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Episode 93: Pride in the Queerness of his Name
In which we celebrate queerness through the ages by decoding ACD, watching The Happy Prince, and exploring A Land So Wild. Happy Pride Month!
Segment timestamps:
- 0:00:25 – Host Opening
- 0:25:46 – Queer Readings of ACD
- 1:04:42 – ASiF: A Land So Wild
- 1:37:30 – Top Ten Examples of Queer-Coded Victorian Subtext
- 1:38:40 – Interview with Caroline Duvezin-Caubet: Queerness in Neo-Victorian Literature
- 2:13:51 – FOI: Star Trek Discovery
- 2:40:24 – Top Ten Pride Slogans Through The Ages
- 2:41:31 – The Happy Prince RT
- 3:10:24 – That’s My Division
- 3:22:54 – Post Mortem
Shownotes, contact details, and credits below.
FULL SHOWNOTES
Host Opening (0:00:25)↑
Consulting Fans: Johnlocked, Chelsea, SundayDuck, Producer: Johnlocked, Editor: Emma Grant
- [Podfic] Drift Compatible by Lockedinjohnlock, written by J_Baillier
- Benedict singing as the Angel Islington in Neverwhere
- Andrew Scott in Fleabag
- Jude Law filming The New Pope (x, x, x)
- Leviosa Con in Los Angeles June 27-30
- 221 Be Here facebook group
- Subscribe to the Three Patch Times!
Queer Readings of ACD (0:25:46)↑
Consulting Fans: Hope, Johnlocked, Producer/Editor: Johnlocked
Hope and JL explore the world of queer readings and possible queer coding in ACD canon. Big thanks to meta consultants Tendergingergirl and BakerStreetCrow!
Texts and Published Works:
- The Stark Munro Letters
- The Complete Sherlock Holmes and The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
- Shakespeare’s sonnets 26, 57, 58
- Sherlock Holmes: A Secret History by John V. Hennessy
- Strangers: Homosexual Love in the Nineteenth Century by Graham Robb
- London and the Culture of Homosexuality, 1885-1914 by Matt Cook
- The Case of Sherlock Holmes: Secrets and Lies in Conan Doyle’s Detective Fiction by Andrew Glazzard
- Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
- My Dearest Holmes by Rohase Piercy
- Pursuing Sherlock Holmes by Bill Mason
- Sherlock’s Men: Masculinity, Conan Doyle, and Cultural History by Joseph A. Kestner
- Arthur Conan Doyle and the Meaning of Masculinity by Diana Barsham
Fan Meta:
- Decoding the Subtext: Being an examination of the homoerotic subtext contained within the Sherlock Holmes Canon by Nekosmuse
- Aurora’s Feather: The Queer Decoding Of The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle by Tendergingergirl (locked to AO3 users)
- Ghost Stories Are Gay Stories and 1895 by heimishtheidealhusband
- Sherlock’s Last Shot and Pursuing Sherlock Holmes: Bill Mason, Sherlockian, Book Series by Tendergingergirl
- Artemisastarte meta on the Bohemian Connection, a shift in queer coding, and ACD’s medical view of homosexuality
- On the Stark Munro Letters by sherlock-overflow-error
- Weeesi’s meta on Arthur Conan Doyle and Subtext, Sherlock Holmes and Victorian Homosexuality, Masterpost – Strangers: Homosexual Love in the Nineteenth Century, and London and the Culture of Homosexuality – Masterpost
- Inevitably-johnlocked’s meta masterpost related to ACD and mini-list
- Sherlock Holmes and Victorian Homosexuality Part 1 & Part 2 by Groovy Mutant
- Watson was a Woman? by Rex Stout
Academic Papers
- Sexuality in Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Sign of Four. A study in autoeroticism and homosexuality by Irene Rubio
- Holmes and Watson or Sherlock and John: A homoerotic reading of Conan Doyle’s Characters in BBC’s Sherlock by Melissa Caro Lancho
- Brainy is the New Sexy: Masculinity in Sherlock Holmes by Ginny Walrecht
ASiF: A Land So Wild (1:04:42)↑
Consulting Fans: Alexxphoenix42, Finnagain, Redscudery, Johnlocked, Producer/Editor: Alexxphoenix42
We enjoy discussing a published novel, A Land So Wild, that started out as a Sherlock fanfic.
