Queering the Guillotine

New contestants silver, old contestants gold! We couldn't help but discuss the two(!) episodes Paramount Plus dropped of the newest All Winners season of Roople's Drag Race: All Stars! We go queen by queen and discuss how they did in the first two episodes; from worshipping at the feet of Raja and Jinkx to being surprised at how much we enjoyed SHEdevilBYnight! Spoilers abound!    Content warning: reclaimed use of homophobic slurs

We deliver on our promise in the previously published BL grab bag by covering our most transgressive manga yet! MADK by Ryo Sumiyoshi has it all; sex with headless bodies, heads blooming into new holes, plant-based demon d*ck, malicious gay f**gotry, tame and vanilla lovemaking, a stabbing, and more! To cover such a transgressive work, we have a very special guest~  Follow Bex and check out their work! Website Instagram (kuragesyndrome) Twitter (KurageSyndrome) Content Warnings: Discussions of nonconsensual sex, blood and gore, transgressive and/or upsetting sexual scenarios, violence, familial violence, suicidal ideation. Use of reclaimed homophobic slurs. 

We're back with another queer manga grab bag this week. The series discussed include earnest comedic love stories, smutty paranormal romance, and even some in-between. We dive into the debut volumes of My Love Mix-Up! by Aruko & Wataru Hinekure, Bad Boys Happy Home by Shoowa & Hiromasa Okujima, Coyote by Ranmaru Zariya, and Toritan: Birds of a Feather by Kotetsuko Yamamoto.   Content warning for the usual BL tropes of dubious consistent and troublesome age gaps as well as use of reclaimed homophobic slurs. Spoiler discussion does not extend beyond volume one for any of the series covered. 

The curtain rises once more on our returning special guest, Holly Woodbury! Holly fills us in on recent happenings and scandals in the Broadway industrial complex since our last chat late last year. We chat about appreciating understudies and swings, discrimination against trans performers, and abolishing the post-show stage door visits!  Content Warning: use of reclaimed homophobic slurs, discussion of discrimination against trans performers. Follow Holly on Twitter @HollyBroWoo! References: Trans Representation On Broadway: A Response To Trans Erasure In Jagged Little Pill Black Trans Nonbinary 'Hamilton' Actor Claims They Were Fired in Retaliation for Requesting a Gender-Neutral Dressing Room You Oughta Know what's happening with Jagged Little Pill on Broadway Jagged Little Pill Actors Call Out Production's Treatment of Trans Cast Nonbinary Actor Files Discrimination Complaint Against Hamilton Broadway Boss Reveals Industry Plan Amid Omicron: “We're Not Closing” Broadway League President Charlotte St. Martin Makes Apology Statement to Broadway Understudies, Swings As Broadway Returns, Shows Rethink and Restage Depictions of Race

We're back with a QtG staple: Junji Ito manga analysis. This week we discuss the "Deserter" story collection, featuring a dozen stories from the very beginning of Ito's career. We discuss full spoilers for the various manga in the collection.   Content Warning: we touch on death, gore, suicide, and abuse (including familial abuse and child abuse specifically). 

A year and a half ago we recorded our first episode about RuPaul's Drag Race...and there's been a dozen seasons since. This week we discuss our thoughts on all the seasons and international franchises that have aired since our last recording. Topics include our favorite and least favorite judges, which runways stood out the most, and the embarrassing state of Australian drag.    Content warning: Our favorite words are homophobic words. We discuss spoilers for all the series mentioned including Drag Race season 13, All Stars 5-6, Canada's Drag Race 1-2, Drag Race UK 2-3, Drag Race Espana, Drag Race Holland 2, Painted With Raven, Dragula Resurrection and Season 3, Drag Race Italia, and Drag Race Down Under. 

Maya Barbara returns! The topic? Monster f***ing! We get into Twilight, Phantom of the Opera, Ice Planet Barbarians, Beauty and the Beast, and more!  Maya's Book Recommendations: A Lady of Hooksgrave Manor Black Dagger Brotherhood   Ice Planet Barbarians Morning Glory Milking Factory Girls' Weekend Content Warnings: Discussion of monster f***ing in general, discussion of consent in these stories, use of reclaimed homophobic slurs, descriptions of violence against women.

