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“What A Girl Wants” with Roxy Bourdillon
May 12, 2026
47m 34s
“Neopronouns and It Pronouns” with Teagan Bradway (Queer Forms and Pronouns Series)
Apr 28, 2026
53m 51s
“Pronouns in Two-Spirit Literature” with Jas Morgan (Queer Forms and Pronouns Series)
Apr 14, 2026
40m 43s
“Mixing Pronouns” with Sue Lanser (Queer Forms and Pronouns Series)
Mar 31, 2026
46m 05s
“Ambiguous Pronouns” with Susan Stryker (Queer Forms and Pronouns Series)
Mar 17, 2026
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| 5/12/26 | “What A Girl Wants” with Roxy Bourdillon | If you want to know what Roxy wants, this episode is a great place to start. Diva’s fabulous editor in chief joins us for a chat about her lovely memoir What A Girl Wants, which is just as heartwarming, insightful and fun as the author herself. Roxy and I speak about femme invisibility, queer timelines, body image and lesbian breakups. Not one to be missed. References:DIVAOut and WildZoe BerrymanCaitlin MoranDolly AldertonAnn Bannon’s I Am A Woman (1959)The Beebo Brinker ChroniclesCarolCate BlanchettPatricia Highsmith’s The Price of Salt Questions you should be able to respond to after listening: Roxy’s book regularly employs direct address of the reader. What does Roxy say about this? Why was this formal feature important for writing this book? Roxy and I speak about queered timelines. What do we suggest and what do you think about this topic? How does Roxy speak about approaching chronology and structure in memoir? | 47m 34s | ||||||
| 4/28/26 | “Neopronouns and It Pronouns” with Teagan Bradway (Queer Forms and Pronouns Series) | The final episode of the Queer Forms and Pronouns series got a bit more personal than I expected. The incredible Teagan Bradway and I speak about misgendering ourselves, giving the gift of language to our loved ones and why not just the function but also the beauty of gender-nonconformity pronouns is politically and personally significant. We speak about my anxieties about it pronouns and how this plays out in different genres from speculative fiction to memoir. Teagan’s insights into narrative agency and pronominal shifts are incredibly helpful in taking one last deep dive into the world of pronouns.This conversation is part of a miniseries that accompanies my book Queer Forms and Pronouns: Gender Nonconformity in Anglophone Literature (Oxford University Press, 2026). I hope you like hearing more from your host, but not to worry: we will be back to our usual format after this one. References:Bradway, Teagan. "Queer Narrative Theory and the Relationality of Form." PMLA 136.5 (2021): 711-727.Bradway, Teagan, and Elizabeth Freeman, eds. Queer Kinship: Race, Sex, Belonging, Form. Duke University Press, 2022.Bradway, Teagan. "Introduction: Queer Metarelationality." differences 35.3 (2024): 1-13.Bradway, Teagan. "Queer Formalism." The Palgrave Handbook of Feminist, Queer and Trans* Narrative Studies. Palgrave, 2025. 95-109.https://teaganbradway.com/Les FeinbergTorrey Peters’ Stag DanceBecky Chambers’ Monk and RobotOctavia Butler’s Lilith’s BroodMaia Kobabe’s Gender QueerDiane WattJack HalberstamDana LucianoMel Y. ChenSpivak pronouns (E/em/eir)Isaac FellmanAndrea GibsonHekanaho, Laura. "A thematic analysis of attitudes towards English nonbinary pronouns." Journal of Language and Sexuality 11.2 (2022): 190-216.Mattheis, Lena. "Nonbinary Narration." The Palgrave Handbook of Feminist, Queer and Trans* Narrative Studies. Palgrave, 2025. 25-39.Vera NuenningCorinna Assmann Questions you should be able to respond to after listening: What does narrative agency have to do with pronouns? How might narrative point of view affect pronouns? Why do we discuss genre? What could the implications of discussing pronouns in speculative fiction be? How can ‘it’ pronouns allow us to think about gender, personhood and humanness? What are Spivak pronouns? You may want to look this up as we only mention them very briefly. What do Lena and Teagan think about mispronouning? Why do we speak about pronouns as a gift that is not always easy to give? How do you feel about sharing your pronouns or learning someone else’s? | 53m 51s | ||||||
| 4/14/26 | “Pronouns in Two-Spirit Literature” with Jas Morgan (Queer Forms and Pronouns Series) | The fantastic Jas Morgan is back for a conversation about pronouns in Two-Spirit literature! We think about how kinship is reflected in language, what role pronouns take on in translation and how they can easily be misunderstood, especially when working across cultures and languages. Our conversation is based on a dialogic chapter of Queer Forms and Pronouns, which I co-wrote with Kai Minosh Pyle.This conversation is part of a miniseries that accompanies my book Queer Forms and Pronouns: Gender Nonconformity in Anglophone Literature (Oxford University Press, 2026). I hope you like hearing more from your host, but not to worry: we will be back to our usual format in just a few weeks.References:Kai Minosh PyleJas Morgan’s “My Pronouns are Kiy/Kin”https://web.archive.org/web/20210416065231/https://aabitagiizhig.com/2016/05/13/red-rising-my-pronouns-are-kiy-kin/Jas Morgan’s nîtisânakRiot GrrrlRobin Wall KimmererWahkohtowinJoshua Whitehead’s “A Queer Geography of Woundings”Billy-Ray BelcourtLambda Literary AwardsKin (web series)Justin DucharmeAalaynaTa’Kaiya Blaneyhttps://jasmorgan.com/2020/10/25/sewing-circle-kin-web-series/@notvanishing (IG) Questions you should be able to respond to after listening: Why might pronouns work differently in Two-Spirit literature? What do pronouns have to do with kinship? How are pronouns connected to animacy? We speak about pronouns in translation between languages that attach gendered notions to them or not. How might this affect communication? Are pronouns gendered in your favourite language? What does Jas mean by ‘I am not a metaphor’? | 40m 43s | ||||||
