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Episode 107: History Has Its Eyes on You
In which the consulting fans talk about race and racism in the media we love and communities we create. We dig into the Blind Banker, discuss Imperialism in ACD, celebrate Hamilton and Avatar: The Last Air ender, read Sally Donovan fic Time After Time, and host a roundtable on Challenging Racism in Fandom.
Segment timestamps:
- 0:00:39 – Host Opening
- 0:28:48 – A Decade of The Blind Banker
- 0:59:21 – Watching the Blind Banker as a POC
- 1:27:12 – Top Ten Things We Actually Like From The Blind Banker
- 1:29:10 – Sherlock Holmes and the Terrible Empire
- 2:04:44 – FOI Avatar: The Last Airbender
- 2:33:19 – Top Ten Sally Donovan Headcanons
- 2:34:46 – Challenging Fandom Racism
- 3:07:07 – FOI: Hamilton
- 3:35:16 – ASIF: Time after Time
- 3:59:05 – That’s My Division
- 4:06:43 – Post Mortem
Shownotes, contact details, and credits below.
FULL SHOWNOTES
Host Opening (0:00:39)
Consulting Fans: Finn, Hope, Drinkingcocoa, Producers: Finn & Johnlocked, Editor: SundayDuck
- Notice of multicultural Sherlock Holmes Anthology : The Only One in the World
- Tanya Moodie as Gertrude in Hamlet with Paapa Essiedu
- Black Girl Nerds
- website| Soundcloud| YouTube| Facebook| Twitter| Patreon
- Interviews with Leslie Odom Jr.and Renée Elise Goldsberry+ video interview; follow-up article, plus an excellent article on Hamilton
- Metis in Space Podcast, recommended episode: Avatar
- Find ALL of Three Patch FIC RECS with tags in our Bookmarks on AO3
A Decade of Sherlock: The Blind Banker (0:28:48)
Consulting Fans: Drinkingcocoa, Johnlocked, Cumbercookie, Shannon, Producer/Editor: Drinkingcocoa
For the 10-year anniversary of The Blind Banker, we discuss Steve Thompson’s writing, issues of race and gender, and how this episode has contributed to the fandom.
- Race roundtable from TPP Ep 10
- Transcript of race roundtable
- Sorting segment on Moffat, Gatiss, and Thompson from TPP Ep 25
- Recreational Meta: Steve Thompson and his HUGE MATHEMATICAL BRAIN
- Suzhou numerals (misnamed as Hangzhou in the episode)
- mid0nz on A Strange Yellow Squiggle: Racism in TBB
Watching the Blind Banker as a Person of Color(0:59:21)
Consulting Fans: Drinkingcocoa, Caroline, Anarfea, Producer/Editor: Drinkingcocoa
Three people of color discuss watching The Blind Banker and what they would have said if serving as a sensitivity reader for this episode.
- Race roundtable from TPP Ep 10
- Transcript of race roundtable
- The Falling by PetraTodd
- Women in Sherlock: Janine by Drinkingcocoa
- Mid0nz on race in The Blind Banker: A Strange Yellow Squiggle, Arabialock: An Analysis of the Last Scene in Belgravia, Bartitsu
Top Ten Things We Actually Like From The Blind Banker (1:27:12)
Contributed by: Alexx, Vulgarweed, Juli, DrinkingCocoa, Caroline, JL, Science
Read & Produced by: Science
Sherlock Holmes and the Terrible Empire(1:29:10)
Consulting Fans: finnagain, Doctornerdington, Producer/Editor: finnagain
We introduce Imperialism in Victorian Literature and share an anti-colonial critic of Arthur Canon-Doyles’ The Sign of Four
- All the countries invaded by Britain
- The Beetle: A Mystery by Richard Marsh
- The Sign of Four by ACD
- Introduction to Postcolonial Theory
- India’s first war of Independence, and the legacy of Hindu-Muslim unity by Shamsul Islam
- How UK museums are responding to Black Lives Matter (repatriation)
Fandoms of Interest: Avatar: The Last Airbender(2:04:44)
Consulting Fans: Drinkingcocoa, Johnlocked, B, Cumbercookie, @nimblenoor , Producer: B, Editor: B
A spoiler-free discussion about why you should watch the animated television show, Avatar: The Last Airbender (recently added to US Netflix), how the representation within the show has made a profound impact on fandom, & why Sherlock fans would love Aang!
- Noor’s cosplay photos
- About our guest: Noor is a detail-oriented fantasy cosplayer whose primary fandoms are Avatar:The Last Airbender, Sherlock, and Dungeons and Dragons podcasts like Critical Role. They have created six Avatar cosplays to date and plan to cosplay every character in the show eventually. You can follow them @nimblenoor on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
Top Ten Sally Donovan Headcanons (2:33:19)
Contributed by: Alexx, Vulgarweed, Juli, DrinkingCocoa, Caroline, JL, Science
Read & Produced by: Science
Challenging Fandom Racism Roundtable(2:34:46)
Consulting Fans: Dr. Rukmini Pande, Stitch, joan miller, Dr. Samantha Close, finnagain Producer/Editor: finnagain
Four acafans discuss racism in transformative fandom, the work of challenging this status quo, and some ways fans can practice anti-racism in our communities. LOOK OUT FOR THE EXTENDED CUT.
