Qweird
169 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsBetter than high tea with the Queen, it's a podcast featuring Nicole, a boat nerd, and Yvie, a cottage-core WINO (witch in name only), telling stories about our queer lives & talking to our cool, queer friends about their glittery adventures riding the rainbow - who could ask for anything more?
CW/TW: Conversations are off the cuff, explicit, and loaded with adult content.
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#19 the real ell word
January 14, 2020 22:23 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBOh queens, have we got some real words for you about real people...reality show people, so are they really real? We don't know, but we can say with confidence that we (and a lot of our friends) would have been just as messy and crazy and beautifully awesome as the Real L Word bitches. Sources & Links: Kevin Bacon, Northern Ireland, Jenna Ellis sucks, Chinese ad, real l word parody. Stay weird & be qweird! xox- NY
#18 the ell word
January 07, 2020 23:04 - 1 hour - 65 MBWe are back to our regular schedule, and bringing you ALL of our opinions on the OG L Word...from major plot lines, to 15-year old spoilers; from the rough edges of Shane, to the blurry edges of Jenny; from the snooze-fest of Bette & Tina, to the excitement of having a lesbian soap opera (tropes and all) to wax poetic like Marina...we have A LOT of feelings. Sources & Links: RIP Kevin, trans superhero, Kate McKinnon, transphobic asshole, human barbie doll. Be weird & stay queer! xox - N &...
#17 new queer, new you
January 03, 2020 03:23 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBNew year, new queers...or the same old shit?!? Resolutions can be revolutionary, or they can fall flat. Let’s be better together and get super QWEIRD!
#16 yule love saturnalia
December 17, 2019 22:22 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBIn the spirit of this festive holiday season, we thought we'd bring you some really queer traditions to make your holidays as gay as you are! Sources & Links: 13 ways to celebrate Yule, Traditions & rituals, Traditions & recipe for buttermilk bread charm, Saturnalia. Hallmark is Canceled!, L Word Gen Q, Maria Montoya - Cover Artwork by Jennifer Snowden Be weird & stay queer!
#15 holigay movies aren't gay enough
December 10, 2019 18:57 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBHoliday movies are full of gay & merry romance (along with other uplifting themes), but where are the Gays & the Marys? Sources & Links: 10 list, FB Under Fire, Protest the Gay Away (Hallmark), Cloth Connection Outreach Be weird & stay Qweird!
#14 yo, and other misadventures in online dating
December 03, 2019 23:49 - 39 minutes - 36.7 MBThis week we break the ice and get a little awkward talking about online dating. The trials. The tribulations. The triumphs...well, we don't really have any triumphs yet, but the internet is still young so there's still time. Sources & Links: History of online dating, from paper to online dating, best lesbian dating apps, D Wade Super Dad, Fire the Sub Be weird & stay queer!
#13 Friendsgiving
November 27, 2019 02:04 - 1 hour - 65.9 MBLucky number 13, except Halloween is over and now we must face . . . THE HOLIDAY SEASON!!! Family or Framily? Thanksgiving or Thanksveggin? It can all be fraught or fought. Join our conversation about the perils of the holidays - past, present, and future. Sources & Links: Rhodes scholar, LGBTQ travel, British Anne Coulter, Lil Nas. Stay weird & be queer.
#12 transgender day of remembrance *with Merrique Jenson*
November 19, 2019 19:33 - 1 hour - 81.6 MBTo commemorate TDOR, we wanted to talk to someone whose passion is to lift up trans & gender expansive folx of color, who are the most impacted by transphobic violence. Merrique Jenson is just this person. She's the Director of SocialScope Productions & Program Director at Transformations in Kansas City, and she is an all-around bad ass. She describes herself as a queer, trans, & multiracial artist & advocate. We describe her as a #tranthropologist. She's a beautiful mouthful, and we reall...
#11 queerbait & switch
November 13, 2019 01:28 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBThis week on Qweird, Nicole & Yvie get close...really close.. too close?? Will they... solve QUEERBAITING. Probably not. But we have a fun conversation and yeet like ships in the night. #YvieDoesntKnowWhatYeetMeans Shout out to: Lady Do-Si-Do, You'll always have a special place in my heart <3 Sources & Links: Fanlore Queerbaiting, Pink News Queerbaiting, Rainbow Wave, Gender-confirming surgery, homophobic father, students support lesbian classmate. Be weird & stay weird!
#10 elections
November 06, 2019 00:16 - 1 hour - 65.4 MBThis week on Qweird we are super bummed that Halloween is over, but don't you worry your pretty, liddle' heads - elections can be even more terrifying, and we definitely have you covered - even if you're a conservative, but you won't like us much after. Shout out to Cyleigh for surviving and thriving. Sources & Links: LGBTQ office holders, Gaybraham Lincoln, Log Cabin Republicans, LCR endorses 45, Ilana Glazer, Generator Collective, Kevin Spacey, Grace Slick-fil-a, happy straight pride, ...