- A Land So Wild by Elyssa Warkentin
- Books by K. J. Charles
Top Ten Examples of Queer-Coded Victorian Subtext (1:37:30)↑
Contributed by: Johnlocked, Read by: Science
Interview with Caroline Duvezin-Caubet: Queerness in Neo-Victorian Literature (1:38:40)↑
Consulting Fans: Finnagain, Caroline Duvezin-Caubet, Producer/Editor: Finnagain
Finnagain interviews Dr. Caroline Duvezin-Caubet on queerness in neo-victorian romances and her recent paper titled “Gaily Ever After”. The conversation covers about changing depictions of queerness within this setting, and the ways authors bring happily ever after to queer characters within the constraints of Victorian England.
Follow Caroline’s work (and fandom) on twitter.
Books cited:
- Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
- The French Lieutenant Woman by John Fowles
- Possession by A.S. Byatt
- Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem by Peter Ackroyd
- Tipping the velvet, Affinity, Fingersmith by Sarah Water
- It Takes Two to Tumble, by Cat Sebastian
- Band Sinister by K.J. Charles
- Frederica by Georgette Heyer
- Unmasked by the Marquess by Cat Sebastian
- An Unsuitable Heir by K.J. Charles
- The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal by K.J. Charles
Related Articles:
- Journal of Neo-Victorian Studies
- Kohlke, Marie-Luise and Gutleben, Christian “Introducing Neo-Victorian Family Matters”. Neo-Victorian Families: Gender, Sexual and Cultural Politics.
- Regis, Pamela. A Natural History of the Romance Novel.
- Sebastian, Cat. “The Heyer Problem – A History of Privilege” in Essays on the Literary Genius of Georgette Heyer.
- Alexander, Corey, “Review of Unmasked by the Marquess”. Corey’s Book Corner.
- Rictor Norton’s resources on 18th and 19th Gay History and Literature
FOI: Star Trek Discovery (2:13:51)↑
Consulting Fans: Emma Grant, Finnagain, and Gerti, Producer/Editor: Emma Grant
There are so many reasons to love Star Trek Discovery: well-written female and POC characters, canon queer relationships, emo bearded Spock in black leather… Listen to the squee and LLAP!
Top Ten Pride Slogans Through The Ages (2:40:24)↑
Contributed by: Johnlocked, DrinkingCocoa, Read by: Science
The Happy Prince RT (2:41:31)↑
Consulting Fans: Alexxphoenix42, Johnlocked, SundayDuck, Producer/Editor: SundayDuck
We review -and heavily spoil!- Rupert Everett’s biopic about the twilight of Oscar Wilde’s life.
That’s My Division (3:10:24)↑
Consulting Fans: Alexxphoenix42, Fin_Amour, Johnlocked, Producer/Editor: Alexxphoenix42
This month, we looked at historical AU fanfic in honor of pride and queerness through the ages.
- Alexxphoenix42
- The Violet Hour by breathedout
- The signal series by dioscureantwins
- Obsidian Anniversary by Swissmiss
- Amanuensis by Redscudery
- Angel with a Fiddle by Remy_Writes5
- Fin_Amour
- Spectral Evidence by earlgreytea68
- Johnlocked
- St(r)aying Off Script by disaronnus
- [Podfic] St(r)aying Off Script by Lockedinjohnock
- The Reawakening of John Watson by 221b_careful_what_you_wish_for
- Gross Indecency by bittergreens
Post Mortem (3:22:54)↑
Consulting Fans: Johnlocked, Chelsea, SundayDuck, Producer: Johnlocked, Editor: Emma Grant
Contact
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Music Credits
Unless otherwise indicated, all music is available for purchase through online retailers such as amazon.com and iTunes.
- Show Intro – David Arnold and Michael Price, Sherlock: Original Television Soundtrack Music From Series One: Opening Titles
- Queer Readings of ACD – Miklós Rózsa, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes: Main Titles & End Titles
- A Study in Fic – Cake, Fashion Nugget: Open Book
- From the Notebook of Kitty Riley – The Quantic Soul Orchestra, Stampede: Hold it Down
- Fandoms of Interest – David Arnold and Michael Price, Sherlock: Original Television Soundtrack Music From Series One: Back to Work
- The Happy Prince RT – Bing Crosby, Orson Welles & Bernard Herrmann, The Happy Prince: The Happy Prince
- That’s My Division – John Coltrane, My Favorite Things [Deluxe Edition]: My Favorite Things, Part 1
- Show Outro – Bee Gees, Saturday Night Fever [The Original Movie Soundtrack]: Stayin’ Alive
Production Credits
Episode Producer: Johnlocked
Episode Banner Artist: Fox Estacado
Episode Audio Editor: Emma Grant
Distribution funded by Fans!
How to Cite
By Three Patch Productions (Producer). (2019, June 1). Pride in the Queerness of his Name [Episode 93]. Three Patch Podcast. Podcast retrieved from https://three-patch.com/2019/06/01/episode-93/