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Andrea Jean James (born January 16, 1967) is an American writer, film producer, director, and trans woman who is an LGBT rights activist.〔Lam, Steven. ("What's 'gay' now: we are everywhere indeed" ), ''The Advocate'', June 20, 2006.〕 ==Education and career== James grew up in Indiana and attended Wabash College, where she majored in English, Latin and Greek. After graduating in 1989, she obtained a master's degree in English language and literature from the University of Chicago.〔Wabash College. ("Andrea James to Give Talk at Wabash" ), Wabash College, October 21, 2008. *James, Gary. ("Alum Shares Earned Wisdom With the Wabash Community" ), Wabash College, October 28, 2008.〕 After her MA, James wrote ads for Chicago advertising agencies, working in the business for ten years.〔 The experience encouraged her to become involved in consumer activism, with a particular interest in medical and academic fraud.〔Jardin, Xeni. ("Welcome to the Boing Boing guestblog, Andrea James!" ), Boing Boing, December 28, 2009.〕 In 2003, together with author and entertainer Calpernia Addams, she co-founded Deep Stealth Productions to create content by and for transgender people.〔Addams, Calpernia and Andrea James. ("Transformations" ), ''The Advocate'', July 22, 2003.〕 She is the host of the instructional program, ''Finding Your Female Voice''.〔Hopper, Douglas. ("Helping Transgender Women Find a New Voice" ), ''All Things Considered'', National Public Radio, March 5, 2006.〕 She produced and performed in the first all-transgender cast of ''The Vagina Monologues'' in 2004, debuting a new piece created by Eve Ensler for the occasion. She was also a consultant on and appeared in ''Beautiful Daughters'', a documentary film about the event.〔Tennyson, Joyce. ''Vagina Warriors''. Bulfinch Press, 2005, p. 11. ISBN 978-0-8212-6183-5 *("LesbianAlliance.com interviews DeepStealth's Andrea James" ), LesbianAlliance.com. *("Teaching resources: Beautiful Daughters" ), ''Feminist Teacher'' Vol. 18 #2 (2008) p. 179-180〕 James was a script consultant for ''Transamerica'', a 2005 film, helping actress Felicity Huffman prepare for her role as a transsexual woman.〔Nangeroni, Nancy and MacKenzie, Gordene O. (Episode #555 ), gendertalk.com, April 15, 2006. *Keck, William. ("Felicity Huffman is sitting pretty" ), ''USA Today'', November 21, 2005. *Tucker, Duncan. ''Transamerica: The Shooting Script''. Newmarket Press, 2006, pp. 93, 133. ISBN 978-1-55704-732-8〕 She appeared in the 2005 HBO documentary ''Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She'', and in 2007 directed a short film, "Casting Pearls".〔Adelman, Kim. ("'Pariah' Leads The Pack of Outstanding Shorts at Outfest '07" ), ''Indiewire'', July 18, 2007.〕 She was a consulting producer for, and appeared in, the reality-dating television series, ''Transamerican Love Story'', on the Logo digital channel in 2008.〔Pozner, Jennifer L. ''Reality bites back: the troubling truth about guilty pleasure TV''. Seal Press, 2010. ISBN 978-1-58005-265-8 *Kearns, Michael. ("Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" ), ''Frontiers'', 2008, Vol. 26, No. 20.〕 In 2009, she directed another short film, "Transproofed".〔Everleth, Mike. ("Echo Park Film Center: Transgender Short Films" ), ''Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film'', January 10, 2011.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andrea James」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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