This Feels Bi

From the *glamour* (fae magic!) of faeries to the shape-shifting Puck, faeries have been associated with queerness since the beginning of their folklore. 🧚🧚🏼‍♀️🧚‍♂️

Joined by creature performer and actor Laura Arden, we discuss her relationship with the fae, the origin of faeries and the queer ways they show up in literature and film, from the 1862 poem "The Goblin Market" to the silent era film "The Cabbage Fairy" to MALEFICENT (2014) to Jim Henson's "The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance" 2019 series. We discuss fae aesthetic + why the way they can't sit straight on mushroom caps feels a little bi, faeries' perceived mischievous identity, and Laura's favorite creatures they've ever performed. Join us bi babes, for a magical journey into the realm of the fae.

*Sink your teeth* into this episode bi babes, as we tackle the juicy, *eternal* and deeply queer topic of Vampires in PART 1 of our 2 PART series on them! 🦇

Joined by Nay Bever, co-producer of the Shudder / AMC+ docu-series QUEER FOR FEAR (2022), and host of the podcasts Attack of the Queerwolf and Today in Gay, in Part 1 we explore the queer origins of the Vampire and how that representation has evolved throughout literary and cinematic history spanning from "Carmilla" to the early 90's. Nay discusses her own relationship to Vampires and the horror genre, as we unpack the Vampire's associations with desire, religious trauma, and... blood. 🩸

Stay tuned for our ~PART 2~ of the series coming in November, where we'll cover Vampires in the media from the early 90's to present day!

Haunted houses 🤝 bisexuals. After all, they're spooky, filled with velvet accessories, and often haunted by a tragic (and potentially hot and queer?) ghost. Yes, bi babes, in this episode, we explore the queer undertones of the haunted house and examine how and where the haunted house motif shows up in queer + queer-coded art.

Listen (and scream??) as we discuss the most iconic haunted houses, from Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House" and all of its on-screen adaptations, to Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher," to Daphne du Maurier's "Rebecca" and Hitchcock's adaptation, to Mike Flanagan's TV oeuvre. We discuss ghosts, misfits, and how the non-linear experience of an immersive haunted house can feel parallel to a queer journey. Join us, bi babes, for a spooky journey through the bi haunted house of our imagination. 👻

She gets good grades, she's cautious, she's the only one alive at the end of the movie, and she's … maybe a little queer? Yes, bi babes, for this topic, we break down the FINAL GIRL, a slasher trope that's historically steeped in queer-coding, and more recently, overt queerness and bisexuality.

With the help of genre experts, Joe Lipsett and Trace Thurman of the Horror Queers podcast, we track the evolution of this beloved character archetype throughout horror history. From Laurie Strode in HALLOWEEN (1978), to Sidney Prescott in the SCREAM franchise, to Kris and Billy in CAMP MIASMA (2026), we cover the most iconic final girls, discuss what makes them feel so queer, and unpack the final girl's complicated relationship to sexuality. (Is the final girls' aversion to sex the patriarchy pushing moral purity, or is it a disinterest in scummy men?!)

Plus, Joe + Trace drop some of their favorite queer slasher rec's, and share their thoughts on the future of this trope. Join us bi babes, for a scary, insightful, cinematic ride… 🩸♥️

Yeehaw, bi babes! This week we're two-stepping into country music, a genre that is somehow both associated with heteronormativity and feels *very* queer-coded, and we're joined by bi musician Lydia von Hof to help us unpack this one.

We dig into country music's iconography and its homosocial roots, the genre's predisposition toward yearning, and why The Chicks became sapphic icons after Nashville tried to bury them, discussing the tension between the queer community's reclamation of the genre, in contrast with certain country musicians who have spread harmful rhetoric. Lydia shares her own experience as a queer artist in the country space and shares some of her favorite queer country artists. Even the most country-averse will have to admit that this genre… well, it does indeed feel a little bi.

American Girl Dolls: classic childhood relics or sapphic icons? (Or perhaps... both?) Come along as we *find our inner stars* ⭐️ and investigate the queer community's relationship with American Girl Dolls.

Joined by co-host of Sounds Like A Cult podcast, and former American Girl Doll enthusiast, Reese Oliver, we dive into why so many bi and queer folks owned + loved American Girl Dolls growing up (and still do), Kira and her queer Australian aunts, conservatives' pushback with the "take back the rainbow" controversy, and which American Girl Dolls are the most queer-coded (Molly + Kit, we're looking at you…). Join us bi babes, for a trip down nostalgia lane.

Gather your coven and green velvet because we're traveling from Massachusetts to England to our local AMC theater to watch Nicole Kidman come to this place for... *literal* magic. 🔮 Joined by bi bestie of the pod and fellow witch Amanda Montell, we tackle the recently released PRACTICAL MAGIC 2 (2026), unpacking the— erm— erotic energy between Nicole Kidman + Sandra Bullock, the queer-coded curse at the center of the franchise, soft boy Gideon and his bisexual lemon bars, queer icon Lee Pace playing a hot Wiccan, Internet theories about the Owens aunts as coupled, the bi-coded fashion of Doc Martens paired with a whimsigoth dress, and the problem of Antonia not being afforded the lesbian arc she deserved. This episode is everything you witched for, bi babes.

It's the most wonderful (and perhaps bisexual?) time of the year. That's right, bi babes; today, we're dedicating an entire episode to the season of AUTUMN. Not only does Fall kick off Bi Visibility Month, but it also brings apple orchard dates, coven hangs, and a surplus of fall *cough* (bisexual) fashion.

We talk about the factual history behind the season's overall queer vibe (LGBTQ+ History! National Coming Out Day! Finnie's Balls! Carol Season! Libra season!) as well as some of the more stretchy topics, including a heated topic about whether or not pumpkin spice lattes are bi. Find out our answer as we dive into why Autumn feels *so* queer to us, and all the very bi ways we'll be celebrating this Fall. 🎃

Ah, the early 2000's: a decade of Y2K, indie sleaze, boy bands, Nylon Magazine, and the pop culture phenomenon that was Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson. Not only was this time filled with iconic media moments (t.A.T.u's "All the Things She Said"!! Jennifer's Body!), it was campy, queer-coded, and the era that made Erin and Amanda think, "I might wanna kiss a girl."

Joined by lesbian novelist and former editor-in-chief of Nylon, Gabrielle Korn, we take a trip down early aughts memory lane, unpacking where and how queerness showed up in fashion, music, and the media in often complicated ways through the lens of Gabrielle's most recent novel, Long Island Girls, a queer coming-of-age story which begins in the year 2005. Join us, bi babes, as we dive into Gabrielle's inspiration behind the novel and how her own relationship with the early aughts informed it. 📖