| 3/31/26 | “Mixing Pronouns” with Sue Lanser (Queer Forms and Pronouns Series) | Come along for a deep dive into mixed pronouns in queer, trans and nonbinary narratives with none other than Sue Lanser, your favourite narratologist’s favourite narratologist. Sue and I talk about why we might need to rethink the concept of gender disguise narratives, where we find mixed pronouns in literary histories and why mixed pronouns often become sensual in literature. My favourite bit: Sue asks me about my personal hero, the Grinch.This conversation is part of a miniseries that accompanies my book Queer Forms and Pronouns: Gender Nonconformity in Anglophone Literature (Oxford University Press, 2026). I hope you like hearing more from your host, but not to worry: we will be back to our usual format in just a few weeks. ReferencesSue Lanser’s The Sexuality of HistorySue Lanser’s Narrative Theory UnboundSue Lanser’s “Trans-forming Narratology” Narrative 32.2 (2024)Jeanette Winterson’s Written on the BodyLe Roman de SilenceMichel de Montaigne’s Journal de VoyageMargaret Cavendish’s Assaulted and Pursued ChastityLyly’s GalateaChevalièr(e) d’ÉonAlex Myers’ RevolutionaryDeborah SamsonJenny Fran Davis’ DyketteIsaac Fellman’s Dead CollectionsSpiel, Katta, Os Keyes, and Pınar Barlas. 2019. ‘Patching Gender: Non-Binary Utopias in HCI’. Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, May 2, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290607.3310425.The GrinchDr SeussJim CarreyBenedict CumberbatchLes FeinbergMaggie NelsonHarry DodgeJen ManionDean Spade Questions you should be able to respond to after listening: What role does narrative agency play in the difference between external and intrinsic pronoun ascription? Why does Susan suggest that we need to revisit Shakespeare’s and other’s gender disguise narratives? Susan mentions how characters that are perceived as masculine but use she/her are much more frequently ridiculed than characters viewed as feminine who use he/him. Why do you think that is? How has feminism expanded what ‘she/her’ can mean? How does mixing pronouns do similar or different work from singular they? Why does the Grinch, according to Lena, have big they energy? | 46m 05s | ||||||
| 3/17/26 | “Ambiguous Pronouns” with Susan Stryker (Queer Forms and Pronouns Series) | It was an incredible honour to have THE Susan Stryker join me for a chat about ambiguous pronouns, trans literature and linguistic creativity. Susan’s wealth of knowledge on pronouns across languages and literary history was incredibly enriching and allowed me to speak about some of my favourite examples of ambiguous pronoun use in literature.This conversation is part of a miniseries that accompanies my book Queer Forms and Pronouns: Gender Nonconformity in Anglophone Literature (Oxford University Press, 2026). I hope you like hearing more from your host, but not to worry: we will be back to our usual format in just a few weeks. References:Susan Stryker’s “My Words to Victor Frankenstein above the Village of Chamounix”Susan Stryker’s Transgender HistorySusan Stryker, Stephen Wittle, Aren Aizura (eds) The Transgender Studies ReaderSusan Stryker’s Changing Gender: The History and Future of a Concept (August 2026)Sara Taylor’s The LaurasGian Lorenzo Bernini’s The Sleeping Hermaphrodite (1620)Teagan BradwayMaia Kobabe’s Gender Queer (2019)Lal ZimmanRivers SolomonAphra Behn’s “To The Fair Clorinda” and “The Widow Ranter”Thomas(ine) HallNathaniel BaconMel Y. ChenAndrea Lawlor’s Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal GirlAndrea Gibson’s “Your Life” Questions you should be able to respond to after listening: Which pronouns are ambiguous when it comes to gender in English? Which ones are ambiguous in your first or favourite language? What creates ambiguity when we use pronouns? How might this ambiguity be productive? Susan explains why gendered pronouns in English function in an unusual way compared to other languages. What is something new you learned about this? We speak about why literature can teach us something about pronoun use that we might overlook when focusing on grammar. What is that? Can you name one of the examples of ambiguous pronoun use in literature we discuss? | 47m 51s | ||||||
| 3/3/26 | “Singular They” with Laura Paterson (Queer Forms and Pronouns Series) | Welcome to a miniseries about gender nonconformity pronouns in literature! In this episode, the amazing linguist Laura Paterson asks me many clever questions about singular they in literature. We talk about the function of pronouns, common misunderstanding about singular they, and neutral versus gender-nonconforming use of this fantastic third person pronoun. Whether you would like reading recommendations (Virginia Woolf, Lamya H, Rae Spoon…) or some insight into what singular they can do in creative and academic writing, this episode might have some answers – or questions – for you. ReferencesLena Mattheis’ Queer Forms and Pronouns: Gender Nonconformity in Anglophone Literature (Oxford University Press, 2026)Laura Paterson (ed.) The Routledge Handbook of Pronouns (Routledge, 2023)Anna LiviaLamya H’s Hijab Butch Blues (2023)Rae Spoon’s Green Glass Ghosts (2021)Jeanette Winterson’s Written on the Body (1992)Anne Garréta’s Sphinx (1986)Charlie Josephine’s I, Joan (2022)The Globehttps://www.shakespearesglobe.com/identity-in-i-joan/Kit HeyamLaura Paterson and Georgina Turner (eds) Approaches to Discourses of Marriage (Routledge, 2024)Lal Zimman Questions you should be able to respond to after listening: What is a pronoun? How does Lena define gender-nonconformity pronouns? Why is it relevant whether a narrator comments on pronoun use or not? Which examples does Lena provide? Which literary texts do Laura and Lena mention? Which one would you like to read and why? What do Laura and Lena discuss about pronouns in academic writing? Do you have an established practice for this? | 46m 08s | ||||||
