Are white queers entitled about their history and culture? Can femmes be nonbinary? And other pressing questions that our listeners, patrons, and substack subscribers have submitted to us... (Email us your hot takes at [email protected]!!!)

Queer history is so so so important and most gay people do not know enough of it! The Persistent Desire: A Femme-Butch Reader edited by Joan Nestle is one of the most important lesbian history books ever BTW, especially for femmes and butches.

Silvia Federici's 2004 book Caliban & the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation is a book all feminists, Marxists, and Marxist feminists need to read. The politics of magic, the witch hunts, and the relationship between European colonialism and the dispossession of women and workers are some of the topics this book thoroughly explores. We cannot recommend it enough.

Check out Sunny's recommendation of Sophie Lewis's books (Abolish the Family, Full Surrogacy Now, & Enemy Feminism) and Sunny's interview with Sophie, and Renaissance's Letterboxd and their recommendation of the documentary Feminism Inshallah: A History of Arab Feminism.

Disclaimer: we recorded this episode back in the spring.

This episode includes discussion of: “butch-femme” aesthetic photos, our problem with Pinterest, internet personas and the importance of being earnest (and also genuine!) Also: the importance of female singer-songwriters and how CINEMA IS BACK which might be a recession/fascism indicator...

In discussing the the racial and historical background of Sinners (2025), we examine the portrayal of truth and legacy in this surprisingly good blockbuster movie. From lynching to sharecropping, the frankness with which Ryan Coogler portrays 1932 Mississippi was incredibly moving.

Our recommendations: https://www.solidaritycinema.com/ and The Wedding by Dorothy West.

01:04:04 — when we start talking about Sinners

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This podcast episode brought to you today by lukewarm politics of hair takes re: Bush discourse (not the president) and Kanye/Bianca, a hot take from Sunny about the Doechii album, & Black lesbian film love from Renaissance

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Thank you to Clair for sending us a hot take about the madonna/whore complex lesbians are subjected to re: feminism. A reminder that you can send us a hot take about anything to [email protected] for us to discuss in a future episode!

Contents of this episode include: bell hooks is a pick me, being a lesbian doesn't make you a better feminist, Michelle Tea is a genius, Sunny recommends We Could Be Rats by Emily Austin, & Renaissance recommends sudoku & I Am Divine (2013).

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Why generative AI is deeply evil + how cottagecore wlw sapphic aesthetics have done untold damage to the lesbian community + our 2024 music in review. Happy new year!

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We recorded this episode back in September when Renaissance was visiting St. Louis. Watch the full video recording + support future Sunnaissance adventures by joining our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/TheLavenderMenace

How do we deal with living under capitalism, white supremacy, and patriarchy? As workers, as women, as lesbians, this question haunts everything about the decisions we make for our lives. We're recent college graduates and we do not have the answers!!! But we do, as always, have thoughts and hot take responses. Please email us your hot takes for future episodes: [email protected]. We love reading your emails!

Perhaps unsurprisingly, we have the same favorite song off of the Short 'n Sweet album. In our forthcoming episode, we discuss our Spotify Wrapped stats, and you, our dear listeners will see how our Sabrina listening habits shook out this year...!

We're low on media recommendations this time of year, and while we do appreciate all of the media recommendations y'all send our way, the best we can offer this episode is one measly book recommendation from Sunny: I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue. Renaissance recommends street tacos.

Much love! Happy holidays & hope you have a happy end to this rough ride of 2024.

Liberals are coping with Trump's win with racism and cringe, as expected. Almost as expected as Harris's loss...! Genuinely the Democrats have a humiliation kink and are addicted to bag fumbling.

Shaming people for not voting for a genocidal maniac meanwhile you're first in line for hell grad school registration because you think the blood of Palestinians is cheap- fascism is here and it's inside every Amerikkkan.

Disclaimer: Renaissance had a sinus infection and yet we still bravely recorded this the day after election night. Also, please forgive the sloppy editing the turnaround time on this one was quick!

Oh also- We say "Hitler" approximately 3000 times this episode and it was necessary each and every time

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lovely listeners of the lavender menace!!! thank you so much for being so patient and eager for our return. after yet another unintentional multi-month long hiatus, we have sooo much to share with y'all. (+ a reminder to keep emailing us your hot takes to our email inbox @ [email protected])

this episode's hot takes include lamenting gay people's ignorance of queer history, telling y'all that you shouldn't ask us for job advice, and reiterating the importance of reading Stone Butch Blues

brat summer is over now, but we hope the woke media allows for us to give you all our brat review...! spoiler: we love it. especially girl so confusing ft. lorde.

timestamp - 37:42 brat ranking begins

Renaissance's Kamala Harris essay: https://open.substack.com/pub/thelavendermenace/p/american-politics-or-the-lack-thereof

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table of contents:

1. Good Luck Babe! is so fucking goodddddd

2. is Chappell Roan queer? bi? lesbian?!

3. recommendations to get your Gen X mom (who doesn't read books) to care about feminist and lesbian shit

4. hot take: straight people shouldn't be using certain gay terms

5. pre-Sunnaissance Sunnaissance instagram DMs

6. "queer" as identity label vs. being gay and going outside

7. our review of Cowboy Carter... and our song rankings. TLDL: underwhelming and disappointing

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Reviewing inane comments under Sunny's video "The Problem With Lesbian Romance" https://youtu.be/AkGbysZRB_w?si=Y9jqARsgJTQp6ZWJ & talking about how Renaissance's interpretation of the 2001 lesbian rom-com Kissing Jessica Stein is the one true understanding of the film. Get bonus episodes & early access on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLavenderMenace

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