We're bareback back back back again, and we're kicking things off with a discussion of all the media we consumed during our hiatus. Digressions include Inuyasha, stanning homophobic comic books, our thoughts on Digimon Adventure 02, and the unapologetic erasure of Mayor Pete's supposed homosexuality.    Content warnings: As always, we say f****t a lot. 

It's our last episode before we go on break! At a Patron's request we're discussing the 2012 anime Tsuritama. It's sort of a sports anime about fishing, sort of an alien invasion show, and definitely charming. As always, full spoiler warning for the series.  Content Warning: We're a fairly NSFW podcast that makes frequent use of reclaimed homophobic slurs.  Our podcast art is by Jessie Kraemer (@jkraem on insta)

This week we're discussing a beloved hit show that was instrumental to a lot of people's adolescences...but that has a bit of complicated legacy now. We watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer for the first time, and had a lot of feelings about early 2000s TV, practical effects and makeup, and the general charm of live action shows that don't always succeed but at least try. Featuring spoiler-filled discussions of the following episodes: -S2E14 - Innocence -S5E18 - Intervention -S6E7 - Once More With Feeling -S6E9 - Smashed Content Warning: We're a fairly NSFW podcast that makes frequent use of reclaimed homophobic slurs. This episode also contains mentions of sexual assault and vampiric violence. Our podcast art is by Jessie Kraemer (@jkraem on insta)

Dudes rock...and they also suck and f**k. This week it's a boys' love grab bag where we dive into four different, largely monster-f**kery volume ones and discuss our (spoiler-heavy) first impressions of the following series:   - Monster and the Beast by Renji - Birds of Shangri-La by Ranmaru Zariya - Dick Fight Island by Reibun Ike - Fangs by Billy Balibally   Content warning: We're a fairly NSFW podcast that makes frequent use of reclaimed homophobic slurs. This episode also contains discussions of depictions of dubious consent and/or sexual assault in BL manga. 

Disclaimer: this episode contains spoilers for Neon Genesis Evangelion including the original anime, manga, End of Evangelion, and Rebuild series (including 3.0+1.0). Content-wise, Eva discussion brings every warning you could think of. Sexual assault, death, extreme violence and gore, etc.    Evangelion is finally over! ...again. This week we're talking all things Evangelion from the OG to End of to the new ending that just dropped. We discuss the sci-fi set dressing of the Evas and Angels, the main characters and how successfully their thematic arcs are handled, and how the various iterations of the franchise stack up for us personally. Stan Kaworu. 

This week's topic is a modern classic and myth in the making: Devilman Crybaby. Every possible content and spoiler warning imaginable applies here as we discuss the characters, monster designs, devil metaphors, sex as camp, and more. 

This week's episode is a spoilercast discussion of Chainsaw Man creator Tatsuki Fujimoto's newest one-shot, Look Back. It's a manga about manga (don't worry, it's not cringeworthy), validation, grief, and just generally being alive. TLDR: It's pretty great.    Content warning: We're a fairly NSFW podcast that makes frequent use of reclaimed homophobic slurs. This episode also includes discussions of both real and fictionalized acts of violence and mass murder. 

After a week off, your favorite gay leftist manga podcast is back...with an episode about Superman. We dive deep into Superman: Red Son and All-Star Superman: two highly regarded stories about the Man of Steel, one of which is worthy of all its acclaim. Plus, we spend twenty minutes just hashing out our differences when it comes to what we think of Supes as a character to begin with. Spoiler: Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely are still the best team in comics.  Content warning: We're a fairly NSFW podcast that makes frequent use of reclaimed homophobic slurs. We also discuss a scene in which characters deal with a suicide attempt and suicidal ideation. 

This week we return to the world of Earthsea with a discussion of Ursula K. Le Guin's The Tombs of Atuan. We get a new protagonist, tons of lore, more discussion of true names and types of power, plus a really cool maze. Some writers write horror even when they're not writing horror.  You can find us and subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Podcast Addict. If you're interested in getting an episode crafted around a topic of your choice, check out patreon.com/queeringtheguillotine. Content warning: We're a fairly NSFW podcast that makes frequent use of reclaimed homophobic slurs. This episode is full of spoilers for the first two Earthsea books. Topics covered include fatphobia.

