A podcast examining queer content in media.
Hi all. Lysa here. Sexuali-tea is taking a break for the foreseeable future. Thank you to everyone who has been listening, whether consistently or casually. I know this hasn't been the podcast for everyone, but the fact that anyone tuned in means the world to me. Instagram (http://instagram.com/queerasmedia) Facebook (http://facebook.com/queerasmedia) Website (http://queerasmedia.com.au) Fight The Good Fight: Queer Subtext in the Captain America Films (https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1009323) Support this podcast
Solidarity abounds in this episode of Sexuali-tea, where Lysa and guest Lawrence talk about the Matthew Warchus and Stephen Beresford joint Pride. Content warnings include mentions of HIV/AIDS, assault, and homophobia. Radical History of Macquarie University (https://radicalhistoryofmacquarieuniversity.wordpress.com/gay-liberation-at-macquarie/) All Out! Dancing In Dulais (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHJhbwEcgrA&feature=youtu.be) Follow the show on Ko-fi (http://ko-fi.com/queerasmedia) (every little bit helps!). Music from https://filmmusic.io. "Cheery Monday" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Support this podcast
Coming atcha with more of that sweet queer content, in this episode Lysa and Kit talk about non-binary characters in Ursula le Guin's Left Hand of Darkness and Anne Lecke's Ancillary Justice. Content warnings for use of one reclaimed slur. Find Sexuali-tea on Ko-fi (http://ko-fi.com/queerasmedia) . Music from https://filmmusic.io. "Cheery Monday" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Support this podcast
Sink your teeth into this one, Fannibals, it's the Hannibal episode of Sexuali-tea! Join Lysa and Harrison as they talk delicacies and deviance, murder and mastication, butches and beards. Content warnings for this episode include: murder, cannibalism, abusive relationships, rape, sexual assault, and incest. Listen to Harrison's podcast with previous guest Imogen, Imogen and Harrison Predict the Future (https://thatsnotcanon.com/iahptf) ! You can find Sexuali-tea on Ko-fi (http://ko-fi.com/queerasmedia) ! Music from https://filmmusic.io. "Cheery Monday" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Support this podcast
Hello for 2020! It's a new year, and Sexuali-tea is bringing you new content. In this episode, Lysa and Jade discuss the decade-and-a-half old game series Yakuza. Content warnings for transphobia, transphobic slurs, misgender, rape and sexual violence, and homophobia. There is a little issue in the first half of the episode where I dropped the microphone for a second, and I tried fixing it but it's still noticeable, so apologies for that! There aren't many spoilers for the game series as Jade kept most of it purposefully vague but if you're unsure and don't want to be spoiled at all I'd suggest giving this one a miss. Music from https://filmmusic.io. "Cheery Monday" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Find Sexuali-tea on Ko-fi (http://ko-fi.com/queerasmeda) . Support this podcast
Content warnings for our experiences of homophobia. Happy holidays! Please enjoy this episode as a gift to you, my faithful listeners. Thanks for sticking by me this year. It's been wild and wonderful. I hope the New Year brings as much joy to you as this year has brought to me. And if you don't have anyone to spend Christmas with, then you can spend it with me. I'm your family now no takesies backsies. I now realise if you're listening to this it's already Christmas, but Wendybird in Brisbane have a Found Family Festivities event every year around the 21st of December. Brisbane City always has a Christmas show leading up to the day, including a parade and a lights show with a tree in King George Square. There are always heaps of carols events and fireworks displays, if you want to be around people but don't want to be with people, ya feel. And lastly, trans lives matter. here (https://www.glaad.org/transgender/resources) are some resources if you're trans and struggling. Support this podcast
Lysa and Wolfram dive into a franchise that spans three eras: the 1980s when the graphic novel was written, 2005 when the film was released, and the future setting of the story. It's horrible all round. Content warnings for this episode include discussions of: genocide, nazis, WWII, racism and racist violence, transphobia and transphobic violence, medical violence, concentration camps. This is a heavy episode, folks. Follow the show on Patreon (http://patreon.com/queerasmedia) . Support this podcast
This episode, Lysa and guest Dion discover their inner bloodsuckers. Topics for this conversation include: Twilight (ugh), Fright Night (hell yeah), and True Blood (all right all right all right). The content warnings for this episode are discussions of pedophilia, bestiality, and death. You can check out a new blog post on the show's Captivate (http://sexualitea.captivate.fm) . Support this podcast
This episode, Lysa and guest Jay get weird and sexy with unfortunate bisexuals in musical theatre and... sexy trains? Content warnings for this episode include mentions of: rape/sexual assault, sexual violence, biphobia, transphobia, domestic violence, and HIV/AIDS. Lysa's blog post about their analysis of Rocky Horror is here. (https://queerasmedia.wordpress.com/2018/09/24/the-rocky-horror-picture-show-1975/) Brisbane Powerhouse (https://brisbanepowerhouse.org/) UQ ARTS (https://www.facebook.com/theARTSUQ/) UQ Underground (https://www.uqu.com.au/club/uq-dramatic-society-underground-productions) The Conservatorium (https://www.griffith.edu.au/arts-education-law/queensland-conservatorium) You can find Sexuali-tea on Wordpress (http://queerasmedia.wordpress.com) . Support this podcast
