We're back with Season 4 of I’m Feeling Queer Today!
This season is all about Creating Qulture!
That’s culture with a Q, for QUEER! Because how could you separate the queer community from the culture they shape?
This season, we’ll be taking a deep dive into the worlds of Queer Literature, Drag Performance, Fantasy/SciFi, and Journalism…
all through an LGBTQ+ lens.
We’ll meet bookworms creating soundtracks based on their favorite stories, drag performers and an archivist preserving their history, and someone who owes their life (literally) to Rennaissance Faires. Plus: authors, nerds, pioneers, roundtable discussions, and a whole lot of special segments from the IFQT! queer youth producer team you know and love.
📚 QUEER LITERATURE 📚
Queer Literature
S4E1: Books, Writers, & the Stories That Save Us
(Queer Lit 📚 Part 1)
It’s a brand new season from your favorite ensemble of young queer producers. Let’s just say, we’re getting LIT… QUEER LIT, that is.
We're kicking things off with a roundtable discussion on our favorite queer books and writers, then turning the page to a special interview with Tessa and Gio from The Bookish Songs Collective, a group of indie artists around the world working together to make albums of music based on their favorite books. Plus, a shout-out to some of our queer literary heroes in a new recurring segment called “Black Queer Revolutionaries.”
ABOUT THE HOSTS
🎙️ Eric Eubank (they/them) is a non-binary writer, speaker, and storyteller. As a student and creative, they try to blend these worlds into a blend of curiosity, activism, and exploration of themself and the world around them. They are originally from Glendale, California, and currently based in Nashville, Tennessee.
🎙️ Zorian Edwards (he/him) is a transmasc student journalist from Amherst, NY. He studies professional writing and rhetoric at Daemen University, and has a passion for journalism, uplifting LGBTQIA+ youth, and telling the stories of those around them. He has enjoyed writing, interviewing, and recording for IFQT!
EPISODE 1 SHOW NOTES
➡️📝Helpful Notes & Resources
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➡️📚 Books, Writers, & Media Mentioned in S4E1
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(1:02-3:05) Host Mentions
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They Both Die at the End — Adam Silvera
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And They Were Roommates — Paige Powers
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The Outer Country — Daven Malasarn
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(3:05-17:44) Queer Youth Roundtable (3:05-17:44)
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Before He Hits Home
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Gender Queer — Maia Kobabe
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Home Body — Theo Parish
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Whoever You Are, Honey — Olivia Gatwood
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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil — V.E. Schwab
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Carmilla — Sheridan LeFanu
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Fat Ham — James Ijames
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More Happy Than Not — Adam Silvera
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Giovanni's Room — James Baldwin
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The Miseducation of Cameron Post — Emily M. Danforth
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Fun Home — Alison Bechdel
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Dykes to Watch Out For — Alison Bechdel
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Choir Boy — Tarell Alvin McCraney
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(17:44-19:47) Black Queer Revolutionaries: Queer Literature
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In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue
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The Color Purple
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Felix Ever After
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(21:08-31:31) Bookish Songs Collective Interview
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Grishaverse series — Leigh Bardugo
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A Treachery of Swans — A.B. Poranek
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Fourth Wing — Rebecca Yarros
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They Both Die at the End — Adam Silvera
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Red, White & Royal Blue — Casey McQuiston
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➡️ Authors & Poets Mentioned
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Adam Silvera
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Daven Malasarn
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Paige Powers
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James Ijames
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Tarell Alvin McCraney
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Danez Smith
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Olivia Gatwood
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Alison Bechdel
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Emily M. Danforth
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James Baldwin
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Andrea Gibson
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Theo Parish
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Leigh Bardugo
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Casey McQuiston
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Alice Walker
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Kacen Callender
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A.B. Poranek
➡️ Other Mentions/References
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Moonlight (film)
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The Miseducation of Cameron Post (film adaptation)
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Hamlet (referenced through Fat Ham)
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The Color Purple
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1985 film
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2005 Broadway musical
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2015 Broadway revival
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2023 film musical
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➡️🎙️About our guest: Bookish Songs Collective
The Bookish Songs Collective is a global collaboration of indie artists and an established staple of the bookish community online. Best known for creating soundtracks to popular novels, they have seen viral success with their EPs Fly or Die & Burn it Down, Pt. 1, and have performed at several book-themed events. Their work spans across various genres, from ballads and cinematic pop to electrifying rock, blood-pounding trailer anthems, and imaginative score music. In addition to their fan works, the Bookish Songs Collective has also collaborated with several indie & traditionally published authors, creating the official soundtrack for NYT bestselling author Piper C. J.'s No Other Gods series, debut author Mikayla Bridges of Flame and Fury at Pan Macmillan, NYT bestselling author A. B. Poranek's A Treachery of Swans, debut author Victoria Carbol's A Great and Powerful Tyranny, and Penn Cole's bestselling Kindred's Curse Saga, as well as entering direct collaboration with publishers to pave the way for the new 'Original Literary Soundtrack.'
Meet the S4 IFQT! Producer Team
I'm Feeling Queer Today! is produced and hosted by a small team of select LGBTQ+ producers, ages 16-22, who collaborate virtually on episodes from all across North America.
Alex K. Masse
Alex K. Masse (they/them) is a storyteller from what is colonially known as British Columbia. They’re also a neurodivergent nonbinary lesbian, which greatly affects their creative process. On IFQT, they had the privilege of meddling in music, hosting, writing, research, and editing. When not creating, they're probably cozied up with their cat and a good book.
Eric Eubank
Eric Eubank (they/them) is non-binary writer, speaker, and storyteller. As a student and creative, they try to blend these worlds into a blend of curiosity, activism, and exploration of themself and the world around them. They are originally from Glendale, California, and currently based in Nashville, Tennessee.
Lily Ariel Mueller
Lily Ariel Mueller (they/she/he) has been telling stories and hugging trees for as long as they can remember. They’re a New England-based writer, artist, and theatre & film maker working at the intersections of queerness, disability, memory, healing, and above all, love.
Parker Mackenzie
Parker Mackenzie (she/they) is a queer storyteller with a hunger to understand life and absolutely no idea how to satisfy it. As an extreme introvert, she enjoys horror games, cats, and reading in her free-time. Parker currently lives in Clearfield, Utah.
Samuel Smalls Jr.
Samuel Smalls Jr. (he/they/she) is a 20 year old performance artist from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. They currently attend SUNY Purchase College in New York where they are getting their BFA in Acting. They love all things Black, Queer, Artsy and Nerdy and they’ve been a member of the IFQT cohort since 2023. They can be found on instagram at @ssmallsjr or at home watching Dimension 20 on Dropout.
Zorian Edwards
Zorian Edwards (he/him) is a transmasc student journalist from Amherst, NY. He studies professional writing and rhetoric at Daemen University, and has a passion for journalism, uplifting LGBTQIA+ youth, and telling the stories of those around them. He has enjoyed writing, interviewing, and recording for IFQT!
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