{{Short description|American artist-scholar}} {{lowercase title}} {{Distinguish|Maddison Moore}} {{Infobox person | name = madison moore<!-- Note: moore does not capitalize his first or last names.--> | image = Madison Moore 01.jpg<!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | image_size = | alt = | caption = madison moore in 2025 | birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|40|2022|11|2|slash=y}} | birth_place = Ferguson, Missouri, US | nationality = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = Yale University | occupation = Artist, scholar, DJ | years_active = | era = | employer = | organization = | agent = <!-- Discouraged in most cases, specifically when promotional, and requiring a reliable source --> | known_for = | notable_works = <!-- produces label "Notable work"; may be overridden by |credits=, which produces label "Notable credit(s)"; or by |works=, which produces label "Works" --> | style = | spouse = | partner = <!-- (unmarried long-term partner) --> | family = | awards = | website = {{URL|madisonmooreonline.com}} | footnotes = }} '''madison moore'''{{efn|moore does not capitalize his first or last names.<ref name="abc-10mar2019">{{cite news |last1=Kelsey-Sugg |first1=Anna |last2=Nur |first2=Areej |title=madison moore on the powerful subversion of being fabulous |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-10/madison-moore-on-the-powerful-subversion-of-being-fabulous/10846764 |access-date=June 1, 2025 |work=ABC News |date=March 10, 2019}}</ref><ref name="nyt-27jul2018">{{cite news |last1=Callahan |first1=Michael |title=Books Are the New Black |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/27/books/review/charles-james-michele-gerber-klein.html |access-date=June 1, 2025 |work=The New York Times |date=July 27, 2018}}</ref>}} (born {{birth based on age as of date|40|2022|11|2|noage=y|slash=y}})<ref name="usc-2nov2022">{{cite web |last1=Capek |first1=Viktoria |title=From the club to the classroom: Introducing Madison Moore |url=https://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2022/11/02/from-the-club-to-the-classroom-introducing-madison-moore/ |website=USC Annenberg Media |publisher=USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism |date=November 2, 2022 |access-date=June 1, 2025}}</ref> is an African-American artist, scholar, and DJ. He{{efn|moore goes by "any pronouns".<ref name="mm-bio-brown">{{cite web |title=Madison Moore |url=https://vivo.brown.edu/display/mmoore61 |website=Researchers @ Brown |publisher=Brown University |access-date=June 1, 2025}}</ref> This article uses ''he/him'' for consistency.}} is an assistant professor at Brown University, and the author of the 2018 book ''Fabulous: The Rise of the Beautiful Eccentric''. His work focuses on the culture of queer and transgender people of color.
==Early life and education== moore was born in Ferguson, Missouri.<ref name="rm-8apr2020">{{cite news |last1=Shillingford |first1=Brandon |title=Beautiful Eccentric |url=https://richmondmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/beautiful-eccentric/ |access-date=June 1, 2025 |work=Richmond Magazine |date=April 8, 2020}}</ref><ref name="pr-12apr2018">{{cite news |last1=moore |first1=madison |title=Don't Hate Us 'Cause We Fabulous |url=https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/04/12/dont-hate-us-cause-we-fabulous/ |access-date=June 1, 2025 |work=The Paris Review |date=April 12, 2018}}</ref><ref name="nyt-8jun2018">{{cite news |last1=Scaturro |first1=Michael |title=He Literally Wrote the Book on Fabulousness |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/08/books/madison-moore-fabulousness.html |access-date=June 1, 2025 |work=The New York Times |date=June 8, 2018}}</ref> He was raised by his grandmother in a "solidly working class" family.<ref name="usc-2nov2022" /><ref name="them-17apr2018">{{cite news |last1=Goodman |first1=Elyssa |title=The Politics of Being Fabulous |url=https://www.them.us/story/the-politics-of-being-fabulous |access-date=June 1, 2025 |work=them |date=April 17, 2018}}</ref> As a child, he studied to become a classical violinist, but did not continue with the instrument after being rejected by a conservatory.<ref name="usc-2nov2022" /><ref name="nyt-8jun2018" />
As an undergraduate at the University of Michigan, moore majored in French literature, and wrote a thesis on French gay pornography.<ref name="usc-2nov2022" /><ref name="obs-11jul2012">{{cite news |last1=D'Addario |first1=Daniel |title=The Professor of Desire: Madison Moore, Yale's Fiercest Ph.D Candidate |url=https://observer.com/2012/07/the-professor-of-desire-madison-moore-yales-fiercest-ph-d-candidate/ |access-date=June 1, 2025 |work=Observer |date=July 11, 2012}}</ref> He attended graduate school at Yale University, earning a Ph.D. in American studies.<ref name="obs-11jul2012" /><ref name="face-1may2019">{{cite news |last1=Reed |first1=Davy |title=Club Regulars 003: Madison Moore |url=https://theface.com/music/club-regulars-003-madison-moore |access-date=June 1, 2025 |work=The Face |date=May 1, 2019}}</ref>