- Dr. Rukmini Pande twitter
- Squee From the Margins: Fandom and Race with the University Iowa Press
- Upcoming edited collection (2020): Fandom, Now In Color: A Collection of Voices
- Interview with Henry Jenkins
- Interview on Fansplaining on racism in fandom
- Article on racism in femslash fandoms
- Stitch twitter
- joan miller twitter, bio
- Website: likejoanofarc.com
- Interview: “Who and What Belongs: #Gamergate and Abjection“
- Article on Cosplay and Race in forthcoming collection Fandom, Now In Color
- Dr. Samantha Close twitter
- OTW
- More writings:
- Teland, 2003, My. Fucking. God. on Pete Ross in Smallville
- Dissensus by Jacques Ranciere
- Cassandra Khaw’s Persons Non Grata series: Hammers on Bone and A Song for Quiet
- Alissa Cole’s A Princess in Theory
- Authors of Afrofuturism: Octavia Butler, N. K. Jemisin, Nalo Hopkinson
Fandom of Interest: Hamilton(3:07:07)
Consulting Fans: Johnlocked, Emma, DrinkingCocoa, Cumbercookie, Science, Producer: Johnlocked, Editor: Emma
With the confluence of Hamilton coming to Disney+ in July and the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests, Consulting Fans discuss their love for this revolutionary musical.
- Hamilton on Disney+
- Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) on Spotify
- The Hamilton Mixtape on Spotify
- Hamilton casting notices
- White House Poetry Jam 2009
- #Ham4Ham playlist
- Hamilton creators talking about their process
- Hamilton: Building America documentary
- Chris Jackson and LMM singing One Last Time to the Obamas in 2017
- History Has Its Eyes On You interview
- Susie Graves’s Hamilton watch party menu
- Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 2016 Tony acceptance speech/sonnet/Pulse tribute
- Nimblenoor, CousinCecily, and Timestitcher cosplaying the Schuyler sisters at 221B Con
- Hamilton is fanfic article from Vox
- Hamilton Drunk History recounted by Lin-Manuel Miranda (part 1| part 2)
ASIF: Time After Time by Pennypaperbrain (3:35:16)
Consulting Fans: Alexxphoenix42, Caroline, Finn, Producer/Editor: Alexx
We discuss a fanfic that explores one possible history of Sally and Sherlock in their uni days.
- Time After Time by Pennypaperbrain
- Sally Donovan Appreciation tag
- Pennypaperbrain’s meta on Sally Donovan
- Other meta on Sally Donovan
- Moffat comment about Sally in S4
That’s My Division(3:59:05)
Consulting Fans: Alexxphoenix42, Caroline, MK, Producer/Editor: Alexx
This month, we gather fic recs featuring characters of color and issues of race & racism.
- Alexxphoenix42
- The Adventure of the Dying Private Investigator by Iwantthatcoat
- The Deepest Secret Nobody Knows by sciosophia
- Other Things to do After Buying a Cat by BlackEyedGirl
- Common Ground by gardnerhill
- Black as they’re painted by marysutherland
- In Flames: The Life and Death of Soo Lin Yao by radial_symmetry
- MK
- with whom faith could be kept by language_escapes
Post Mortem(4:06:43)
Consulting Fans: Finn, Hope, Drinkingcocoa, Producers: Finn & Johnlocked, Editor: SundayDuck
- Ticks on a Door Frame by disfictional and tumblr post with art
- TPP Transcripts including our two new interviews!
- Susie Graves Hamilton watch party menu
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
- A Decade of The Blind Banker – David Arnold and Michael Price, Sherlock: Original Television Soundtrack Music From Series One: Crates of Books, Library Books
- Watching the Blind Banker as a POC – David Arnold and Michael Price, Sherlock: Original Television Soundtrack Music From Series One: Library Books, Elegy
- Sherlock Holmes and the Terrible Empire – BBC Horrible Histories: Just a Little Song about British Things
- FOI Avatar: The Last Airbender – Jeremy Zuckerman, Avatar: The Last Airbender Opening Theme
- Challenging Fandom Racism – Janelle Monáe, Dirty Computer: Crazy Classic Life
- FOI: Hamilton – Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording): Alexander Hamilton, My Shot, Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down), History Has Its Eyes On You
- A Study in Fanfic – Cake, Fashion Nugget: Open Book
- 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: finnagain
Episode Banner Artist: Fox Estacado
Episode Audio Editor: Johnlocked
Distribution funded by Fans!
How to Cite
APA
By Three Patch Productions. (2020, 08, 01). History Has Its Eyes on You [Episode 107]. Three patch podcast.Podcast retrieved from https://three-patch.com/2020/08/01/episode-107/