#9 samhain aka haaaay-loween
October 29, 2019 21:37 - 1 hour - 73.7 MBThis final Halloween episode features the origins of the holiday as the witch's New Year, and how it became the queer Christmas. The Babadook matters, or is it the Bibadyke? Let's figure it out together... Shout out to my witches, Enchantra & Gaia, Happy Samhain, my sisters....I smell children AMOK! Sources & Links: Texas trans custody case, Tucci & Firth, Bogota's mayor, Weinstein, Babadook, history of halloween, gender variant history of halloween, best queer holiday.
#8 whores for horror
October 22, 2019 18:36 - 58 minutes - 54.6 MBGhouls love us, haven't you heard? We do love whores...I mean, horrors, I mean both. Whatever. Movies...houses...we love haunted things. After all, that's what gays do... Shout out to B. You’re doing great! Sources & links: Hell house, 55 Essential Queer Horror Films, Jamie Lee kicks Antonin Scalia's ass, Miley, 86 Chik-fil-a, iPhone made him gay, Dublin hate crime, Safe online dating tips, McKamey Manor. Photo cred: Uncle Darwin
#7 killer lesbian
October 15, 2019 17:01 - 1 hour - 78.2 MBWe've taken a dark turn, down a lonely road of perverse and bloody women who kill for dumb reasons like wanting to drink blood and other gross things. Shout out to Kimmie in Idaho (for now)...enjoy your dinner, we hope this doesn't ruin your appetite! Sourcs & Links: Ellen, Prep, hockey butt, perv, Elizabeth Bathory, Jessica & Valerie, j & v, Vampire, love letter, Tracey, Gwen & Cathy.
#6 masks not mermaids
October 08, 2019 23:55 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBHappy October, witches! This week on Qweird we honor our queer ancestry as we unmask ourselves and talk about the literal and figurative masks we wear. #nicoleisperfect Shout out to Nicole's very best friend, Libby! Happy birthday! Sources & Notes: rachel maddow loves me, rainbow sneakers, diva update, cryptocurrency makes you gay, shatner, ancient masks, creepy masks, fun facts, samhain.
#5 moms n popcorn
October 02, 2019 02:42 - 1 hour - 62.6 MBThis week on Qweird, we drop some general history of gay bars in the US, get a bit more specific about the History of Lesbian Bars, and share some big sister stories about our crazy times in the scene. Shout out to Rolanda Kelley - you are an inspiration and a bad ass! Homecoming hockey king, Homecoming dress, An actual history of popcorn, Flicking the bean, Oglala, Kanye & Chik-fil-a, Persistent Desire, Well Of Loneliness, Stone Butch Blues, Go With Ro!
#4 wide open (queer) spaces #nicoleisperfect
September 25, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBThis week on Qweird we talk some more about queer spaces - the need, the neglect, the now. Oh, and we find out that #NicoleIsPerfect, and she's handling it. Please bear with us as we work out our sound issues, we may or may not be recording under water. I don't know, you tell me. Shout Out: Lisa & Darwin, Tiffany & Whitney - thanks for Amsterdam! Sources: Pulse, Amy Spring, Detroit 70s bars, Ballroom Culture, Vogueing, Backstreet, From Glorious to Inclusive: The Past, Present, and Future of...
#3 composing really bad, gay poetry
September 18, 2019 00:23 - 55 minutes - 51.8 MBJoin us this week on Qweird as we share some personal histories, and talk a bit about the history of the LGBTQ+ movement in Detroit-ish. Shout Out to my darling Dennis O'Grady - I never tire of hearing your stories from the heyday of Detroit. Sources & Links: St. Joseph's Episcopal Church (now St. Matthew's), Gayly Speaking, Jim Murray, Michigan stats, Bag a Fag, Nicole is preppy. Be weird & stay weird!
#2 sausage for art's sake
September 10, 2019 20:04 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBWelcome back to Qweird! On this week's episode we make you eat your vagetables, and delve deeper into why we want to be your big qweird sisters. We appreciate your patience as we learn our new craft, but editing is hard, so buckle up and enjoy the sausage-making! Shout out: A Miner, your art matters. Sources: 2019 trans murders so far, hate crimes against LGBTQ+ people, sex drug that kills, McKrae Game Be weird & stay weird!
#1 like, so I mean, riot grrrl (chop shop edition)
September 04, 2019 03:44 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBCheers to the queers (and our allies)! Welcome to our first episode of Qweird! This week we're talking about the riot grrrl movement, and how it inspired us to put ourselves out there and "bang our own instruments." Join us each week as we tell stories about our queer lives, and hear the stories of the queers we've met along the way. Shout out to all the ladies, transfolk, and non-binary pioneers who paved the way. Be weird & stay weird!