In this episode, Lysa and Alex get freaky with their cerebellums and multiply 8-fold. Content warnings for this episode: discussions of racism, transphobia, misogyny, abusive relationships, and rape culture, and use of a homophobic slur. Follow the show on here (http://queerasmedia.wordpress.com/) . Source articles: 2 (https://medium.com/@puentera/the-problem-with-sense8-90964685c62f) Support this podcast
This episode, host Lysa and guest Jess travel to the futuristic city of Kaku in the distant land of Western Australia to talk body modification, gender identity and asexuality in the webcomic Always Human. You can find Always Human here (https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/always-human/list?title_no=557&page=1) . This episode contains mentions of homophobia, transphobia and misgendering. You can find Sexuali-tea on Patreon (http://patreon.com/queerasmedia) . Follow the UQ Sci-Fi Fantasy Society (https://www.facebook.com/groups/797867080318111/about/) to stay up to date with all the events. Theme song: "Glitter Blast" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html) (incompetech.com) Support this podcast
Something wicked this way comes... it's the Harry Potter episode of Sexuali-tea! Joining host Lysa, Megan delves into her experience with Harry Potter, views on love in the series, and why Dumbledore is an extremely, no good, very bad man. How well does this franchise fare on portraying queerness? Listen to find out! Some links for you: (https://www.vox.com/2016/9/4/12534818/harry-potter-cursed-child-rowling-queerbaiting) (where I pulled the quote about Tonks from) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQbei5JGiT8&feature=youtu.be) (a video) (https://twitter.com/GradeBMaple/status/1172678887987470336) Follow Megan on Instagram at @ Megan.notavegan (https://www.instagram.com/megan.notavegan/) . The content warnings for this episode are: mentions of child abuse, HIV/AIDS, racism, queerphobia, Hitler and nazis, and ableism. Support this podcast
Back from an unexpected break, Sexuali-tea is here once again to discuss all things queer in a new episode. Joined by guest pan ( @panacea_knits (https://twitter.com/panacea_knits) on Twitter), we discuss the manga-turned-anime-turned-films Kuroko's Basketball. Content warnings for this episode include mentions of homophobia. You can find Sexuali-tea on Patreon (http://patreon.com/queerasmedia) . Support this podcast
Welcome to the first episode of Anime August! First cab off the rank is Adolescence of Utena, the 1999 film directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara, adored by guest Sen, abhorred by host Lysa. Content warnings include mentions of: rape and sexual assault, incest, pedophilia, abuse and domestic violence, violence against women, death, and suicide. You can follow Sen on his Twitter page here (https://sentientgarden.home.blog/) . You can follow Sexuali-tea on Patreon (http://patreon.com/queerasmedia) and give a lil sumn sumn. You get some free stuff! Support this podcast
You know what's great about this podcast? Not only making new friends, learning about other people's interests and hyperfixations, or researching media I've never come across before, but the most fun thing about it is finding something you can really sink your teeth into, and then rip to shreds. RIP being the operative word here, and David Lynch's career being the something. Listen to this episode to find out just how much Lysa and guest Tahlya hate Mulholland Drive, along with other seminal, phallic and downright Freudian classics from this esteemed director of more than fifty years. Content warnings for this episode include mentions of: sexual assault and rape, femicide, abortion, suicide, animal cruelty and queerphobia. Fannish Podcast (https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/fannish-podcast) for all you fandom-heads out there. Tahlya also mentioned the Fresh Blood Festival, which unfortunately I cannot find much information about, but you can follow Vena Cava Productions (https://www.facebook.com/venacavaproductions/) on Facebook to stay updated. And lastly, check out Tahlya's podcast General Queeries (https://thatsnotcanon.com/generalqueeriespodcast) . It's so funny and the Stonewall episodes are brilliant. You can follow Sexuali-tea Podcast on Twitter and Instagram at queerasmedia, as well as on Facebook at The Russo Test. Check out my Gay-treon (https://www.patreon.com/queerasmedia) for as little as $3 a month and get a special gift. Support this podcast
All you undead folks out there, this one's for you. In this ep, Lysa and Paige discuss the hilarious and short-lived tv series starring Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant. Content warnings for this episode include discussions of: police violence, queerphobia and specifically transphobia and biphobia, transphobic violence, death, cannibalism, racism, nazis, and a mention of pedophiles. Support this podcast
In this episode, Lysa and guest Shena travel through space and time to analyse how well Star Trek has done for queer representation over the last 53 years. Content warnings for this episode include mentions of: homophobia, misogyny, racism, acephobia, ableism, character death, and the AIDS crisis. Find Sexuali-tea podcast on Wordpress, Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr at queerasmedia, and Facebook at The Russo Test. Support this podcast
