Lena Mattheis
@lenamattheis.bsky.social
Lecturer in contemporary literature at Surrey University and host of the Queer Lit podcast. (they/she)
If you’re into fun facts about blood transfusions and half-human, half-snake main characters, this episode with the fabulous @bronteschiltz.bsky.social is for you.
October 29, 2025 at 8:32 AM
If you’re into fun facts about blood transfusions and half-human, half-snake main characters, this episode with the fabulous @bronteschiltz.bsky.social is for you.
Listen to Queer Lit for a little audio journey to Edinburgh's radical bookshop! @lighthousebks.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Listen to Queer Lit for a little audio journey to Edinburgh's radical bookshop! @lighthousebks.bsky.social
Can't wait to feature @saranahmed.bsky.social on Queer Lit again when this treasure comea out in September! 😃
August 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Can't wait to feature @saranahmed.bsky.social on Queer Lit again when this treasure comea out in September! 😃
Ava Kim on what literature and film can teach us about transitions. 🏳️⚧️
July 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Ava Kim on what literature and film can teach us about transitions. 🏳️⚧️
My essay on Nonbinary Narration is in exquisite company.
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
July 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
My essay on Nonbinary Narration is in exquisite company.
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
My podcast Queer Lit made the top three in Queer Literature podcasts! We are in very good company, too: our queer sibling podcast @thisqueerbook.com is number one.
www.millionpodcasts.com/queer-litera...
www.millionpodcasts.com/queer-litera...
July 4, 2025 at 6:30 AM
My podcast Queer Lit made the top three in Queer Literature podcasts! We are in very good company, too: our queer sibling podcast @thisqueerbook.com is number one.
www.millionpodcasts.com/queer-litera...
www.millionpodcasts.com/queer-litera...
If you like the current Queer Lit episode, you know what your summer read will be...
June 20, 2025 at 11:15 AM
If you like the current Queer Lit episode, you know what your summer read will be...
Come along on this deep dive into @alisonbechdel.bsky.social's new autofictional comic novel Spent. Whether you are a fan of cats, goats, wood chopping, reality TV or Virginia Woolf – this episode has something for every kind of anti-capitalist dyke.
June 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Come along on this deep dive into @alisonbechdel.bsky.social's new autofictional comic novel Spent. Whether you are a fan of cats, goats, wood chopping, reality TV or Virginia Woolf – this episode has something for every kind of anti-capitalist dyke.
Baby's first live podcast recording for Queer Lit was everything I could have hoped for and more. I am very grateful to the Out and Wild team for inviting me and to the fantastic poet Leilah King for being my conversation partner.
June 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Baby's first live podcast recording for Queer Lit was everything I could have hoped for and more. I am very grateful to the Out and Wild team for inviting me and to the fantastic poet Leilah King for being my conversation partner.
This Queer Lit episode is getting lots of love from listeners because @perryzurn.bsky.social is amazing and his work on trans life at the edges of the university is absolutely fascinating. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
June 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This Queer Lit episode is getting lots of love from listeners because @perryzurn.bsky.social is amazing and his work on trans life at the edges of the university is absolutely fascinating. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Don't delay, listen today! open.spotify.com/episode/59Vi...
June 6, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Don't delay, listen today! open.spotify.com/episode/59Vi...
What does queerness have to do with AI? And how might machine learning affect the lives of LGBTQIA+ people? Listen now to find out. open.spotify.com/episode/28yI...
April 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
What does queerness have to do with AI? And how might machine learning affect the lives of LGBTQIA+ people? Listen now to find out. open.spotify.com/episode/28yI...
Whoops! I forgot to post about my next ListenQueer event (in collaboration with the amazing @queerbritain.bsky.social ) and now the tickets are already gone. 😬 I'm sure we can make a waitlist happen though and I'm so excited so many people are coming!
March 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Whoops! I forgot to post about my next ListenQueer event (in collaboration with the amazing @queerbritain.bsky.social ) and now the tickets are already gone. 😬 I'm sure we can make a waitlist happen though and I'm so excited so many people are coming!
No time like the present to talk about inclusive language with a very awesome linguist! open.spotify.com/episode/3Uhw...
March 19, 2025 at 5:26 AM
No time like the present to talk about inclusive language with a very awesome linguist! open.spotify.com/episode/3Uhw...
A new queer space special! Qtopia is a space for queer storytelling, performance, art and history -- and one of its galleries is a century-old art deco toilet.
open.spotify.com/episode/7sDP...
open.spotify.com/episode/7sDP...
