Bitches on Comics

Episode 201: Nobody's coming to save us featuring Gretchen Felker-Martin

IT’S THE END OF AN ERA! BoC is closing out our six year run with one helluva interview! Episode 201 features Gretchen Felker-Martin in conversation with Cygne Noire and S.E. Fleenor. Gretchen discusses her novels including Black Flame, Cuckoo, and Manhunt, as well as the cancellation of her series Red Hood. We get into tracing the threads of sensuality in trans horror, how trans people create space for one another, and the beauty of creating community in the face of fascism. What a way to end the show! Follow Gretchen Felker-Martin on BlueSky [https://bsky.app/profile/scumbelievable.bsky.social] and support her on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/scumbelievable]. Pick up your copy of Black Flame from Bookshop.org [https://bookshop.org/p/books/black-flame-gretchen-felker-martin/41ff8acc147c96a4]. Read our open letter to DC comics: BoC condemns the censorship of writer Gretchen Felker-Martin [https://bitchesoncomics.com/open-letter-to-dc-comics-boc-condemns-the-censorship-of-writer-gretchen-felker-martin/]. We typically end these notes with a request to give to an organization and/or mutual aid fund. In this, our final episode, we’re going to ask you do a little work to research a mutual aid fund near you or find one of the many mutual aid requests active on BlueSky and other social media sites--we are the only ones that will save each other. We are the only ones who will take care of us. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Episode 200: More Butch Heroes LIVE featuring Ria Brodell

Wahoo! Episode 200 is here and we’re celebrating with a special live episode with Ria Brodell! Ria gets into how they create each portrait and biography, why art brings us closer to one another, and the gifts and challenges of the archive. They also discuss the responsibility of the artist in representing the “underhistoricized” as Chris Vargas calls it in the introduction to the volume. Plus, questions and answers with the live audience! Learn more about Ria Brodell at https://www.riabrodell.com/ [https://www.riabrodell.com/] Pick up your own copy of More Butch Heroes from All She Wrote Books [https://www.allshewrotebooks.com/product-page/more-butch-heroes] or your local bookstore. And, make sure to check out our first conversation about Butch Heroes with Ria for Episode 63: Reclaiming our right to exist [https://bitchesoncomics.com/episode-63-0-reclaiming-our-right-to-exist/]! We’d like to extend a special thanks to All She Wrote Books in Somerville, MA [https://www.allshewrotebooks.com/] for hosting us. Please consider picking up a book or two from an inclusive bookstore! 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. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Episode 199: I will fight until I die featuring Sarah H. Cho Plus, an update!

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]

Episode 198: Fight even if you know you're gonna lose featuring Maria Dong

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]

Episode 197: Authenticity, love, and care featuring Erika Hardison

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]