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Weigh anchor and hoist the mizzen! Paul and Arlo set sail for a discussion of David Jenkins' pirate rom-com Our Flag Means Death. The new HBO Max series, a very loose telling of the history between Stede “The Gentleman Pirate” Bonnet and Edward “Blackbeard” Teach, begins as a silly romp very much in the vein of executive producer/star Taika Waititi's other work. And then…well, it becomes something very much more, depicting a number of queer romances in positive, affirming fashion. The boys discuss this shouldn't-be-shocking-in-2022 level of representation, the chemistry between Rhys Darby and Waititi, how closely (or not) the show follows the historical record, the series' moral of not accepting that the way things are is the way they have to be, and more. Plus, up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane, Arlo is reading old Superman comics! NEXT: reply hazy, try again. BREAKDOWN 00:00:47 - Intro / Banter 00:18:30 - Our Flag Means Death 01:36:26 - Outro / Next LINKS “‘Our Flag Means Death' Just Delivered a Mortal Blow to Queerbaiting” by Kaila Hale-Stern, The Mary Sue “How ‘Our Flag Means Death' Uses Piracy to Denounce Toxic Masculinity” by Marco Vito Oddo, Collider “Not Just Queer Rep, but Queer Joy: A Deeper Look at the Multiple Romances of 'Our Flag Means Death'” by Dani Herd, Collider “With Gay Pirates, ‘Our Flag Means Death' Revolutionaizes Queer TV” by Mey Rude, Out “Vico Ortiz on playing non-binary pirate Jim in ‘Our Flag Means Death': I'm ‘proud to be part of it'” by Yolanda Machado, Entertainment Weekly “‘Our Flag Means Death's creator on the show's fandom and future, in season 2 and beyond” by Tasha Robinson, Polygon MUSIC “Perfect Day” by Lou Reed, Transformer (1972) “Miles from Nowhere” by Cat Stevens, Tea for the Tillerman (1970) GOBBLEDYCARES National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ Support AAPI communities and those affected by anti-Asian violence: https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/stop-aapi-hate Support the AAPI Civic Engagement Fund: https://aapifund.org/ Support Black Lives Matter and find anti-racism resources: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ The Trevor Project provides information and support to LGBTQ youth: thetrevorproject.org Trans Lifeline: https://translifeline.org/ US (877) 565-8860 Canada (877) 330-6366 National Center for Transgender Equality: transequality.org Advocate for writers who might be owed money due to discontinuance of royalties: https://www.writersmustbepaid.org/ Help teachers and classrooms in need: https://www.donorschoose.org/ Do your part to remove the burden of medical debt for individuals, families, and veterans: https://ripmedicaldebt.org/ Register to vote: https://vote.gov/
Lux Alptraum is a Peabody-nominated producer and writer whose work had appeared in The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, and Hustler. Her first book, Faking It: The Lies Women Tell About Sex — And the Truths They Reveal, explores our cultural obsession with feminine deceit. https://twitter.com/luxalptraum Mey Rude is a Los Angeles-based trans latina lesbian. she’s a journalist who’s worked for autostraddle, them.us and out magazine, as well as a sensitivity reader and trans consultant on novels, comics, tv shows, and video games. she’s consulted on titles like Lumberjanes, Bitch Planet, and Cosmokights and is obsessed with queer representation in media. https://twitter.com/meyrude MUST read "Do We Need the Police? ‘Steven Universe’ and ‘She-Ra’ Suggest We Don’t" https://collider.com/abolish-the-police-steven-universe-she-ra/ by Tahir Duckett
Bisexual trans Latina writer Mey Rude discusses growing up in Idaho, getting kicked out of her church family, and how comics helped her find her queer- and trans-ness. Read the transcript at scribd.com/artactivistnia. Support the podcast at patreon.com/artactivistnia.
This week Bruce helps celebrate his towns inaugural Pride Festival by talking about some transgender characters from the Golden age until present day. Special Thanks to this article by Mey Rude.
For the first installment of our Pride month interview series we are bringing you the interview we did with Mey Rude about our reading of Hagrid as a beautiful lesbian trans woman. It's a truly joyful conversation and we are so thrilled to be able to share it! Mey Rude can be found at meyrude.com or on socials @meyrude You can also find her work on Autostraddle, Them, and more! Follow us on socials @thegaylyprophet Check out our merch (and our Pride month sale!) on our website, thegaylyprophet.com Music by Kevin MacLeod: incompetech.com Art by Theo Julien Forrester— see his weekly comics on socials or our website!