| 2/17/26 | “Queer Food” with Alex Ketchum and Megan Elias | What is queer food, you ask? Let’s find out! Alex Ketchum and Megan Elias tell me all about the connections between gender and food, cooking and sexuality, and recipes and community. The amazing book Queers at the Table is a product of the queer food conference Alex and Megan ran in 2024 (returning in 2026!) and consists of essays, stories, comics and endlessly inspiring reflections on queer cooking and intellectual inquiry. Lesbian chefs, feminist cafes, queer community cookouts – this episode has them all. References:Queers at the Table (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2025)Alex Ketchum’s Ingredients for Revolution: A History of American Feminist Restaurants, Cafes, and Coffeehouses (Concordia UP, 2022)https://press.library.concordia.ca/projects/ingredients-for-revolution (open access)Megan Elias’ Food on the Page (Penn Press, 2017)Queer Food Conferencehttps://www.queerfoodconference.com/@queerfoodconferenceAlex Ketchum’s How to Organize Inclusive Events and Conferences (Microcosm, 2026)https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/books/63461Alex Ketchum’s Digital Queers and High Tech Gays (MIT Press, 2027)@dr.alexketchumhttp://alexketchum.caAlex Ketchum’s Engage in Public Scholarship!: A Guidebook on Feminist and Accessible Communication (Concordia Uni Press, 2022)https://press.library.concordia.ca/projects/engage-in-public-scholarship (open access)https://www.justfeministtechandscholarshiplab.com/Greggor MattsonPrism ComicsQueer Food FoundationThe Female Glaze@thefemaleglazeThe Nonbinarian Bookstorehttps://thenonbinarian.gay/Bishakh Som’s SpellboundCait McKinney’s Information Activism: A Queer History of Lesbian Media TechnologiesThe Ripped BodiceCasey McQuiston’s The Pairing Questions you should be able to respond to after listening: How do Megan and Alex define queer food? Megan thinks about what ‘not queer food’ might be and whether we would want to define this. What is your opinion? Is there ‘straight’ food? How is gender connected to food? Were you surprised by anything we mention? What connections do Megan and Alex draw between sexuality and food? Alex and Megan speak a lot about community. Can you name two examples of how community makes food queer? How might food be linked to queer knowledge production? | 47m 11s | ||||||
| 2/3/26 | “Lean Cat, Savage Cat” with Lauren J. Joseph | The incredible author Lauren J. Joseph joins me to talk about her new book Lean Cat, Savage Cat – out on 26 February 2026. Lauren talks about the genre-bending ambiguity of the novel, about characters that have followed her from the stage to the page, and about writing across languages. We touch on the intricacies of first-person narration, but also on what it’s like to write a novel versus writing a PhD. References:Lauren J. Joseph’s Lean Cat, Savage Cat (2026)Lauren J. Joseph’s At Certain Points We Touch (2022)Ben RobbinsAlexander GeistDavid BowieBryan FerryMorrisseyHildegard von BingenMarty SupremeTimothée ChalametEssenDortmundKarstadtKaDeWeRomy HaagBowie’s Berlin Trilogy: Low, Heroes, LodgerNarcissus and EchoCéleste AlbaretProustAmerican PsychoPedro Lemebel’s My Tender MatadorJean Genet | 37m 40s | ||||||
| 1/20/26 | “Queer Exiles” with Ben Robbins | From Christopher Isherwood to Djuna Barnes, some of the most prolific queer writers of the 20th century wrote in exile. Ben Robbins joins me to explain how and why queer writers connected with each other in exile and how (in)voluntary movement shaped their stories. Ben shares some surprising encounters from the archives and paints a picture of some of the locations of queer exile: Berlin, Tangier and Capri. References:Networked Narratives: Queer Exile Literature 1900-1969Funded by the Austrian Science Fund/FWF (Project DOI: 10.55776/P35199) https://www.uibk.ac.at/projects/networkednarratives/Ben Robbins’ “‘Marriages ought to be secret’: Queer Marriages of Convenience and the Exile Narrative” JAAAS: Journal of the Austrian Association for American Studies, vol. 5, no. 1, Dec. 2023, pp. 100–122, https://doi.org/10.47060/jaaas.v5i1.173.Networks of Anglophone LGBTQ+ Exile Writershttp://queerexilelit.uibk.ac.at/ Robbins, Ben, and Ralph J. Poole. "Introduction: Queer Ruralisms." AmLit – American Literatures 4.2 (2024): 4-21.Ben Robbins’ Faulkner's Hollywood Novels: Women between Page and Screen (University of Virginia Press 2024) https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/5855/Queer Second CitiesMaria SulimmaBen Robbins’ “Christopher Isherwood in Exile” https://www.huntington.org/verso/christopher-isherwood-exileHarry Ransom CenterBryher (Annie Winifred Ellerman)Oscar WildeW. Somerset MaughamE.F. BensonJohn Ellingham BrooksRomaine BrooksJohn EllermanRobert McAlmonDjuna Barnes’ NightwoodNatalie BarneyChristopher Isherwood’s Goodbye to BerlinStephen Spender’s The TempleJane Bowles’ Two Serious LadiesW.H. AudenPatricia HighsmithAllen GinsbergClaude McKayThornton WilderBen Robbins. "Space, Sexuality, and Thornton