This week we defy gravity, journey to the Heavyside Layer, and talk s**t about Hamilton. It's our musicals episode, with guest host Holly Woodbury here to provide her expertise on all things Broadway! You can find us and subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Podcast Addict. If you're interested in getting an episode crafted around a topic of your choice, check out patreon.com/queeringtheguillotine.   Content warning: We're a fairly NSFW podcast that makes frequent use of reclaimed homophobic slurs.

It's Patreon request time! Today we finally cover Sailor Moon: manga, anime, homosexuality, superheroes, gender, heterosexuality, and more! You can find us and subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Podcast Addict! Content warning: We’re a fairly NSFW podcast that makes frequent use of reclaimed homophobic slurs. This episode features spoilers for Sailor Moon R.

We interrupt your regularly scheduled programing to bring you two f****ts talking about X-Men fashion for an hour and a half. The Hellfire Gala is approaching, and we took the time to toot and boot all the looks from the official preview guide. You can find us and subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Podcast Addict! Content warning: We’re a fairly NSFW podcast that makes frequent use of reclaimed homophobic slurs.

Sometimes the real friends we made along the way are amnesiac, have lizard heads, and eat nothing but gyoza. It's our Dorohedoro episode! You can find us and subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Podcast Addict! Content warning: We’re a fairly NSFW podcast that makes frequent use of reclaimed homophobic slurs. This episode features full spoilers as well as discussion of graphic violence, gore, bloodshed, body horror, and genocide.

It's our first ever music episode! Specifically, returning guest Maya Barbara leads a discussion of the K-pop industry: its history, parasocial relationships as a business model, what artists we do and don't stan, and more. You can find us and subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Podcast Addict! Content warning: We’re a fairly NSFW podcast that makes frequent use of reclaimed homophobic slurs. This episode features mention of suicide and the abuse of minors.

Time for a giant-sized X-Men episode! We're discussing HOXPOX, aka House of X and Powers of X. These series relaunched the X-Men line back in 2019 and, frankly, gave us the best X-Men content in at least fifteen years. Mutantkind has now found refuge on their own sentient nation state of Krakoa, and their relationship to humankind and the implications of the mutant metaphor have been turned on their heads. We dive into our histories of both love and frustration with the X-Men franchise thus far, what makes HOXPOX work, and our hopes (and anxieties) for the X-books going forward.

In the spirit of Episode 15 we've recorded yet another two hour love session to our favorite things. This time around the topic is our favorite western comics. We each picked five which we dissect, discuss, and just generally gush about as we remember why we ever got into comics in the first place. Alex's picks: New X-Men (Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely, Chris Bachalo, Marc Silvestri, etc.), The Woods (James Tynion IV, Michael Dialynas), We3 (Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely), JLA (Grant Morrison, Howard Porter), & Mech Cadet Yu (Greg Pak, Takeshi Miyazawa) Trevor's picks: Black Bolt (Saladin Ahmed, Christian Ward), Batman: Arkham Asylum (Grant Morrison, Dave McKean), Batman: The Court of Owls (Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo), Batwoman: Elegy (Greg Rucka, J.H. Williams III), & Snotgirl (Bryan Lee O'Malley, Leslie Hung) You can find us and subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Podcast Addict! Content warning: We're a fairly NSFW podcast that makes frequent use of reclaimed homophobic slurs. Beyond that we discuss spoilers for the series listed above, and topic-wise we discuss blood, gore, body horror, violence including violence against animals and sexual violence, bigotry, and problematique depictions of mental health-related issues.

This week we're fulfilling another Patreon request, this time for the 2020 isekai anime My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! We discuss genre tropes, our favorite and least favorite harem members, overall thoughts on the series thus far, and our hopes for season two.  You can find us and subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Podcast Addict! Content warning: We’re a fairly NSFW podcast that includes use of reclaimed homophobic slurs. This episode includes major plot spoilers for the anime's first season and touches on the topic of sister complexes with adopted siblings, as well as physical violence against women.

