Media (Film+TV+Web)
Tongson appearing on 55 Voices for Democracy
Director Pratibha Parmar Discusses My Name is Andrea with Karen Tongson (Hammer Channel)
A public conversation about Parmar’s film on Andrea Dworkin at the Hammer’s Billy Wilder Theater in Los Angeles
September 2023
Taking a Look at the History of Pride Month (KCBS News)
Commentary on increased anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment and the history of pride celebrations
May 2023
Sometimes When We Touch (Documentary Series)
Paramount+ MTV Entertainment Studios; dir. Lauren Lazin
Cultural Commentary on Karen Carpenter and the Influence of Yacht/Soft Rock
January 2023
The Library (Season 2)
Cultural Commentary
September 2021
PBS NewsHour segment on Rainbow Capitalism
Interviewed by Lisa Desjardins
June 2021
Kulturzeit segment on 3Sat Germany: Three Generations of Queer Activism in L.A.
Cultural Commentary (dubbed in German)
June 2021
55 Voices for Democracy: Karen Tongson
The series “55 Voices for Democracy” is inspired by Thomas Mann’s 55 BBC radio addresses during WWII
October 2020
The AV Club’s Why We Love: Pride Edition (4-part Video Series)
Panelist/Pop Culture Expert
June 2020
Take Your Pick: Queer Songs (YouTube series)
Panelist
June 2020
Atlas Obscura: Meet Dynasty Handbag, L.A.’s Queen of Weird (Video Series)
Expert Commentary on Performance and Gender Studies
January 8, 2020
Live Discussion with Linda Hagen: Feast! Holiday Food Facts and Myths
USC Facebook Channel
November 26, 2019
RuPaul’s Drag Race: A Retrospective of the Cultural Phenomenon (Documentary Film)
dir. Deborah Gar Reichman
premiere: Sundance Film Festival
January 26, 2018
Live Discussion with Josh Kun on Los Angeles Cultures
USC Facebook Channel
October 23, 2017
Selfie-Esteem
USC Dornsife Mini-Doc on the history and cultural impact of selfies
2013
Personne ne Bouge
(ARTE, France -TV)
Regular contributor/expert on U.S. Popular Culture for Arts & Culture Program since 2013