Wilder's Villa Rhabani." Thornton Wilder Journal 5:1, November 2024, pp. 99-119. DOI: 10.5325/thorntonwilderj.5.1.0099 https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/thornton-wilder/article-abstract/5/1/99/392187/Space-Sexuality-and-Thornton-Wilder-s-Villa?redirectedFrom=fulltextOpen access: https://ulb-dok.uibk.ac.at/urn/urn:nbn:at:at-ubi:3-40689William Burroughs’ Naked LunchAlfred Chester’s Looking for Genet: Literary Essays and ReviewsSusan SontagGore VidalHenry JamesTruman Capote Questions you should be able to respond to after listening: How does Ben define ‘exile’? How is this similar to and different from ‘expat’? How does exile relate to class status and financial means? Why are queer networks so important in this context? What does Ben say about exile and (involuntary) movement affecting narrative form? How do you find out where you can safely travel? | 47m 08s | ||||||
| 1/6/26 | Queer Lit on Amplified | Time for a cross-over! I had the absolute pleasure on being invited to join the Amplified network and appear on their superb podcast. Here is our episode and Amplified's show notes:"Amplified is an audio blog series about the sounds of scholarship from our team here at the Amplify Podcast Network. This month on Amplified, Stacey Copeland and Hannah McGregor are joined by Lena Mattheis to kick off a brand new series featuring the latest additions to our sustained cohort of podcasters. Lena is the creator and host of Queer Lit, a podcast about LGBTQIA2S+* literature and culture. In this conversation, we reflect on podcasting as a tool for community building and queer scholarly practice, tracing how Queer Lit emerged from Lena's teaching practice and a commitment to accessible feminist and queer knowledge creation." | 24m 10s | ||||||
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| 12/23/25 | Festive Special Part 2 | What is the queerest thing you did this year? Listen to the festive special to find out how queer our guests and listeners made 2025!References:Liz BreslinHow To Read podcasthttps://www.howtoreadpodcast.com/elaine-auyoung-one-sided-relationships/Queer Forms and Pronouns: Gender Nonconformity in Anglophone Literature (OUP, March 2026)https://global.oup.com/academic/product/queer-forms-and-pronouns-9780198974116?q=lena%20mattheis&lang=en&cc=gbSusan StrykerLouise Siddons’ Good Pictures Are A Strong Weaponhttps://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517910730/good-pictures-are-a-strong-weapon/Category is Books (Glasgow)Lighthouse Books (Edinburgh)The Bookish Type (Leeds)Kit HeyamRoyal Vauxhall TavernAll Of Us StrangersNick CherrymanEuropean Gay Ski WeekOliver Slate-Green’s The Way Blood TravelsLeah DavidsonListenqueer.co.ukOut and WildLeilah KingCoast is QueerJack GiesekingOur Dyke Histories podcastJulie EnszerLesbian Lives Sinister WisdomThe Essential Poems of Pat Parker (The 87 Press)Caro de Robertis’ The Palace of ErosJoelle Taylor’s MaryvilleAlison Bechdel’s SpentAllan Johnson https://thisisallan.medium.com/elf-and-safety-2b061323dbc1Flora Johnson’s Christopher Popinkins | 30m 45s | ||||||
| 12/16/25 | Festive Special Part 1 | What is the queerest thing you did this year? Listen to the festive special to find out how queer our guests and listeners made 2025! References: Happiest Season Kristen Stewart Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid Joe Jukes https://www.hiss.sydney/ Virginia Gay’s Cyrano Qtopia Sydney Queer Britain @guildfordgaybookclub New House Art Space (Guildford) Juno Dawson’s Stay Another Day Layla McCay’s The Queer Bookshelf: A Reader’s Guide (June 2026) Libro.fm Pillion Arzner @Arznercinema | 23m 23s | ||||||
| 11/18/25 | Queerest thing you did this year? | Share the queerest thing you did this year by 6 December to be featured on the end-of-year special and for the chance to win a special gift (if you are based in the UK). Send an email or voice recording to queerlitpodcast@gmail.com by 6 December.I can't wait to hear from you! | 2m 23s | ||||||
| 11/11/25 | “Ancient Myths and Lesbian Legends” with Mara Gold | Medusa, Medea, Artemis… we’ve all heard their stories before but what do they sound like when not told by (or centred on) men? Mara Gold, the sapphic scholar, is here to tell us all about these figures and about how there is always more than one side to a story and more than one reading to a myth. Come for the lesbian legends, stay for the witty witches and follow us @queerlitpodcast and @sapphic_scholar. ReferencesMara Gold’s Ancient Myths and Legends Without Men (2025)Mara Gold’s “Rebels Against the Tyranny of Men’: Women Performing Greek Comedy in Early Twentieth-Century Britain” in Women Creating Classics (2025) https://mara-gold.com/@sapphic_scholarBeyond the Binary Pitt Rivers Museumhttps://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/beyond-the-binaryAshmolean MuseumRebellious Bodies audio tour https://app.smartify.org/en-GB/tours/ashmolean-rebellious-bodies-tour?utm_campaign=ashmoleansmartifywebpage&utm_medium=webpagelink&utm_source=ashmoleanwebsite&utm_content=rebelliousbodiestourSmartifyHélène Cixous’ “The Laugh of the Medusa” (1975)Femme fataleGorgonsApotropaic figureAthenaHeraNatalie Haynes’ Stone BlindMadeleine Miller’s CirceRosie HewlettPat BarkerMadeleine Miller’s CirceSirensOdysseyDurham CastleHans Christian AndersenSelkieDemeterPenelopeMedeaMaenadDionysusBacchusTrue BloodAmazonAtalantaNataly BarneyLesbos-en-SeineArtemisDouble Slicehttps://doubleslice.studio/ActaeonCallistoZeusAphroditeJasonArgonautsGlauceSuranne JonesDoctor FosterGentleman JackChildren of Srikandi (2012)Hector and HephaestusRadical Book FairLighthouse Books EdinburghThe Bookish TypeCaper bookshopThe MagiciansPersephoneCassandra Questions you should be able to respond to after listening: What is sapphism? What is classical reception? How is this relevant to Mara’s work? What are the archetypes that Mara uses to structure the book? Which one are you most interested in and why? What does Mara say about Srikandi and Srikandi’s role in LGBTQIA+ activism in Indonesia? How can we draw on ancient myths for queer activism today? What does Mara say about this? What are your thoughts? Do you have a favourite figure from mythology or legends? | 56m 01s | ||||||
