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Queer Lit

Queer Lit is a podcast about LGBTQIA+* literature and culture. In each episode, literary studies researcher Lena Mattheis talks to an expert in the field of queer studies. Topics include lesbian literature, inclusive pronouns and language, gay history, trans and non-binary novels, intersectionality and favourite queer films, series or poems. New episode every other week!Recent transcripts here:

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100 Episodes!

Queer Lit ·

2024/05/21

Can you believe this is our 100th episode? Listen now to hear about some listeners’ favourite episodes, about future plans for the podcast and about how the cats are feeling these days. References:https://ko-fi.com/queerlitKaren TongsonNormpornSusan StrykerCate SandilandsKew GardensElizabeth FreemanDiane WattBriona Simone JonesYesterqueer’s HoligaysOut and Wildhttps://www.outandwild.co.uk/ Alison BechdelAlex IantaffiKai Cheng ThomSara AhmedAlexis Pauline GumbsMo MoultonAlberto Poza Questions I

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“Trans in Translation” with Alberto Poza

Queer Lit ·

2024/04/30

Have you read the iconic Taiwanese novel The Membranes by Chi Ta-Wei? If so, in which language? Alberto has crafted the fabulous Spanish translation of this beautifully genderweird text and joins me to speak about the opportunities and challenges the highly gendered structures of Spanish offer for this. If you have ever wondered which pronoun or gendered inflection to use for a cyborg and what language might best describe a trans machine, this is the episode for you.Learn more about Alberto’s work

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“Knight as a Gender” with Mabel Mundy

Queer Lit ·

2024/04/16

If you could pick a gender, any gender, which one would that be, and why would it 1000% be knight? In this special minisode, I get to answer that question with Mabel Mundy, who shares fascinating insights into the genderfuckery of chivalric romance and crossdressing knights. Tune in now, to learn more about why gender ambiguity clearly is, and has always been, super hot, and how this plays out in Edmund Spenser and Philip Sidney’s writing.If you too are picturing Brienne of Tarth at the bathhouse

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“Gendered Bodies and Narrative Form” with Chiara...

Queer Lit ·

2024/04/02

How does a queer, trans or intersex body take shape in a narrative? Dr Chiara Pellegrini is here to help us better understand how narrative form, point of view, and embodiment interact in contemporary storytelling – whether that be in novels, short stories or reality TV. We speak about problematic narrative tropes of trans narration, such as the ‘gender reveal’, but also about how some narrative voices protect their characters from voyeuristic intrusions. I’m also absolutely fascinated by Chiara’s

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27:15

Humanities under Threat

Queer Lit ·

2024/03/19

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“Feeling Bad” with Hil Malatino

Queer Lit ·

2024/03/05

Despite the title, this episode contains a generous amount of laughter, because it is just that enjoyable to talk to Hil Malatino, brilliant author of Side Affects: On Being Trans and Feeling Bad (2022). Hil has published groundbreaking work on trans and intersex stories and histories and, in this most recent monograph, draws our attention to the complexities of trans affect. In order to explore emotions such as numbness, fatigue, envy and rage, Hil consults literary texts as well as performance

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“Hijab Butch Blues” with Lamya H.

Queer Lit ·

2024/02/20

How often do you get to chat with the author of your major literary obsession and learn something about queer storytelling at the same time? I cannot believe I actually got to sit down with @lamyaisangry to talk about their brilliant novel Hijab Butch Blues, their essay writing and the queer future, which, according to Lamya, will be weird AF. Listen now, to hear about queer readings of the Quran, gender expression at the gym, new coming out narratives, and Lamya’s queer writing ancestors. Not to be

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“Nonbinary History and Queer Kinship” with Mo Moulton

Queer Lit ·

2024/02/06

This episode is all about both/and: both trans and queer history, both kinship and relationships, both the past and the present. Mo Moulton, our illustrious guest this fortnight, is an expert in all of them. Mo is a historian of community, who is particularly interested in nonbinary methods to approach gender nonconforming figures of the past. In this episode, Mo talks about a queer and trans desire for kinship with the past, about chosen families, and (my favorite bit) about dogs and the trans

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“The Shape of Sex” with Leah DeVun

Queer Lit ·

2024/01/23

Nonbinary Jesus. Did that get your attention? If so, this episode is for you. Historian extraordinaire Leah DeVun joins me to talk about the pre-modern history of nonbinary gender, about intersex brides, transitioning saints and what terms such as androgyne and hermaphrodite might tell us about conceptions of sex, gender and sexuality. Leah explains how thinking about nonbinary gender was and is a way of interrogating what it means to be human.Join us for this journey into nonbinary history and

