Video Episode 5

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

This SUPERSIZED episode features discussion of:

• A brief history of lesbianism on television
• A queer history of 90s television
• Birth of the slashfic
• Xena as a queer historical text
• Why Lucy Lawless & Renee O'Conner will always be gay famous
• Why Xena did it first
• Leather & Lesbians
• Butch queers exist
• WHOOSH
• Revengence
• Worst Ex Girlfriend
• Rural Queers
• Callisto, ally?
• Syndication, serialisation, long form storytelling, spin offs.
• Sam Raimi
• R.J. Stewart
• Rob Tapert
• Liz Friedman
• Bruce Campbell!
• Karl Urban!
• Hercules The Legendary Journeys and Kevin Sorbo (flop)
• Elizabeth Taylor
• Lord of the Rings
• Wire-Fu
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• My Name is Earl (?)
• Context, subtext and subtext in context
• "Subtext" queers
• The glee effect
• FRIENDS
• Embracing the 'problematic'
• Pacifism
• Sara and Khaliden's Top 4 'Xena the Warrior Princess' episodes for newcomers!

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+ 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

Find Sara at www.saracentury.com and support Sara Century and Alex Segura's comic The Forgotten Five!

Original podcast Artwork by Valentine M. Smith.

Follow Khaliden @alsopurp everywhere

Subscribe to Best Issue Ever everywhere you get your pods!

Follow @saracentury on instagram!

Video Production by Victor Alexander (@Ugly_knees on insta and @clevvergirl on Tiktok)

Subscribe to our Youtube Page!

https://youtube.com/@referentialpod

More at www.alsopurple.com

Thank you Layla for the help with this edit!

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Beyonce’s Renaissance is over, now we’ve entered the Age of Enlightenment. Welcome to the rodeo? Yeehaw!

I’m joined by Antonia Jade King (poet, writer, and soon to be Dr. AJ writing her thesis about the cultural and historical significance of the Fresh Prince of Bel Air) after watching the Renaissance film for a discussion on Beyoncé and the cultural conversations we’ve been having about her ever since she burst on the scene in 1997.

AJ and I risk it all, come find out if we get cancelled by the Beyhive!

+ Find out how we also fit the following in:

• Introducing my new silent cohost (her name is Alaska)
• Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Carter!
• The Renaissance film
• Texas? Hold 'em?
• Cowboy Carter?
• Marathons
• Rough swimming while Black
• The Color Purple
• Billionaires
• Black capitalism
• In praise of Black laziness
• Pinkwashing
• Revolutionaries vs revolutionary narratives
• Black womanhood in the context of queerness
• The myth of Black excellence
• Justice for Ayo! Remember when Jennifer Lopez sang the ’n’ word?
• What we can expect from idols
• Remember bell hooks’ beef with Beyonce?

If you like homework, or looking for a recommendation list you can find the 'Citation Page' for this episode on my website, available from the first Sunday after the episode is up! ! https://www.alsopurple.com/citation-corner

You'll find all the books, shows and pods referenced in this conversation.

Find AJ @AntoniaJadeKing on all the socials!

Keep up to date by following @AlsoPurp on all socials.

Music by PamperedFists & Anzahlung.

Podcast Artwork by Valentine M. Smith.

More at www.alsopurple.com

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.

Follow Khaliden @alsopurp everywhere

Subscribe to Best Issue Ever everywhere you get your pods!

Follow @saracentury on instagram!

Video Production by Victor Alexander (@Ugly_knees on insta and @clevvergirl on Tiktok)

Subscribe to our Youtube Page!

https://youtube.com/@referentialpod

More at www.alsopurple.com

Thank you Layla for the help with this edit!

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