Hey, true crime friends. This week I sat down with the host of the podcast of That Gay Ol' Classic Cinema, Christian Garcia, to discuss his case study on real female serial killers who used poison as their method of murder and how they parallel some familiar female fairytale villains.

In our News Update, I discuss the recent finding of a mass grave in Kenya that is suspected to be linked to a religious cult AND the investigation of Harvard University for claims that the school discriminates in its undergraduate admittance processes.

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Sources:

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-07-19/kenya-doomsday-cult-deaths-top-400

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/25/us/harvard-legacy-admissions-education-department-civil-rights-investigation/index.html?utm_content=2023-07-25T22%3A52%3A19&utm_source=igCNN&utm_term=multi-image&utm_medium=social

Harvard lawsuit alleges school gives preferential treatment to legacy admissions, who are 'overwhelmingly' White, and cites affirmative action ruling | CNN

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Tom Crewe enters the ITBR and pulls back the curtain on his first novel, "The New Life." Since 2015, Tom has been an editor at the London Review of Books and has a PhD in 19th-century British history from the University of Cambridge. Tom explains what it was about John Addington Symonds' life that fascinated him and why he decided to fictionalize Symonds, Walt Whitman, Henry Havelock Ellis, and even Oscar Wilde. Why is Victorian sexuality and its language such a timely topic right now?

Tom and Andrew leave you on the edge of your seat when discussing why water is such a male homoerotic symbol in literature. Tune in to part two on Saturday where Tom opens up about the women in Symonds and Ellis' lives!

To get your hands on "The New Life" and to learn more about Tom's literary career, head to his website: https://www.tomcrewe.com/

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Hey, true crime friends! We are back from our break with a brand new case and brand new dynamic. We are changing up True Crime in Academia episodes just a little bit to contain modern news. This week includes- a case update, OceanGate Titan, and the Gilgo Beach Killer.

Our main case this week focuses on Minnesota West Community and Techincal college student, Brandon Swanson who went missing on the last day of classes and exams of May 2008. To this day, Brandon is still missing.

Sources:

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2023/07/06/fairfield-teacher-murder-teen-gets-life-in-prison-at-sentencing/70387288007/

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/15/us/gilgo-beach-murder-case-timeline/index.html

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/friend-oceangate-ceo-titan-sub-deadly-mousetrap_n_64b7b5bae4b038c60cc7c588

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gilgo-beach-murder-suspect-home-searched_n_64ba899fe4b09a3b48927d4a

https://www.unilad.com/news/brandon-swanson-disappearance-law-20220927

https://thecrimewire.com/true-crime/Missing-Since-2008-Brandon-Swanson

https://allthatsinteresting.com/brandon-swanson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Brandon_Swanson

https://sites.psu.edu/passionblogeliot/2022/03/25/the-disappearance-of-brandon-swanson/

https://kstp.com/5-investigates/missing-minnesotans-brandon-swanson/

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We're going on a summer break until July 17th so make sure you catch up on our episodes! Dive into male bisexuality with author of “Boyslut-“ Zachary Zane. Learn about grooming in the dance world with the most recent episode of True Crime in Academia. Spill the tea with “Auntie” Eboni K. Williams.

Looking for something to read at the beach this summer? Our summer picks include novels by previous guests! Check out “The Hunt” by Kelly Ford, “The Celebrants” by Steven Rowley, Nicolas DiDomizio's "The Gay Best Friend," and “Hotel Cuba” by Aaron Hamburger.

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Dr. Alex Ketchum, a Faculty Lecturer of the Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies of McGill University, joins Andrew in the ITBR! Get ready to enter Dr. Ketchum's feminist classroom where you'll learn all of the different critiques in feminist studies including the feminist theories and the waves of feminism. Alex and Andrew discuss what feminist thought looks like in 2023, and why the mainstream media looks towards celebrities, like Paris Hilton, Lizzo, Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem, and Emily Ratajkowski for feminist ideas. Are these celebrity feminists engaging in performative activism, or are they engaging deeply with both activist and academic feminist communities? Alex also discusses her books "Engage in Public Scholarship!: A Guidebook on Feminist and Accessible Communication" and "Ingredients for Revolution: A History of American Feminist Restaurants, Cafes, and Coffeehouses."  