In this very special episode, we got to talk to Mey Rude about a truly joyful theory we have about Hagrid! There’s also some stuff about how we (mostly Lark) don’t know geography and how dramatic Snape is, but holy moly you guys, this conversation!!! Find Mey at meyrude.com, or on socials @meyrude Follow the Gayly Prophet on socials so you don’t miss the comic!!! @thegaylyprophet on insta, twitter, and facebook and of course, you can see all the comics at www.thegaylyprophet.com Show art by Theo Julien Forrester Music by Kevin MacLeod: incompetech.com
She-ra is Netflix new cartoon is a diverse, queer feminist re-envisioning of a cartoon from the 80s. It’s by showrunner Noelle Stevenson of Nimoa comics fame and we LOVE it. Joining Elana to talk about it are: Mey Rude is a queer, fat, trans Latina, a writer, a tastemaker and a lover of nerds. She lives in LA and you can find her writing at Autostraddle, Remezcla, them.us and other places. On Twitter @meyrude. Tea Fougner is the Editorial Director for Comics at King Features Syndicate. When she's not reading comics for work, she's reading comics for fun, drawing comics, dressing up as comic book characters, or watching comic adaptations on television. Tea is at @TeaberryBlue on everything. Observed: What the old cartoon got right, what the new cartoon got even better She-ra is a Star Wars but everyone’s a girl The importance of LGBTQ cartoons for kids Trope busting characters such as; A socialist flying horse Entrapta and her robot Emily Scorpiana’s particular Mid-Western dyke energy “Seahawk is pansexual because he loves men, he loves women and he loves the sea”.- Tea
Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with Mey Rude(@meyrude), bisexual trans Latina writer. We chat about being her Autostraddle article, "How to have lesbian sex with a trans woman", LGBTQ sex education, body positivity and which DCOM is the gayest. Follow along on Twitter: Lez Hang Out (@lezhangoutpod) and answer our Q & Gay at the end of every episode. Leigh Holmes Foster (@lshfoster) and Ellie Brigida (@elliebrigida). You can also join us on Facebook.com/lezhangoutpod and follow along on Instagram (@lezhangoutpod) to watch Mey's Instagram takeover and hear her answer even more listener questions. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week, Andi and Lise rave about the comic Raven the Pirate Princess, a spinoff of the Princeless series, both written by Jeremy Whitley and, in the case of Raven, arted up by Rosy Higgins and Ted Brandt. This is Volume 1, a compilation of initial issues (chapters) 1-4, in which Raven Tsingtao, the daughter of a pirate king, is double-crossed by her brothers. Her father’s legacy was supposed to be handed down to her, but her brothers poisoned him against her and now she’s looking for a pirate crew to reclaim her legacy and get revenge on her brothers. Follow Raven as she auditions potential crewmates, meets other strong badass women, and prepares to find her brothers. Andi and Lise rate Raven the Pirate Princess, as A—Awesome! Not only in characterization and storyline and art, but in diversity (many different body types, backgrounds, ethnicities, and races) and Awesome in potential queer rep. Raven is most likely a lesbian, and there are a few other characters who probably identify that way, too. Find it at Action Lab Comics and Amazon. Want more info? Check Keri Crist-Wagner’s piece at BookRiot and Mey Rude’s observations at Autostraddle.
Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
Mey Rude (Trans Editor at Autostraddle.com) joins us to talk about this episode, which centers around how hard the dating scene can be when you're a 500-year-old mummy. Kate Leth returns with what is arguably the greatest installment of Buffy FashionWatch ever! We also touch on Cordelia-on-Cordelia fanfic (which is a thing! that totally exists! because of course it is!). This week we're discussing s2e4: Inca Mummy Girl. Read a zillion amazing things Mey Rude has written on Autostraddle, and give her a shout on twitter @meyrude! Jenny Owen Youngs is @jennyowenyoungs on twitter, and you can check out some of her non-Buffy songs at jennyowenyoungs.com/buffering. Kristin Russo is @kristinnoeline on twitter. Learn more about the resources she creates for LGBTQ individuals and their families at everyoneisgay.com and mykidisgay.com. Get to know Buffy FashionWatch correspondent Kate Leth better at kateleth.com, or give her a shout on twitter (@kateleth). Buffering the Vampire Slayer is on twitter @bufferingcast and on facebook facebook.com/bufferingcast. You can now support the show on Patreon! We've also got a rad merch store over at bufferingthevampireslayer.bigcartel.com, where you can find a Buffering tee and Slayerette/Cordette pins... and that's where you can grab a Buffering the Vampire Slayer: Songs From Season One CD (we've still got a few copies left). You can also snag the album on iTunes or wherever you get your digital music! Logo: Kristine Thune, kristinethune.com
Mey Rude (Trans Editor at Autostraddle.com) joins us to talk about this episode, which centers around how hard the dating scene can be when you're a 500-year-old mummy. Kate Leth returns with what is arguably the greatest installment of Buffy FashionWatch ever! We also touch on Cordelia-on-Cordelia fanfic (which is a thing! that totally exists! because of course it is!). This week we're discussing s2e4: Inca Mummy Girl.Read a zillion amazing things Mey Rude has written on Autostraddle, and give her a shout on twitter @meyrude!Jenny Owen Youngs is @jennyowenyoungs on twitter, and you can check out some of her non-Buffy songs at jennyowenyoungs.com/buffering. Kristin Russo is @kristinnoeline on twitter. Learn more about the resources she creates for LGBTQ individuals and their families at everyoneisgay.com and mykidisgay.com. Get to know Buffy FashionWatch correspondent Kate Leth better at kateleth.com, or give her a shout on twitter (@kateleth).Buffering the Vampire Slayer is on twitter @bufferingcast and on facebook facebook.com/bufferingcast.You can now support the show on Patreon! We've also got a rad merch store over at bufferingthevampireslayer.bigcartel.com, where you can find a Buffering tee and Slayerette/Cordette pins... and that's where you can grab a Buffering the Vampire Slayer: Songs From Season One CD (we've still got a few copies left). You can also snag the album on iTunes or wherever you get your digital music!Logo: Kristine Thune, kristinethune.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices