웹에서도 작동합니다. 장치 간 구독 동기화를 위해 가입하세요.

 

빠른 참조 가이드

탐색하는 동안 이 프로그램을 들어보세요.
재생