EPISODE 2 - LESBIAN PERIOD DRAMAS - Interview with Essayist/ Culture Critic Kira Deshler Longtime Companion

For this episode we discuss the recent proliferation of the lesbian period drama genre. Along with writer and essayist Kira Deshler, we disucuss whether such period films are more palatable way for a straight, mostly white audience to digest gay stories.

Please find links to films and writings mentioned in the show below.

Kira Deshler's work include:
Substack: https://kiradeshler.substack.com
Video Essay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfSEDi8_03E

The films talked about in today's episode include:

Portrait of A Lady On Fire https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8613070/

Summerland: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6841122/

Desert Hearts: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089015/

Ammonite: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7983894/

Music: Avant Garde by https://soundcloud.com/tinymusic_aka_florianseraul

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