It's Patreon request time! This week we're covering the 1985 film Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters. It's fair to say it's different from anything else we've ever covered, and probably anything else we've ever seen to boot. But did we actually like it? Well, the set design is certainly beautiful. You can find us and subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Podcast Addict! Content warning: We’re a fairly NSFW podcast that includes use of reclaimed homophobic slurs. This episode includes full spoilers for the film, as well as discussion of fascism, suicide (specifically seppuku), and misogyny.

Soraya the Great is back for another group discussion, this time about art, capitalism, social media, and all their depressing yet infuriating intersections! We share our queerpinions on:– Higher education, aka SCAMS– Instagram as a tool of commerce and as a poorly designed hellhole– The struggle of trying to make money without being an immoral monsterYou can find us and subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Podcast Addict!Content warning: We’re a fairly NSFW podcast that includes use of reclaimed homophobic slurs. This episode includes mentions of suicide and lots of long talk about the sad realities of how capitalism screws with art, ethics, and virtually everything else to boot.

We've reached our fiftieth episode! We usher in the milestone and the new year with guest Maya Barbara who leads us in a discussion of shojo manga: what series we love, how marketing shapes our perceptions, and where localization has failed or come through for us. We share our queerpinions on: – Our first exposures to shojo– Stereotyped perceptions of the genre– How incompetent shonen manga is at crafting intentional romantic tension as opposed to accidental homoeroticism– Recommended grooming strategies for men, featuring a transgression about the ending of We Never Learn You can find us and subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Podcast Addict! Content warning: We’re a fairly NSFW podcast that includes use of reclaimed homophobic slurs. This episode contains discussion of misogyny and plenty of very lewd sex talk.

Merry Jingles! It's holiday season, which means of course that we're discussing...more Junji Ito works. Hey, it's always fun. This week we discuss No Longer Human and Remina and share our queerpinions on: – Ito's adaptation choices in No Longer Human– Narratives about sad abusive men that center their misery over the results of their actions– Themes in Ito's work, and the degree to which they're intentionally developed– The camp aesthetics of a planet with various body parts You can find us and subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Podcast Addict! Content warning: We’re a fairly NSFW podcast that includes use of reclaimed homophobic slurs. This episode contains major spoilers for both aforementioned books, as well as their contents and themes of suicide, violence against women, torture, body horror, death, and chidlhood sexual abuse.

Another week, another Patreon episode! This time around we dip our toes into children's fantasy with a discussion of Ursula K. Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea. It was both of our first times reading the novel, and we share our queerpinions on: – Subversions of fantasy genre conflicts and racial archetypes– Le Guin's diction and worldbuilding styles– Man versus Self taken to its utmost literal potential– The intimacy of sharing a true name You can find us and subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Podcast Addict! Content warning: We’re a fairly NSFW podcast that includes use of reclaimed homophobic slurs. This episode contains major spoilers for A Wizard of Earthsea, as well as discussions of war, physical disfigurement, and fantasy racism.

This week's episode is a little different from usual. Rather than a deep-dive into one specific topic, we had a two hour discussion with guest Soraya the Great about gaming and gayming as identity (or not). Join us as we bounce around and share our queerpinions on: – Perceptions of gaming culture and fitting into it (or not) – Complexity of character in Animal Crossing: New Horizons– Playing solo versus playing as part of a larger community– What we look for in games– Toontown! Follow Soraya the Great on instagram @theexperimenthouse and check out the latest EP from Rosy Copacetic on Bandcamp! You can find us and subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Podcast Addict! Content warning: We’re a fairly NSFW podcast that includes use of reclaimed homophobic slurs.

This week we're fulfilling a Patreon request for an episode all about everyone's favorite Sanrio-brand oppressed office worker: Aggretsuko! In this super long episode we share our queerpinions on Sanrio in general, layers and layers of capitalism, Aggretsuko's various characters and their emotional arcs, and where the series succeeds and where it flops. We also cite the following articles: – How Sanrio Makes Anti-Capitalism Adorable, and Profitable by Amanda Hess in The New York Times– "Afraid to Grow Up”: Gendered rage in Aggretsuko by Megan Navarro Conley on Anime Feminist– Striking that work-life-death metal balance in Aggretsuko by Alexis Harper on Anime Feminist– In Defense of Resasuke: Autism-coding and ableism in Aggretsuko by Marina Garrow on Anime Feminist You can find us and subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Podcast Addict! Content warning: We’re a fairly NSFW podcast that includes use of reclaimed homophobic slurs. Our discussion this episode is full of spoilers for all three seasons of Aggretsuko as well as the holiday special. Content-wise we touch on sexism, abuse and harassment in the workplace, general evils of capitalism, physical assault, and psychological trauma.

