Those Fatal Flowers

About this episode

The episode discusses the themes of mythology, queer relationships, and time travel in 'Those Fatal Flowers' by Shannon Ives.

A Greco-Roman immortal man-hating lesbian crash lands into colonial America and gets into a Lavender Marriage in Those Fatal Flowers by Shannon Ives. Bret and Cal have a lot to say about the mythology elements while Marika is focused on gay feelings and time travel. Episodes We Mentioned: Queerness Through Xena: Warrior Princess Season 1 Epic: The Musical The Priory of the Orange Tree Kaos Yellowjackets Season 1 A Day of Fallen Night Among the Burning Flowers Song of Achilles Pa...

People in this episode

Hosts: Bret, Cal

Guest: Marika

Topics covered

• Greco-Roman mythology
• colonial America
• lesbian relationships
• time travel
• queer themes

Keywords

• Greco-Roman
• lesbian
• Lavender Marriage
• mythology
• time travel
• queer
• colonial America

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Those Fatal Flowers, Xena: Warrior Princess, Epic: The Musical, The Priory of the Orange Tree, Kaos, Yellowjackets, A Day of Fallen Night, Among the Burning Flowers, Song of Achilles

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