Matt Baume 🏳️🌈
@mattbaume.bsky.social
Writer, YouTuber, small mammal. I tell fun stories about pop culture history. He/him.
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> Podcast: sewersofparis.com
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> Videos: youtube.com/mattbaume
> Bonus videos: patreon.com/mattbaume
> Book: gaysitcoms.com
> Podcast: sewersofparis.com
> Hedgehog: 🦔
This is such a better way to indicate an owl than the word "owl"
Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
February 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM
This is such a better way to indicate an owl than the word "owl"
Happy 30th birthday to the episode of Murder She Wrote in which the cast of Friends murder each other but not as thoroughly as Angela Lansbury murders the premise of their show
February 8, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Happy 30th birthday to the episode of Murder She Wrote in which the cast of Friends murder each other but not as thoroughly as Angela Lansbury murders the premise of their show
Whomst will murder whomst in the dramatic conclusion of STRANGERS ON A TRAIN???? We're watching Hitchcock's gay little romp on this week's livestream, going live now! twitch.tv/mattbaume
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February 8, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Whomst will murder whomst in the dramatic conclusion of STRANGERS ON A TRAIN???? We're watching Hitchcock's gay little romp on this week's livestream, going live now! twitch.tv/mattbaume
When Milo sits he looks like a tribble with a dog face
February 7, 2026 at 11:39 PM
When Milo sits he looks like a tribble with a dog face
On this week's Sewers of Paris, I'm chatting with Fallout creator Tim Cain about designing the end of the world... and also the moment he realized he needed to emerge from his own personal bunker. Episode available now: www.mattbaume.com/sewers-shown...
February 7, 2026 at 4:45 PM
On this week's Sewers of Paris, I'm chatting with Fallout creator Tim Cain about designing the end of the world... and also the moment he realized he needed to emerge from his own personal bunker. Episode available now: www.mattbaume.com/sewers-shown...
Lulu can’t believe this is happening
February 6, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Lulu can’t believe this is happening
Might be a bit of a wait for this one
February 2, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Might be a bit of a wait for this one
May you experience joy similar to Lulu’s whenever she has caused a little mischief
February 2, 2026 at 2:05 AM
May you experience joy similar to Lulu’s whenever she has caused a little mischief
Enjoy a gay little murder this afternoon with Hitchcock's STRANGERS ON A TRAIN! We're watching the version discovered in an archive in 1991, which contains EVEN MORE homoerotic undertones than they were allowed to show in the United States. Going live now! twitch.tv/mattbaume
February 1, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Enjoy a gay little murder this afternoon with Hitchcock's STRANGERS ON A TRAIN! We're watching the version discovered in an archive in 1991, which contains EVEN MORE homoerotic undertones than they were allowed to show in the United States. Going live now! twitch.tv/mattbaume
Tonight’s a perfect night to fall asleep reading a particularly erotic passage in your grandmother’s journal
January 31, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Tonight’s a perfect night to fall asleep reading a particularly erotic passage in your grandmother’s journal
Recently decided to read Once and Future King, the book that Disney's The Sword in the Stone is based on, and I was NOT PREPARED for the author's opinions of the Irish
I guess it's good that Walt's ghost didn't have Merlin expressing uhhhhh this sentiment
I guess it's good that Walt's ghost didn't have Merlin expressing uhhhhh this sentiment
January 31, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Recently decided to read Once and Future King, the book that Disney's The Sword in the Stone is based on, and I was NOT PREPARED for the author's opinions of the Irish
I guess it's good that Walt's ghost didn't have Merlin expressing uhhhhh this sentiment
I guess it's good that Walt's ghost didn't have Merlin expressing uhhhhh this sentiment
For God's sake someone help him
January 31, 2026 at 6:21 AM
For God's sake someone help him
GOD what is WRONG with these people, how many times do you have to get kicked in the head by a donkey to think that the campaign of terror just needs a couple weeks of reforms
January 31, 2026 at 1:12 AM
GOD what is WRONG with these people, how many times do you have to get kicked in the head by a donkey to think that the campaign of terror just needs a couple weeks of reforms
When someone says “let me just slip into something a little more comfortable” this is how I want them to come out
January 30, 2026 at 7:44 AM
When someone says “let me just slip into something a little more comfortable” this is how I want them to come out
Irene is doing a lip-sync DUET with a singing dragon on her shoulder
January 30, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Irene is doing a lip-sync DUET with a singing dragon on her shoulder
Everywhere I look there’s reminders I need to finish watching the Canadian gay hockey show
January 30, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Everywhere I look there’s reminders I need to finish watching the Canadian gay hockey show
Another pleasant hangout with the local llamadog
January 30, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Another pleasant hangout with the local llamadog
Extremely normal-shaped humans in this crowd scene
January 29, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Extremely normal-shaped humans in this crowd scene
My guest on Sewers of Paris this week is Julian Cyr, a high school chorus kid who got so mad when his town tried to defund the school's arts program he eventually ran for office, won, and did such a good job his district has been re-electing him for the last decade. sewersofparis.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:32 PM
My guest on Sewers of Paris this week is Julian Cyr, a high school chorus kid who got so mad when his town tried to defund the school's arts program he eventually ran for office, won, and did such a good job his district has been re-electing him for the last decade. sewersofparis.com
Love the new Aronofsky scene where the colonist takes off his hat to cheer, revealing that underneath it was a second and somehow larger hat
Masterful artsistic choice
Masterful artsistic choice
January 29, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Love the new Aronofsky scene where the colonist takes off his hat to cheer, revealing that underneath it was a second and somehow larger hat
Masterful artsistic choice
Masterful artsistic choice
Imagine getting passed on your bike by someone and when you turn to look at them it's Angela Lansbury and Sally Struthers looking at you like this
January 29, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Imagine getting passed on your bike by someone and when you turn to look at them it's Angela Lansbury and Sally Struthers looking at you like this
Two old men saying hello from the park
January 29, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Two old men saying hello from the park
I feel this headline could’ve been written more clearly
January 29, 2026 at 12:05 AM
I feel this headline could’ve been written more clearly
What’s good on TV in 1970? I popped by this delightful podcast to talk about the good, bad, and weird TV listings of the week and an oddly gay-without-saying-it article about the new husband on Bewitched!
This week on TV Guidance Counselor I welcome one of the smartest, most insightful fellow TV fanatics there is, author of "Hi Honey I'm Homo: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture", the great @mattbaume.bsky.social to discuss all things gay and bewitching
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January 28, 2026 at 6:42 PM
What’s good on TV in 1970? I popped by this delightful podcast to talk about the good, bad, and weird TV listings of the week and an oddly gay-without-saying-it article about the new husband on Bewitched!