It's our last episode before Halloween, so naturally we're discussing Junji Ito. Specifically, his story collection Shiver. It contains ten short manga in which he goes utterly buck-wild, delivering some of his best and most nauseating work. We share our queerpinions on: – Shiver: Junji Ito Collected Stories– Ito just taking a bizarre or gross image and running with it– Ito's tendency to throw in everything including the kitchen sink– Effective horror pacing and panel transitions You can find the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Podcast Addict! You can also find all our past Junji Ito episodes compiled here. Content warning: We’re a fairly NSFW podcast that includes use of reclaimed homophobic slurs. Our discussion this episode is full of spoilers for all the stories in the collection. Content-wise they include body horror, blood, murder, suicide, gore, violence against women, and trypophobia.

It's spooky season again, and just like last year we're leading up to Halloween with discussions of Junji Ito manga. This week we discuss the new collection Venus in the Blind Spot, which is at times both unusually grounded for Ito and also high camp. We share our queerpinions on: – Venus in the Blind Spot– The sheer horror potential of a man hiding in a chair– Heterosexuality as theme in Ito's work– Recurring themes throughout and in comparison to Tomie– The Enigma of Amigara Fault as a classic in the queer lit canon– Ito's style and influence from Kazuo Umezu You can find the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Podcast Addict! You can also find all our past Junji Ito episodes compiled here. Content warning: We’re a fairly NSFW podcast that includes use of reclaimed homophobic slurs. Our discussion this episode is full of spoilers for all the stories in the collection. Content-wise they include body horror, blood, necrophilia, sexism and violence against women, murder, suicide, and gore.

We're back from our impromptu hiatus and we're going back to our roots with more Naruto talk. This time around we're discussing the Gokage summit and the battles immediately afterward. Plus, Madara declares it, so we've officially reached the Fourth Great Shinobi War! We share our queerpinions on: - Naruto chapters 451-483- Seeing Gaara again- Naruto's gay pining and anxiety- More underwhelming portrayals of female characters- Deception by ocular jutsu- Kishimoto's entrenchment of the phrase "No homo" into canon You can also find the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Podcast Addict! To catch up on our Naruto coverage thus far, check out episodes one, six, eight, nine, thirteen, nineteen, twenty-three, twenty-nine, thirty-four, and forty. Content warning: We’re a fairly NSFW podcast that includes use of reclaimed homophobic slurs. Our discussion this episode is full of Naruto spoilers up through chapter 483. Content-wise these chapters and our discussions of them touch on topics of death, violence, war, body horror, and sidelining and sexualization of female characters.

It's the epic of our time, a saga in scope and size unparalleled by any other comic out there right now. And, after years of going "That's too long, no way" we've actually dived into One Piece. We share our queerpinions on: • Oda's art in terms of body horror, action, and depictions of women's bodies• Our thoughts on the series' villains thus far (TLDR: they suck)• Some very poor handling of themes in the Skypiea arc• The series' sense of joy, whimsy, and creativity• Roronoa Zora being a flaming f****t You can find the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Podcast Addict! Content warning: We’re a fairly NSFW podcast that includes use of reclaimed homophobic slurs. Our discussion this week contains spoilers up through One Piece chapter 302 and the end of the Skypiea arc. Content-wise we touch on the series' hypersexualized renderings of women and girls, monstrous depictions of fat people, racial caricatures, imperialism, and poor handlings of plot points involving indigenous people and their conflicts with colonizers. We also briefly discuss Oda's relationship with Nobuhiro Watsuki and the charges against Watsuki regarding child pornography.