Hello, hello. In this episode, Lysa and guest Lowri discuss queerness in a few mythologies. Myths covered are Loki, Sinfjotli and Gudmundr (Norse), Ishtar and Ashushunamir (Akkadian/Babylonian), Heracles, Hyacinthus and Apollo (Greek), Amaterasu, Shinu no Hafuri, Ama no Hafuri, Ama no Uzume and Ishi kore (Japanese). Content warnings for mentions of bestiality, pedophilia/pederasty, incest and death. Follow Sexuali-tea on Instagram, Twitter, Wordpress and Tumblr at queerasmedia. Support this podcast
Hello, hello. This week Lysa and special special guest Dana discuss queerness in the Thor franchise (mostly the films but also the comics). This is the second part of a two-parter episode, which was recorded before Avengers: Endgame premiered. The first part of the episode is already out, so if you haven't listened to that one, pause this one and go back. In the first episode, we talked about the third instalment Thor: Ragnarok generally and then anti-colonialism. In this episode, we talk about the characters, their ships and their representations. Spoilers for all the Thor, Captain America, and Avengers franchises (including Infinity War but not Endgame). Please heed the content warnings. CW for: mentions of abuse and child abuse, incest, genocide, sexual violence against women (brief mention), colonialism, Hitler and WWII, suicide and depression. Dana mistakenly identifies Agent Sitwell (played by Maximiliano Hernández) as white and I didn’t correct her, so I’m correcting that now. Kenneth Burke is the person who came up with the “dignified homosexual/bad queer” binary and you can read about it here: (http://sensesofcinema.com/2016/american-extreme/john-waters/) General Queeries Podcast (https://thatsnotcanon.com/generalqueeriespodcast) Support this podcast
Well, it happened. After 400 years and several thousand films, the Avengers are dead. What a shocking time to be alive. Tune into this episode of Sexuali-tea to hear Lysa and her guests Dana and Alex discuss the tragic and sickening details of the Avengers' demise. CONTENT WARNINGS: IN THIS EPISODE WE MENTION spoilers for the entire Avengers franchise, suicide, death, bestiality, fatphobia and fatshaming, internalised homophobia, coming out, alien reproduction, and touch on consent issues. Read Lysa's notes here (https://queerasmedia.wordpress.com/2019/05/12/further-thoughts-on-avengers-endgame/) . Support this podcast
Hello, hello. This week Lysa and special special guest Dana discuss queerness in the Thor franchise (mostly the films but also the comics). This is the first part of a two-parter episode, both of which were recorded before Avengers: Endgame came out, so there are no spoilers for that. The second part will be out on the regular schedule 21st of May, but if you want to listen to the full episode now, subscribe to my Gay-treon (http://patreon.com/queerasmedia) for just $3 a month! Spoilers for all the Thor, Captain America, and Avengers franchises (including Infinity War but not Endgame). Please heed the content warnings. CW for: mentions of abuse and child abuse, incest, genocide, sexual violence against women (brief mention), colonialism, Hitler and WWII, suicide and depression. Dana mistakenly identifies Agent Sitwell (played by Maximiliano Hernández) as white and I didn’t correct her, so I’m correcting that now. Kenneth Burke is the person who came up with the “dignified homosexual/bad queer” binary and you can read about it here: (http://sensesofcinema.com/2016/american-extreme/john-waters/) Support this podcast
Welcome back! This week, Lysa and guest Imogen discuss the trials and tribulations of one of the most iconic queer films ever made. Content warnings for this episode are: homophobia, homophobic violence, and conversion therapy. Contains spoilers for this film. Follow Imogen on Instagram (http://instagram.com/eileenapolonia) . Come along to one of her comedy shows if you're in Brisbane! You can follow this podcast at queerasmedia on Twitter, Instagram, Wordpress, Facebook and Gay-treon (Patreon). For a special Gay-trons only episode in which Imogen and Lysa shoot the shit, subscribe for only $3 a month. Support this podcast
Sometimes it's leather, sometime it's spandex... In this week, Lysa and James discuss homosexuality, overt and subtextual, in Joel Schumacher's Batman & Robin. CONTENT WARNINGS: mentions of homophobia (Fredric Wertham), Nazi Germany (Captain America), and abusive relationships (Harley Quinn and the Joker). Spoilers for the movie and some other Batman franchise movies and comics. Support this podcast
In this episode, Lysa and Rosie discuss Captain Marvel and get into the specifics of asexuality. Apologies for the background noise. Content warnings for: mentions of the AIDS crisis, homophobia and homophobic violence, death, a reclaimed slur for lesbians, and acephobia. Contains spoilers for Captain Marvel. Check out AVEN (Asexuality Visibility Education Network) here (https://www.asexuality.org/) . Connect with Lysa on Twitter, Facebook, Patreon, Wordpress and Instagram at queerasmedia. The book I was thinking of is Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers by Lillian Faderman, which is awesome and you should read it. Support this podcast
Welcome, welcome, hello, hello. My name's Lysa and I'm coming atcha with analysis of queerness in media. Edited: Check me out at Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/queerasmedia) . Support this podcast