We're trying something different this episode!
With a little help from our friends Noah and the Comedatrix Ms. Grey, we're going down a surprise list of contemporary and controversial queer people and deciding on the fly if they are kickass, or... something else entirely!
A few of the personalities we'll be covering:
An occultist filmmaker who tried to off his leading lady on-screen;
An academic even more controversial than Michel Foucault;
A lesbian separatist with an enviable sexual history;
A trans activist with a history of next-level personal vendettas;
The 80s' most-irritating icon;
And--most controversial of all--a journalist who once wrote something problematic.
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Patricia Highsmith's Ripley Novels https://amzn.to/4d8mWXG
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Camille Paglia's Provocations https://amzn.to/44iOc1K & Sexual Personae https://amzn.to/3U9pxb1
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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe https://amzn.to/3U9VXlY
All of Us Strangers https://amzn.to/3QgGqzo
The Smiths first album https://amzn.to/3xXAeWH
Phranc https://www.phranc.la/
Lil Nas X documentary https://amzn.to/3WalPk0 & his Crocs because why not? https://amzn.to/3W5LYRb
Jodie Foster's lion story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRVxLH5EiYs & singing in French https://youtu.be/sBmAuWMEX0I?si=tFwgFLR5utjTXxlg
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