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39:26

“Trans Future Fiction” with Kit Schuster

Queer Lit ·

2024/01/09

How can we imagine a trans future? Kit Schuster joins me to talk about how transgression in fiction can help us think new futures. We speak about trans, nonbinary and gendernonconforming characters, norms and settings in science fiction, but Kit also stresses that their definition of trans is not limited to gender. Instead, Kit invites us to have our queer minds blown in all kinds of ways by future fictions but also by Gothic and horror texts. Apologies for the audio quality! Sometimes, a podcaster

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The queerest thing you did in 2023: Part Two

Queer Lit ·

2023/12/26

The queerest thing you did in 2023: Part TwoAre you ready for 2024? I absolutely am not but to prepare for another queer year, I listen to more of your voice notes and I give you what you probably have not been waiting for: the queerest thing I did this year. References: ListenQueerhttps://listenqueer.wordpress.com/ Kit SchusterJack Jen GiesekingAmerican Studies MeetingLindsey FreemanTrans Community RunMr SamoLondon LGBTQ+ Community CentreClea DuVallTugce KayaalHeather LoveJustin Torres’

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Yesterqueer's Holigays

Queer Lit ·

2023/12/19

We're revisiting a holigay chat from two years ago, talking to a wonderful friend about how hard the festive season can be for queer and trans people.CW: grief, death, trauma, religion, violence, antiqueerness, antitransness, family trauma

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The queerest thing you did in 2023: Part One

Queer Lit ·

2023/12/12

It’s here! It’s here! The Queer Lit end-of-year special has arrived and it comes in two parts. One you’ll get now and the other we’ll save for Christmas Eve. Tune in to hear me gush about all the lovely messages I received and listen to this year’s Queer Lit guests talk about their supergay highlights of 2023. References: Maria SulimmaQueer Perseverance https://www.anglistik.uni-freiburg.de/events/topicweeksQueer Second Cities https://queersecondcities.wordpress.com/Jan WilmThe ArgonautsJoan

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Queer Space Special: “Gay’s The Word” with Erica...

Queer Lit ·

2023/12/05

This extraordinary queer space special makes all my dreams come true: I get to hang out with Erica Gillingham in the basement of Gay’s The Word! Sitting between towering stacks of books and boxes of GTW archival material that goes back all the way to the birth of this magnificent LGBTQ+ bookshop in January 1979, Erica shares some highlights of the turbulent and inspiring history of GTW. She also talks about what is happening in queer publishing right now and shares some of her favourite queer YA and

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“Two-Spirit Kinship” with Kai Minosh Pyle

Queer Lit ·

2023/11/28

What can you do when the language for who you are doesn’t exist yet? Kai Minosh Pyle’s answer: write gorgeous poetry about it! In this episode, Kai reads one of their multilingual pieces, but they also talk about the benefits of using words that ‘kind of’ fit, and about finding trans*temporal kinship with Two-Spirit ancestors in creative writing and scholarly research. Kai introduces us to some less well-known figures from Indigiqueer history, they talk about the challenges of teaching Two-Spirit

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“Second Wave Trans Feminism” with Emily Cousens

Queer Lit ·

2023/11/14

You may think that second wave feminism and trans activism are mutually exclusive but guess what: there is actually a whole lot of diversity in second wave feminist theory, writing, activism and print culture. Emily Cousens has done lots of archival research to highlight trans thinking and the way it has informed and shaped second wave feminism. Listen to our conversation to learn more about the grassroots movements, trans newsletters and gendernonconforming thinkers that make the second wave trans

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How queer was your year?

Queer Lit ·

2023/11/09

If you would like to be a part of the Queer Lit winter tradition, let me know about the queerest thing you did this year and/or any queer winter/holiday traditions and reading recommendations by the end of November. Can't wait to hear from you at queerlitpodcast@gmail.com!

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Spooky Special: "Trans-fixing Media” with Cáel Keegan

Queer Lit ·

2023/10/31

We’re so done with scary trans villains and monsters – or are we? Cáel Keegan explains why we might be able to learn lessons about trans liberation from Buffalo Bill and why The Silence of the Lambs, upon its release, was actually protested for homophobia. Cáel speaks about transfixing and spellbinding media, from The Matrix to Buffy to video games. Dark Willow makes an appearance. Not to be missed. References:Keegan, Cáel M. Lana and Lilly Wachowski. University of Illinois Press, 2018.Keegan, Cáel

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VINTAGE Fear Lit: “Queerness and Race in Gothic and...

Queer Lit ·

2023/10/24

Get the garlic, sprinkle the holy water, but please, leave the antiqueer racism out of my Gothic romance! Dr Maisha Wester (Sheffield/Indiana University) explains why Horror films are so interesting to study, what Brexit has to do with Zombies, why King Kong film posters reveal blatant racism, and why ghosts are not always gay but most definitely queer. Lusty lesbian vampires, Cat People (are those the same?), spiders, sharks, and Supernatural fan fiction: this episode has everything the tell-tale

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