Escuchar Bitches on Comics

Welcome to the final episode of the season! We end on a real high note in this insightful conversation featuring Sarah H. Cho! Sarah discusses her erotic psychological thriller CAMGIRL, getting into the importance of stories about sex workers written by sex workers, depicting mental illness, and fighting against Asian fetishization. Plus, film! Manga! Some Alan Moore love! And more! After we wrap with Sarah, stick around for Bitches on Bitches on Comics, the section of the podcast where Monika and S.E. recap the season and update listeners on what lies ahead! Follow Sarah H. Cho on Instagram @‌sarah.h.cho [https://www.instagram.com/sarah.h.cho/] Pick up your own copy of Camgirl from AWA [https://shop.awastudios.com/products/cam-girl-one-shot?variant=46070461694177]. And make sure to check out the TV shows Sarah worked on: The Girl from Plainville (Hulu) and Them, Season 2 (Amazon). You can sign up [https://bitchesoncomics.com/sign-up-for-our-newsletter/] for the not-very-frequent Bitches on Comics newsletter on our website. Follow Bitches on Comics on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/bitchesoncomics.bsky.social] and you can learn more about host Monika Estrella Negra at: http://audresrevenge.weebly.com [http://audresrevenge.weebly.com] You can learn more about host S.E. Fleenor at http://sefleenor.com [http://sefleenor.com] and follow them on BlueSky [https://bsky.app/profile/sefleenor.bsky.social]. Follow our Sound Editor Kate on Twitter [https://twitter.com/soundbs4u]. Show us some love by giving us a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bitches-on-comics/id1478990216], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/6o9at79Qu6Eq42FBK5nCKG], PodChaser [https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/bitches-on-comics-948035], or wherever you get your podcasts. Support us by joining our Patreon Community [https://www.patreon.com/queerspec] at http://patreon.com/queerspec [http://patreon.com/queerspec] . Keep in touch with us, check out our curated listening lists, and see what we’re up to by visiting our website: BitchesOnComics.com [https://bitchesoncomics.com/] We hope you will make a donation to Red Canary Song [https://www.redcanarysong.net/]. Red Canary Song is “a grassroots organization of Asian and migrant sex workers and massage workers, organizing transnationally.” Their efforts are based in mutual aid and base-building and we support their critical work to decriminalize sex work and affirm the rights and dignity of sex workers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Maria Dong returns to the podcast to discuss her new scifi psychological thriller/horror Psychopomp--out now! We discuss writing a book about a debtors' prison on the moon, the unfortunate timeliness of the subject matter, and fighting even if you know you’re gonna lose. Plus, eat the rich! Marginalized storytelling! And Many More Topics. Pick up your copy of Psychopomp: https://darkmattermagazine.shop/products/psychopomp [https://darkmattermagazine.shop/products/psychopomp] Learn more about Maria Dong at: https://www.mariadong.com/ [https://www.mariadong.com/] Follow Maria on BlueSky at: https://bsky.app/profile/mariadongwrites.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/mariadongwrites.bsky.social] And don’t miss Maria’s first BoC interview: https://bitchesoncomics.com/episode-145-out-of-one-genre-and-into-another-featuring-maria-dong/ [https://bitchesoncomics.com/episode-145-out-of-one-genre-and-into-another-featuring-maria-dong/] You can sign up [https://bitchesoncomics.com/sign-up-for-our-newsletter/] for the monthly-ish? Bitches on Comics newsletter on our website. Follow Bitches on Comics on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/bitchesoncomics.bsky.social] and you can learn more about host Monika Estrella Negra at: http://audresrevenge.weebly.com [http://audresrevenge.weebly.com] You can learn more about host S.E. Fleenor at http://sefleenor.com [http://sefleenor.com] and follow them on BlueSky [https://bsky.app/profile/sefleenor.bsky.social]. Follow our Sound Editor Kate on Twitter [https://twitter.com/soundbs4u]. Show us some love by giving us a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bitches-on-comics/id1478990216], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/6o9at79Qu6Eq42FBK5nCKG], PodChaser [https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/bitches-on-comics-948035], or wherever you get your podcasts. Support us by joining our Patreon Community [https://www.patreon.com/queerspec] at http://patreon.com/queerspec [http://patreon.com/queerspec] Keep in touch with us, check out our curated listening lists, and see what we’re up to by visiting our website: BitchesOnComics.com [https://bitchesoncomics.com/] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

