Binary Bashers Vol. 2 Latinidad: I Know What You've Been Saying about Me - Mario de Andrade and the Love of Everything

<p>Mário de Andrade spent his life resisting the demand to become one thing. Poet, novelist, musician, folklorist, photographer, and architect of Brazilian modernism, he made contradiction part of his form.</p><p>In 1928, responding to rumors about his “so-called homosexuality,” Mário wrote: “I don’t deny it.” Years later, he created a word for himself and described in himself a kind of “pan-sensuality,” while private writings and correspondence left evidence pointing in more than one direction. This episode follows those fragments alongside <em>Macunaíma</em>, his complicated modernist masterpiece, and the archive he sealed for fifty years.</p><p>Binary Bashers: Latinidad asks what happens when a life, and its archive, refuses to resolve itself for us.</p><p>Also, Embracing All of Me, the podcast and producer of Binary Bashers has been nominated for a Signal Award. The episode A Black Bisexual Blueprint for Belonging &amp; Survival with Zoomy Taylor &amp; Chizu is a finalist in the Activism, Public Service, and Social Impact category. Would you mind taking 3 seconds to support us with a vote?</p><p><br></p><p><strong>How to Vote for the Signal Awards</strong></p><ol><li><p>Go to the Signal Awards voting website</p></li><li><p>Create an account or sign in</p></li><li><p>Select Individual Episode</p></li><li><p>Go to Activism, Public Service, &amp; Social Impact</p></li><li><p>Find “Beyond Binaries: A Black Bisexual Blueprint for Belonging &amp; Survival” from <em>Embracing All of Me</em></p></li><li><p>Tap Vote</p></li></ol><p>If you notice any factual errors in this episode, please contact us at <a href="mailto:stories@embracingallofme.org">⁠stories@embracingallofme.org⁠</a>. We are committed to accuracy and respect of the figures legacy and family and will issue corrections as needed. Binary Bashers is produced by Embracing All of Me, a storytelling and advocacy platform for the multi, the complex, and the in-between, uplifting bi+, queer, and BIPOC voices. For more, visit embracingallofme.org.</p><p><br></p><p></p>