Fluidity of sexuality vs. lesbianism & thoughts on queer(bait-y) British comedy show This Way Up ft. guest! Palestinian lesbian stan twitter bae @abitallie

Welcome to episode 5 of season 2 of The Lavender Menace podcast, where we, smart lesbian communists of color, discuss hot takes about communism lesbianism and everything fun sexy and cool, consume and discuss queer media, and recommend books movies and TV shows to each other. Today we are joined by the lovely Nour, whom you might recognize from lesbian film milf stan twitter @abitallie! Our lovely listener Ruhi submitted some meme hot takes for us to discuss from the instagram account @themcel.pill, in which we discuss the fluidity and individuality of queer identity versus the solidity and reality of lesbianism. For the second part of the episode we discuss the Hulu original series This Way Up and the disappointing lesbophobia in season 2. Sunny still can't watch TV but they for sure tried! For media recommendations, Renaissance recommends Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) and has thoughts on the racial and economic implications of the popularity of revolutionary figures in media, and on a lighter note also recommends the lesbian classic Desert Hearts (1985) which they attempted to make Sunny watch months ago. Nour recommends the movie Nell (1994) as a lighthearted 2.7 Letterboxd stars watch, and Sunny recommends the short story collection The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw published in 2020. Send your hot takes to us at thelavendermenacepodcast@gmail.com and @thelavenderpod on twitter! Subscribe to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TheLavenderMenace?

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Two overly online nonbinary lesbian communists of color (with gaylor tendencies) spew their opinions on pop culture and media via a three part comedy variety show: first, a discussion of a listener submitted hot take. Second, analyzing a piece of media we've both consumed together. And third, recommending books/movies/TV/music/etc. to each other. Renaissance is the film stan twitter user, and Sunny is the booktuber. We think we are hilarious and have the correct opinions, and we hope you can agree! Email us at thelavendermenacepodcast@gmail.com for your hot take submissions or business stuff. Follow us on Twitter @TheLavenderPod for live updates of our unhinged ramblings and @thelavendermenacepod on Instagram and Tik Tok for more of our short form content in between episodes. We also have a Letterboxd @thelavenderpod, if you're into that sort of thing. (Of course you are- we're all gay nerds here!!) You can support us at patreon.com/thelavendermenace for bonus episodes, early access, exclusive content, and merch, but we truly appreciate all of our listeners and love engaging with y'all on any level. Much lesbian love and solidarity!