“Lavender Sounds” with Stacey Copeland

Listen, this episode is as delightful as it sounds. Audiophile Stacey Copeland tells me all about feminist soundwork, radical radio, and lesbian podcasts – all of which Stacey writes about in the excellent new book Lavender Sounds. Tune in for the sonic histories, stay for the moment when Stacey illustrating the crafted intimacy of podcasts will make you a little weak in the knees. If you are interested in the politics and potential of audio media, you will absolutely love this episode.   References: Stacey Copeland’s Lavender Sounds: From Lesbian Radio to Queer Feminist Soundwork (University of Michigan Press, 2026)Amplify NetworkCopeland, Stacey "Sustaining queer joy and potentiality: Through independent production with homoground music podcast." Journal of popular music studies 35.4 (2023): 111-124.Betty FriedanLavender MenaceMichele HilmesBluestockings Cooperativebell hooksHannah McGregorThe Lesbian Show Fonds are held at the City of Vancouver Archives https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/the-lesbian-showKaitlin PrestJennifer Lynn Stoever’s The Sonic Color Line (NYU Press, 2016)Silva Tenenbein’s original interview with Stacey aired on FemRadio in 2018 https://soundcloud.com/scopeatryerson/the-lesbian-showDykes on Mykes is back on the airwaves at CKUT Montreal https://ckut.ca/playlists/DMThe ArQuives - https://arquives.ca/‘Temporal drag’ is a reference from Elizabeth Freeman’s Time Binds: Queer Temporalities, Queer Histories (Duke University Press, 2010)The Heart’s “Lesbian Separatism is Inevitable” - https://www.theheartradio.org/solos/2020/1/15/lesbian-separatism-is-inevitableNK (Nicole Kelly)Phoebe Unterstaceycopeland.comForbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives - https://www.nfb.ca/film/forbidden_love/Studio D – The women’s film studio founded in 1974 under the NFB (National Film Board of Canada)   Questions you should be able to respond to after listening:     How does Stacey define lavender sounds and why is the colour lavender connected to queerness, historically and politically?     What is soundwork? What is feminist soundwork?     Why is audibility important to consider, not just visibility?     What does Stacey mean when speaking about the everydayness of soundwork?     Why does radio hold radical potential?     How does sound relate to time in Stacey’s work?