EPISODES
COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW 
COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW COOKING SHOW 
WEEK 12 / COOKING SHOW MIDTERM WITH DAVECAT, SIDORE, & AMBER︎︎︎

Peach
Ginger Chicken
Wings




Recipe and photograph by Nicole of Heal Me Delicious︎︎︎︎


[ IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A vertical closeup image of a pile of peach ginger chicken wings on a bright white plate. The chicken wings are coated in a marinade that makes them shiny. They are light brown, with dark brown grill marks. Scattered throughout the wings are garnishes of red onion, lime, and cilantro. The plate sits atop a light grey stone counter. The image is cropped closely, such that a little more than half the plate appears in the frame. ︎︎ heart symbol ]





[ IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Purple line drawing of an open, oblong-shaped mirrored makeup compact. ︎ heart symbol ]


[ IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A video thumbnail appears in the video player above. An image description of the thumbnail, which is a screenshot from the video itself, can be found on page two of the transcription file here.︎ ].
ASSIGNMENT

Recipe


SHOW NOTES

  • Seminar leader Elliott Powell’s Harmony Show episode centering Truth Hurts’ Addictive (mentioned by Davecat and Amber around 5:26) can be found here. 
  • Cooking show guest Elizabeth Axtman’s Harmony Show episode (mentioned by Amber around 7:33) can be found here.
  • The website of the BBC television series Doctor Who (mentioned by Davecat around 9:38) can be found here. 
  • The website of the BBC television series Are You Being Served (mentioned by Davecat around 9:46) can be found here.
  • The website of musician Prince (mentioned by Davecat around 10:45) can be found here.
  • The Wikipedia entry on the British magazine No. 1 (mentioned by Davecat around 11:38) can be found here.
  • The Wikipedia entry on British magazine Smash Hits (mentioned by Davecat around 11:38) can be found here.
  • Davecat mentions Culture Club, Wham!, and Frankie Goes to Hollywood (around 11:49).
  • Cooking show guest Renato Velarde’s Harmony Show episode (mentioned by Amber around 15:32) can be found here.
  • The Wikipedia entry for Boots Riley’s 2018 film Sorry to Bother You (mentioned by Davecat around 16:43) can be found here.
  • Davecat mentions Manic Street Preachers around 19:13.
  • Davecat mentions Little Richard around 20:57 and Michael Jackson around 21:17.
  • The website of the television series Seinfeld (mentioned by Davecat around 21:39) can be found here.
  • The passage of the documentary, Disclosure, directed by Sam Feder during which Laverne Cox describes the history and context of Black cis men performing in drag in and as comedy begins at around 12:40min. The film (mentioned by Amber around 22:37) is available on Netflix here. 
  • Guys and Dolls (mentioned around 26:39) can be viewed on YouTube here. 
  • Davecat has authored the description of Guys and Dolls below.
    Guys and Dolls, a 2006 documentary by Nick Holt for the British network Channel 5, provides a look into the lives of four iDollators: Gordon Griggs from Virginia, Mike Kelly from the West coast, Everhard from England, and Davecat from Detroit. From a tour of Everhard's home filled with beloved Synthetik companions, to Gordon's explanation of his upbringing, to Mike Kelly's attempt to introduce a prospective Organik girlfriend to his RealDolls, to Davecat's trepidation at having to ship his wife Sidore back to California for repairs, the hour-long documentary gives an uncomplicated perspective on these men and the Synthetik women they live with.
  • When Davecat mentions Amber’s experience with online comments (around 27:33) he is referring to a series of artwork she has made using online comments here. The videos and images at this link are not image described at the time of writing this show note. They will be described in August, 2021.
  • The Salon.com article, Just like a woman, (mentioned by Davecat around 27:53) can be found here.
  • Futura (mentioned by Davecat at around 35:45) is Davecat’s favorite font! He thanks its designer in the Acknowledgements of The Harmony Show’s People page.
  • More information about Andy Warhol (mentioned by Davecat around 41:12) can be found on the Warhol Museum’s website.
  • More information about Jean-Michel Basquiat (mentioned by Davecat around 42:29) can be found on his estate’s website.
  • Davecat has participated in numerous media appearances (mentioned around 45:14). Links to most are archived on his blog here.
  • More information on Gilbert & George (mentioned by Davecat around 47:02) can be found here.
  • Amber’s mention (around 57:09) of fugitive subjectivity is, in part, in reference to an event organized by artist Jordan Lord, entitled, Interventions in the Interview, Fugitive Subjects: Amber Hawk Swanson & Stephen Winter.
  • The Wikipedia entry for the TLC television series My Strange Addiction (mentioned by Davecat around 57:36) can be found here.
  • The durational livestream performances Amber refers to (around 1:01:28) are Amber Doll > TILIKUM (2011), Sidore (Mark II) / Heather > LOLITA (2013), and Doll Closet (2014). The videos and images at these links are not image described at the time of writing this show note. They will be described in August, 2021.
  • More information on Andy Warhol’s Empire (mentioned by Davecat around 1:03:00) can be found here.
  • A trailer of Shirley Clarke’s Portrait of Jason (mentioned by Amber around 1:05:20) can be found here. 
  • Stephen Winter’s Jason and Shirley attends to Portrait of Jason and can be found here. 
  • The text read aloud by Amber (beginning around 1:05:20) presumably written by Jordan Lord can be found here. The text read aloud by Amber presumably written by Stephen Winter can be found here.
  • Seminar leader Constantina Zavitsanos’ Harmony Show episode (mentioned by Amber around 1:06:00) can be found here. 
  • The website of The Anderson Cooper Show (discussed by Amber and Davecat around 1:12:00) can be found here.
  • Lolita (mentioned by Davecat and Amber around 1:14:15) is in reference to Sidore (Mark II) / Heather > LOLITA (2013). The videos and images at this link are not image described at the time of writing this show note. They will be described in August, 2021.
  • All of The Harmony Show episodes listed by Amber (around 1:17:00) can be found here.
  • The Wikipedia entry for the Saturday Night Live sketch The Continental (mentioned by Davecat around 1:19:10) can be found here.
  • The inelegantly worded question Amber Hawk Swanson asked about the ways white iDollators’ racialize their Dolls in the context of Dollpile during Amber Jamilla Musser’s Harmony Show episode can be found at 1:13:38 here.
  • More information on Dollstock and Dollpile (mentioned around 1:24:00) can be found here. 
  • The Wikipedia entry for the television series Married... with Children (mentioned by Davecat around 1:32:47) can be found here.
  • When Davecat spoke the lyric “Do you know where you're going to” (at around 1:35:22) he was confused thinking the song was by Dionne Warwick when in fact it was Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To) by Diana Ross. The video at this link is not captioned. Full lyrics can be found here. (This show note is authored by Davecat.)
  • Do You Know the Way to San Jose by Dionne Warwick (mentioned by Davecat around 1:35:43) can be found here. The video at this link is not captioned. Full lyrics can be found here.

Peach Ginger Chicken Wings / Midterm was recorded on April 17, 2021.