30. Loud in Your Head. [Claire Biddles.]
This Is Your Mixtape
English - March 25, 2019 20:35 - 1 hour - 66.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsMusic Interviews Music Music Commentary Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Author Claire Biddles talks about A1, Manic Street Preachers, Rufus Wainwright, The 1975, and Troye Sivan.
Claire Biddles is a writer based in
Glasgow, Scotland. She’s a regular contributor to The Wire, The Line of Best
Fit, and The Singles Jukebox. She writes about pop music, film, and fandom
with a focus on feminist/queer readings and the politics of desire. She also
edits a number of pop culture zines including the series Fuck What You Love,
which features writing on pop star crushes by women and LGBTQ+ people.
Claire and Michael talk about boyband fanfiction, the thrill of
confrontational femininity, meeting your heroes in a supermarket in the north
of England, delayed queer adolescence, and wanting to be Quentin Crisp.
Claire’s Five Songs.
Ready or Not by A1.
Yes by Manic Street Preachers.
I Don't Know What It Is by
Rufus Wainwright.
UGH! by The 1975.
My My My! by Troye Sivan.
Show Notes.
Category Is Books, the only queer book
shop in Scotland, where Claire’s zines are available
You can also find Claire’s zines here, if
Glasgow is a bit of a walk!
Troye Sivan at One Week One
Band, where you can read
Claire's posts about it, as well as her friend Vikram writing about Troye and
delayed queer adolesence.