31 - Was I a Good F*g? (Knife+Heart [2018] with Chelsea Fiddyment/Amor eterno [2014])

The Calls Are Coming from Inside the Podcast

Pride Extension! We’re finishing up our month dedicated to queer horror bypassing America’s birthday and traveling over to France to cover the giallo-splashed gay porno horror love letter, Knife+Heart (Un couteau dans le couer) with writer and performer Chelsea Fiddyment. We discuss the complicated relationship of being a queer monster, reclaiming slurs (if you can’t tell from the title, the F-slur is going to make a few appearances), and how a film about the 1970s has a lot to say about the LGBTQ+ community today. Then, we’ll double-up our gay excursion with the 2014 Spanish film, Amor eterno (Everlasting Love).

Follow Chelsea at chelseafiddyment.com, or check out their work with the Chicago Review of Books
or with the independent Chicago press Meekling Press.

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Referenced in this episode:

Daisy Jones - Introducing: The tenderqueer, the softboi of the queer community. Vice, January 24, 2020.

Emily St. James - How Twitter can ruin a life. Vox, June 30, 2021.

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