March 6, 2025 at 6:07 AM
A new queer space special! Qtopia is a space for queer storytelling, performance, art and history -- and one of its galleries is a century-old art deco toilet.
open.spotify.com/episode/7sDP...
open.spotify.com/episode/7sDP...
Taking my pretty, pretty queer history app out for a spin tomorrow. Join me for a stroll through Guildford's LGBTQIA+ history on 26 February, 3:30pm. Meet in front of the White House pub, no registration required.
February 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Taking my pretty, pretty queer history app out for a spin tomorrow. Join me for a stroll through Guildford's LGBTQIA+ history on 26 February, 3:30pm. Meet in front of the White House pub, no registration required.
Don't delay, listen today! The lesbian gaze waits for no man.
open.spotify.com/episode/3HXJ... (Queer Lit episode with @lsiddons.bsky.social about this gorgeous, gorgeous book.)
open.spotify.com/episode/3HXJ... (Queer Lit episode with @lsiddons.bsky.social about this gorgeous, gorgeous book.)
February 25, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Don't delay, listen today! The lesbian gaze waits for no man.
open.spotify.com/episode/3HXJ... (Queer Lit episode with @lsiddons.bsky.social about this gorgeous, gorgeous book.)
open.spotify.com/episode/3HXJ... (Queer Lit episode with @lsiddons.bsky.social about this gorgeous, gorgeous book.)
New Queer Lit episode! Listen to the brilliant @lsiddons.bsky.social speak about Laura Gilpin, The Enduring Navaho, and the lesbian gaze. open.spotify.com/episode/3HXJ...
February 18, 2025 at 7:10 AM
New Queer Lit episode! Listen to the brilliant @lsiddons.bsky.social speak about Laura Gilpin, The Enduring Navaho, and the lesbian gaze. open.spotify.com/episode/3HXJ...
@dianewatt.bsky.social on my screen being brilliant, live at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social.
February 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
@dianewatt.bsky.social on my screen being brilliant, live at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social.
The current Queer Lit episode is all about Marquis Bey's impactful book Black Trans Feminism.
February 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The current Queer Lit episode is all about Marquis Bey's impactful book Black Trans Feminism.
Queer Time Travel in Guildford on 26 February! Please come join me for this lovely cooperation between SAHCI (U of Surrey), the Surrey History Centre, the Town Guides, GAGS, and many other local experts. stories.surrey.ac.uk/lgbt-history...
February 7, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Queer Time Travel in Guildford on 26 February! Please come join me for this lovely cooperation between SAHCI (U of Surrey), the Surrey History Centre, the Town Guides, GAGS, and many other local experts. stories.surrey.ac.uk/lgbt-history...
Do we perhaps deserve the impossible? This is only one of the many beautiful questions Marquis Bey asks in this poem of an episode. Marquis is an exquisite thinker who joins me to speak about the incredible book Black Trans Feminism and share thoughts about why such a feminism is for everyone.
February 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Do we perhaps deserve the impossible? This is only one of the many beautiful questions Marquis Bey asks in this poem of an episode. Marquis is an exquisite thinker who joins me to speak about the incredible book Black Trans Feminism and share thoughts about why such a feminism is for everyone.
In the current Queer Lit episode, @alexbrostoff.bsky.social shares some autotheory favourites. This one is mine. Which one is yours?
www.spreaker.com/episode/auto...
www.spreaker.com/episode/auto...
January 24, 2025 at 9:10 AM
In the current Queer Lit episode, @alexbrostoff.bsky.social shares some autotheory favourites. This one is mine. Which one is yours?
www.spreaker.com/episode/auto...
www.spreaker.com/episode/auto...
New Queer Lit episode with @alexbrostoff.bsky.social! Listen now to find out why autotheories are super queer and which formative texts Alex recommends...
www.spreaker.com/episode/auto...
www.spreaker.com/episode/auto...
January 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
New Queer Lit episode with @alexbrostoff.bsky.social! Listen now to find out why autotheories are super queer and which formative texts Alex recommends...
www.spreaker.com/episode/auto...
www.spreaker.com/episode/auto...
I absolutely loved making this episode. If you like queer joy and panache, you might like it too.
www.spreaker.com/episode/cyra...
January 17, 2025 at 6:22 AM
I absolutely loved making this episode. If you like queer joy and panache, you might like it too.
www.spreaker.com/episode/cyra...