Even the biggest nerds haven't seen it all- join Ryn and Sam on a guided journey through classic media that shaped our childhoods. A nostalgic romp for lifelong fans, and a perfect companion for anyone starting a fandom journey of their own. New episodes every other Tuesday!
Season 2: We leave Middle Earth and head for the Corporation Rim with The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells! We follow everyone's favorite heartless killing machine that just wants to watch Space Netflix through a queernormative world where capitalism is always the bad guy, sarcasm and snark abound, and the starships have Opinions!
Season 1: a queer reading of the Lord of the Rings novels! We dive deep into this famously dense series with Ryn as our guide, examining Tolkien's historical and mythological influences, concocting our own theories on Hobbit masculinity, and speculating about what exactly Aragorn has going on under his tunic.
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Even the biggest nerds haven't seen it all- join Ryn and Sam on a guided journey through classic media that shaped our childhoods. A nostalgic romp for lifelong fans, and a perfect companion for anyone starting a fandom journey of their own. New episodes every other Tuesday!
Season 2: We leave Middle Earth and head for the Corporation Rim with The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells! We follow everyone's favorite heartless killing machine that just wants to watch Space Netflix through a queernormative world where capitalism is always the bad guy, sarcasm and snark abound, and the starships have Opinions!
Season 1: a queer reading of the Lord of the Rings novels! We dive deep into this famously dense series with Ryn as our guide, examining Tolkien's historical and mythological influences, concocting our own theories on Hobbit masculinity, and speculating about what exactly Aragorn has going on under his tunic.
Ryn and Sam finish out Network Effect and boy howdy is Murderbot having a Bad Time! And so are the other SecUnits. Wait, other SecUnits? We have commentary on such topics as naming conventions, queer generations, suspension bondage, ART's total and complete lack of chill, and the ethics of murdering your digital baby. Is it murder if the digital baby was essentially a bomb in the first place?
Covers chapters 14-end of The Murderbot Diaries: Network Effect by Martha Wells (2020)
The Fandom Apprentice
Even the biggest nerds haven't seen it all- join Ryn and Sam on a guided journey through classic media that shaped our childhoods. A nostalgic romp for lifelong fans, and a perfect companion for anyone starting a fandom journey of their own. New episodes every other Tuesday!
Season 2: We leave Middle Earth and head for the Corporation Rim with The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells! We follow everyone's favorite heartless killing machine that just wants to watch Space Netflix through a queernormative world where capitalism is always the bad guy, sarcasm and snark abound, and the starships have Opinions!
Season 1: a queer reading of the Lord of the Rings novels! We dive deep into this famously dense series with Ryn as our guide, examining Tolkien's historical and mythological influences, concocting our own theories on Hobbit masculinity, and speculating about what exactly Aragorn has going on under his tunic.
