Queer Lit
Episodes
“Queer Wizards and Neurodiversity” with Jes Battis
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s get magical! In this episode, Prof Jes Battis (University of Regina) explains why magic is queer (or why queerness is magical?) and how wizard...
"Older Lesbians" with Jane Traies
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Spoiler alert: Jane Traies is the best. And this episode is proof that if you don’t know any older, wiser lesbians already, you’re missing out! Ja...
“Queer Horror” with Lucy Holmes
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Once upon a midnight dreary, Queer Lit pondered all things eerie… and believe me, this episode is quaint and curious queer horror galore! Horror wri...
This QUEER LIT Saved My Life! with J.P. Der Boghossian
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s crossover time! In this week’s episode, Queer Lit enters a unicorn union with This Queer Book Saved My Life!, a brilliant new podcast by J.P....
“Medieval Disney Queers” with Amy Louise Morgan
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Oo-De-Lally! Dr Amy Louise Morgan (she/her, Surrey University) tells me tales of feminist dragons, gender-nonconforming foxes, wild princesses and all...
“Queer Ecologies and Glitter” with Nicole Seymour
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Listen up, glitterati, we have some eco-friendly scholarship coming your way: Prof Nicole Seymour (California State University, Fullerton) shares her ...
"Lesbos and the Sapphic Festival" with Leah Davidson
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join us on the Lesbian beach for a sapphic special episode with someone I am very lucky to call a friend: Leah Davidson. Leah is a queer therapist, a ...
“Queerness and Race in Comics” with andré carrington
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sweet Christmas, darling gays! (It’s a superhero catchphrase. I looked it up.) Prof andré carrington (UCR) brings us truth, justice and a queerer t...
"Race and Ace in Victor Hugo" with Nemo Martin
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One episode more! In this bonus track, Nemo Martin (Royal Holloway) tells me about their research on race, racism, and racist tropes in Hugo’s class...
"Queer Publishing" with Alex DiFrancesco
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine a publishing world in which your editor is a Black trans person, your publicist is a queer person with autism, and your graphic designer is a ...
“The Queery” with Stevie-Jo Oliver
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Brighton’s first radical queer bookshop finally opened its doors! The Queery is a very special trans and queer cooperative that is a workshop space,...
"Queer Indigenous Literature" with Jas M. Morgan
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Come for the indigenous activism, stay for the queer joy – the delightful Dr Jas M. Morgan (Toronto Metropolitan University) is here for both. In th...
#SaveGentlemanJack with Sarah Wingrove
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this special bonus episode, Sarah Wingrove (University of Surrey) is back to tell us more about Anne Lister and Gentleman Jack and about all the im...
“Two-Spirit Literature” with Lisa Tatonetti
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wondered what the 2S inLGBTQIA2S+* stands for? Then this is the episode for you. Two-Spirit is an umbrella term that some native people in Canada...
"Queering Nothing" Lee Edelman
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
THE Prof Lee Edelman (Tufts) joins me to talk about one of my favourite topics: nothing. Lee’s extremely clever (and incredibly influential) work in...
“Black Lesbian Thought” with Briona Simone Jones
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“When the earth spoke to me, I was moved to compose a collection of love letters between Black women.” -- This is how Dr Briona Simone Jones (Univ...
"Black Queer Freedom" with GerShun Avilez
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“Sometimes a kiss can make you feel free.” This beautiful line by Prof GerShun Avilez (University of Maryland) was one of the many, many reasons I...
"Trans* Now" with Susan Stryker
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hold on to your pussyhats! The incredible Prof Susan Stryker joins me for this whirlwind through trans histories, nows, and futures, in which we talk ...
“Activists, Artists and Academics” with Katherine O’Donnell
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this special treat of a minisode, you will get to meet one of the amazing architects of Lesbian Lives: Prof Katherine O’Donnell (University Colle...
“Butches and Barbers” with Melissa Hidalgo
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Do you know what it feels like for a butch? Join Dr Melissa Hidalgo (California State University) and me for a brief interlude between Lesbian Lives p...
“Dressing Dykes” with Eleanor Medhurst
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dungarees, monocles, vegan boots and carabiners: lesbian fashion historian Ellie Medhurst (Brighton University) is intimately familiar with all of the...
“Transitions” with Louka Maju Goetzke
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know most people start to transition before they decide to transition? Louka Maju Goetzke (Frankfurt Uni) shares research on transition practi...
“Lesbian Ghosts” with Naoise Murphy
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Warning! This episode will haunt you. Naoise Murphy (Cambridge University) tells me all about novels inhabited by spectral spinsters and Sapphic spiri...
“Anne Lister Fan Research” with Sarah Wingrove
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that a lot of the research on Anne Lister’s famously queer diaries was in fact done by fan researchers? Sarah Wingrove (Surrey Universi...
“Female Masculinities and the ‘Gender Wars’” with Finn Mackay
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever thought to yourself: how come radical feminism sounds so good but often tastes so bad? Dr Finn Mackay (UWE Bristol) is here to explain w...
“Lesbian Lives: Solidarity” feat. Val McDermid and FELISPEAKS
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Live like a lesbian: in solidarity. This little episode gives you a brief and desperately incomplete introduction to the happening that was the 25th L...
"Queer Kinship" with Teagan Bradway
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Call. Me. Mother. But what on earth does that word even mean? Dr Teagan Bradway (SUNY Cortland) takes us down the magnificent and multifaceted rabbit ...
“Queer Data” with Carl Bonner-Thompson (Meet the CTSG)
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A PhD on Grindr? Yes, please! Dr Carl Bonner-Thompson (Brighton University) did just that and is an expert, not just on queer data, but also on queer ...
