Hi all. Lysa here. Sexuali-tea is taking a break for the foreseeable future. Thank you to everyone who has been listening, whether consistently or casually. I know this hasn't been the podcast for everyone, but the fact that anyone tuned in means the world to me. Instagram (http://instagram.com/queerasmedia) Facebook (http://facebook.com/queerasmedia) Website (http://queerasmedia.com.au) Fight The Good Fight: Queer Subtext in the Captain America Films...

Solidarity abounds in this episode of Sexuali-tea, where Lysa and guest Lawrence talk about the Matthew Warchus and Stephen Beresford joint Pride. Content warnings include mentions of HIV/AIDS, assault, and homophobia. - Radical History of Macquarie University: https://radicalhistoryofmacquarieuniversity.wordpress.com/gay-liberation-at-macquarie/ - All Out! Dancing In Dulais: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHJhbwEcgrA&feature=youtu.be Music from https://filmmusic.io. "Cheery Monday"...

Coming atcha with more of that sweet queer content, in this episode Lysa and Kit talk about non-binary characters in Ursula le Guin's Left Hand of Darkness and Anne Lecke's Ancillary Justice. Content warnings for use of one reclaimed slur. Find Sexuali-tea on Ko-fi (http://ko-fi.com/queerasmedia) . Music from https://filmmusic.io. "Cheery Monday" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Sink your teeth into this one, Fannibals, it's the Hannibal episode of Sexuali-tea! Join Lysa and Harrison as they talk delicacies and deviance, murder and mastication, butches and beards. Content warnings for this episode include: murder, cannibalism, abusive relationships, rape, sexual assault, and incest. Listen to Harrison's podcast with previous guest Imogen, Imogen and Harrison Predict the Future (https://thatsnotcanon.com/iahptf) ! You can find Sexuali-tea on Ko-fi...

Hello for 2020! It's a new year, and Sexuali-tea is bringing you new content. In this episode, Lysa and Jade discuss the decade-and-a-half old game series Yakuza. Content warnings for transphobia, transphobic slurs, misgender, rape and sexual violence, and homophobia. There is a little issue in the first half of the episode where I dropped the microphone for a second, and I tried fixing it but it's still noticeable, so apologies for that! There aren't many spoilers for the game series as...

Content warnings for our experiences of homophobia. Happy holidays! Please enjoy this episode as a gift to you, my faithful listeners. Thanks for sticking by me this year. It's been wild and wonderful. I hope the New Year brings as much joy to you as this year has brought to me. And if you don't have anyone to spend Christmas with, then you can spend it with me. I'm your family now no takesies backsies. I now realise if you're listening to this it's already Christmas, but Wendybird in...

Content warning for our experiences of homophobia. Happy holidays! Merry Christmas, Kwanzaa, Chanukkah, Krampus, Yule, Solstice, New Year! Please enjoy this episode as a gift to you, my faithful listeners. Thanks for sticking by me this year. It's been wild and wonderful. I hope the New Year brings as much joy to you as this year has brought to me. And if you don't have anyone to spend Christmas with, then you can spend it with me. I'm your family now no takesies backsies. I now realise if...

Lysa and Wolfram dive into a franchise that spans three eras: the 1980s when the graphic novel was written, 2005 when the film was released, and the future setting of the story. It's horrible all round. Content warnings for this episode include discussions of: genocide, nazis, WWII, racism and racist violence, transphobia and transphobic violence, medical violence, concentration camps. This is a heavy episode, folks. Follow the show on Patreon (http://patreon.com/queerasmedia) .

This episode, Lysa and guest Dion discover their inner bloodsuckers. Topics for this conversation include: Twilight (ugh), Fright Night (hell yeah), and True Blood (all right all right all right). The content warnings for this episode are discussions of pedophilia, bestiality, and death. You can check out a new blog post on the show's Captivate (http://sexualitea.captivate.fm) .

This episode, Lysa and guest Jay get weird and sexy with unfortunate bisexuals in musical theatre and... sexy trains? Content warnings for this episode include mentions of: rape/sexual assault, sexual violence, biphobia, transphobia, domestic violence, and HIV/AIDS. Lysa's blog post about their analysis of Rocky Horror is here. Brisbane Powerhouse UQ ARTS UQ Underground The Conservatorium You can find Sexuali-tea on Twitter, Instagram, Patreon and Wordpress.

In this episode, Lysa and Alex get freaky with their cerebellums and multiply 8-fold.  Content warnings for this episode: discussions of racism, transphobia, misogyny, abusive relationships, and rape culture, and use of a homophobic slur. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram! Lysa's blog is here.  Source articles: 1 2

This episode, host Lysa and guest Jess travel to the futuristic city of Kaku in the distant land of Western Australia to talk body modification, gender identity and asexuality in the webcomic Always Human. You can find Always Human here. This episode contains mentions of homophobia, transphobia and misgendering. You can find Sexuali-tea on Twitter, Instagram and Patreon. Follow the UQ Sci-Fi Fantasy Society to stay up to date with all the events. Theme song: "Glitter Blast" Kevin MacLeod...

