This week, Aria and Lori take a deep dive into respectability politics by looking at the most obligatory film for queer horror podcasts, William Friedkin's "Cruising" (1980). We analyze the film through a lens informed by our collective favourite academic paper, "Sex in Public" by Lauren Berlant and Michael Warner.

MAJOR SPOILERS FOR "CRUISING" (1980).

Audio clip from "A Dirty Shame" (2004).

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