Queer Pressure

Christmas Rom-Coms are a staple of the holiday season, but before Kristen Stewart made it okay to be a Christmas Lesbian, we Queers were always left out of the festivities. This year, Queer Pressure Podcast presents their special Christmas radio play: Queer Love, Actually. An original work by Catherine and Maddie, Queer Love, Actually follows six queer couples on their own romantic arcs throughout the holiday season. Join us for some Yuletide cheer, Vampire Grinches, and some dirty fan fiction.

Featuring:

We Wish You a Merry Christmas by TwinMusicom

Canon and Variation by TwinMusicom

Carol of the Bells by Jason Shaw

Sound Effects by BerlinAtmospheres

In their season finale, Catherine and Maddie take on tiny giant, Trans Wizard Harriet Porber and the Bad Boy Parasaurolophus, an adult romance novel by Chuck Tingle that centers two trans characters in a cheesy romantic plot with a twist. Crack some bubbly and join us for a talk on JK Rowling (the Queen of the TERFs), queer erotica, and the power of satire.

In their season finale, Catherine and Maddie take on tiny giant, Trans Wizard Harriet Porber and the Bad Boy Parasaurolophus, an adult romance novel by Chuck Tingle that centers two trans characters in a cheesy romantic plot with a twist. Crack some bubbly and join us for a talk on JK Rowling (the Queen of the TERFs), queer erotica, and the power of satire.

It’s canon, y’all! This week, Catherine and Maddie take a crack at the most popular slash ship in all the land: Destiel, of the CW’s prevailing paranormal television series, Supernatural. Dean and Castiel have been playing the will-they, won’t-they game for almost ten years, but how did the fans react to Cass’ emotional confession of love? Tune in for the tea about Supernatural’s persistent queer-baiting, the history of Wincest (yes, that was really a thing), and the power of Fandom.

With the right tools in your arsenal, you can revolutionize the world. This week, Catherine and Maddie break down heavy-hitter, Revolutionary Girl Utena, a magical girl shojo anime with several dark turns. Tune in for a discussion about oppressive societal structures (ahem, the patriarchy), Japanese color theory, and thinly veiled allusions to genitals.

Not all queerness in media is explicit. Sometimes, queer subtext is king. This week, Catherine and Maddie take on Naruto, the legendary manga/anime about a young ninja seeking recognition from his peers. Dive deep into queer coding, queer baiting, and why sissifying your villains can teach people to internalize fear and hate.

It’s Anime Month, you weebs! This week, Catherine and Maddie take on Bloom Into You, a girl-love anime about a pair of young women learning to love each other and love themselves. Our main character, Yuu, is a grey aromantic who just wants to feel love and her senpai, Touko, has spent her entire life trying to be someone else. When they come together, the pair must learn how to support each other and discover the deepest parts of themselves.

To kick off Anime Month (that’s right, weebs, it’s Anime Month), Catherine and Maddie take on the gay figure skating anime that took the world by storm in 2016: Yuri! on Ice. This anime tracks the romantic relationship between figure-skater Yuri Katsuki and his coach, Victor Nikivorov, while Yuri trains for the Grand Prix Finals. It may seem fluffy, but it deals heavy emotional blows by allowing each character to process their inner turmoil on the ice.

Brokeback Mountain: This week, Catherine and Maddie take on a big-hitter, the 2005 gay cowboy movie Brokeback Mountain starring Jake Gyllenhal and Heath Ledger. One of the first queer movies of its kind, Brokeback Mountain portrayed a love story between two cowboys over the course of 20 years and dealt with things we’re still talking about today, including the fluidity of sexuality, violent homophobia, and toxic masculinity.

This week, Catherine and Maddie dive head first into the 2018 Kenyan drama film, Rafiki (meaning ‘friend’ in Swahili), directed by upcoming superstar, Wanuri Kahiu. This classic coming-of-age story about star-crossed lesbians falling in love was the subject of a lot of backlash for portraying homosexuality without remorse and was banned by the Kenya Film Classification Board, but we think it marks the beginning of a new age in Kenyan cinema. Join us for a conversation about mixed reviews, western supremacy, and African art.