Addie Tsai (any/all) 🏳️‍🌈

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Addie Tsai’s 'Straight White Men Can’t Dance' interrogates popular American media portrayals of white male movement, analysing how such representations reflect gender and race ideologies.

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Provocative close readings reveal how dance becomes a battleground for gender, race, & power. Smart & sharp essential reading for anyone curious about what's really at stake when white men hit the dance floor."

"Addie Tsai convincingly unpacks 40 years of film, television, & music videos to reveal how awkward moves, gay panics, and racial appropriation shape constructions of white masculinity dancing on screen.

Losing my mind at this recent blurb of my new monograph, Straight White Men Can't Dance: American Masculinity in Film and Popular Culture from Thomas DeFrantz:

Please see me present on the Trump dance as part of Critical Humor Studies Association’s virtual symposium, “Humor and the Right.” I’m up first with Session 2 at 2:15 ET/11:15 PT Friday, November 14.

QR code to register below which includes program, linked here: drive.google.com/file/d/17Hmj...

Sarah recommends the book “Divergent Terror” edited by W. Dale Jordan. A picture of Sarah in a Beetlejuice costume is next to the cover of the book.

Sarah recommends the book “InhuMANities” by Andrew Robertson. A picture of Sarah in a Beetlejuice costume is next to the cover of the book.

Sarah recommends the book “Unwieldy Creatures” by Addie Tsai. A picture of Sarah in a Beetlejuice costume is next to the cover of the book.

And @sarahlaudenbach.bsky.social’s picks! (3/4)

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Thanks for the Unwieldy Creatures shout out! 🥰

“Every gesture, every word, involves our past, present, and future. The body never stops accumulating, and years and years have gone by mine without my being able to stop them, stop it.” (Trinh T Minh-Ha)

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The Best Frankenstein Books and Retellings Whether you love the original 'Frankenstein' by Mary Shelley or a more contemporary take on the science fiction classic, this list of books has you covered.

Very happy for Unwieldy Creatures to be on this Frankie list!!

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Addie and Jubi at AWP.

The last time I saw Jubi Arriola-Headley he bowed at my feet & showered me with love. We didn’t see each other often but we had such a tender connection. I was honored to publish his kilt essay at @justfemmeanddandy.bsky.social. I’m not ready to accept he’s gone. A tremendous kind fierce spirit.

BW photo of Addie in a suit with two fake flowers at her mouth in a bowler hat

Diane Keaton in a patterned suit with two peonies at her mouth in a bowler hat.

Did a little homage to Diane Keaton over at my fashion remakes IG (@ addiewearshistory)

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Thanks to Justin Trinh of Soapberry Review for this thoughtful review of Unwieldy Creatures! They really got the book, and I really love Unwieldy Creatures being reviewed for an Asian American lit review journal.

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Please take a look at @anmlymag.bsky.social's newest issue! Very proud of being Fiction Co-Editor for Anomaly, so please take a look at the stories, and also read the rest of this incredible issue!

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Film talk: Addie Tsai, author of Straight White Men Can't Dance | Basket Books & Art Houston, Texas based independent bookstore, art gallery & gathering place, specializing in art books from near and far, small press fiction, poetry, theory and philosophy; host to art exhibitions, fil...

HTX: Come to my book talk for Straight White Men Can't Dance: American Masculinity in Film & Popular Culture at @basketbooksandart.bsky.social, October 23, 7:30 PM. I'll be in conversation with @rachelafi.bsky.social, & we'll close the night with a dance party!

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this is how it feels to wear high rise pants

Video by Addie Tsai On LoneTsai_Addie_on loneAddie Tsai (any/all) is the author of Dear Twin (2019), included in American Library Association’s Rainbow List in 2021, Unwieldy Creatures (2022), a Shirley Jackson finalist ...

Delighted to be in @loverseyepress.bsky.social's David Lynch tribute! The folio includes my video collage On Lone, which explores my relationship to solitude since early 2020, when I found myself solitary due to divorce & COVID.

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Curious if academic folks have read any scholarly articles looking at race on tv you could link me? Looking for specific pieces you found illuminating. If it's Asian-focused, even better. I've been grumpy about a mixed Asian girl trope for long enough & I finally just need to write about it! 😂😭

Show me your favorite author websites, please? Can also shout out your own! Looking for minimalist, clean look 👀

YouTube video by Warner Bros. The Bride! | Official Teaser

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A flyer with summary blurb info of Addie Tsai's Straight White Men Can't Dance: American Masculinity in Film and Popular Culture, Wednesday 9/24, 12-1 pm (ET) at William & Mary: in Boswell 314. A GSWS Colloquia Event. The flyer also includes Addie's headshot and the cover of her book.

Exciting news is that my first talk for the monograph tomorrow, hosted by William & Mary's GSWS program, is a hybrid event! Link is below.

Noon ET / 11 am Central / 9 PT: cwm.zoom.us/j/83020140530

Straight White Men Can't Dance: American Masculinity in Film and Popular Culture (a montage) A compilation video of some of the dances I analyze in Straight White Men Can't Dance: American Masculinity in Film and Popular Culture (Bloomsbury, 2025). Featuring:…

My first event for my debut monograph, Straight White Men Can't Dance: American Masculinity in Film and Popular Culture, is on Wednesday at William & Mary! (It'll be hybrid, will share a link soon.) Meanwhile, here's a sneak peek at the video I plan to open with:

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Yeah I’m speaking to a specific trope…but he is written about in the book.

Today is pub day for my third book and debut monograph! This baby has had quite the journey, and I'm so thrilled to see where it lands in the world. Link below for the info - please buy it if you have the means, ask your libraries to stock it if you don't, and ask me to things!

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Arthur Sze has been named the new U.S. poet laureate. He succeeds Ada Limón, who has held the position since 2022. During his term as poet laureate, Sze plans to have a special focus on translating poetry originally written in other languages. Read more: at.pw.org/ArthurSze