Queer Longing

Why hello our huns it's September and we are BACK-TO-SCHOOL! 

In this week's bumper ep, we discuss upcoming queer flick, 'Ammonite', and the discourse around lesbians period dramas.

We also explore the compulsive reality series 'Selling Sunset' and look back on 21 seasons of 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians.' 

We go through some new book recs:

Three Women

Valencia 

Back Wave

Evening Primose 

The Terrible

... and we tackle the power of speaking up for what's right against authority and most importantly, the intellectualisation of Playboy. 

Come on bunnies, hop on in! 

Tracks of the week:

Pillow Queens, Holy Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvHd0vId3uo 

Fast Slow Disco, St Vincent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNm0b2SCXxY

Ooh it's hot out hunnis, hope you're keeping cool sipping on margs and slapping on the SPF! 

This week we talk all our hot girl summer activities, from the complete and utter adulting move of chartering your own boat to swimming in any puddle we can find.

We talk good book recs 'Ordinary People' by Diana Evans and 'Swimming Home' by Deborah Levy, the newest season of fun time crime caper 'Good Girls' and stunning queer coming of age film 'Pariah'.

Oh, and here's the link to the piece we discuss by Rebecca Solnit concerning the threat of trans exclusionary ideology: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/10/trans-rights-feminist-letter-rebecca-solnit

Tracks of the Week

Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion, WAP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsm4poTWjMs

Halsey, Alanis Morissette, Alanis' Interlude https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEYtIIjsEqQ

SAINt JHN, Roses (Imanbek Remix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zToEPpFEN8

 

Keep cool, keep queer xoxo

Hello and welcome to Rydell High - I mean, QL Towers! It's another week and Grease is the word! This week, we talk drive-in cinemas, the return on Unhhhh, new music by Lil' Nas X and the absolute flex of handing in your notice in lockdown! 

We discuss the ever-developing story around The Ellen Deneneres Show, Jack Monroe's excellent essay on food poverty and Bernadine Evaristo's appearance on the 'How to Fail' podcast with Elizabeth day. 

Come to our window!

Jack Monroe's essay: https://cookingonabootstrap.com/2020/07/30/the-price-of-potatoes-and-the-value-of-compassion/

Tracks of the week:

Fletcher, Bitter with Kito: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aetZC3Hwdkw 

Whiteney, Take Me Home, Country Roads ft Waxahatchee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVGhLIUBPZI

Oh hiya! This week we are living and longing for lots of juicy bits. 

 

We talk the history of gender binaries, the legacy of Naya Rivera and the overlooked huns of 'Pose' re the Emmy noms.

We've watched a banging season of 'All Stars 5', a touching tribute to the last season of 'Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown' and our basic love of true crime re 'Dirty John' and 'Unsolved Mysteries'. 

 

Plus, new segment Lucy Reads Three Booker Nominations from 2018 and we live, love and long over new surprise offering from Taylor Swift, 'folklore'. 

Tracks of the Week:

 

Taylor Swift, exile (feat. bon iver) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osdoLjUNFnA

Taylor Swift, august https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn_0zPAfyo8

This podcast is charming, if a little gauche xoxo

Why hello sweet little poppets- how are you coping? Life's really a trip right now, isn't it? This week, we talk about I May Destroy You (again), the joy of eating peas from your own garden and how you can absolutely learn the universe. 

 

We also chatted Hustlers, the joy of Who Wants to be a Millionnaire (the Tarrant years, obvs), The Talented Mr. Ripley and queer loneliness. 

Plus a review of Mrs. Fletcher and general gushiness around the absolute dreaminess of Kathryn Hahn. 

 

Don'tcha wish your girlfriend was hot like us?

 

@queerlonging

It's a big old round up this week after our little QL annual leave. Buckle up bbis!

Join us as we recommend everything ever, from new books 'Exciting Times', 'Where the Crawdads Sing' and 'Milkman' to great podcasts 'Innermost' and a particularly good ep of 'Busy Being Black', which details the history of the eight striped pride flag- we love to see it!

There's also another rendition of queer cinema corner in which we recommend tender af 'Tomboy', funny and smart 'The Watermelon Woman' and average but sweet 'The Half of It'. 

Plus chat about the new Hannah Gadsby special 'Douglas' and stunning new discovery 'The Big Flower Fight'.