Something wicked this way comes... it's the Harry Potter episode of Sexuali-tea! Joining host Lysa, Megan delves into her experience with Harry Potter, views on love in the series, and why Dumbledore is an extremely, no good, very bad man. How well does this franchise fare on portraying queerness? Listen to find out! Some links for you: The Harry Potter universe still can't translate its gay subtext to text. It's a problem. (where I pulled the quote about Tonks from) Tea Consent (a video) The...

Back from an unexpected break, Sexuali-tea is here once again to discuss all things queer in a new episode. Joined by guest pan (@panacea_knits on Twitter), we discuss the manga-turned-anime-turned-films Kuroko's Basketball.  Content warnings for this episode include mentions of homophobia. You can find Sexuali-tea on Twitter, Instagram, Wordpress, and Patreon. 

Welcome to the first episode of Anime August! First cab off the rank is Adolescence of Utena, the 1999 film directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara, adored by guest Sen, abhorred by host Lysa. Content warnings include mentions of: rape and sexual assault, incest, pedophilia, abuse and domestic violence, violence against women, death, and suicide.     You can follow Sen on his Twitter page @Sentient_Garden and read his blog here. You can follow Sexuali-tea on Twitter and Instagram at queerasmedia,...

You know what's great about this podcast? Not only making new friends, learning about other people's interests and hyperfixations, or researching media I've never come across before, but the most fun thing about it is finding something you can really sink your teeth into, and then rip to shreds. RIP being the operative word here, and David Lynch's career being the something. Listen to this episode to find out just how much Lysa and guest Tahlya hate Mulholland Drive, along with other seminal,...

All you undead folks out there, this one's for you. In this ep, Lysa and Paige discuss the hilarious and short-lived tv series starring Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant.  Content warnings for this episode include discussions of: police violence, queerphobia and specifically transphobia and biphobia, transphobic violence, death, cannibalism, racism, nazis, and a mention of pedophiles.

In this episode, Lysa and guest Shena travel through space and time to analyse how well Star Trek has done for queer representation over the last 53 years.  Content warnings for this episode include mentions of: homophobia, misogyny, racism, acephobia, ableism, character death, and the AIDS crisis. Find Sexuali-tea podcast on Wordpress, Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr at queerasmedia, and Facebook at The Russo Test.

Hello, hello. In this episode, Lysa and guest Lowri discuss queerness in a few mythologies. Myths covered are Loki, Sinfjotli and Gudmundr (Norse), Ishtar and Ashushunamir (Akkadian/Babylonian), Heracles, Hyacinthus and Apollo (Greek), Amaterasu, Shinu no Hafuri, Ama no Hafuri, Ama no Uzume and Ishi kore (Japanese).  Content warnings for mentions of bestiality, pedophilia/pederasty, incest and death. Follow Sexuali-tea on Instagram, Twitter, Wordpress and Tumblr at queerasmedia. 

Hello, hello. This week Lysa and special special guest Dana discuss queerness in the Thor franchise (mostly the films but also the comics). This is the second part of a two-parter episode, which was recorded before Avengers: Endgame premiered. The first part of the episode is already out, so if you haven't listened to that one, pause this one and go back. In the first episode, we talked about the third instalment Thor: Ragnarok generally and then anti-colonialism. In this episode, we talk...

Well, it happened. After 400 years and several thousand films, the Avengers are dead. What a shocking time to be alive. Tune into this episode of Sexuali-tea to hear Lysa and her guests Dana and Alex discuss the tragic and sickening details of the Avengers' demise. CONTENT WARNINGS: IN THIS EPISODE WE MENTION spoilers for the entire Avengers franchise, suicide, death, bestiality, fatphobia and fatshaming, internalised homophobia, coming out, alien reproduction, and touch on consent...

Hello, hello. This week Lysa and special special guest Dana discuss queerness in the Thor franchise (mostly the films but also the comics). This is the first part of a two-parter episode, both of which were recorded before Avengers: Endgame came out, so there are no spoilers for that. The second part will be out on the regular schedule 21st of May, but if you want to listen to the full episode now, subscribe to my Gay-treon for just $3 a month!  Spoilers for all the Thor, Captain America, and...

Welcome back! This week, Lysa and guest Imogen discuss the trials and tribulations of one of the most iconic queer films ever made.  Content warnings for this episode are: homophobia, homophobic violence, and conversion therapy. Contains spoilers for this film. Follow Imogen on Facebook and Instagram. Come along to one of her comedy shows if you're in Brisbane! You can follow this podcast at queerasmedia on Twitter, Instagram, Wordpress, Facebook and Gay-treon (Patreon). For a special...

Sometimes it's leather, sometime it's spandex... In this week, Lysa and James discuss homosexuality, overt and subtextual, in Joel Schumacher's Batman & Robin. CONTENT WARNINGS: mentions of homophobia (Fredric Wertham), Nazi Germany (Captain America), and abusive relationships (Harley Quinn and the Joker).  Spoilers for the movie and some other Batman franchise movies and comics.