We are absolutely delighted to share this brand new interview with Erika Hardison, cultural journalist and founder of Fabulize magazine. We discuss Erika’s comics “A Taste of Venus” which appeared in WE BELONG: The All-Black, All-LGBTQ+ Sci-Fi and Fantasy Comics Anthology, nominated for best anthology at the Ignatz Awards for 2024, her comic "Entanglement" in Noir is the New Black, and her compelling adaptation of “Telephone” by Erykah Badu in Afrofutures. We also get into her upcoming book SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW…STATIC (SHOCK) and Static Shock’s indelible mark on comic.! Plus, we swoon over Queen Latifah, debate Charmed vs. Buffy (there was no winner), and so much more! Follow Erika Hardison on BlueSky [https://bsky.app/profile/rosasparks.bsky.social] @rosasparks.bsky.social and learn more about and sign up for the newsletter at Fabulize Magazine [https://fabulizemag.com/]. Pick up your copy of Ignatz nominated We Belong: The All-Black, All-LGBTQ+ Sci-Fi and Fantasy Comics Anthology [https://stackeddeckpress.com/product/we-belong-the-all-black-all-lgbtq-sci-fi-and-fantasy-comics-anthology/] from Stacked Deck Press. Erika’s story “A Taste of Venus” is not to be missed! Get your copy of Noir is the New Black [https://fairsquaregraphics.com/product/nitnb_tp/] and check out Erika’s “Entanglement.” And don’t miss Afrofutures [https://rexco-comics.com/collections/welcome-to-afrofutures] featuring Erika’s adaptation of “Telephone” by Erykah Badu. You can sign up [https://bitchesoncomics.com/sign-up-for-our-newsletter/] for the monthly-ish? Bitches on Comics newsletter on our website. Follow Bitches on Comics on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/bitchesoncomics.bsky.social] and you can learn more about host Monika Estrella Negra at: http://audresrevenge.weebly.com [http://audresrevenge.weebly.com] You can learn more about host S.E. Fleenor at sefleenor.com [http://sefleenor.com] and follow them on BlueSky [https://bsky.app/profile/sefleenor.bsky.social]. Follow our Sound Editor Kate on Twitter [https://twitter.com/soundbs4u]. Show us some love by giving us a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bitches-on-comics/id1478990216], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/6o9at79Qu6Eq42FBK5nCKG], PodChaser [https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/bitches-on-comics-948035], or wherever you get your podcasts. Support us by joining our Patreon Community [https://www.patreon.com/queerspec] at http://patreon.com/queerspec [http://patreon.com/queerspec]. Keep in touch with us, check out our curated listening lists, and see what we’re up to by visiting our website: BitchesOnComics.com [https://bitchesoncomics.com/] Please consider contributing to In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda [https://blackrj.networkforgood.com/projects/223078-in-our-own-voice-black-women-s-reproductive-justice-agenda?gl=1_ltjwcc_gcl_au_MzA4MTY1MTY2LjE3Mjg1NzM4NDU._ga_MTc2OTUzNDA5Ny4xNzI4NTczODQ1_ga_GX8SDKYGKM*MTcyODU3Mzg0NS4xLjAuMTcyODU3Mzg0NS42MC4wLjA.], “a national-state partnership that amplifies and lifts the voices of Black women leaders to secure sexual and reproductive justice for Black women, girls, and gender-expansive people.” We support and appreciate their imperative work and hope you will join us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

We are absolutely delighted to return with a truly insightful, heartfelt, and funny Black History Month interview with American Book Award, Bram Stoker Award (Best Novel), Shirley Jackson Award, and World Fantasy Award winner Tananarive Due! Host Monika Estrella Negra and guest Tananarive Due discuss her novel The Reformatory, working in screenwriting, and her werewolf one shot: Moon Dogs: The Horizon Experiment. We also get into how horror fiction prepares us for horror realities, the importance of taking action, and so much more! To learn more about Tananarive Due, visit her website at: http://www.tananarivedue.com [http://www.tananarivedue.com] or follow her on BlueSky [https://bsky.app/profile/tananarivedue.bsky.social]. And, join her mailing list at tananarivelist.com [http://tananarivelist.com] Learn more about her virtual Black Horror course: http://sunkenplaceclass.com [http://sunkenplaceclass.com] And make sure to tune into Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes' Lifewriting: Write for Your Life Podcast, starting with this discussion of writing The Reformatory [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-tananarives-novel-the-reformatory-and/id1604118017?i=1000633005006]. You can sign up [https://bitchesoncomics.com/sign-up-for-our-newsletter/] for the monthly-ish? Bitches on Comics newsletter on our website. Follow Bitches on Comics on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/bitchesoncomics.bsky.social] and you can learn more about host Monika Estrella Negra at: http://audresrevenge.weebly.com [http://audresrevenge.weebly.com] You can learn more about host S.E. Fleenor at sefleenor.com [http://sefleenor.com] and follow them on Blue Sky [https://bsky.app/profile/sefleenor.bsky.social]. Follow our