(The Lost Pilot) Troye & Sam (Or Queering the Mainstream with Miss Sundi) [RE-RELEASE]

About this episode

Miss Sundi joins Dr. Khaliden Nas to discuss queerness in the mainstream and envisioning queer futures.

*Apologies for the audio quality! It's not too bad but we were still learning. Miss Sundi will be back on the pod soon with the mic their voice deserves!* *'Tangents' are bonus episodes posted more frequently than Main Episodes because they require less work/research/editing! Expect quick reviews, edited out content, collabs, mailbags, live audio, and so on.. * Miss Sundi and I sit down to talk about and queerness in the mainstream, baby gays and how we're imagining queer futures. + Find out how we also fit the following in: Troye Sivan & Sam Smith Queer Joy Post-Empowerment Critiquing with empathy Idina Menzel is a 'Beast' Queer male bodies Latinx Madonna Pride parties Janet Jackson moaning Queer utopias Moesha Queerness & palatability Remember when Adele was dressed like Jamaica? And much more! If you like homework, or looking for a recommendation list you can find the 'Citation Page' for this episode on the website www.alsopurple.com. You'll find all the books, shows and pods referenced in this conversation. Find Miss Sundi at sundi.in.the.park on Instagram and & @MJSundi elsewhere. Keep up to date by following @AlsoPurp on all socials. Music by PamperedFists & Anzahlung…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Khaliden Nas

Guest: Miss Sundi

Topics covered

• queerness in the mainstream
• queer futures
• queer joy
• post-empowerment
• queer utopias
• pop culture
• representation

Keywords

• queerness
• Troye Sivan
• Sam Smith
• queer joy
• Idina Menzel
• Adele
• representation
• pop culture
• queer utopias

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Also Purple, PamperedFists, Anzahlung, Instagram, redcircle

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