We're queer millennials, and for better and for worse that means we've followed and lived through the impact of RuPaul's Drag Race. Join us as we try to make sense of reality TV commodification of queerness, sponsored by the fracking industry. We share our queerpinions on: • What the show meant to our younger selves vs. us now• The show's consistent track record of treating trans people as props at best• How the franchise's international editions manage to outshine the American original• The non-revolutionary nature of plopping rainbows on machines of wealth accumulation• Some performances and queens that we got to know and love via their time on RuPaul's Fracking Ranch You can find the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Podcast Addict! Content warning: We’re a fairly NSFW podcast that includes use of reclaimed homophobic slurs. Our discussion this week contains spoilers for various Drag Race seasons (who wins, who goes home, etc.) and discussion of the franchise and its fandom's issues with racism, transphobia, and the general evils of rainbow capitalism.

This week we're bringing you part ten of our Naruto reread, and we're covering a lot of chapters. The time has come to understand each other's pain, as well as our thoughts on Pain. We share our queerpinions on:Naruto chapters 404-450The state of the series' women in this arcDeaths and their dramatic implicationsSage Mode and frog mountain sceneryHoo boy, that endingYou can also find the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Podcast Addict! To catch up on our Naruto coverage thus far, check out episodes one, six, eight, nine, thirteen, nineteen, twenty-three, twenty-nine, and thirty-four.Content warning: We’re a fairly NSFW podcast that includes use of reclaimed homophobic slurs. Our discussion this episode is full of Naruto spoilers up through chapter 450. Content-wise these chapters and our discussions of them touch on topics of death, violence, war, racism/racial stereotypes, and sexism/sidelining and sexualization of female characters.

The time has come for us to spotlight the work of one our favorite mangaka: Akiko Higashimura! In the first part of our read through her works, we discuss her painfully relatable memoirs and also some ridiculously sassy bar snack foods. We share our queerpinions on:Tokyo Tarareba Girls Vol. 1-9Humanizing portrayals of doomed relationshipsAttitudes toward marriage, friendships, and balancing the twoBlank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey Vol. 1-5Artistic endeavors, work ethics, and the pressure to practice every single dayYou can find all our episodes on Spotify, Podcast Addict, and Apple Podcasts!Spoiler and content warning: We’re a fairly NSFW-podcast that uses reclaimed homophobic slurs. Our discussion this week includes spoilers for the entirety of both Blank Canvas and Tokyo Tarareba Girls. Content-wise, these manga touch on death, grief, aging, and societal expectations for women and relationships. We also briefly mention the recent sexual assault charges made against Act-Age writer Tatsuya Matsuki. 

Yiff me, yiff you, this week everyone's furry and yiffing. Or clopping. Or suggestively shaking a tail feather. The topic is Beastars, one of our favorite ongoing manga as well as one of the messiest. We share our queerpinions on:Paru Itagaki's Beastars Vol. 1The trio of protagonistsMessy metaphors and their implicationsItagaki's art style and its containment of multitudesMapping ourselves onto furry fictional theatre gaysYou can find all our episodes on Spotify, Podcast Addict, and Apple Podcasts!Spoiler and content warning: We’re a fairly NSFW-podcast that uses reclaimed homophobic slurs. Our discussion this week includes spoilers for Beastars Vol. 1 and discussion of literal murder and violence, as well as messy metaphors for sexual assault and racism.

One might expect a month with fewer new Weekly Sexist Jump chapters than usual to result in a decreased amount of disgusting misogyny. One would be wrong. We share our queerpinions on:Act-Age chapters 119-121Chainsaw Man chapters 76-78Moriking chapters 11-13My Hero Academia chapters 277-278Spy x Family chapters 29.1 & 30Time Paradox Ghostwriter chapters 8-10Ghost Reaper Girl and Me & RobocoYou can find all our episodes on Spotify, Podcast Addict, and Apple Podcasts!Spoiler and content warning: We’re a fairly NSFW-podcast that uses reclaimed homophobic slurs. Our discussion this week includes spoilers for all of the series mentioned above, as well as discussion of blood, gore, death, misogyny and both violence against and sexual objectification of women and girls.