| 10/28/25 | “The Queer Victorian Gothic” with Brontë Schiltz | Are you ready to descend into the weird world of queer Gothic writing, spooky sexology, and gay ghouls? Brontë Schiltz is an expert on all of these and so much more. We speak about the televisual Gothic and about several of Brontë’s favourite Victorian writers, including masc heartthrob Vernon Lee. If you’re into fun facts about blood transfusions and half-human, half-snake main characters, this episode is for you. References:Manchester Centre for Gothic StudiesVernon Lee (1856-1935)Ali SmithSarah WatersTelevisual gothicA Ghost Story For ChristmasM.R. James“The Dead Room”Mark GatissThe Oxford Book of Gothic TalesChris BaldickNigel KnealeMatthew Lewis’ The MonkOscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian GrayJen Beagin’s Big SwissKarl Heinrich Ulrichs’ ManorSexology“Plain Reasons Against Sodomy”Horace WalpoleJohn Addington SymondsDraculaGeorge Haggerty’s Queer GothicJohn Singer SargentClementina Anstruther-ThomsonAffect studiesVernon Lee’s Hauntings“A Wicked Voice”“Prince Alberic and the Snake Lady”Megan MilksAli Smith’s Hotel WorldMiskatonic Institute of Horror StudiesThe Horse Hospital https://www.thehorsehospital.com/events/miskatonic-televisualgothic Questions you should be able to respond to after listening: What is the Gothic? What did you know about the Gothic before listening and what did you learn from Brontë? How is the Gothic queer? Why is the Victorian period an interesting time to look at queerness? How does Brontë speak about queerness in relation to illness? What is your favourite spooky story? | 46m 59s | ||||||
| 10/14/25 | “Taylor’s Version Pt 2: Showgirls” with Stephanie Burt | Are you ready to become a showgirl? Poet, scholar, and Swifty extraordinaire Stephanie Burt joins me to talk about Taylor Swift’s musical genius, queer fandom and relationship to femininity. There was simply too much to squeeze into one episode, so make sure to listen to part one first and hear all about the Gaylors, before switching to part two, to learn about Taylor's relationship to femininity, class and race. Stephanie will also tell you why she thought the “You Need To Calm Down” video was a big mistake…Follow Stephanie and myself at @notquitehydepark and @queerlitpodcast for even more content! ReferencesStephanie Burt’s We Are Mermaids (Greywolf Press, 2022)Stephanie Burt’s Super Gay Poems (2025)Stephanie Burt’s Taylor’s Version: The Poetic and Musical Genius of Taylor Swift (Basic Books, 2025)Stephanie Burt’s “Prayer for Werewolves”Poetry UnboundJohn DonneKatherine PhilipsGeoffrey ChaucerWalt WhitmanCharlotte MewSarah RecordsHeavenlyTender TrapBlueboyElla DarlingMotownCarole KingDolly Parton“You Belong With Me”RedReputationMiss Americana (2020)LoverRachel Hartman’s Tess of the RoadGaylorismGaylors and Hetlors“When Emma Falls in Love”“All Too Well”Joe JonasTaylor LautnerJake Gyllenhaal“Back to December”John MayerThe Life of a Show GirlElizabeth TaylorKatharine HepburnOphelia HamletJulia SeranoFrozenMononormativityEvermore“Tis The Damn Season”The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection“Christmases When You Were Mine”CrassGrace PetrieTaylearning podcast“Clara Bow”Britney SpearsMiley Cyrus“You Need to Come Down”Adeem the ArtistJourney to FearlessLara Heimert@notquitehydeparkRachel Gold’s In the SilencesImogen Binnie’s NevadaX-Men Gold 30D.A. PowellTeam Dresch’s Captain My CaptainSlater KinneyHeartbreak HighSex EducationRachel Hartman’s Seraphina Questions you should be able to respond to after listening: How does Stephanie speak about the relationship between poetry, lyrics and music? Where does this become relevant in Taylor Swift’s work? What does the term ‘Gaylor’ refer to and why are there so many of them? We speak about sapphic forms in this episode. What makes a form sapphic for you? What is feminophobia and why could being femme be read as giving up power? How does this relate to trans femininity? What does Stephanie suggest about the representation of class in the “You Need To Calm Down” video? Why does Stephanie stress that Taylor knows that she is white? How does Stephanie describe Taylor’s engagement with race and the music of Black women? Does Taylor’s music speak to you? Why or why not? | 56m 11s | ||||||
