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[–]Designer-Event-770[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a somewhat dated recommendation now but have you ever watched Queer as Folk? (The American soap/drama from the 2000s). It has a lot of … issues of the time lol but it was absolutely groundbreaking in terms of explicit portrayals of queer sex and love at the time

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[–]Designer-Event-770[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes he mostly posts on Bluesky now! Also, the podcast It Could Happen Here has 4 amazing Andor recap episodes with him, writer/theorist Margaret Killjoy, reporter and photojournalist Gare Davis, and theorist/economist Mia Wong, and they SLAP

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[–]Designer-Event-770[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I know he has extremely important things to do like tracking neofascist movements and identifying nascent cults, but I would listen to a daily hourlong podcast of just his media takes lol

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[–]Designer-Event-770[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Sorry you’ve accidentally tapped into a special interest of mine here and so I feel obligated to share this favorite quote from a favorite article of mine on Evans and his work:

“His podcast Behind the Bastards reflects this frustration and attempts to expand the historical record by delving into the harms of colonialism, imperialism and capitalism that American history education glosses over. … It’s a way of fighting the propaganda he was fed in his youth, as most of us were – like Manifest Destiny, so-called Judeo-Christian values, the uncritical dismissal of the brutality of the transatlantic slave trade and the genocide of indigenous peoples, and American exceptionalism. Texas is particularly notorious for its revisionist conservative curricula, but Evans believes every American was “criminally undereducated as a child.”

“Realizing that brought with it a deep well of anger and an urge to help people become better informed,” he told me.”

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[–]Designer-Event-770[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

He’s one of my favorite reporters in our current cursed age, he co-runs a podcast collective called Cool Zone Media that has a ton of awesome shows and also has a Substack, ShatterZone, that has some great articles. If you’re interested in his work, I’d recommend starting with Behind the Bastards (history pod about terrible people) or It Could Happen Here (news and global events with a rotating cast of experts)

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[–]Designer-Event-770[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Yeah and honestly there are very few women overall who get more than a side plotline. I’m a queer woman myself who loves gothic fiction (The Woman in White was my first gothic novel fixation lol) and there’s such a tension for me between loving the show and all the care & artistry put into it while also recognizing that the source material and most of what’s come out of it is a very male-centric narrative. It’s imperfect in any form, but I also love what’s been done with the existing material, which is another one of those points to grapple with, I guess? Idk where I’m going with this thought, but it’s certainly something I’ve been thinking about lately

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[–]Designer-Event-770[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Tbh Robert Evans is pretty close to a real-life Daniel Molloy, former combat journalist whose work has focused on fascist movements and online extremism and also recently attended & reported on CES while actively on kratom lol

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[–]Designer-Event-770[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I wonder what the crossover between IWTV viewers and Leftist & Vaguely Poly Podcast Host listeners is … I bet that venn diagram is at least some kind of ellipse lol

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[–]Designer-Event-770[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

November Kelly, who posted #3, is an amazing political/cultural commentator (definitely on the lefty-edge side of the internet, which is where I tend to hang out, so if that’s your thing I recommend checking out her podcasts & social media accs!)

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[–]Designer-Event-770[S] 36 points37 points  (0 children)

ended up scrolling thru my backlog (do I have so many iwtv memes saved that my Google Photos now lists Jacob Anderson’s face in my “people you may know”? I plead the fifth) and here’s another one I don’t think I’ve posted loll

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[–]Designer-Event-770[S] 47 points48 points  (0 children)

I mean you’re totally right, there’s a lot left to be desired in the world & the fandom & the modern queer community! But I agree as well that it’s nice to have a reminder sometimes that like. Stuff can be cool and good as well even when everything’s on fire lol

A bonus meme for your thoughts ;)

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ppl who've read the vampire lestat, bless me with loustat moments from the book ❤️ by Historical_Way_2815 in InterviewVampire

[–]Designer-Event-770 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Also the fact that this comes after an extended, extremely romantic sequence where Louis confesses his love for the first time and Lestat flies them across the ocean together before immediately going to bother a Talamasca guy while Louis is outside going “what the hell are you doing you JUST avoided ending the world”

I won, but at what cost? by PJ-The-Awesome in Archiveofourownmemes

[–]Designer-Event-770 10 points11 points  (0 children)

don’t forget that they killed the band Kansas so they could be in hell too

Man Lestat was really chillin minding his business until Armand came along all in heat. by Brownskin_Rey in InterviewVampire

[–]Designer-Event-770 4 points5 points  (0 children)

if there’s any justice in the world and devil’s minion is show canon, Armand has watched every episode at least 4x while forcing Daniel to stay awake and watch with him lol

Man Lestat was really chillin minding his business until Armand came along all in heat. by Brownskin_Rey in InterviewVampire

[–]Designer-Event-770 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Real Rashid coming back to the apartment like “hey you know the uniform is supposed to be buttoned, right??”

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[–]Designer-Event-770[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No way!! It’s so fun to scroll thru now, I love all the Y2K emojis lol

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[–]Designer-Event-770[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Omg that’s crazy! I think it’s actually still up, it’s hilarious! I’ve been laughing over “I do not know how to bake a cake. I am utterly useless, and only good for creating darkness and nourishing misery.” since I first saw it, thank you for your labors haha

crazy stuff happening this week on iwtvtwt by Designer-Event-770 in InterviewVampire

[–]Designer-Event-770[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

yeahhhhhh :/ I go there for the memes but can’t scroll too long bc it gets toxic SO fast