Book Talk & Podcast Salon: Black. Fat. Femme with DoctorJonPaul

Join us on May 28 at 7 p.m. as we welcome educator, journalist, and academic Dr. Jonathan P. Higgins (also known as DoctorJonPaul) in celebrating their new book, Black. Fat. Femme: Revealing the Power of Visibly Queer Voices in Media and Learning to Love Yourself! DoctorJonPaul will be joined in a podcast salon-style conversation with Anna DeShawn, creator of E3 Radio and The Qube.

In Black. Fat. Femme, DoctorJonPaul delivers an honest and extraordinary new take on how the author, and other Black Fat Femmes like them, have come to find and understand their identity. They explore how standing at the intersection of multiple identities, communities, and causes shapes people and how they see the world; through this book readers get an up-close examination of the importance of meaningful representation and how Black Fat Femmes have been excluded and erased from LGBTQ+ communities and conversations.

All tickets cover the cost of, and include, silent headpones for the listening session as well as light bites and refreshments!

Dr. Jonathan P. Higgins (DoctorJonPaul) is an award-winning educator, professor, national speaker, freelance journalist, thought leader, and media critic who examines the intersections of identity, gender, and race in entertainment. Named the National Black Justice Coalition’s inaugural Emerging Leaders to Watch and Business Equality Magazine’s “Top 40 LGBTQ People Under 40,” their work has been featured on sites like Essence, Ebony, Complex, MTV News, OUT Magazine, BET & Entertainment Weekly. Dr. Higgins is currently the inaugural director of Strategic Media & Advocacy for Rainbow Pride Youth Alliance.

Anna DeShawn is a Chicago-born social entrepreneur, storyteller, and community organizer who builds streaming platforms that center and celebrate BIPOC and QTPOC creatives. She is the founder of E3 Radio, an online radio station playing Queer music and reporting on Queer news with an intersectional lens. She is additionally the co-founder of The Qube, a podcast production company and curated platform for discovering the best mustic and podcasts by BIPOC and QTPOC creatives.