| 10/7/25 | “Taylor’s Version Pt 1: Gaylors” with Stephanie Burt | Are you ready to become a showgirl? Poet, scholar, and Swifty extraordinaire Stephanie Burt joins me to talk about Taylor Swift’s musical genius, queer fandom and relationship to femininity. There was simply too much to squeeze into one episode, so make sure to listen to part one first and hear all about the Gaylors, before switching to part two, to learn about Taylor;s relationship to femininity, class and race. Stephanie will also tell you why she thought the “You Need To Calm Down” video was a big mistake…Follow Stephanie and myself at @notquitehydepark and @queerlitpodcast for even more content! ReferencesStephanie Burt’s We Are Mermaids (Greywolf Press, 2022)Stephanie Burt’s Super Gay Poems (2025)Stephanie Burt’s Taylor’s Version: The Poetic and Musical Genius of Taylor Swift (Basic Books, 2025)Stephanie Burt’s “Prayer for Werewolves”Poetry UnboundJohn DonneKatherine PhilipsGeoffrey ChaucerWalt WhitmanCharlotte MewSarah RecordsHeavenlyTender TrapBlueboyElla DarlingMotownCarole KingDolly Parton“You Belong With Me”RedReputationMiss Americana (2020)LoverRachel Hartman’s Tess of the RoadGaylorismGaylors and Hetlors“When Emma Falls in Love”“All Too Well”Joe JonasTaylor LautnerJake Gyllenhaal“Back to December”John MayerThe Life of a Show GirlElizabeth TaylorKatharine HepburnOphelia HamletJulia SeranoFrozenMononormativityEvermore“Tis The Damn Season”The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection“Christmases When You Were Mine”CrassGrace PetrieTaylearning podcast“Clara Bow”Britney SpearsMiley Cyrus“You Need to Come Down”Adeem the ArtistJourney to FearlessLara Heimert@notquitehydeparkRachel Gold’s In the SilencesImogen Binnie’s NevadaX-Men Gold 30D.A. PowellTeam Dresch’s Captain My CaptainSlater KinneyHeartbreak HighSex EducationRachel Hartman’s Seraphina Questions you should be able to respond to after listening: How does Stephanie speak about the relationship between poetry, lyrics and music? Where does this become relevant in Taylor Swift’s work? What does the term ‘Gaylor’ refer to and why are there so many of them? We speak about sapphic forms in this episode. What makes a form sapphic for you? What is feminophobia and why could being femme be read as giving up power? How does this relate to trans femininity? What does Stephanie suggest about the representation of class in the “You Need To Calm Down” video? Why does Stephanie stress that Taylor knows that she is white? How does Stephanie describe Taylor’s engagement with race and the music of Black women? Does Taylor’s music speak to you? Why or why not? | 40m 24s | ||||||
| 9/23/25 | "No" with Sara Ahmed | Our favourite feminist killjoy is back! Sara Ahmed joins me to talk about her brand-new book No Is Not A Lonely Utterance: The Art and Activism of Complaining. In her first ever (how special are we) public conversation about the book, Sara speaks about becoming a feminist ear and a complaint collector, sharing stories of her own complaints as well as those shared with her in community. Explaining how the power of complaining lies in creativity and collectivity, Sara shows why saying no is a powerful queer method. References:Sarah Ahmed’s No Is Not A Lonely Utterance (Allen Lane, 2025)Sarah Ahmed’s The Feminist Killjoy Handbook (Penguin, 2023)Sarah Ahmed’s Complaint! (Duke, 2021)Sarah Ahmed’s What’s the Use (Duke, 2019)Sarah Ahmed’s On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life (Duke, 2012)OnomatopoeiaJean PorcelliRace Relations Amendment ActCARD Complaint Against Racial DiscriminationKennetta Hammond Perry’s London is the Place for Me: Black Britons, Citizenship and the Politics of Race (2018) https://global.oup.com/academic/product/london-is-the-place-for-me-9780190909949?cc=gb&lang=en&Heather Love’s Feeling BackwardChelsea Watego’s “Always Bet On Black (Power)” (2021)https://meanjin.com.au/essays/always-bet-on-black-power/ Questions you should be able to respond to after listening: What is a feminist ear? How might you become one? We speak about the role of energy in complaining. Where can energy come from or disappear to? To quote Sara: ‘puff, puff’ How does Sara define institutional fatalism and why might it be an illusion? What makes complaint a queer method? This is a question from Sara’s book: What is the first complaint you remember making? How do you feel about it now? | 1h 01m 09s | ||||||
| 9/9/25 | “Love Lies Bleeding” with Michelle Devereaux | How many times have you watched the sweaty lesbian fever dream that is Love Lies Bleeding? As you might be able to guess from this episode, Michelle Devereaux and I have stopped counting. Michelle is a feminist film-philosophy expert who joins me to talk about Rose Glass’s super queer neo noir, the interplay of genre conventions and gender dynamics, and all the fun intertexts and easter eggs that we found in Love Lies Bleeding. Whether you’re into bodybuilding and gender transgression or lesbian romance against all odds, this episode is for you. ReferencesRose Glass’ Love Lies Bleeding (2024)Devereaux, Michelle. "Suspicious Minds and Dead Bodies: Queer Romance and Skepticism in Rose Glass’s Love Lies Bleeding." Film Quarterly 78.2 (2024): 24-32.Devereaux, Michelle. The Stillness of Solitude: Romanticism and Contemporary American Independent Film. Edinburgh University Press, 2019.Devereaux, Michelle.“‘A lot of people are creative’: Process, Perfectionism and the Everyday Sublime in Kelly Reichardt’s Showing Up and First Cow”. Kim Wilkins and Bruce Isaacs, eds. A24: Culture, Aesthetics, Identity. Edinburgh University Press, 2026 (expected).Devereaux, Michelle.“Inherited Trauma, Postcolonial Scepticism and the Harmony of Voice in Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale”. Film-Philosophy and Australian Cinema. Saige Walton and Matilda Mroz, eds. Edinburgh University Press, 2026 (expected).Devereaux, Michelle and Lash, Dominic (eds.). Love, Desire and Stanley Cavell. London: Routledge, 2026 (expected).MAI: Feminism and Visual Culture: www.maifeminism.comRussian DollSofia CoppolaCavell, Stanley. Pursuits of Happiness: The Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage. Harvard University Press, 1981.Cavell, Stanley. Contesting Tears: The Hollywood Melodrama of the Unknown Woman. Harvard University Press, 1996.Comedies of RemarriageScrewball ComedyOut and WildSleater-KinneyBristol Butch BarLindner, Katharina. Film Bodies: Queer Feminist Encounters with Gender and Sexuality in Cinema. Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.Bound (1996)The Incredible HulkKristen Stewart TwilightPumping Iron II: The Women (1985)Bev Francis David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive (2001) and Lost Highway (1997)Winkie’s DinerLauren Berlant’s epistemic frenzyTeresa de Lauretis michelledevereaux@bsky.socialInstagram: @michelleldevereauxKelly Reichardt’s Showing Up (2022)Michelle WilliamsDerek Jarman’s Caravaggio (1996)Tilda SwintonSean Bean Questions you should be able to respond to after listening:1. What is Love Lies Bleeding about and why does Michelle suggest it might be more about gender than about sexuality?2. How does Michelle describe Lindner’s ‘space of transgender potential’? Can you think of an example for this?3. Which genres does Michelle mention to discuss and describe Love Lies Bleeding? How are these genres queered in the film?4. What role does the setting play in the film? How might this relate to the ‘space of transgender potential’?5. What is your favourite lesbian and/or trans film and why? | 42m 04s | ||||||
| 8/26/25 | “Lighthouse” Queer Space Special with Mairi Oliver | If you can’t find me, I’m probably still browsing shelves of queer joy at Lighthouse, Edinburgh’s superb radical bookshop. The delightful owner Mairi Oliver took some time to chat with me about the long history of radical and queer bookshops that have come before and exist alongside this absolute gem of a queer space. We speak about queer spaces changing hands and transforming, rather than disappearing, about the magic of queer and trans book events, and about why radical booksellers are so important for local community. References:Word PowerElaine HenryConstant Reader BookshopLavender MenaceWest & WildeSigrid NielsonBob Orr June Thomas’s A Place of One’s OwnJane Cholmeley’s A Bookshop of One’s OwnSilver Moon BookshopJames Ley’s Love Song To Lavender MenaceNaomi KleinSara AhmedRadical Book FairCategory is Books (Glasgow)Gay’s The Word (London)Housmans (London)Five Leaves (Nottingham)Alliance of Radical Booksellers https://www.radicalbooksellers.co.uk/Bread and Roses AwardJake Hall’s Shoulder to Shoulder: A Queer History of Solidarity, Coalition and ChaosN.S. Nuseibeh’s Namesake Questions you should be able to respond to after listening: Mairi speaks about how Lighthouse builds on a lineage of queer spaces. How do you feel about queer spaces transforming versus disappearing? In this context, we also speak about the higher expectations for queer spaces. Have you experienced this? Do you think queer spaces should be held to a higher standard? What is the effect of this? When we speak about the relationship between readers, booksellers and authors, Mairi makes some interesting points about how the role of writers is changing. What struck you as particularly important here? Mairi ends the episode with a note on the urgency with which we need to address current political discussions. How can books and bookshops help us do this? | 21m 20s | ||||||
| 8/12/25 | “Queer Hong Kong” with Alvin K. Wong | What makes Hong Kong queer? Alvin K. Wong joins me to speak about how queer and decolonial thought can help us better understand Hong Kong and its relation to the Sinophone world, to Eurocentric queer theory, and to global protest culture. Alvin speaks about queer and trans photography, films and novels from Hong Kong and sprinkles in some excellent theory reading recommendations. Listen now to learn more about Hong Kong and why it is such a frequent site of (unruly) comparison. References:Wong, Alvin. Unruly Comparison: Queerness, Hong Kong, and the Sinophone (Duke UP, 2025)Wong, Alvin. “Transgenderism as a Heuristic Device: On the Cross-historical and Transnational Adaptations of the Legend of the White Snake,” in Transgender China, ed. Howard Chiang (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), 127-158.https://complit.hku.hk/index.php/faculty/alvin-wong/akhwong@hku.hkCenter for the Study of Globalization and CulturesSociety of Sinophone StudiesMichel FoucaultJudith ButlerRey ChowAckbar AbbasUmbrella Movement in 2014Milton FriedmanRoderick FergusonJosé Esteban MuñozQueer of colour critiqueGayatri Gopinath’s Impossible Desires (Duke UP, 2005) and Unruly Visions (Duke UP, 2018)Emily Apter’s The Translation Zone (Princeton UP, 2006)Nelson Tang Chak-man’s Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been? (2019-20)Ann StolerJacques DerridaAnjali ArondekarWong Bik-wan’s Lienü tu 烈女圖 (Portraits of martyred women, 1999)Ma Ka Fai’s Long tou feng wei 龍頭鳳尾 (Once Upon A Time in Hong Kong, 2016)Lisa LoweScudMak Yan Yan’s Butterfly Jun Li’s Tracey (2018)W v. Registrar of MarriagesA Woman is A WomanMimi WongChen Ran’s A Private Life Questions you should be able to respond to after listening: What happened on 1 July 1997? Why was 2019 a central year in Hong Kong’s history? Why is Hong Kong such a frequent site of comparison? What makes Hong Kong (seem) exceptional? What does Alvin observe about Eurocentrism in queer studies? Which other power dynamics does he put this in relation with? Alvin speaks about juxtaposing different types of texts. What does he juxtapose and why? Several of Alvin’s reading recommendations have been published in translation. How often do you read translated texts? | 47m 28s | ||||||
