No more male artists!!! 🤬 Who can identify as femme? 🤔 Also contemporary cinema flopping... 🙊

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reading is CRUCIAL! discussing Caliban & the Witch by Silvia Federici & queer/feminist histories

Are white queers entitled about their history and culture? Can femmes be nonbinary? And other pressing questions that our listeners, patrons, and substack subscribers have submitted to us... (Email us your hot takes at thelavendermenacepodcast@gmail.com!!!) Queer history is so so ...  Show more

Sinners (2025) review + loving the arts & authenticity

This episode includes discussion of: “butch-femme” aesthetic photos, our problem with Pinterest, internet personas and the importance of being earnest (and also genuine!) Also: the importance of female singer-songwriters and how CINEMA IS BACK which might be a recession/fascism i ...  Show more

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