It's time for another grab bag of gay comics! This week we mostly cover series depicting queer adolescents coming to terms with themselves and their identities and relationships to other people. Plus, Sarazanmai got a spin-off comic so we naturally had to cover that too. We share our queerpinions on:Roadqueen: Eternal Roadtrip to LoveA Tropical Fish Years for Snow Vol. 1Sarazanmai: Reo and MabuHeartstopper Vol. 1Blue Flag Vol. 1-2Queer authenticity and art specifically for queer peopleBelievable depictions of adolescent characters and emotionsYou can find the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Podcast Addict.Content warning: We’re a fairly NSFW podcast that includes use of reclaimed homophobic slurs. Our discussion this episode contains spoilers for all the aforementioned titles, as well as discussions of police/policing and homophobia both external and internalized.

It's our second Patreon episode! The topic at hand is Haruichi Furudate's Haikyu!!, the best ongoing comic in the world (at least according to Alex). We share our queerpinions on:Haikyu!! chapters 1-69Chapter one: the GOAT or kind of slow?The Karasuno team members and their early character arcsFurudate's talents for comedy, horror, and just plain awesome sports actionRival teams and characters as foils to Hinata and KageyamaYou can find the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Podcast Addict. You can find the article Trevor mentions here.Content warning: We’re a fairly NSFW podcast that includes use of reclaimed homophobic slurs. Our discussion this episode contains spoilers for Haikyu!! up through chapter 69.

We go a bit long again this week, but hey, there's a ton to talk about. Moriking and Chainsaw Man continue to be high quality while Time Paradox Ghostwriter...does not. Also of note are our parting thoughts on The Promised Neverland, why we could never do sponcon, and how the latest new batch of Jump series is shaping up. We share our queerpinions on:Act-Age chapters 114-118Chainsaw Man chapters 71-75Moriking chapters 6-10My Hero Academia chapters 273-276The Promised Neverland chapters 179-181Spy x Family chapters 27.1-29Time Paradox Ghostwriter chapters 3-7You can find all our episodes on Spotify, Podcast Addict, and Apple Podcasts!Spoiler and content warning: We’re a fairly NSFW-podcast that uses reclaimed homophobic slurs. We also spoil the hell out of all the series mentioned above. Content-wise they (and our discussions of them) touch on physical violence, blood, gore, and sexual objectification of women and girls.

Welcome back, one and all, to the Naruto discourse. The time has come to dissect Sasuke's battle with Itachi, as well as its resulting lore dumps about the brothers' bond and Senju/Uchiha tensions across Konohagakure's history. We share our queerpinions on:Naruto chapters 384-403Artistic renderings of various types of jutsu during the battleItachi as a tragic hero figure (and whether that's an accurate descriptor)Some major ironyDeveloping characters' motivations after the factYou can also find the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Podcast Addict! To catch up on our Naruto coverage thus far, check out parts one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight.Content warning: We’re a fairly NSFW podcast that includes use of reclaimed homophobic slurs. Our discussion this episode is full of Naruto spoilers up through chapter 403. Content-wise these chapters include lots of body horror and death.

Things are a little different in this one! Trevor streams "Solo" by Jennie and records an episode alone, reacting and commenting on Sony's Playstation 5 presentation! In a year where E3 was blessedly cancelled after the ESA fully stepped in it last year, we have these digital presentations to enjoy and in this episode Trevor gives their queerpinions on:How art styles are being flattened by attempts at realistic graphicsThe difference in mood present in the Demon's Souls remakeHoping at least one game shown is free to playThe degree to which "originality" is both fake and lacking in the IPsYou can also find the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Podcast Addict! For more of our gayming overage, check out episodes seven, fifteen, seventeen, and twenty-six!Content warning: We’re a fairly NSFW podcast that includes use of reclaimed homophobic slurs.

We hope you're interested in deep dives on boys' love manga, because that's what we have for you this week. We're discussing Takahashi Hidebu's Yuki and Matsu (or Yuki to Matsu), a story about found family, love in limbo, and lots and lots of sex and gore. We share our queerpinions on:Takahashi Hidebu's Yuki and Matsu Vol. 1-3The series's handling of sex work and gender rolesMelodrama and affecting portrayals of the characters' anxietiesThe arc of the main characters' romanceHidebu's renderings of sex and bodiesYou can find the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Podcast Addict!Content warning: We’re a fairly NSFW podcast that includes use of reclaimed homophobic slurs. This episode contains explicit spoilers for all of Yuki and Matsu. The series (and thus our discussion of it) touches on sexual assault, familial abandonment, blood and amputation, and generally explicit sex talk.

