After their time as philosophy undergrads gorging on cheap wine and bread, co-hosts cosima bee concordia and Aurora Laybourn reunite almost a decade later for Drunk Church, a podcast haunting the liminal spaces between anti-fascist theory and religious eroticism.
Named for a gathering of queers where art, drink, and communion were shared outside of the confines of formal institutions, Drunk Church seeks to transgress, subvert, and blaspheme the religious for our own pleasure and thriving. In a world that feels like it’s ending and with fascism ascendant, how do we to build shared ritual, meaning, and narrative on our own terms? Come get drunk on the blood of God!
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After their time as philosophy undergrads gorging on cheap wine and bread, co-hosts cosima bee concordia and Aurora Laybourn reunite almost a decade later for Drunk Church, a podcast haunting the liminal spaces between anti-fascist theory and religious eroticism.
Named for a gathering of queers where art, drink, and communion were shared outside of the confines of formal institutions, Drunk Church seeks to transgress, subvert, and blaspheme the religious for our own pleasure and thriving. In a world that feels like it’s ending and with fascism ascendant, how do we to build shared ritual, meaning, and narrative on our own terms? Come get drunk on the blood of God!
Get access to full bonus episodes, an exclusive RSS feed, and more by subscribing our Patreon!Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Having shown how hatred of sex is endemic to sex itself, in our second discussion of “Hatred of Sex” we trace some of the most influential thinkers today to show where our contemporary discourses on queerness has gotten us. Starting with Gayle Rubin’s thinking of sex that decoupled it from feminism's framework of gender and gender oppression, we look at how the slipperiness of sex was subsumed into the easier to deal with bounds of identity. We talk about porn wars, detransitioners, intersectionality, Freud, consent, the AIDS crisis, pushing bodies beyond their limits, and so much more. Come with us and, as Leo Bersani would say, embrace sex in all its deplorability—after all, we are here “not just to come, but to come undone.”
Show notes:
"Hatred of Sex" by Oliver Davis and Tim Dean
"Kimberlé Crenshaw on Intersectionality, More than Two Decades Later"
"Is the Rectum a Grave?" by Leo Bersani
"The Gay Science" by Michel Foucault
"Relocating Marie Bonaparte’s Clitoris"
"Erotism: Death and Sensuality" by Georges Bataille
Intro song is "Bless You" by the Ink Spots
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