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Andrew is joined with Drs. Tanya K. Rodrigue and Kyle D. Stedman to talk all about their new book "Soundwriting: A Guide to Making Audio Projects" (published by Broadview Press)! Right away, the three get into a conversation about how to create podcasts in the college classroom. This is such a meta ITBR episode since Andrew uses this podcast as an example of one genre of podcasting. They discuss the different genres of podcasts, how to understand your target audience, and whether students should make their podcast projects public or private? Andrew explains when to monetize a podcast and asks Tanya and Kyle how they navigate issues concerning explicit content, language, and controversial topics with their students. This is definitely the "inside baseball (podcasting)" episode that you all have been asking for!

So many have reached out to Andrew and Mary (the host of True Crime in Academia) asking for podcast advice...first, listen to this episode! Tanya and Kyle have a really insightful conversation about how the word "Soundwriting" can speak across genres (rhetoric, composition, media studies, and music).

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Hey, true crime friends! This week we are going outside of academia to cover a crime in the dance world -another version of academia in my opinion.

In 2021, a complaint was filed with the US District Court of Nevada, that rocked the dance world. Dusty Button, a principal dancer with the Boston Ballet Company and her dance teacher husband, Mitchel Button had been accused of sexual, physical, and verbal abuse and grooming.

Two of the alleged victims, Sage Humphries and Gina Menichino, have been vocal about their experiences and abuse at the hands of the Buttons. They were told that their compliance would further their dance careers.

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Sources:

Some Place Under Neith Episodes 71-73

Who is MitchellTaylor Button? Wiki, Biography & Facts About Dusty Button's Husband(newsunzip.com)

DustyButton - Wikipedia

DustyButton, former Boston ballerina, and her husband are accused of sexuallyabusing young dancers, according to a federal lawsuit | CNN

MitchellButton Accused of Sexual Assault in Lawsuit - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

FormerBoston Ballet star Dusty Button and her husband file explosive counterclaim, denyabuse allegations - The Boston Globe

Bostonballerina Dusty Button breaks her silence to deny sex assault allegations| Daily Mail Online

FormerBallerina Dusty Button and Husband Mitchell Taylor Button Respond to AbuseAllegations (cosmopolitan.com)

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I'm joined with a special ITBR guest co-host who I called my "queer male spirit animal," Dr. Jack Parlett! We had Jack on the podcast in September so be sure to listen to our discussion about poetic homoeroticism and Fire Island: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2rP0ya1Nn1oWcDIaTWuYBs

Read my article "Walt Whitman and Queer Theory" here: https://www.academia.edu/101007585/Walt_Whitman_and_Queer_Theory

To read the entire entry "Walt Whitman and Queer Theory," head to Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism page within Gale Literature Criticism (https://www.gale.com/c/nineteenth-century-literature-criticism)

Be sure to follow Jack Parlett on Instagram, @jack_parlett and Twitter, @jvjparlett.

You can find his books, "Fire Island: A Century in the Life of an American Paradise" (2022) and "The Poetics of Cruising: Queer Visual Culture from Whitman to Grindr" (2022) on his website: https://www.jackparlett.com/books

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Zachary Zane, author of “Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto,” joins Andrew in the ITBR for a spicy episode. He writes an advice column for Men’s Health called “Sexplain It” where he answers a plethora of questions pertaining to masculinity, ethics & non monogamy, sexual insecurities, and the LGBTQ+ community. Zachary has been featured in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Washington Post, GQ, The Advocate, Nightline, and the Tamron Hall Show. He resides in Brooklyn, NY. 

Dive into the virtual bedroom of Zachary, the self-proclaimed “Boyslut” that embraces his sexuality to the fullest. He shares his authentic story starting as a psychology and neuroscience academic, and finding his way into the world of freelance writing. 

Zachary reveals how being a “greedy bisexual” isn’t a bad thing, as long as you are communicative with your partners. He encourages us to embrace our sexual desires and overcome the sex-negative society we are in. 

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