“The East is Queer” with Vedrana Velickovic (Meet the CTSG)
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do you decolonise your syllabus and create a queer book fest at the same time? Dr Vedrana Velickovic (Brighton) shares the amazing origin story of...
"Bears and Fat GBQ Men" with Nick McGlynn (Meet the CTSG)
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Can you identify a bear with a fur-tive glance? Will a bearitone voice coax you out of hibernation? Join the cub! In this real-life (!) conversation, ...
“Non-binary Life” with Meg-John Barker (Meet the CTSG)
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We love a good ‘both and’: both cake and ice cream, both dogs and cats -- Meg-John Barker, who is both extremely clever and very warm and kind! Me...
“Queer Rural Spaces and Asexualities” with Joe Jukes (Meet the CTSG)
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How can we queer up the countryside? No need, says Joe Jukes (Brighton University), it’s already gay as folk! In this arcadian episode, Joe teaches ...
Meet the CTSG: Trailer
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Just in time for queer history month, the Queer Lit podcast and the CTSG, the Centre for Transforming Sexuality and Gender (Brighton University), have...
"The Butch" with Amy Tooth Murphy
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Do you know the secret butch nod? In this delightful episode, Dr. Amy Tooth Murphy (Royal Holloway) teaches me about the nod, the queer double take, a...
"Queer Pets" with Sarah Parker and Hannah Roche
11 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Get ready for the ultimutt dream team: Dr Sarah Parker (Loughborough) and Dr Hannah Roche (York) share their clever mewsings on queer pets and their k...
"Holigay Special" Part 2
26 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This fine boxing day, I’m introducing you to my queer family: My partner Christian graciously agreed to crunch some candy cane with me for part II o...
"Holigay Special" Part 1
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Light the candles, grab the tinsel! Our very first festive special has arrived! In this extravagant episode, I listen to all the fabulours voice notes...
“Drag, Panto and Genderfuckery” with Nick Cherryman
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join Nick Cherryman (University of Warwick) and me for a giggle and a bit of jolly gender jamming in this episode about drag, performance and pantomim...
“Tarot, Femmes and Asian Diasporic Literature” with Xine Yao
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Warm up your tarot deck and trim your undercut: Dr Xine Yao (UCL) is here to tell you all about femme invisibility, politics of unfeeling, queerness a...
“Lesbian Literature… by men?” with Terry Castle
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, (the) Prof Terry Castle (Stanford University) joins me to discuss a corpus I don’t usually think about: lesbian content produced by...
“Queerness and Race in Gothic and Horror” with Maisha Wester
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Get the garlic, sprinkle the holy water, but please, leave the antiqueer racism out of my Gothic romance! Dr Maisha Wester (Sheffield/Indiana Universi...
“Trans Childhood” with Jules Gill-Peterson
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Warning! This episode will turn you into a Jules Gill-Peterson (University of Pittsburgh) super fan -- if you are not one already. Jules talks about h...
“Queer Cities“ with Davy Knittle
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Start spreading the news! Dr Davy Knittle joins me for a chat about what queerness has to do with cities, why heteronormative architecture can make li...
"Postcolonial Queerness" with Shamira Meghani
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Shamira Meghani (Cambridge University) talks to me about queerness and caste, about how imperialism shapes gender, about why peopl...
“Wildness, Masculinity and Swimming Pools” with Jack Halberstam
31 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do you get from wild theory all the way to wild swimming? By taking a deep dive with Prof Jack Halberstam (Columbia University) of course! Jack ta...
"Disability and Queerness" with Chris Mounsey
17 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Prof Chris Mounsey (University of Winchester) takes us on a wild ride: from meeting French philosophers as an undergrad, to the other...
"Bisexuality, Identity and Queer Families" with Lizzie Reed
03 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Elizabeth Reed (University of Southampton) is a cultural sociologist doing exciting research on bi-erasure, media representation and queer life-bui...
“Sappho, Cats and Pubic Hair” with Mara Gold
20 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A delightful episode with Mara Gold (St Hilda’s College, Oxford), aka the Sapphic Scholar, who talks to me about Sappho (duh…), homosociality, que...
"The Internet and Queer Literature" with Daniella Gáti
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Daniella Gáti (Brandeis University) explains why the internet is queer, how gaming and the form of the vignette relate to queerne...
"Queer Narratives" with Sue Lanser
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Prof Susan Lanser (Brandeis University) joins me for this one – what an honour! Sue is one of the architects of narratology and has conducted ground...
"Queer Screens" with Olu Jenzen
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Olu Jenzen (University of Brighton) joins me for this episode on queer screens: from the silver screen, to the small screen to the smartphone scree...
"Black Trans Narratives" with LaVelle Ridley
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I get to chat with LaVelle Ridley (University of Michigan) about her doctoral research on black trans life narratives in this one and I must say, she’...
"Queer Muslims" with Alberto Fernández Carbajal
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Alberto Fernández Carbajal (University of Roehampton) tells me all about their insightful book Queer Muslim Diasporas in Contemporary Literature a...
"Lesbian* Modernists" with Diana Souhami
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Diana Souhami explains how Modernism was fundamentally shaped by lesbians* and queer people. We talk about how Sylvia Beach published...
"Pronouns" with Ashley Thornton
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I am talking to Ashley Thornton (Brighton University) about epicene pronouns and gender-inclusive language. Ashley is a corpus lingui...
"Queer Kings and Trans Histories" with Kit Heyam
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr Kit Heyam (Northumbria University) shares wonderful tidbits from trans and non-binary histories, talks about their book on queer k...
Queer Lit Trailer
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas