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Queer Lit

Queer Lit

著者： Lena Mattheis
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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: https://lenamattheis.wordpress.com/queer-lit-transcripts/

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  • “Lavender Sounds” with Stacey Copeland

    “Lavender Sounds” with Stacey Copeland
    2026/08/24
    Listen, this episode is as delightful as it sounds. Audiophile Stacey Copeland tells me all about feminist soundwork, radical radio, and lesbian podcasts – all of which Stacey writes about in the excellent new book Lavender Sounds. Tune in for the sonic histories, stay for the moment when Stacey illustrating the crafted intimacy of podcasts will make you a little weak in the knees. If you are interested in the politics and potential of audio media, you will absolutely love this episode.

    References:
    Stacey Copeland’s Lavender Sounds: From Lesbian Radio to Queer Feminist Soundwork (University of Michigan Press, 2026)
    Amplify Network
    Copeland, Stacey "Sustaining queer joy and potentiality: Through independent production with homoground music podcast." Journal of popular music studies 35.4 (2023): 111-124.
    Betty Friedan
    Lavender Menace
    Michele Hilmes
    Bluestockings Cooperative
    bell hooks
    Hannah McGregor
    The Lesbian Show Fonds are held at the City of Vancouver Archives https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/the-lesbian-show
    Kaitlin Prest
    Jennifer Lynn Stoever’s The Sonic Color Line (NYU Press, 2016)
    Silva Tenenbein’s original interview with Stacey aired on FemRadio in 2018 https://soundcloud.com/scopeatryerson/the-lesbian-show
    Dykes on Mykes is back on the airwaves at CKUT Montreal https://ckut.ca/playlists/DM
    The ArQuives - https://arquives.ca/
    ‘Temporal drag’ is a reference from Elizabeth Freeman’s Time Binds: Queer Temporalities, Queer Histories (Duke University Press, 2010)
    The Heart’s “Lesbian Separatism is Inevitable” - https://www.theheartradio.org/solos/2020/1/15/lesbian-separatism-is-inevitable
    NK (Nicole Kelly)
    Phoebe Unter
    staceycopeland.com
    Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives - https://www.nfb.ca/film/forbidden_love/
    Studio D – The women’s film studio founded in 1974 under the NFB (National Film Board of Canada)

    Questions you should be able to respond to after listening:
    1. How does Stacey define lavender sounds and why is the colour lavender connected to queerness, historically and politically?
    2. What is soundwork? What is feminist soundwork?
    3. Why is audibility important to consider, not just visibility?
    4. What does Stacey mean when speaking about the everydayness of soundwork?
    5. Why does radio hold radical potential?
    6. How does sound relate to time in Stacey’s work?
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    44 分
  • LIVE at Out and Wild with Ayse and Queer Girls Book Club

    LIVE at Out and Wild with Ayse and Queer Girls Book Club
    2026/08/10
    Meet Ayse, founder of Queer Girls Book Club, defender of the heated debate, and dyke of the people. In this live recording from the amazing Out and Wild festival, Ayse tells me about why running a queer book club is not just about putting LGBTQIA+ titles on your reading list, all the work she is doing to nurture her bookish community, and a why disagreeing is a good skill to have. To quote Joelle Taylor: That’s community, babe!

    References
    Out and Wild
    https://www.outandwild.co.uk/
    Housmans
    Joelle Taylor’s The Night Alphabet
    Emily Witham
    Grace Flahive
    Polly Shute
    Gillian Anderson
    Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home and Spent
    Gay on Wye
    Carol Ann Duffy’s Rapture and “Forest”
    Jackie Kay
    Lamya H’s Hijab Butch Blues
    Zoë Berryman

    Questions you should be able to respond to after listening:
    1. Why did Ayse start Queer Girls Book Club? Have you ever thought about starting a group? What was/would have been your motivation?
    2. What does Ayse say about contributing to community? How do you feel about this?
    3. We speak about literature as being a protected space to practice debate and disagreement. Have you ever experienced this? Which example does Ayse give?
    4. How does Ayse speak about marginalised voices in the publishing industry? What can we as readers do to promote change?
    5. Are you coming to our next live recording?
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    40 分
  • “Spin Cycle” with Zofia Zerphy and Rhiannon Bell

    “Spin Cycle” with Zofia Zerphy and Rhiannon Bell
    2026/08/03
    In the sapphic launderette play Spin Cycle, the washers are loaded and so are the questions. Penned by Zofia Zerphy, Spin Cycle is an absurdist exploration of intense connections, queer memory and lesbian storytelling. In this summer special, I am joined by Zofia and Rhiannon Bell, who play the main characters and speak to me about crafting a play in queer community, why queer narratives can operate in different realms of sense and meaning making, and why exploring flawed characters is vital to queer and trans representation.

    References:
    Berserk Theatre
    The L Word
    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
    Mitski’s “Washing Machine Heart”
    Act On Tap
    Bethan Rose
    Edinburgh Dyke Bar
    Ros Watt’s Trans People Are Awful
    Radclyffe Hall’s The Well of Loneliness
    Joe Carstairs

    Questions you should be able to respond to after listening:
    1. Zofia and Rhi speak about the different responses queer and non-queer audience members had to the play’s absurdist elements. What do they say about queer narratives making sense and what is your take?
    2. Which trope(s) of sapphic storytelling do we mention in the episode?
    3. We speak about Spin Cycle using memory and forgetting in queer ways. What could queer memory mean? What does it mean to you?
    4. Rhi highlights the importance of showing flawed trans and nonbinary characters on stage. How do you feel about this? Can you think of another example of a flawed LGBTQIA+ character in literature or theatre?
    5. Have you ever seen yourself represented on stage? What was that like?
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    42 分
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