🎙️ Cowboys & Queers | Modern Masculinity through Texas Storytelling

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Elon Musk and the billionaire's think they're cowboys in their own Western epic, but I know a thing or two about cowboys! 🤠 Cowboys, they ain't! Today, we stop in Marfa, TX to talk about toxic masculinity, the manosphere, and billionaire's need to control through gender. Listen on your favorite podcast app, YouTube, or PeerTube.

🎙️ Understanding Modern Masculinity through Texas Storytelling

This week, we are in Marfa, TX talking about cowboys, masculinity, and queerness. Women's History Month 2026 has been one of reckonings. The mask of patriarchy, as flimsy as it was, is being ripped off across our society. Growing up in Texas, toxic patriarchy and Christian Nationalism are nothing new for me. In today's Seedling Episode, I reflect on Texas culture, its threads to growing fascism today, and what that means for our organizing! Watch today's preview.

1. Giant (1956) & Queerness in Hollywood
2. Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, & James Dean as mirrors of our society
3. Texas culture & toxic patriarchy
4. Country music and masculinity
5. Reality of borders and migration

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References / Resources

1. Giant (1956)

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Sam Chavez (she/they/he)
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🧑‍🌾 Cultivating Connection, Empowering Change We talk about navigating heart-first activism & storytelling. Host Sam Chavez connects with organizations, campaigns, and social change communicators who are boldly creating change in today's social, political, tech & media landscape.