This week, we get our sexy on! After months of traumatic news, we decide to spend some time aligning with what makes us feel good about ourselves. We start by looking at the disappearance of Craigslist personal ads and ask what that means for one’s search for sexiness and closeness, specifically for queer identities. We then share some of our personal remedies for maintaining that sexy feeling and explore how music can enhance the autoerotic. We jam out to some of our favorite song of seduction from K.D. Lang to Beyoncé to Cardi B. and explain what about them make us feel our best.
Discussed This Week:
The Magicians (SyFy)
“We need to talk about how Grindr is affecting gay men’s health” (Jack Turban, Vox)
“‘I Am Super Straight and I Prefer You be Too’: Constructions of Heterosexual Masculinity in Online Personal Ads for “Straight” Men Seeking Sex With Men” (Chelsea Reynolds, Sage Journals)
“Missed Connections: Craigslist Drops Personal Ads Because of Sex Trafficking Bill” (Niraj Chokshi, The New York Times)
“A Field Guide to Getting Lost” (Rebecca Solnit, Penguin Books)
“Sexiness: Rituals, Revisions and Reconstructions” (Tamara Santibanez, Discipline Press)
Still Processing Presents: The Autoerotica Mix (Spotify)
We're Going Black(er) AKA Dear Woke People
We Watch Trump TV with Emily Nussbaum
We Will Always Love You, Whitney Houston
We Feud About “Feud”
We Relive the Oscars with Barry Jenkins
We Listen to Kendrick Lamar & Talk to Valerie Jarrett
We Go To S-Town
Season Finale with Jordan Peele | Episode 26
Oscars Preview with A.O. Scott | Episode 25
Beyoncé to Baldwin and Back Again | Episode 24
The Women of “Girls” | Episode 23
‘You Only Leave Home When Home Won’t Let You Stay’ | Episode 22
Wesley and Jenna’s Existential Fears | Episode 21
Show Me the (Read) Receipts! | Episode 20
Batman vs. Joker | Episode 19
‘The Perfect Movie for Our Time’ | Episode 18
The Kanye-thon | Episode 17
The Lives They Lived | Episode 16
Best of 2016 with Bill Simmons, Heben Nigatu, Tracy Clayton and Ezra Edelman | Episode 15
Beyoncé vs. Adele? No Contest | Episode 14
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