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"What Should Have Been, But Sadly Wasn't": Commoning HIV/AIDS History in "Pose"

[journal article]

Schmidt, Kilian

Abstract

Among the many (hi-)stories referenced in the streaming series Pose is an infamous public protest by the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) where they inflated a large condom-shaped balloon over a US-senator's house in 1991 to advocate against the stigmatization of people with HIV/AIDS. The bo... view more

Among the many (hi-)stories referenced in the streaming series Pose is an infamous public protest by the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) where they inflated a large condom-shaped balloon over a US-senator's house in 1991 to advocate against the stigmatization of people with HIV/AIDS. The bodies in action in Pose's iteration in contrast to the 'original' are mostly not white. In light of a historicization of trans*- and queerness with its compulsory colonial and racist structuring, this text proposes commoning as a frame to interpret Pose. After elaborating on House-Ballroom Culture's (the scene Pose is set in) 'disidentificatory' (Muñoz) practices as commoning and ACT UP's video activism as commons especially in relation to different/other temporalities, the text offers a close-reading of the episode featuring the protest. The text suggests this kind of commoning as forms of trans* politics that intervene into binary and linear notions of time, community and subjectivity.... view less


Eine der Geschichten, die die Streaming-Serie Pose aufgreift, ist die berüchtigte Aktion der AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP), bei der sie 1991 das Haus eines US-Senators mit einem Kondom überziehen, um gegen die Stigmatisierung von Betroffenen von HIV/AIDS zu protestieren. Die Körper in Pos... view more

Eine der Geschichten, die die Streaming-Serie Pose aufgreift, ist die berüchtigte Aktion der AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP), bei der sie 1991 das Haus eines US-Senators mit einem Kondom überziehen, um gegen die Stigmatisierung von Betroffenen von HIV/AIDS zu protestieren. Die Körper in Pose sind im Gegensatz zum 'Original' größtenteils jedoch nicht weiß. Auf Basis einer Historisierung von Trans*- und Queersein vor dem Hintergrund kolonial-rassistischer Zwänge, wird im Beitrag Commoning für eine Interpretation von Pose vorgeschlagen. Dazu werden zunächst die disidentifikatorischen (Muñoz) Praktiken der House-Ballroom Kultur (die Szene, in die Pose eingebettet ist) als Commoning sowie ACT UPs Videoaktivismus als commons v.a. in Bezug auf differente Zeitlichkeiten herausgearbeitet. Anschließend folgt ein Close-Reading der genannten Folge. Es wird vorgeschlagen, die Praktiken des Commonings als Trans*politiken zu verstehen, die in ein binäres und lineares Verständnis von Zeit, Gemeinschaft und Subjektivität intervenieren.... view less

Keywords
reminiscence; transsexualism; AIDS; decolonization; political movement; television series; subculture

Classification
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Other Media
Media Contents, Content Analysis

Free Keywords
Memory; Trans*politics; decolonial practices; Trans*politiken; Dekoloniale Praktiken

Document language
English

Publication Year
2023

Page/Pages
p. 79-90

Journal
Femina Politica - Zeitschrift für feministische Politikwissenschaft, 32 (2023) 2

Issue topic
Trans* Ungleichzeitigkeiten und Trans*Feminismen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3224/feminapolitica.v32i2.07

ISSN
2196-1646

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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