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Episode 1 - Queer Hair and Being Camp

Radio XaddySep 16, 2020

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Episode 35 - Gay robots and Tove Jansson (The Moomins)

Episode 35 - Gay robots and Tove Jansson (The Moomins)

This week Hannah explores queer coded robot characters in film, and Daisy tells us about the amazing life of the lesbian Tove Jansson, creator of the Moomins!

May 01, 202258:34
Episode 34 - The LESBIAN Tide

Episode 34 - The LESBIAN Tide

In this episode Hannah speaks to the extremely talented Kate Marks about the history of the Lesbian Tide magazine!

Apr 01, 202255:11
Episode 33 - Molly houses and Queer Taxidermy

Episode 33 - Molly houses and Queer Taxidermy

This week Daisy teaches us about the history and the importance of the Molly House for queer people, and Hannah explores whether taxidermy can be considered a queer art form?

Mar 01, 202201:05:05
Episode 32 - Protest badges and cartoon characters

Episode 32 - Protest badges and cartoon characters

This week Hannah tells us about the history of protest badges and the changing landscape of queer badges, and Daisy tells us about queerness in cartoons for both children and adults! Sources for badges: The Long-Lasting Legacy Of Lesbian Button Badges - Eleanor Medhurst  The History of Protest Buttons - Busy Beaver Net LGBTQ badges in the British Museum - Philip Attwood How the Nazi Regime's Pink Triangle Symbol Was Repurposed for LGBTQ Pride - Olivia B. Waxman Badges, Pins, Buttons - LGBT Cultural Heritage The Politics & Protest Badge Collection - Patricia Nistor Paud's Pins – a queer history project Sources for cartoons:  The unstoppable queering of TV cartoons - V.S. Wells Bugs, as a Lady Bunny, Was America’s First Drag Superstar! Watch - TREY SPEEGLE Queer Images: A History of Gay and Lesbian Film in America - Griffin Benshoff ‘Steven Universe’: 5 Ways This Kids Show Was Queer Before Its Lesbian Kiss - Caroline Cao THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF QUEER CHARACTERS IN CARTOON SHOWS After Decades In The Background, Queer Characters Step To The Front In Kids' Media - VICTORIA WHITLEY-BERRY The evolution of queer characters in children's animation - Chris Snyder and Kyle Desiderio LGBTQ+ CARTOON CHARACTERS ARE VITAL FOR TODAY’S QUEER YOUTH - Joshua Mackey
Feb 01, 202201:00:50
Episode 31: The big Qs Round of 2021

Episode 31: The big Qs Round of 2021

UPDATE! Full episode now updated!
Thank you to everyone who listened to the dodgy mobile recording we uploaded on New Years Day! Daisy and Hannah have now recorded a full length Qs round episode to round up the year 2021 in queer news!
Jan 01, 202258:44
Episode 30 - Section 28 and homosexuality in the bible

Episode 30 - Section 28 and homosexuality in the bible

Episode 30! This is quite a milestone for our little podcast and so in this episode Daisy tells us about Section 28 and how it impacted so many queer people growing up, and essentially why we do this podcast at all. And Hannah talks about the Bible and the 6 passages on homosexuality and why they cannot be used to condemn homosexuality.

Dec 01, 202101:00:25
Episode 29 - Chemsex and Hattie Hosmer

Episode 29 - Chemsex and Hattie Hosmer

This week Hannah gives us a brief intro to chemsex, what it is and why it can be risky, and Daisy tells us about the life and loves of renowned sculptor (and notable larky lesbian) Harriet Hosmer.

Nov 01, 202149:55
Episode 28 - Agnes Török and queer joy as resilience
Oct 01, 202158:41
Episode 27 - The handkerchief code (aka flagging) and Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Episode 27 - The handkerchief code (aka flagging) and Buffy the Vampire Slayer

this week daisy takes us on a journey to learn about the origins of the handkerchief code/flagging, and its modern iterations and Hannah talks about the queer legacy of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Sep 17, 202101:00:23
Episode 26 - Furry talk and the ancient Chinese art of male impersonation

Episode 26 - Furry talk and the ancient Chinese art of male impersonation

This week Hannah takes some time to actually read about and understand what furries are and what they do, and Daisy takes us in the way way back machine to talk about the history of male impersonation in China, starting with the first ever recorded example in ~600 AD!

Aug 26, 202101:07:04
Episode 25 - A deep dive into the world of male impersonators AKA drag kings!

Episode 25 - A deep dive into the world of male impersonators AKA drag kings!

This week Daisy takes on a full episode for a deep dive into the history of western male impersonation which has become known as drag kings today. There's a lot here but there some saved back for a whole other episode later too on drag in other parts of the world!