This episode's a long one, as there's a lot to talk about. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba ended this month, and The Promised Neverland is nearing its conclusion as well. Thankfully, there's a promising crop of new manga here to take their place. We share our queerpinions on:Act-Age chapters 111-113Chainsaw Man chapters 68-70Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba chapters 204-205Moriking chapters 3-5My Hero Academia chapters 270-272The Promised Neverland chapters 176-178Spy x Family chapters 26-27Time Paradox Ghostwriter chapters 1-2You can find all our episodes on Spotify, Podcast Addict, and Apple Podcasts!Spoiler and content warning: We’re a fairly NSFW-podcast that uses reclaimed homophobic slurs. We also spoil the hell out of all the series mentioned above. Content-wise, they (and our discussions of them) touch on physical violence, blood, gore, death, sexual objectification of women, child abuse, and generational abuse/trauma.

A few weeks back we recorded an episode, just to have Audacity continually stop functioning and for the file to seem corrupted. And now...we ended up finding an MP3 of it that had actually successfully downloaded! The lost episode, unlost! In it we discuss the various media we consumed in our time off from work due to COVID-19. We share our queerpinions on:Persona 5 Royal - combat, life simulation gameplay, and thematic flailingFinal Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy VII RemakeAnnihilation and the nature of adaptationsTsuruneAll-time great film Paranoid ParkOne Piece and depictions of anti-government sentiment in mediaEt ceteraYou can also find the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Podcast Addict!Content warning: We’re a fairly NSFW podcast that includes use of reclaimed homophobic slurs. Our discussions this week cover media that include sexual assault and hypersexualization of women.

The f*ggotry is out there. It's looking for you, and it will find you if you want it to. This week we discuss the Matrix franchise, including the original trilogy as well as The Animatrix. We share our queerpinions on:Themes of individual choice, determinism, and savior figuresNeo as an audience surrogate characterNeo as the least interesting figure in the entire castThe resounding theme of hope throughoutAn unsatisfying romance and a galaxy brain explanation for itUnneeded lore dumps and metaphors going awryYou can find the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Podcast Addict!Content warning: We’re a fairly NSFW podcast that includes use of reclaimed homophobic slurs. Our discussion this episode contains spoilers for the Matrix trilogy, The Animatrix, and Avengers: Endgame (we only talk about the MCU briefly, we promise).

I'ma let you finish, but Chainsaw Man chapter 64 was one of the best chapters of all time! Also, Kei Yonagi struggles to inject artistic integrity into capitalism, Demon Slayer is wrapping up beautifully, and My Hero Academia epitomizes superhero comics' handling of female characters in the worst ways imaginable. Plus, we enter the age of the insects with Moriking! We share our queerpinions on:Act-Age chapters 107-110Chainsaw Man chapters 64-67Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba chapters 200-203Moriking chapters 1-2My Hero Academia chapters 266-269The Promised Neverland chapters 173-175Spy x Family chapters 24.1 & 25You can find all our episodes on Spotify, Podcast Addict, and Apple Podcasts!Spoiler and content warning: We’re a fairly NSFW-podcast that uses reclaimed homophobic slurs. We also spoil the hell out of all the series mentioned above. Content-wise, they (and our discussions of them) touch on physical violence, blood, gore, death, and brutalization and sexual objectification of women.

Before "My Villain Academia" there was "Sasuke f**ks around and finds some followers." We're back this week with the latest installment in our Naruto reread, but the titular blonde isn't all that present. Instead the focus shifts to Uchiha drama, Jiraiya, and the mystery of who (or what) is Pain. We share our queerpinions on:Naruto chapters 343-383Memorable cover pages: both the homoerotic and the body horror eroticThe series' shift between villainsA neverending series of flashbacks starring JiraiyaFirst impressions of Pain: god, mystery, and designYou can also find the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Podcast Addict! To catch up on our Naruto coverage thus far, check out parts one, two, three, four, five, six, and seven.Content warning: We’re a fairly NSFW podcast that includes use of reclaimed homophobic slurs. Our discussion this episode is full of Naruto spoilers up through chapter 383.