Episode Details

30 min Preview! Tune in for the full Part 1 of our Xena (& Gabrielle) The Warrior Princess deep dive later this week!

A Queer Retrospective of Xena The Warrior Princess (& Gabrielle)

Ringing in September with the long awaited Xenasode! I'm joined by returning guest Best Issue Ever's Sara Century!

This 30(ish) min preview includes discussion of:

• A brief history of television lesbians
• Rural Queers and television
• A queer history of 90s television 
• Syndication, serialisation, long form storytelling, spin offs.
• Kevin Sorbo keeps flopping
• Hagspolitation -evil nanny
• Elizabeth Taylor
• Lord of the Rings
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Xena comparison
• Context v subtext or Subtext in context
• The glee effect 
• FRIENDS
• the 'problematic'

+ Check out the official unofficial part 1of this crossover on Best Issue Ever where I talk to Sara about my favourite lesbian couple in comics

Check out Sara Century and Alex Segura's The Forgotten Five!

Original podcast Artwork by Valentine M. Smith. 

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