Addie Tsai (any/all) 🏳️🌈
@addieisunwieldy.bsky.social
Writer & dance film scholar. 💃 phd. 📕: Dear Twin, Unwieldy Creatures, Straight White Men Can’t Dance (9/25, Bloomsbury): https://shorturl.at/yyHZP. Shirley Jackson finalist. Rev ed: Anomaly. EIC: just femme & dandy. http://www.addietsai.com
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Straight White Men Can’t Dance: American Masculinity in Film and Popular Culture: Tsai, Addie: 9781350443563: Amazon.com: Books
Straight White Men Can’t Dance: American Masculinity in Film and Popular Culture [Tsai, Addie] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Straight White Men Can’t Dance: American Masculinity...
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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!
a.co/d/5FmYwYw
a.co/d/5FmYwYw
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...
QR code to register below which includes program, linked here: drive.google.com/file/d/17Hmj...
November 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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...
QR code to register below which includes program, linked here: drive.google.com/file/d/17Hmj...
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And @sarahlaudenbach.bsky.social’s picks! (3/4)
October 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM
And @sarahlaudenbach.bsky.social’s picks! (3/4)
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Thanks for the Unwieldy Creatures shout out! 🥰
🔔 NEW VIDEO! Excited about Guillermo del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN? I have 12 ideas for books you can check out that re-tell (or are inspired by) the classic #Frankenstein tale! #BookTube
📷 youtu.be/fwtFBLAB9fU
📷 youtu.be/fwtFBLAB9fU
October 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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)
October 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
“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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Book Haul. Finally found @addieisunwieldy.bsky.social 's book in the wilds.
October 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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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.
October 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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.
Did a little homage to Diane Keaton over at my fashion remakes IG (@ addiewearshistory)
October 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Did a little homage to Diane Keaton over at my fashion remakes IG (@ addiewearshistory)
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The conference takes accessibility seriously. This means all our conferences are online and they are free to speakers. We offer accessibility training. We provide slides ahead of time with alt-text, encourage written copies of papers, provide a code of conduct and clear guidelines on the day 1/
What's that I see before me? A new Romancing the Gothic conference! Celebrating the 200th anniversary of Radcliffe's last publications with a conference on the work of women and people of marginalised genders in the Gothic and horror...
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romancingthegothic.com/2025/10/15/r...
Romancing the Gothic 2026 Conference CFP
More Terrors than her Reason Could Justify A 200th Anniversary Celebration of Ann Radcliffe’s Posthumous Publications 2026 marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Ann Radcliffe’s final po…
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October 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The conference takes accessibility seriously. This means all our conferences are online and they are free to speakers. We offer accessibility training. We provide slides ahead of time with alt-text, encourage written copies of papers, provide a code of conduct and clear guidelines on the day 1/
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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soapberryreview.com?p=5931&fbcli...
Soapberry Review Parents, children, and monsters: A review of Addie Tsai’s Unwieldy Creatures – Soapberry Review
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October 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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.
soapberryreview.com?p=5931&fbcli...
soapberryreview.com?p=5931&fbcli...
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!
anmly.org/ap41/?fbclid...
anmly.org/ap41/?fbclid...
ANMLY #41 – ANMLY
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October 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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!
anmly.org/ap41/?fbclid...
anmly.org/ap41/?fbclid...
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!
www.basket-books.com/events/36641...
www.basket-books.com/events/36641...
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...
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October 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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!
www.basket-books.com/events/36641...
www.basket-books.com/events/36641...
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this is how it feels to wear high rise pants
September 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
this is how it feels to wear high rise pants
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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www.loverseyepress.com/post/video-b...
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 ...
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September 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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.
www.loverseyepress.com/post/video-b...
www.loverseyepress.com/post/video-b...
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! 😂😭
September 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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 👀
September 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Show me your favorite author websites, please? Can also shout out your own! Looking for minimalist, clean look 👀
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
Noon ET / 11 am Central / 9 PT: cwm.zoom.us/j/83020140530
September 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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
Noon ET / 11 am Central / 9 PT: cwm.zoom.us/j/83020140530
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:
vimeo.com/1120643057?s...
vimeo.com/1120643057?s...
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:…
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September 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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:
vimeo.com/1120643057?s...
vimeo.com/1120643057?s...
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!
a.co/d/5FmYwYw
a.co/d/5FmYwYw
Straight White Men Can’t Dance: American Masculinity in Film and Popular Culture: Tsai, Addie: 9781350443563: Amazon.com: Books
Straight White Men Can’t Dance: American Masculinity in Film and Popular Culture [Tsai, Addie] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Straight White Men Can’t Dance: American Masculinity...
a.co
September 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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!
a.co/d/5FmYwYw
a.co/d/5FmYwYw
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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
September 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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
Got my author copies for my third book (!!!) and debut monograph, STRAIGHT WHITE MEN CAN’T DANCE: AMERICAN MASCULINITY IN FILM AND POPULAR CULTURE, published by Bloomsbury Academic! So much more stunning than I was expected! At bookstores near you Thursday the 18th. More info below.
September 14, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Got my author copies for my third book (!!!) and debut monograph, STRAIGHT WHITE MEN CAN’T DANCE: AMERICAN MASCULINITY IN FILM AND POPULAR CULTURE, published by Bloomsbury Academic! So much more stunning than I was expected! At bookstores near you Thursday the 18th. More info below.
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BREAKING: The Trump administration wants the last four digits of every voter’s Social Security number.
It's part of a sweeping project led by election deniers to compile a federal voting database. trib.al/P3WCWc9
It's part of a sweeping project led by election deniers to compile a federal voting database. trib.al/P3WCWc9
September 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
BREAKING: The Trump administration wants the last four digits of every voter’s Social Security number.
It's part of a sweeping project led by election deniers to compile a federal voting database. trib.al/P3WCWc9
It's part of a sweeping project led by election deniers to compile a federal voting database. trib.al/P3WCWc9
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Just got my flu + covid vaccinations for this season! If you're in Maryland, you can still get them! Keep yourself and your loved ones safe!
September 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Just got my flu + covid vaccinations for this season! If you're in Maryland, you can still get them! Keep yourself and your loved ones safe!