Sound Editor Kate on Twitter [https://twitter.com/soundbs4u]. Show us some love by giving us a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bitches-on-comics/id1478990216], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/6o9at79Qu6Eq42FBK5nCKG], PodChaser [https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/bitches-on-comics-948035], or wherever you get your podcasts. Support us by joining our Patreon Community [https://www.patreon.com/queerspec] at http://patreon.com/queerspec [http://patreon.com/queerspec] . Keep in touch with us, check out our curated listening lists, and see what we’re up to by visiting our website: BitchesOnComics.com [https://bitchesoncomics.com/] Please consider contributing to In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda [https://blackrj.networkforgood.com/projects/223078-in-our-own-voice-black-women-s-reproductive-justice-agenda?gl=1_ltjwcc_gcl_au_MzA4MTY1MTY2LjE3Mjg1NzM4NDU._ga_MTc2OTUzNDA5Ny4xNzI4NTczODQ1_ga_GX8SDKYGKM*MTcyODU3Mzg0NS4xLjAuMTcyODU3Mzg0NS42MC4wLjA.], “a national-state partnership that amplifies and lifts the voices of Black women leaders to secure sexual and reproductive justice for Black women, girls, and gender-expansive people.” We support and appreciate their imperative work and hope you will join us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Natasha Alterici returns to the pod to discuss her wonderfully sexy short story collection Sapphic Pulp! We discuss the gifts and challenges of creating queer erotica at this moment in time, the importance of hands to sapphic storytelling, and liberation through pleasure and sexuality! Plus, hope! Collaboration! Community! Resisting fascism by being slutty! And more! Pick up your copy of Sapphic Pulp at: alterici.gumroad.com [http://alterici.gumroad.com/] Sapphic Pulp: Collected Tales of Love and Desire written by Natasha Alterici, edited by Michele Abounader, letters by Jodie Troutman, with art by Natasha Alterici, Sapphomet, Chloe Brailsford, Rye Hickman, Rachel Merrill, Fell Hound, Chloe Stawski, Skylar Patridge Follow Natasha on BlueSky [https://bsky.app/profile/alterici.bsky.social], Twitter [https://x.com/Alterici], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/alterici_ar] Listen to our deep dive into Heathen with Natasha on Episode 113: A queer young woman who wants to do good [https://bitchesoncomics.com/episode-113-a-queer-young-woman-who-wants-to-do-good-featuring-natasha-alterici-interview/] and don’t miss Episode 124 where Natasha answers a listener question about supporting queer comic creators [https://bitchesoncomics.com/episode-124-two-questions-three-answers-featuring-danny-lore-natasha-alterici-and-jay-edidin/]. You can sign up [https://bitchesoncomics.com/sign-up-for-our-newsletter/] for the monthly-ish? Bitches on Comics newsletter on our website. Follow Bitches on Comics on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/bitchesoncomics/] Blusky [https://bsky.app/profile/bitchesoncomics.bsky.social] Tumblr [https://www.tumblr.com/queerspec] and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@bitchesoncomics] @‌BitchesOnComics and you can learn more about host Monika Estrella Negra at: audresrevenge.weebly.com [http://audresrevenge.weebly.com] You can learn more about host S.E. Fleenor at sefleenor.com [http://sefleenor.com] and follow them on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/se_fleenor] and Blue Sky [https://bsky.app/profile/sefleenor.bsky.social]. Follow our Sound Editor Kate on Twitter [https://twitter.com/soundbs4u]. Show us some love by giving us a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bitches-on-comics/id1478990216], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/6o9at79Qu6Eq42FBK5nCKG], PodChaser [https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/bitches-on-comics-948035], or wherever you get your podcasts. Support us by joining our Patreon Community [https://www.patreon.com/queerspec] at patreon.com/queerspec [http://patreon.com/queerspec]. Keep in touch with us, check out our curated listening lists, and see what we’re up to by visiting our website: BitchesOnComics.com [https://bitchesoncomics.com/] Please consider contributing to In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda [https://blackrj.networkforgood.com/projects/223078-in-our-own-voice-black-women-s-reproductive-justice-agenda?gl=1_ltjwcc_gcl_au_MzA4MTY1MTY2LjE3Mjg1NzM4NDU._ga_MTc2OTUzNDA5Ny4xNzI4NTczODQ1_ga_GX8SDKYGKM*MTcyODU3Mzg0NS4xLjAuMTcyODU3Mzg0NS42MC4wLjA.], “a national-state partnership that amplifies and lifts the voices of Black women leaders to secure sexual and reproductive justice for Black women, girls, and gender-expansive people.” We support and appreciate their imperative work and hope you will join us. Bitches on Comics is a Queer Spec project. Check out our other projects [https://linktr.ee/queer_spec]! Learn more about Queer Spec at: QueerSpec.com [https://queerspec.com/] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]