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)
Obama’s Last Cultural Statement | Episode 13
The Brilliance of Kerry James Marshall | Episode 12
How to Survive Thanksgiving | Episode 11
The Reckoning | Episode 10
Dancing in the Moonlight | Episode 9
Nudity Clause | Episode 8
Peak Black TV | Episode 7
America, What You Doin’ Gurl? | Episode 6
A Journey to the 'Blacksonian' | Episode 5
Maintaining Higher Ground | Episode 4
RuPaul: 'Identity Is a Hoax, People!' | Episode 3
‘You Can’t Code Your Way Out of Racism’ | Episode 2
First Date | Episode 1
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