EP 21 – Queer Blak joy

Elijah Money is Wiradjuri and lives in Naarm/Melbourne on Kulin land.

We chat about:

• White mums and DNA tests

• Embracing healing instead of trauma

• Being tokenised at school

• A white racial guidance counsellor

• Learning how to use your voice

• University is a cringe colonial institution

• Internalised white guilt

• Standpoint theory

• Being Blak is a hot topic atm

• Identity in art leaves us exposed

• White women and the caucasity

• Eli’s drag persona transitioned alongside himself

• Queerness in a pre-colonial context

• The pressure on POC to be overachievers and exceptional, but why can’t we just focus on joy

• Racial and trans fetishisation

Mixed Media: White Woman by Elijah Money, My Wiradjuri Colour by Elijah Money, Stan Grant Senior and his work on Wiradjuri language.

Hosted by: Maria Birch-Morunga and Kate Robinson

Guest: Elijah Money

Edited by: Maria Birch-Morunga