Subtext or Text?: Recent Episodes
Subtext or Text?
Welcome to Subtext or Text? A podcast where two queer women, Rachel and Sierra, dissect media, culture, and the presence of LGBTQIA+ representation in film, TV, music, books and the internet.
This week we have a special guest Lynn who recommended Schitt's Creek! Listen to us talk about our favorite parts and where we hope shows like Schitt's Creek can go next.
Content warning: Spoilers and swearing as always.
We also briefly discuss that some terms in the queer community that can only be applied to certain folks. We mention the term butch and after additional research believe the correct term that applies only to Black wlw is stud. A few links are below:
https://taggmagazine.com/white-lesbians-you-are-not-studs/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/27784444
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctttsxsd?turn_away=true
This week Rachel and Sierra discuss the show Hannibal, specifically fanfiction for the show since Sierra couldn't watch more than three episodes. We dive into subtext of the show how it turns to cannon and how the Murder Husbands have lived on in fanfiction. Content warning for swearing and cannibalism and murder and just about everything you should be warned about for the show itself.
In this episode Racheal and Sierra dive into The 100 and what we liked and mostly disliked about the wild ride of apocalyptic space travel and why we avoided the final season.
Content Warning for descriptions of murder, genocide, and violence typical for The 100.
In this week's episode of Subtext or Text, Rachel and Sierra discuss Frozen and Frozen 2, with a particular focus on Elsa's narrative arc. We also make a (not-so-brief) foray into the topic of neurodivergence. As always, we hope you enjoy!
In this week's episode of Subtext or Text, Rachel and Sierra discuss the 1990 novel Good Omens, as well as the 2019 television adaptation of the same name, with a particular focus on Aziraphale and Crowley--known in the fandom as the "ineffable husbands."
In this week's episode of Subtext or Text, Rachel and Sierra discuss the wide array of queer relationships and identities represented in the 2020 action film The Old Guard.
In this episode we discuss the history of queer coding, queer baiting, and now queer catching. We also divulge into some examples of subtext and how obvious it may seem to some.
Map of Gender Identities -https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/content/two-spirits_map-html/
Rowen Ellis - https://www.youtube.com/c/RowanEllisVideos
Are They Gay - https://www.youtube.com/user/alexwantsyoursoup
Hays Codes - https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93301189
In this week's episode of Subtext or Text, Rachel and Sierra dive into the 1997 romantic-comedy My Best Friend's Wedding touching on star text and queer platonic relationships. We hope you enjoy!
Content Warning:
Swearing in the podcast.
Welcome to the first episode of Subtext or Text? Rachel and Sierra discuss some of their favorites in media while determining they both do not attend parties. An intro to the feel of the pod. We hope you enjoy!
Show Notes (Content Warning):
Swearing in the podcast and a brief mention of suicide at 38 minutes to 39 minutes and 30s.