==Career== moore serves as assistant professor of modern culture and media at Brown University.<ref name="mm-bio-brown" /> Previously, he worked as a postdoctoral research associate in race, queer, and media studies at King's College London,<ref name="gam-19jun2018">{{cite news |last1=Atkinson |first1=Nathalie |title=Madison Moore, author of Fabulous: 'Boringness is a privilege' |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/style/article-madison-moore-author-of-fabulous-boringness-is-a-privilege/ |access-date=June 1, 2025 |work=The Globe and Mail |date=June 19, 2018}}</ref> as assistant professor of gender, sexuality, and women's studies at Virginia Commonwealth University,<ref name="vcu-11jun2021">{{cite web |title='Think on This': madison moore on merging art, music and academics |url=https://news.vcu.edu/article/Think_on_This_madison_moore_on_merging_art_music_and_academics |website=VCU News |publisher=Virginia Commonwealth University |access-date=June 1, 2025 |date=June 11, 2021}}</ref> and as assistant professor of critical studies in the Roski School of Art and Design at the University of Southern California.<ref name="usc-2nov2022" />
In 2018, moore published his first book: ''Fabulous: The Rise of the Beautiful Eccentric'', which includes interviews with queer entertainers, fashion designers, and others about their culture and aesthetics.<ref name="nyt-8jun2018" /><ref name="gam-19jun2018"/><ref name="ps-27apr2018">{{cite news |last1=Tensley |first1=Brandon |title=What 'Fabulous' Means to the Queer Community |url=https://psmag.com/social-justice/what-fabulous-means-to-the-queer-community/ |access-date=June 1, 2025 |work=Pacific Standard |date=April 27, 2018}}</ref><ref name="guard-11mar2020">{{cite news |last1=Elan |first1=Priya |title=Yas kweens: the political importance of being fabulous |url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2020/mar/11/yas-kweens-the-political-importance-of-being-fabulous |access-date=June 1, 2025 |work=The Guardian |date=March 11, 2020}}</ref><ref name="yu-fab">{{cite web |title=Fabulous |url=https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300204704/fabulous/ |website=Yale University Press |access-date=June 1, 2025}}</ref> Interviewees include performance artists Alok Vaid-Menon, Pepper Pepper, and Victoria Sin, costume designer Patricia Field, vogue dancer {{interlanguage link|Lasseindra Ninja|fr}}, and violinist Amadéus Leopold.<ref name="them-17apr2018" /><ref name="gam-19jun2018" /><ref name="pw-fab">{{cite web |title=Fabulous: The Rise of the Beautiful Eccentric |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-300-20470-4 |website=Publishers Weekly |access-date=June 1, 2025}}</ref>
In 2019, moore interviewed actor and singer Billy Porter for a program at The Met on camp and the impact of ballroom culture, held in conjunction with the ''Camp: Notes on Fashion'' exhibition.<ref name="tm-23jun2019">{{cite web |title=Sunday at the Met - Camp: Notes on Fashion |url=https://www.facebook.com/metmuseum/videos/198419054419232/ |website=The Met |publisher=Facebook |access-date=June 1, 2025 |date=June 23, 2019}}</ref><ref name="met-camp">{{cite web |title=Sunday at The Met—Camp: Notes on Fashion |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/met-speaks/sunday-at-the-met/camp-notes-on-fashion-update |website=The Met |access-date=June 1, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620052759/https://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/met-speaks/sunday-at-the-met/camp-notes-on-fashion-update |archive-date=June 20, 2019}}</ref>
In 2022, moore served in the first "nightlife-in-residency" at The Kitchen, where he curated programming on queer nightlife and club culture.<ref name="vcu-2feb2022">{{cite web |last1=McNeill |first1=Brian |title=Professor's 'nightlife-in-residency' explores queer nightlife, club culture |url=https://news.vcu.edu/article/2022/02/professors-nightlife-in-residency-explores-queer-nightlife-club-culture |website=VCU News |publisher=Virginia Commonwealth University |access-date=June 1, 2025 |date=February 2, 2022}}</ref><ref name="tk-19jan2022">{{cite web |title=madison moore: Nightlife-in-Residence |url=https://thekitchen.org/event/madison-moore-nightlife-in-residence |website=The Kitchen |access-date=June 1, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119190924/https://thekitchen.org/event/madison-moore-nightlife-in-residence |archive-date=January 19, 2022}}</ref><ref name="ch-25jan2022">{{cite news |last1=Pau |first1=Kelly |title=Sadie Barnette + madison moore Recreate the Magic of Queer Nightlife |url=https://coolhunting.com/culture/new-eagle-creek-saloon-madison-moore-sadie-barnette/ |access-date=June 1, 2025 |work=Cool Hunting |date=January 25, 2022}}</ref>
In June 2025, moore was credited for contributing to the creation of the Google Doodle on hyperpop, in celebration of Pride Month.<ref name="gd-1jun2025">{{cite web |title=Celebrating Hyperpop |url=https://doodles.google/doodle/celebrating-hyperpop/ |website=Google Doodles |access-date=June 1, 2025 |date=June 1, 2025}}</ref>
==Personal life== moore describes himself as "a Black, queer, non-binary person".<ref name="usc-2nov2022" /> He goes by "any pronouns".<ref name="mm-bio-brown" /> He credits Prince for embodying the flamboyant, androgynous aesthetic that helped moore accept his own queer identity.<ref name="pr-12apr2018" /><ref name="pw-fab" />
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==External links== {{commonscat|Madison Moore|madison moore}} *{{official|madisonmooreonline.com}} *{{instagram|madisonmooreonline|madison moore}}
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