Sexuali-tea

In this episode, Lysa and Alex get freaky with their cerebellums and multiply 8-fold.  Content warnings for this episode: discussions of racism, transphobia, misogyny, abusive relationships, and rape culture, and use of a homophobic slur. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram! Lysa's blog is here.  Source articles: 1 2

This episode, host Lysa and guest Jess travel to the futuristic city of Kaku in the distant land of Western Australia to talk body modification, gender identity and asexuality in the webcomic Always Human. You can find Always Human here. This episode contains mentions of homophobia, transphobia and misgendering. You can find Sexuali-tea on Twitter, Instagram and Patreon. Follow the UQ Sci-Fi Fantasy Society to stay up to date with all the events. Theme song: "Glitter Blast" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Something wicked this way comes... it's the Harry Potter episode of Sexuali-tea! Joining host Lysa, Megan delves into her experience with Harry Potter, views on love in the series, and why Dumbledore is an extremely, no good, very bad man. How well does this franchise fare on portraying queerness? Listen to find out! Some links for you: The Harry Potter universe still can't translate its gay subtext to text. It's a problem. (where I pulled the quote about Tonks from) Tea Consent (a video) The Compass Test Follow Megan on Instagram at @Megan.notavegan. The content warnings for this episode are: mentions of child abuse, HIV/AIDS, racism, queerphobia, Hitler and nazis, and ableism.

Back from an unexpected break, Sexuali-tea is here once again to discuss all things queer in a new episode. Joined by guest pan (@panacea_knits on Twitter), we discuss the manga-turned-anime-turned-films Kuroko's Basketball.  Content warnings for this episode include mentions of homophobia. You can find Sexuali-tea on Twitter, Instagram, Wordpress, and Patreon. 

Welcome to the first episode of Anime August! First cab off the rank is Adolescence of Utena, the 1999 film directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara, adored by guest Sen, abhorred by host Lysa. Content warnings include mentions of: rape and sexual assault, incest, pedophilia, abuse and domestic violence, violence against women, death, and suicide.     You can follow Sen on his Twitter page @Sentient_Garden and read his blog here. You can follow Sexuali-tea on Twitter and Instagram at queerasmedia, Facebook at The Russo Test, and if you'd like to help the show out you can follow it on Patreon and give a lil sumn sumn. You get some free stuff!

You know what's great about this podcast? Not only making new friends, learning about other people's interests and hyperfixations, or researching media I've never come across before, but the most fun thing about it is finding something you can really sink your teeth into, and then rip to shreds. RIP being the operative word here, and David Lynch's career being the something. Listen to this episode to find out just how much Lysa and guest Tahlya hate Mulholland Drive, along with other seminal, phallic and downright Freudian classics from this esteemed director of more than fifty years. Content warnings for this episode include mentions of: sexual assault and rape, femicide, abortion, suicide, animal cruelty and queerphobia.  Here is the Margaret Atwood quote Tahlya mentioned. More on the Hays Code, which state that "crime and immorality could never be portrayed in a positive light. If someone performed an immoral act, they had to be punished on screen". Elizabeth and Gav's The Rec Center weekly fandom newslett

All you undead folks out there, this one's for you. In this ep, Lysa and Paige discuss the hilarious and short-lived tv series starring Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant.  Content warnings for this episode include discussions of: police violence, queerphobia and specifically transphobia and biphobia, transphobic violence, death, cannibalism, racism, nazis, and a mention of pedophiles.

In this episode, Lysa and guest Shena travel through space and time to analyse how well Star Trek has done for queer representation over the last 53 years.  Content warnings for this episode include mentions of: homophobia, misogyny, racism, acephobia, ableism, character death, and the AIDS crisis. Find Sexuali-tea podcast on Wordpress, Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr at queerasmedia, and Facebook at The Russo Test.

Hello, hello. In this episode, Lysa and guest Lowri discuss queerness in a few mythologies. Myths covered are Loki, Sinfjotli and Gudmundr (Norse), Ishtar and Ashushunamir (Akkadian/Babylonian), Heracles, Hyacinthus and Apollo (Greek), Amaterasu, Shinu no Hafuri, Ama no Hafuri, Ama no Uzume and Ishi kore (Japanese).  Content warnings for mentions of bestiality, pedophilia/pederasty, incest and death. Follow Sexuali-tea on Instagram, Twitter, Wordpress and Tumblr at queerasmedia. 

