Dr. Alex Iantaffi geeks out about Shakespeare, gender, and the power of theatre with Beks Roen, founder of Roguish Goblin Stories, an online queer art library where enbies and aspecs are the main characters. Alex and Beks discuss the joy of Shakespeare in the park, the power of exploring gender through acting, and the importance of queer representation.  

Beks Roen (they/he) helps trans/aspec folks and allies who feel isolated and powerless to find chosen family through queer fantasy and Shakespeare. They run Roguish Goblin Stories (RGS), an independent, community-supported online queer art library. Roen’s goal for RGS is to grow it into a streaming platform that supports multiple queer artists full-time, freeing them to focus on the art they were born to share. RGS just launched their first Investor opportunity so, if you're passionate about supporting trans artists, and want a deep, personal connection to the positive impact you're making, you can join them here at this link.   

RGS is about to release new episodes for their podcast "Our Lives Aren't That Interesting!" You can check it out here on YouTube.   They're also looking for aspec guests for their podcast, "An Aspec Guide to Shakespeare." If you know someone who's an aspec Shakespeare artist or scholar, they’d love to interview them! Email them directly at beks [at] beksroen [dot] org 

Find out more about Roguish Goblin Stories and Beks Roen at the following links: 

Website: beksroen.org/rgs
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/roguishgoblinstories/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFQcPRsnqPpUuo79L7tOQQA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584362608360
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@roguishgoblinstories
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/roguishgoblinstory.bsky.social

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Hosted by Alex Iantaffi
Music by Maxwell von Raven
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