Queer and Back Again with Reverend Tom Emanuel

Being the one hundred and fifty-fourth episode in which we recover from the map chapter, there is more than one way to be a human, and Sam is our bisexual short king.

 

Trigger Warnings: potential religious trauma, brief mentions of sexual assault and child abuse 

 

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Cover art by Vashaun Brandon - https://www.instagram.com/vashaundesigns/ 

 

Mary Clay:

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Tom:

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Resources, Articles, Etc. -

Queer Readings of LOTR by Molly Ostertag - https://www.polygon.com/lord-of-the-rings/22550950/sam-frodo-queer-romance-lord-of-the-rings-tolkien-quotes

Diverse Tolkien - https://twitter.com/DiverseTolkien 

Race in LOTR and Tolkien’s Works: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11ExziJbBteK8eJn9xgrjm17P23Vg_Ucm8rAyYAkm9yc/edit 

Potterless: Anti-Semitism in Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and Fantasy w/ Eric Silver - https://www.potterlesspodcast.com/episode-161