Aug 12, 202152:56
Episode 24 - Queering space, and the tangled affairs of the Bloomsbury Group
Jul 26, 202153:35
Episode 23 - The Gay Manifesto in the Wind in the Willows
Jul 12, 202141:33
Episode 22 - Gay Genes and Happy birthday Mr Turing
Jun 28, 202101:02:15
Episode 21 - Queers in the garden and lesbian pirates!
May 22, 202155:48
Episode 20 - Queer summer camp and the ancient Egyptian
May 02, 202150:37
Episode 19 - Rural queer legacy and the most bisexual animal

Episode 19 - Rural queer legacy and the most bisexual animal

This week Daisy introduces us to the role queer people play in rural settings and notable countryside queers, and Hannah talks about the world's most bisexual animal and why they are so iconic. 

Apr 18, 202158:23
Episode 18 - Rainbow Tamer Isaac Newton, and let's talk about Sex

Episode 18 - Rainbow Tamer Isaac Newton, and let's talk about Sex

This week Hannah discussed Differences in Sex Development (DSDs) and why there are not only two sexes, and Daisy divulges the queer historical and cultural significance of the rainbow.
Apr 05, 202155:03
Episode 17 - Get on your bikes! Let's play and be gay

Episode 17 - Get on your bikes! Let's play and be gay

This week Daisy TG tells us about being the queer side of cycling and Hannah explores some queer themes in video games!

Mar 21, 202101:00:25
Episode 16 - Bury Your Gays, and are you a friend of Dorothy's?
Mar 06, 202158:28
Episode 15 - Why queers turn to social media
Feb 21, 202148:20
Episode 14 - Queer penguins, sea goddesses, pantos and LGBTQ at the poles

Episode 14 - Queer penguins, sea goddesses, pantos and LGBTQ at the poles

This week we have a special guest Julia Peck (@Juliafpeck) take us on her Bridging Binaries tour of the University of Cambridge's Polar Museum, where we learn about queer sea goddesses, gay penguin pair bonding, fabulous pantomimes and the first LGBT-friendly continent.

Feb 04, 202101:03:07
Episode 13 - Discrimination with AI and the history of pronouns in English
Jan 23, 202159:16
Episode 12 - Autism and being Queer and The Poetess Sappho

Episode 12 - Autism and being Queer and The Poetess Sappho

This week Hannah and Daisy explore the link between Autism Spectrum Disorder and being queer, and how the legacy of Sapho, The Poetess, lives on still after 2600 years. 

Mentioned on  the show:

https://mindout.org.uk/

https://aru.ac.uk/news/study-finds-transgender-non-binary-autism-link

https://www.makingqueerhistory.com/articles/sappho

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/03/16/girl-interrupted

Jan 07, 202158:17
Episode 11 - Queer Political Clothing and Gengoroh Tagame's BDSM Manga

Episode 11 - Queer Political Clothing and Gengoroh Tagame's BDSM Manga

We finish up the year* with an episode exploring other kinds of queer coded clothing and the other works of My Brother's Husband author Gengoroh Tagame.

*we end the year as two suitable broken humans, please be kind
Dec 24, 202052:43
Episode 10 - The Queer History of the Top Hat
Dec 09, 202045:19
Episode 9 - Wild Queers and the Surrealist Sisters

Episode 9 - Wild Queers and the Surrealist Sisters

This week we talk about taking your queers out on a walk and why its good for them, and the incredible surrealist artists Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore.

Nov 26, 202054:31
Episode 8 - Queer Witchcraft and the Legendary Flâneur

Episode 8 - Queer Witchcraft and the Legendary Flâneur

This week we explore why queer people are drawn to wicca and witchcraft, and the  history of the dandy Flâneur and whether we can become one

Nov 13, 202058:06
Episode 7 - The Stonewall Uprising and Speaking Polari
Nov 02, 202052:46
Episode 6 - Where to call home, and Marsha P Johnson

Episode 6 - Where to call home, and Marsha P Johnson

This week Daisy TG tells us about the most inclusive cities in the world and Hannah talks about the legacy of activist Marsha P Johnson.

Oct 15, 202057:32
Episode 5 - Queer Cryptids and Queer Beers

Episode 5 - Queer Cryptids and Queer Beers

This week Hannah talks about why cryptids are queer now and Daisy is drawn into the world of Queer Beer.

Sep 30, 202054:43
Episode 4 - Queer House Music and Two-Spirit People

Episode 4 - Queer House Music and Two-Spirit People

This week Daisy talks about the queer origins of house music and Hannah talks about the two-spirit traditions in Native American culture

Sep 18, 202001:01:36
Episode 3 - More Queer Myths and a Fear of Teenagers

Episode 3 - More Queer Myths and a Fear of Teenagers

This week we had some technical difficulties so recording quality is a little lower than usually but we still had things to say!

This episode covers queer mythology in Hinduism and why we're all so scared of teenagers.

Sep 17, 202057:53
Episode 2 - Queer Pets and Greek Myths

Episode 2 - Queer Pets and Greek Myths

This week we look at why queer people love their pets to intensely and how queer themes are represented in Greek mythology!


Sep 16, 202059:01
Episode 1 - Queer Hair and Being Camp
Sep 16, 202001:08:35