Outward: Slate’s LGBTQ podcast
Society & Culture
It’s September. Are you ready to warm up your muscles as the temperatures dip and get your apartment all cozy for the cuffing season to come? If so, Outward has you covered. First, listeners Elizabeth and Peter respond to last month’s discussion of Amazon’s film adaptation of Red, White & Royal Blue. Then the hosts talk with sports journalist Katie Barnes about their new book Fair Play: How Sports Shape the Gender Debates, which tells the remarkable story of how sports have been gendered long before today’s anti-trans panic. After that, they’re joined by writer and TikTok-er extraordinaire Mercury Stardust, who is known as the “Trans Handy Ma’am” for her DIY home-repair videos. Mercury’s new book, Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair, blends stunning illustrations and emotional-processing breaks with how-to guides for making your apartment into a sanctuary. The hosts end the show, as always, with some new additions to the Gay Agenda.
Items discussed in the show:
“Bottoms Queers the High-School Comedy,” the Culture Gabfest’s discussion of the movie, with Christina
“Power Bottoms,” by Rachel Handler, on Vulture
Fair Play: How Sports Shape the Gender Debates, by Katie Barnes
Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair, by Mercury Stardust
The Safe and Sound book tour
Gay Agenda
Bryan: “What Happens When You’re Almost Out of Testosterone–and You Live in Florida,” by Nico Lang
Christina: Deadloch, on Amazon Prime
Jules: People Collide, by Isle McElroy
This podcast was produced by June Thomas.
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