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Episode 15: Gay People Exist! Put Us in Your Movies!: The Hay’s Code
CW: Homophobia, AIDS This week the crew talk about the era of The Hay’s Code and how it messed up American cinema for several decades. Mostly, we’re talking about how The Code messed up queer representation in Hollywood and how people in Hollywood are still using the tropes and rules set up by the code…
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Episode 14: Smells Like Grandma’s Spirit
CW: Death, Rot, People putting things in their various orifices Is that grandma’s famous cookie recipe? Dad’s cigar? Or the unholy scent of brimstone? The crew today talk about what ghosts smell like… or, more accurately, what smells happen around ghosts. Eau de Mort is a concoction of concepts— after all, it would be rude…
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Episode 13: Liking Dogs Is Copyright (And So Are Feelings)
CW: Attempted Homicide, Nazis (very briefly), Homophobia Or at least according to Andrea Plunket and the Conan Doyle Estate. This episode, we discuss the finer points of Sherlock’s copyright— since only parts of the story are public domain in the U.S., only parts of the character are, too! So what can you do? Can he…
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Episode 12: Houdoyle Story: Spirit Photography Gone Wild!
CW: Death Two acquaintances turned friends… to enemies! What else does one expect from a relationship rife with living dinosaurs and dead mothers being summoned back from the world beyond!? The gang discusses why the father of eccentric detective Sherlock, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, had a falling out with famed escape artist Harry Houdini. What…
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Episode 11: Why Won’t You Take My Blood?!
CW: AIDS, Homophobia, Transphobia, Death, Blood, Eugenics Karen, M, and Remy talk about the homophobic policies for blood donations. Why won’t blood drives let gay men donate? Is there science there or fear of our precious rainbow blood? Is it valid or should they just shut up and take the blood already? This is a paper…
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Episode 10: Clown Eggs: Nothing More Beautiful than Clown Birth
CW: Clowns, Scary Clowns Remy, M, and Karen discuss the difficulties of clownbirth, and also what do eggs have to do with it? Jokes aside, we discuss a bit of clown history— where did they come from? Where are they now? How are they dealing with a world that has decided to dislike and fear…
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Episode 9: And They Were Roommates: Queercoded Sherlock
CW: Homophobia, Gunshot Wounds Just men being friends. Join M, Remy, and Karen for part 2 of our discussion of Sherlock Holmes and the queercoding Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wove into his stories. We’ve got a spicy (for the Victorians) scene to read and plenty of evidence that Sherlock and Watson were much more than…
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Episode 8: The Lying Detective: Queerbaiting in BBC’s Sherlock
CW: Homophobia, JK Rowling In this episode, Remy, M, and Karen talk about the difference between queercoding and queerbaiting and how both are used before diving into an in an in-depth look at queerbaiting in the BBC’s Sherlock series. In this part one of two Sherlock episodes, we’ll explore what rewrites of the beloved detective…
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Episode 7: Drag Balls: The History of Queens & Gentle-divas
CW: Human Excrement (brief), Transphobia, Homophobia, Racism Drag Balls is not a euphemism… or maybe it is? Drag is for everyone and goes back way longer than we were aware of. Join Karen & M as Remy leads them through the rich and fabulous history of drag, cross-dressing, and the career of film maker John…