Sapphic Culture Club

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Sapphic Culture Club

An exploration of lesbian themes in movies, TV, books, music, and more. (Formerly Podcast of a Lady on Fire.)

  1. APR 19 · BONUS

    CHAOTIC BONUS: a supercut of every reaction from our Bottoms watchalong

    On a whim, we decided to see what it’d be like if we removed all the silence from our previous Bottoms watchalong episode. Remember our GaySMR segment from Season 2? Well, welcome to CHAOSMR.

    16 min

  2. APR 5

    Bottoms (2023) Discussion and Watchalong!

    For our second to last episode this season, we're watching 2023's instant chaotic lesbian classic, Emma Seligman's Bottoms starring Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri. Didn't get to see Bottoms with a bunch of other queers? Already seen it and want to enjoy it again? Join us as Laurel watches it for the first time and Audrey watches it again.🍿 Psssst...want to skip to the discussion? Head to 1:32:38! (Episode transcript in progress.)

    1h 59m

  3. MAR 22

    Love Lies Bleeding (2024)

    We loved Rose Glass's chaotic queer thriller, Love Lies Bleeding, starring Kristen Stewart and Katy O'Brian, so join us as we clean up the bloody mess it left of our hearts. *Note: if you're confused about how Laurel introduces the show in this episode, she's saying "Sapphic Murder Club" but with, like, a Curly from the Three Stooges accent. If you're confused about anything else we've said, please consult our EPISODE TRAAAANSCRIPT. Yearn with us on Instagram @sapphiccultureclub

    40 min

  4. MAR 8

    "I should be gay."

    In light of Natasha Lyonne's recent acknowledgement of her undeniable should-be-gayness and in celebration of Women's History Month we're talking about some of our favorite should-be's. Episode Transcript Show Notes Clip of Natasha Lyonne explaining that she should be gay Brie Larson asking how to top lesbians: video and the article for more context

    30 min

  5. FEB 23

    A Body Apart with artist Amie Pascal

    Surrealist artist Amie Pascal brings a queer lens to portraying and challenging representations of the body, blurring lines between reality and imagination while juxtaposing abject body horror with beauty. Her work expresses a universal rawness from a queer woman’s disabled embodiment in her new series ‘A Body Apart.’ Some of the things we discussed 00:10:11 - How the pandemic and long COVID changed her art 00:18:21 - The use of vintage anatomical illustrations as reference material and the reclamation of marginalized bodies 00:20:56 - Inspiration from filmmakers and women surrealists 00:27:03 - The "real world" as a liminal and surreal space 00:33:07 - Music pairings for each painting Episode transcript Paintings we discussed specifically Not Much Left Right in the Back Dead Ringer I & Dead Ringer II (the other two paintings that feature L'Ange Anatomique) On the Other Side We Dare to Breathe (mentioned as "the heart and lungs") Moments of Clarity Are So Rare (mentioned as "the head with all of the veins") Infusion & Refusal (mentioned as "the grayscale images on the bright orange backgrounds") Eviscerated People and things we mentioned A Body Apart playlist Cambium Gallery Amie's Instagram Leonora Carrington (Britain & Mexico, account run by her grandson) Remedios Varo (Mexico) Léonor Fini (Argentina) Contemporary filmmakers and artists Céline Sciamma Michelle Garza Cervera Nadia Waheed Naudline Cluvie Pierre Daisy Parris María Fragoso Sapphic Culture Club on Instagram

    42 min

  6. FEB 9

    Aftersun (2022)

    Today we're processing our thoughts about Aftersun, a quietly stunning debut film, written and directed by Charlotte Wells. Some of the things we talk about include... Memory and distance Reflection and recording Aging and growing up Atypical tension The dance scenes Wells' short films ...and more! Episode transcript Charlotte Wells' short films Yearn with us on Instagram

    48 min

  7. JAN 29

    Portrait of a Lady on ChatGPT

    For this episode we have time-jumped once again! We're disguising ourselves as screenwriters and going into the near future to work with AI on some ✨BRAND NEW SAPPHIC FILMS✨. The future of lesbian cinema is here! And it is...still dealing with its identity and societal prejudices. Whomp whomp. Episode transcript Other terrible AI-generated sapphic film ideas

    26 min

  8. JAN 25

    Retourne-toi! Revisiting Podcast of a Lady on Fire

    We originally started this podcast whilst in the throes of a dizzying cinematic crush on Portrait of a Lady on Fire, so those early episodes are a time capsule of what that was like for us and others in Portrait Nation. (#womans #bathtube!) Today we're traveling back in time to revisit our former selves and see how we feel about those 2020 feels now, centuries later, in 2024. Episode transcript

    49 min
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An exploration of lesbian themes in movies, TV, books, music, and more. (Formerly Podcast of a Lady on Fire.)

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  • Creator
    Neon Cactus Radio
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    102
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 772248
  • Show Website
    Sapphic Culture Club

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