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Summary:   "Sometimes you have to create your own history." This week we watch Cheryl Dunye's masterpiece The Watermelon Woman. Also discussed: Code Switch,  Clerks, and the music of Obuxum.    Show notes:   You can watch The Watermelon Woman on Criterion for free right now.   The Watermelon Woman: The Enduring Cool of a Black Lesbian Classic (Vanity Fair)   The Watermelon Woman Shows the Power of Gay History (New Republic)   Recommendations: Lisa: Sea Monsters by Chloe Aridjis (book) Andrea W.:  Cheekbone Beauty, Pat McGrath, and Re-Birth by Obuxum (music) Andrea G.: Code Switch, "Why Now, White People?" (podcast) Music credits: "Good Times" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive CC BY 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incompetch CC BY 3.0 Intro bed:"OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst Courtesy of Free Music Archive CC BY-SA 3.0 NL Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please consider review