“Queering Desire” with Róisín Ryan-Flood and Amy Tooth Murphy

Femme theory, bisexual butches, racy footnotes – the brand-new edited collection Queering Desire has it all. The brilliant editors, Róisín Ryan-Flood and Amy Tooth Murphy, join me for a chat about  what the book means to them and how challenging and rewarding interdisciplinary research on lesbians and sapphics can be. They dive into the multi-faceted contributions and how they matter to queer culture today and also generously share their personal experience in collecting the many gems that make up Queering Desire. Follow @roisinryanflood and @queerlitpodcast on Instagram to learn more!References:Holding Hands: Experiences of shame, pride and protest among LGBT relationship partnersCentre for Intimate and Sexual Citizenshiphttps://www.essex.ac.uk/centres-and-institutes/intimate-and-sexual-citizenshipNotchesEsther NewtonSally MuntAnne ListerLes FeinbergBillie EilishCharli XCXEleanor MedhurstSarah Joy FordSusan StrykerRosalind GillKimberley MatherMie Astrup JensenEl. Reid-BuckleyPhoebe Kisubi MbasalakiLiz MillwardMarie Lou DuretPrudence Bussey-Chamberlain #Ken PlummerAgnesElla Ben HagaiDominique Adams-SantosSkala EressosSapphoSadie LeeLibro Levi Bridgeman’s The Butch MonologuesJack Halberstam’s Female MasculinitiesLadies of LlangollenJosé Esteban MuñozK. Allison HammerGay’s The WordEsther Newton’s My Butch CareerBoots of Leather, Slippers of GoldPatricia Highsmith’s Carol (The Price of Salt)The Talented Mr RipleyAndrew Scott AlfredHitchcock Strangers on a TrainLillian Faderman’s Surpassing the Love of MenGrace Ellis’ Flung out of Space  Questions you should be able to respond to after listening:     The editors speak a lot about interdisciplinarity and their respective backgrounds in the humanities and in sociology. Which challenges and benefits of working across disciplines do they mention? Can you think of others?     Another important thread is queerness across different generations. How do you experience queer kinship across generations? What do you think the term ‘queer lineage’ might mean?     What might femme theory be? Please look up the term and see what you find.     What do the editors say about online and physical queer space?     Which essay of Queering Desire are you going to read first and why?