The Critical Masses

Ep 10 - Bury Your Gays ft. Sham Sivabalan & Sarah Branton

Content warnings: - Queerphobia and queerphobic violence - Transphobia and transphobic violence - Suicide - Sexual violence - Racism - Gendered violence Recommended resources: - Inqueery: Indigenous Identity and the Significance of the Term "Two-Spirit" (them.) - 'The Miseducation of Cameron Post' Star Forrest Goodluck on Native American LGBT Culture (Attitude) - Forrest Goodluck: The Native American Star of 'The Miseducation of Cameron Post' (i-D Vice) - How to tell stories about evangelical Christians that neither mock nor glorify them by Emily Todd VanDerWerff (Vox) - Munroe Bergdorf on 'Wokeness' (Twitter) - The Capitalisation of Diversity and Commercialisation of 'Wokeness' | Munroe Bergdorf | TEDxUCLWomen (YouTube video) References: - The Bury Your Gays Trope (TV Tropes) - Where We Are on TV 17 GLAAD Report (GLAAD) - Contrapoints: "Are Tr*ps Gay?" (YouTube video)

Ep 9 - Form-fitting Fiction (Part 2) ft. Caitlin Cronin & Joey Burford

Content warnings: - Racism - Gendered violence References: - Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

Ep 8 - Form-fitting Fiction (Part 1) ft. Caitlin Cronin & Joey Burford

Content warnings: - Sexual violence - Graphic violence References: - The immersed audience: how theatre is taking its cue from video games by Thomas McMullan (The Guardian) - Folding Ideas: Ludonarrative Dissonance (YouTube video) - Folding Ideas: The Stanley Parable, Dark Souls, and Intended Play (YouTube video)

Ep 7 - Violence Against Women as Set Dressing (Part 2) ft. Eliza Quinn & Steph Dimitriou

Content warnings: - Graphic violence - Domestic violence - Sexual and sexualised violence - Transmisogyny and transphobia References: - Why do we let 'genius' directors get away with abusive behavior? by Imran Siddiquee (Buzzfeed) - How Hollywood sells a culture of dominance by Imran Siddiquee (Medium) - Hey Hollywood, Don't Forget David O'Russell is an Abusive Jerk by Kayleigh Donaldson (Pajiba)

Ep 6 - Violence Against Women as Set Dressing (Part 1) ft. Eliza Quinn & Steph Dimitriou

Content warnings: - Graphic violence - Domestic violence - Sexual and sexualised violence - Racism - Transmisogyny and transphobia References: - #MeToo was an avalanche - why are some predatory men still standing? by Eliza Quinn (Eliza Grace Quinn Wordpress) - Primetime: How TV Portrays American Culture by S. Robert Lichter (Book) - Male Violence Outside the Red Room by Eliza Quinn (Eliza Grace Quinn Wordpress) - The Danger of the Monster Myth by Tom Meagher (ABC) - How Twin Peaks stretches television into the unknown by Brad Stevens (BFI)