Just found your podcast and loved the episode on ancient myths! Medusa has always fascinated me with her monstrous femininity.

I think you’d love my new show exploring sci-fi through queer eyes. Tomorrow’s episode includes a queer reading of Alien (1979), and I'd love to hear your thoughts! x

What do you think???

Look out for more on this and other details of Alien in tomorrow's episode, launching at 6pm GMT on Spotify and YouTube.

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5. Alienness is presented as queerness - alien biology and technology are strange, other, and threatening, all representations of cishet anxieties towards queerness.

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4. The ship subverts "motherhood" - both safe, warm and womb-like, and cold, industrial and dingy. And it exists not to protect its human cargo, but the alien it seeks.

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3. Ash is coded as a gay man. His hidden identity, lack of agency and sexual violence towards Ripley are key reasons. And we won't talk about the waxy white stuff except to say that there couldn't be a more obvious signal if you tried!🫢

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2. Ripley presents as both masc & femme - she wields flamethrowers, fights a male Android, but also shows off her body in skimpy underwear and cuddles a cat. Aww.

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1. The Xenomorph is male AND female - in its biology and appearance. Check out these examples and tell me I'm wrong...

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