The podcast where we find crumbs of queerness and turn them into big gay cakes. Each episode, we queer up media by analysing it from an LGBTQ perspective to see how it would work with a rainbow coating.
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The good times are over! This week, the girls treat themselves to a masterful and bleak bit of sci-fi horror all about the existential dread of being a woman. Scarlett Johansson gives her best performance in this piece of accidental trans cinema, and we're here to dig into every beautiful, haunting second of it. It's sad, it's great, you'll love it.
CW: Discussions of sexual assault, child death, animal death, dysphoria, transphobia, misogyny, ableism, body horror, kidnapping, murder
Music by Goshdarn Rabbit: https://goshdarnrabbit.bandcamp.com/ (https://goshdarnrabbit.bandcamp.com/)
Donate to Melody's bottom surgery fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-robin-get-gender-reassignment-surgery (https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-robin-get-gender-reassignment-surgery)
Buy Melody's poetry collection: https://melodyhaze.itch.io/human-heart-explosion (https://melodyhaze.itch.io/human-heart-explosion)
References:
"Under the Skin’s Transgender Allegory" (http://curtsiesandhandgrenades.com/index.php/2018/03/08/under-the-skins-transgender-allegory/) by Willow Catelyn Maclay
"Social Realism and Feminism in Jonathan Glazer’s Under The Skin (2013)" (https://medium.com/@louisgn_n/social-realism-and-feminism-in-jonathan-glazers-under-the-skin-2013-39a69ce08d6b) by Louis Salum
"Under his skin Q&A" (https://www.economist.com/prospero/2014/03/13/under-his-skin) by The Economist
"Not Like Other Girls" (https://reactormag.com/not-like-other-girls-a-l-goldfuss/) by A.L. Goldfuss
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13 Jul 2026
Calamity Jane (with Ali Williams)
We're extremely happy to be joined by bestselling author Ali Williams, who helps us get to grips with the 1953 musical Calamity Jane. Sort-of-but-not-really based on the actual historical icon of the same name, Calamity Jane is a messy and often yikes-inducing romantic farce that we have wildly differing opinions on. One thing we definitely agree on, though, and that is that it has all the elements to make an excellent lesbian rom-com western
Check out Ali's books: https://www.aliwilliams.org/ (https://www.aliwilliams.org/)
Music by Goshdarn Rabbit: https://goshdarnrabbit.bandcamp.com/ (https://goshdarnrabbit.bandcamp.com/)
Donate to Melody's bottom surgery fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-robin-get-gender-reassignment-surgery (https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-robin-get-gender-reassignment-surgery)
Buy Melody's poetry collection: https://melodyhaze.itch.io/human-heart-explosion (https://melodyhaze.itch.io/human-heart-explosion)
References:
"Calamity: The Many Lives of Calamity Jane" by Karen R. Jones
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22 Jun 2026
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
You've probably never heard of Girls Just Want to Have Fun: The Movie, but you should have. This mostly-forgotten cult classic is a truly delightful whirlwind of dancing, teenage drama, and many surprising career beginnings. In this episode, we gush over breakdancing nuns, supportive single fathers, and - most unbelievably - a genuinely heartwarming heterosexual romance! But we're still going to make it gay, don't you worry!
Music by Goshdarn Rabbit: https://goshdarnrabbit.bandcamp.com/ (https://goshdarnrabbit.bandcamp.com/)
Donate to Melody's bottom surgery fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-robin-get-gender-reassignment-surgery (https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-robin-get-gender-reassignment-surgery)
Buy Melody's poetry collection: https://melodyhaze.itch.io/human-heart-explosion (https://melodyhaze.itch.io/human-heart-explosion)
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