Tracks of the Week:

Jessie Ware, Remember Where You Are https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfiGH2fO7Ok

The Gaslight Anthem, Blue Dahlia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5mAiGHHqc4

It's nice to nice to know ya, let's do it again xoxo

Hello bbi angels, it's us... again!

This week, we talk all the small things, from that feeling you get when you finally clean your make-up brushes, to the satisfaction of freshly washed bedsheets. In true lockdown fashion, we're also discussing the weather ad-nauseum and our utter beguilement with the recent storms- thunder and lightning, very very frightening! We discuss the latest in trans rights news, as well as our ongoing reviews of the AMAZING 'I May Destroy You' and 'Homecoming.'

Tracks of the week:

'Stranger', Trixie Mattel:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZGveO3XRO8

'Nothing Sacred/All Things Wild', Kevin Morby: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-GDoK1LK6Q

Join us this week for conversations ranging from becoming green fingered to catching up on what Olivia’s Sims are up to and everything in between.

 

We talk the further toxicity of JK Rowling as a TERF and if her hatred can be reconciled with a love of Harry Potter. For the Twitter thread Lucy mentions which debunks the myths and lies of her blog post, please see here: https://twitter.com/Carter_AndrewJ/status/1270787941275762689?s=20. There’s also good news re top hun Munroe Bergdorf and L’Oreal as we see them u-turn on their previous stance.

 

We then do a big ole round up of all the things we’ve been watching, reading and listening to. From queer films ‘My Own Private Idaho’ & ‘Love, Simon’ to important watches in the wake of the rise of the BLM movement ‘American Son’ and ‘Fruitvale Station’.

We shoutout Lucy’s favourite podcast FANTI, again, for having clear and concise queer Black voices and new find from Olivia ‘Family Secrets’, dishing you the dirt on strangers for all the hot goss you may be missing.

 

Plus, we talk stunning new show from Michaela Coel, ‘I May Destroy You’ which tackles modern day dating and consent with honesty and hilarity, definitely not one to miss!

 

Tracks of the Week:

 

The Aces, Kelly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waP3eQxyN2I

Novelist, Stay With Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y14Abk6dYVU

 

We hope you’re all keeping safe sweet huns xoxo

Hello all you little monsters! 

Wowee. As we all know, Queen Lady Gaga released her brand new album 'Chromatica' a few weeks ago and it is EVERYTHING. We wanted to give the album the love it deserves, as well as giving ourselves the opportunity to really GO IN on the album with all of you! 

We first talk generally about Gaga and then the album itself before diving in. For maximum fun, we suggest you listen along to each song one by one as we go along so you can play too! 

Get in touch! Tell us what you think of the album, your official track rankings and any other business- we love to hear from you!

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LITERATURE:

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race,  Reni Eddo-LodgeMe and White Supremacy: How to Recognise Your Privilege, Combat Racism and Change the World, Layla SaadHow To Be An Anti-Racist, Ibram X. KendiBad Feminist, Roxane GayHunger, Roxane GayBecoming, Michelle ObamaSister Outsider, Audre LordeKilling Rage: Ending Racism, bell hooksBetween The World and Me, Ta-Nehisi CoatesCitizen: An American Lyric, Claudia RankineWhite Fragility, Robin DiAngeloThe Fire Next Time, James Baldwin Freedom Is A Constant Struggle, Angela DavisAre Prisons Obsolete?, Angela DavisThe End of Policing, Alex S. Vitale Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging, Afua HirschAnd Still I Rise, Maya AngelouSuch a Fun Age, Kiley ReidQueenie, Candie Carty-WilliamsGirl, Woman, Other, Bernadine EvaristoThe Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/29/george-floyd-killing-videos-black-deaths 

Remember, No One Is Coming to Save Us - Roxane Gay

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/30/opinion/sunday/trump-george-floyd-coronavirus.htmlBritain’s Record On Racism Is No Less Bloody Than America’s - Priyamvada Gopalhttps://tinyurl.com/yavwh97m Twitter Thread w/ Comprehensive History of Racial Violence in the US

https://twitter.com/ericabuddington/status/1266531249914601472Police Brutality Is Its Own Pandemic: Why I Marched For George Floyd - Liam Riley https://www.them.us/story/why-i-marched-for-george-floydSave the Tears: White Woman's Guidehttps://tinyurl.com/y9vr4eud 

HOW CAN I HELP IN THE UK: A Practical List of Ways to Support the George Floyd Protests in the UKhttps://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/4ayvzm/support-george-floyd-protests-uk

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