Hello, hello. This week Lysa and special special guest Dana discuss queerness in the Thor franchise (mostly the films but also the comics). This is the second part of a two-parter episode, which was recorded before Avengers: Endgame premiered. The first part of the episode is already out, so if you haven't listened to that one, pause this one and go back. In the first episode, we talked about the third instalment Thor: Ragnarok generally and then anti-colonialism. In this episode, we talk about the characters, their ships and their representations.  Spoilers for all the Thor, Captain America, and Avengers franchises (including Infinity War but not Endgame). Please heed the content warnings. CW for: mentions of abuse and child abuse, incest, genocide, sexual violence against women (brief mention), colonialism, Hitler and WWII, suicide and depression. Dana mistakenly identifies Agent Sitwell (played by Maximiliano Hernández) as white and I didn’t correct her, so I’m correcting that now. Kenneth Burke is the per

Well, it happened. After 400 years and several thousand films, the Avengers are dead. What a shocking time to be alive. Tune into this episode of Sexuali-tea to hear Lysa and her guests Dana and Alex discuss the tragic and sickening details of the Avengers' demise. CONTENT WARNINGS: IN THIS EPISODE WE MENTION spoilers for the entire Avengers franchise, suicide, death, bestiality, fatphobia and fatshaming, internalised homophobia, coming out, alien reproduction, and touch on consent issues. Read Lysa's notes here. 

Hello, hello. This week Lysa and special special guest Dana discuss queerness in the Thor franchise (mostly the films but also the comics). This is the first part of a two-parter episode, both of which were recorded before Avengers: Endgame came out, so there are no spoilers for that. The second part will be out on the regular schedule 21st of May, but if you want to listen to the full episode now, subscribe to my Gay-treon for just $3 a month!  Spoilers for all the Thor, Captain America, and Avengers franchises (including Infinity War but not Endgame). Please heed the content warnings. CW for: mentions of abuse and child abuse, incest, genocide, sexual violence against women (brief mention), colonialism, Hitler and WWII, suicide and depression. Dana mistakenly identifies Agent Sitwell (played by Maximiliano Hernández) as white and I didn’t correct her, so I’m correcting that now. Kenneth Burke is the person who came up with the “dignified homosexual/bad queer” binary and you can read about it here: http://se

Welcome back! This week, Lysa and guest Imogen discuss the trials and tribulations of one of the most iconic queer films ever made.  Content warnings for this episode are: homophobia, homophobic violence, and conversion therapy. Contains spoilers for this film. Follow Imogen on Facebook and Instagram. Come along to one of her comedy shows if you're in Brisbane! You can follow this podcast at queerasmedia on Twitter, Instagram, Wordpress, Facebook and Gay-treon (Patreon). For a special Gay-trons only episode in which Imogen and Lysa shoot the shit, subscribe for only $3 a month. 

Sometimes it's leather, sometime it's spandex... In this week, Lysa and James discuss homosexuality, overt and subtextual, in Joel Schumacher's Batman & Robin. CONTENT WARNINGS: mentions of homophobia (Fredric Wertham), Nazi Germany (Captain America), and abusive relationships (Harley Quinn and the Joker).  Spoilers for the movie and some other Batman franchise movies and comics. 

In this episode, Lysa and Rosie discuss Captain Marvel and get into the specifics of asexuality. Apologies for the background noise. Content warnings for: mentions of the AIDS crisis, homophobia and homophobic violence, death, a reclaimed slur for lesbians, and acephobia. Contains spoilers for Captain Marvel.  Check out AVEN (Asexuality Visibility Education Network) here.  Connect with Lysa on Twitter, Facebook, Patreon, Wordpress and Instagram at queerasmedia.  The book I was thinking of is Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers by Lillian Faderman, which is awesome and you should read it.

Hello hello, this is Lysa again. This one is a recording of a live-panel I hosted for me and Phoebe Le Brocque's baby, Queer As Film Club, a panel-based discussion of queerness in film. Thank you to everyone who came along, and especially our panelists for their insight, bravery and vulnerability. QAFC is sponsored by Link Pixel, Fever Tree Tonic and Adelaide Hills Distillery. It was founded by myself and Phoebe Le Brocque. While QAFC is no longer running, f you want to stay informed of what we're up to, follow myself on Facebook at queerasmedia or herewequeer on Facebook and Twitter.  You can also follow Sexuali-tea on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Wordpress and Patreon at queerasmedia.

Welcome, welcome, hello, hello. My name's Lysa and I'm coming atcha with analysis of queerness in media. Edited: Check me out at The Russo Test Blog, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, and Patreon.