| 7/29/25 | “Category is Books” Queer Space Special with Bug and Fin | You know I love a queer bookshop and this Glaswegian dream of a queer space is absolutely delightful. Bug and Fin started Category is Books in 2018 to create the kind of space they were craving in their own neighbourhood. As the name promises, Category is Books has some exquisite shelving categories: from ‘Dyke Aching’ to ‘Trans Lit’ to the extensive poetry and theory sections, Bug and Fin show off their excellent taste on their shelves. In the recording, you can hear just how popular the shop is and how many people from near and far love to stop by for a browse and a chat. I’m telling you: this is a real treasure. References:Dr Eamon McCarthy (new favourtite person) Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanitieshttps://www.sgsah.ac.uk/Section 28Kelly GardinerAdrian’s BarPluto Q Community Reading Roomhttps://www.plutoq.com/Hazel Jane Plante’s Little Blue EncyclopediaSam Szabo’s Enlightened Transexual ComixShola von Reinhold’s Lote Questions you should be able to respond to after listening: Why do we need specialist bookshops? Why did Bug and Fin want to open one? Why do Bug and Fin mention Section 28? Please look this term up if you are not familiar. What is your favourite category, section or genre in a bookshop? Why should you check Category is Books’ opening times before you go on your own queer pilgrimage there? | 21m 08s | ||||||
| 7/15/25 | “Transitions” with Ava L. J. Kim | What do transitions have to do with the nation state? More than you think! Ava Kim joins me to speak about how conceptions of gender are deeply (and problematically) entwined with the nation. Ava speaks about powerful examples of transition narratives from Chile, Vietnam and Argentina to illustrate this and gives us a sneak peek into her forthcoming book on trans genre. References:Ava Kim’s Still / Life: Trans Genre and the Politics of Anti-Development (forthcoming)Ava Kim’s “The Future is Child’s Play” GLQ (2025)Davy KnittleMellon FoundationChristoph HanssmannStem the Tide: Trans Liberation in an Age of FascismTravestiNyke SlawikLucía Puenzo’s XXY (2007)Marlene WayarMauro Cabral GrinspanWinnicott’s space of playPaz ErrázurizGina Apostol’s InsurectoJessica Hagedorn’s Dream Jungle and DogeatersTrans subterfugeBalangigaSebastián Lelio’s A Fantastic Woman/ Una Mujer Fantástica Questions you should be able to respond to after listening: Are you familiar with the term travesti? Please look it up and find a helpful definition. Which forms of transition does Ava talk about? How do they relate to one another? In how far is transition a narrative form? What does this have to do with the nation as a form? How does Ava define trans subterfuge? What are some of the connections between nation and gender Ava and I speak about? Can you think of others? Have you ever been affected by any of them? | 43m 39s | ||||||
| 7/1/25 | “Hungry for Androgyny” LIVE with Leilah Jane King | Coming to you live from the Spoken Word stage at Out and Wild, the UK’s biggest festival for lesbian, bi, trans and queer women and those who are non-binary! This conversation with the delightful Leilah King has everything you could hope for: laughing, rhyming, swooning, and a whole lot of poetry reading. Tune in to hear Leilah speak about gender nonconformity in football, her journey as a neurodivergent performance poet, and how being half-Iranian affects her experience as a queer woman.CW: mental health, manic state, gendered violence References:Midnight Picnics in Tehran (2019)We Are Hungry for Androgyny (2023)Polari PressMary OliverSam KerrAudre Lorde’s ZamiTravis AlabanzaJohn Steinbeck’s East of EdenThe Grapes of WrathCharles BukowskiIvan Coyote’s The Tomboy Survival GuideJames Baldwin’s Giovanni’s RoomJohn BetjemanPhilip LarkinSoft ButchTime of the MonthGay on Wye Questions you should be able to respond to after listening: Leilah reflects on being a writer as well as a performer. How does performance affect her writing? What was Leilah’s open mic night called and why did she set it up? Who are some of the writers that have inspired Leilah? Who inspires you? Leilah speaks about her intersecting experiences of being queer, neurodivergent and half-Iranian. How does your queerness relate to other parts of your identity? | 43m 17s | ||||||
| 6/17/25 | “Spent” with Alison Bechdel | Come along on this deep dive into Alison Bechdel’s new autofictional comic novel Spent, that will give you everything from Edward Gorey Easter eggs to Harriet the Spy content. Alison teaches me things about myself (I’m a bottom-up thinker. Who knew!) and reflects on what Alison, the character, learns from finally meeting the much beloved Dykes to Watch Out For on the page. Whether you are a fan of goats, wood chopping, reality TV or Virginia Woolf – this episode has something for every kind of anti-capitalist dyke. References:Alison Bechel’s The Secret to Superhuman StrengthAlison Bechel’s Fun HomeAlison Bechel’s Dykes to Watch Out ForCarmen Maria MachadoKarl Marx’s Das KapitalThe Guilty Feminist podcastQueer EyeTidying Up with Marie KondoVirginia Woolf’s To the LighthouseNicole CoenenGrant Wood’s American GothicEdward Gorey’s The Unstrung HarpThe Gashlycrumb Tinies This Queer Book Saved My LifeJonathan CapeFoyleshttps://www.foyles.co.uk/events/cape-graphic-novels-mini-conAnna Trench’s FlorrieLouise Fitzhugh’s Harriet the Spy Questions you should be able to respond to: What are some of Alison Bechdel’s most well-known texts? How does Alison reflect on intergenerational queer community? In a lesbian version of Queer Eye, what would the five lesbians’ areas of expertise be? If you could fictionalise a detail of your life, what would you invent for yourself? | 41m 45s | ||||||
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