“The Fire in Beorn’s Hall”
Another of the seven new watercolours inspired by the four elements in The Hobbit I recently created for an upcoming book by Legendaria Ediciones.
Movie Monday - Buster Keaton appears in “Sidewalks of New York,” where he plays a wealthy philanthropist who attempts to tame the street youth & falls for the big sister of one of the rowdy boys.
A Young Daughter of the Picts, attributed to Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, 1580s
No one paints their bodies with their boobs out anymore 😔 so cool tho
ALTexistence is absurd, and within the chaos it can be hard to spot moments of love. we all hunt for that familiar heart shape but the thing is: love doesnt need shape or sense or order. its right there in the absurdity. always was. LUCKY DAY IS OUT NOW. ENJOY BUCKAROOS
Hi hi, as that wizard show now is getting an audio book series, just a reminder that there are so many people in the queer space making audio drama for free that’s amazing so please go support those, instead of the terrible wizard woman who’s literally funding to make trans people’s lives worse.
Welp, there goes my notifications. Thanks for sharing all - it's very important now more than ever to support storytelling that isn't the terrible wizard woman and raises and supports queer and trans voices. I can see lots of reccs in the tags and that's amazing!!
If you want to support new audio drama, I highly recommend checking out the below links:
Firstly there's The End is the comprehensive directory for completed audio fiction shows.
There's also the @audiodrama Audio Drama Directory: https://audiodrama.directory/ which includes a lot of shows not yet complete.
In both places you can search tags for what you're looking for!
Otherwise, there are lots of discords (Like The Podcast Book Club @podcast-bookclub you can join to find fans of audio drama who will recommend their favourites and do listening parties together) and there's also r/audiodrama reddit which is also having creators sharing new work and you can see people asking for reccomendations!
I will also add you can also find out about my own podcast, The Holmwood Foundation here: @theholmwoodfoundation which has a trans femme lead and a variety of queer and trans voices throughout the season.
So a lot of the notes on this post are recommending The Magnus Archives, which (while a very much enjoyable show!) as far as I can remember doesn’t actually feature a canon trans main character for the first 200 episodes until its sequel, The Magnus Protocol.
So, while I’m not trying to dissuade anyone from listening to TMA, I also want to add some alternatives for more explicitly trans-led shows:
Thankfully I have a convenient playlist compiled from my book, which name drops a bunch of (exclusively trans-led) audio dramas. The pilot episodes of each show can be found here:
I’m also strongly seconding Fio’s suggestions, ESPECIALLY The Holmwood Foundation, which is only missing from this list because it didn’t exist when the book was written 😅
A lot of creators have compiled trans- or identity-specific playlists on Podchaser, so have a search around and find lists by creators you admire and trust!
I’d also take a look at @boombox-fuckboy’s page, who has already offered SO many tailored recommendations
And there are many MANY more out there so please feel free to add recs of your own!!
Hello I'm trans as hell, listen to my podcasts 💞🏳️⚧️
Monstrous Agonies is included on the playlist above (thank you - especially delighted to be included alongside those other absolute stunners!!) It's a weekly late-night radio advice show for monsters, and includes tons of monstrosity-as-allegories, monstrosity-as-monsters-being-cool-as-hell, and queerness of every flavour. It's complete at three seasons so you've got 111 episodes plus bonus eps ready for your binge-listening pleasure.
Travelling Light is my current show - an interactive science fantasy about celebrating difference! It's about a traveller setting out to explore the galaxy and report back to their community at home on the people they meet and the cultures they encounter. It's queer and cosy, perfect for fans of Becky Chambers 🚀✨
Both of these are (with the exception of a couple of special eps of MA) single voice, with limited sound design and episodes of about 15-20 minutes. Little munchable audio morsels!
