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·Sep 6, 2019

The Beastie Boys and My Genderqueer Identity

On reconciling sexist lyrics with my feminist and Genderqueer awakenings — As a young tomboy growing up in a lefty commune in the mid-’80s, I sat in a wood-paneled TV room with my older brothers repeatedly watching the “Fight For Your Right to Party” music video from the Beastie Boys’ first album. I did not realize then that, just a decade…

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The Beastie Boys and My Genderqueer Identity
The Beastie Boys and My Genderqueer Identity
Bayla Ostrach

Bayla Ostrach

The author is a genderqueer researcher and writer, living in Appalachia since 2017. They still listen to the Beastie Boys (much to their teenager’s chagrin).

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