“Queer Ecologies and Glitter” with Nicole Seymour

Listen up, glitterati, we have some eco-friendly scholarship coming your way: Prof Nicole Seymour (California State University, Fullerton) shares her thoughts on queer ecologies, trans ecologies, petrol masculinities, trashy environmentalism and, most importantly, glitter. In a sparkling synopsis of all things queer environmentalism, Nicole explains why the doom-and-gloom narrative of climate justice is so passé and encouragement and future-oriented thinking are on the rise. Nicole even shares her favourite ecowarrior drag queens. The future is… still pretty bleak! To make learning about positive change more fun, follow @nseymourPHD and @queerlitpodcast on Twitter. @queerlitpodcast is also on Instagram.Work by Nicole mentioned:Strange Natures: Futurity, Empathy, and the Queer Ecological ImaginationBad Environmentalism: Affect and Dissent in the Ecological Age @UMinnPressGlitter @BloomsburyAcadSeymour, Nicole. "’Good animals’: The past, present, and futures of trans ecology." Transecology. Routledge, 2020. 190-204.Other texts and people mentioned:Simon AmstellAdrienne Maree BrownEarth Overshoot DayPetrol culturesDaggett, Cara. "Petro-masculinity: Fossil fuels and authoritarian desire." Millennium 47.1 (2018): 25-44.Madeleine BavleyReich, Nicholas Tyler. "Truck Sluts, Petrosexual Countrysides, and Trashy Environmentalisms." Transgender Studies Quarterly 9.1 (2022): 65-83.Tom McCarthy’s Satin IslandThe Bearded Ladies Cabaret @beardedladiescabaret (Insta) @KnowYourBeards (Twitter)CAConrad @caconrad88The TrollsTimothy Morton“Queering Nothing” with Lee Edelman Bruce BagemihlCallum Angus’ A Natural History of TransitionOliver Baez Bendorf @oliverbaezbendorf (Insta) @queerpoetics (Twitter)“Drag and Panto” with Nick CherrymanPattie Gonia @pattiegoniaShiloh Krupar’s Hot Spotter’s ReportTammie Brown RuPaul’s Drag Race#plasticfreeprideCarson McCuller’s The Member of the Wedding and The Heart is a Lonely HunterJen Shapland’s My Autobiography of Carson McCullersMaria SulimmaQuestions you should be able to respond to after listening:1.What is queer ecology or what can it be? What is trans ecology?2.What are petrol cultures or petrol masculinities?3.How does drag relate to environmentalism?4.Nicole talks about modes to convey environmentalism. Which modes or narrative patterns do we discuss? Can you think of others?5.What does glitter mean to you?