We're super excited to share that "Queer Approaches to Tolkien" will be available in paperback on Nov 28th (less than 2 weeks from now!), and in digital format a few weeks afterwards. We can't wait to check this out!! robinareid.substack.com/p/queer-appr...

Great quotes here from Janet Croft, our most recent podcast guest, as well as past guest Robin Reid. In short, get fucked, fascists. Tolkien doesn't belong to you, and he sure as fuck wouldn't be advocating for ICE's gestapo tactics. www.removepaywall.com/search?url=h...

New episode alert! zencastr.com/z/_gLEDrCs We have a special treat with you this episode... a discussion about "The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim" with the film's credited "Tolkien Expert" (and a Lodger herself), Janet Brennan Croft!

If any Lodgers or Birches are at Dragon Con this weekend, you can see Alicia at any of these panels! Alicia and Producer Tim may just have Nazgul-inspired badge ribbons for you.

The recording of our presentation at the recent @mythsoc.bsky.social online seminar "More Perilous and Fair" is now available! All about reading Eowyn, Galadriel, and Luthien as genderqueer. dc.swosu.edu/oms/oms4/sch...

Join us Lodgers and Birches! The Queer Lodgings co-hosts will be presenting a paper titled "She Chsoe Her Fate: The Genderqueer Women of Tolkien and Freedom Beyond the Patriarchal Binary" on Saturday. #Tolkien #QueerStudies #TolkienStudies #LotR #TheSilmarillion

Thanks for the shoutout Mercury! ♥️🏳️‍🌈 And Happy Pride!

Thanks for the shoutout TJ!

Lodgers and Birches: There's a Shakespeare adaptation happening that's made just for us! 😅🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Seriously, what a bunch of absolute champions.

Merci Bladorthin de nous avoir mentionné dans votre fil de discussion Tolkien Trewsday à propos d'Eowyn et des « Maisons de guérison » !

New episode alert: buff.ly/uSF6KkI We're back with special guest Willie Jenkins, aka @knewbettadobetta.bsky.social ‬! We discuss his background as a Tolkien fan, strategies for dealing with trolls, positive experiences with diverse Tolkien creators, and the "Voices of Arda" podcast.

I feel like @stef.athrabeth.com needs to see this meme after her @westmoot.org presentation. I dare not share it in the Tolkien Society Discord server. 😅 (inspired by the @queerlodgings.bsky.social episode with @roryq.bsky.social and Stuart) Aldarion is also my fave Middle-earth punching bag.

Producer Tim is at @westmoot.org this weekend, and I'd love to meet some new Lodgers and Birches! Please introduce yourselves! #Westmoot25

Happy International Asexuality day to all our acespec Lodgers! We'd like to celebrate you and our two favorite Hobbit perpetual bachelors 💜 Also, if you're new to us, we did an ace/aro readings episode with the lovely Rory and Stuart if you'd like to check it out: queerlodgings.com/episodes/ace...

Happy International Asexuality day to all our acespec Lodgers! We'd like to celebrate you and our two favorite Hobbit perpetual bachelors 💜 Also, if you're new to us, we did an ace/aro readings episode with the lovely Rory and Stuart if you'd like to check it out: queerlodgings.com/episodes/ace...

Happy Trans Day of Visibility to all of our trans and NB Lodgers & Birches! We know how scary the world can be for you right now, especially in the US where your very existence is under regular threat. Know that trans icon Dernhelm sees you, is proud of you, and has your back. And so do we. 🏳️‍⚧️ ✊

Hello Lodgers & Birches! It's already Tolkien Reading Day in some parts of the world and we're celebrating by soft launching our discord server for our social media followers! We'll be making an official announcement in our next episode, but you can join us now at :https://discord.gg/4cNVdCkQ 🌈

... And Queer Lodgings will answer! We took a bit of a break because... well... *gestures broadly at everything* But we just had a planning session for our next few episodes, which should include some great guests!

Check out Leah's guest spot on this episode!

There are also @queerlodgings.bsky.social and @bythebywater.bsky.social which are definitely more white but have representation that is not just straight and male

Listeners will have heard us reference this paper by Rawls on multiple past episodes. Definitely one of the most important and influential early works on gender in Tolkien.

Great opportunity here to submit on some progressive topics in Tolkien - disability, ecology, environmental justice, embodiment/trans readings... So many possibilities!

Whenever I see someone complaining about "identity politics" being applied to Tolkien I just have to laugh because I'm just like--so we agree, we should be considering Tolkien within the queer historical contexts of the early 20th century prior to our rigid binarism of straight/gay identity.

To our trans and enby fans: we see & stand with you during what is going to be a trying 4 years. As the US slides into naked oligarchy & fascism, we encourage you to be politically active on the local level when safe. We commit to being vocally queer & fostering a safe space within this fandom. 🌈

Some absolutely wonderful papers in these open-access conference proceedings, including my own paper on 'Our Flag Means Death'. Congratulations in particular to @queerlodgings.bsky.social for organising this great event. dc.swosu.edu/mythpro/

Thanks to the awesome folks from Queer Lodgings for making this possible! If you are trying to expand your Tolkien knowledge and fandom, go check the conference proceedings and subscribe to Queer Lodgings!

We're excited to share that the Proceedings of the @mythsoc.bsky.social 'Something Mighty Queer' seminar that we chaired last year have now been published! We're honored to be the first Mythopoeic Society event to have published proceedings, and they're open access. dc.swosu.edu/mythpro/

Nominations are now open for the #Tolkien Society Awards 2025! Please submit your nominations in any of the 4 categories: Best Article, Best Artwork, Best Book, and Best Online Content. We will then draw up a shortlist for members to pick the winners. www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/01/nomi...

People took all the wrong lessons from Tolkien (fantasy race determinism, long-prophesied return of the king, lore coming out your ears) and none of the right ones (subversive heroes who succeed through failure, overwhelming grief at the passing of an enchanted world).

Check out this great queer-focused CFP and online event! CFP deadline is Jan 6th, so there's still over a week to submit.

A joyous and peaceful whatever-you-celebrate, Lodgers and Birches!

I have amazing friends who do important and funny and awesome work with this podcast. Could not recommend more, go listen!

Oh, and btw... You're all either a "Lodger" or "Birch" now. Make your choice. 😅🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Welcome new followers/Twitter refugees! We're thrilled to have you here after we were graciously included in a couple of JRRT "Starter Packs". Just to reintroduce ourselves, Queer Lodgings is a Tolkien podcast with 3 Queer co-hosts - Alicia, Leah, and Grace. 🧵

New episode alert! https://buff.ly/3Z8fd75 We are so excited to bring you this interview with actor Adam Brown - Ori the dwarf- as part of our series on Tolkien adaptations! Adam graciously joined to discuss his experiences as a gay man in the production of the Hobbit movies.

New episode alert! Tolkien Adaptations Part 1: The Rare, Weird, and Wonderful (yes, another series begins): https://buff.ly/4fo2NNJ We discuss some of the lesser-known adaptations of Tolkien's works of every kind —foreign TV to stage shows, radio plays, video games, and more.

It’s happened: ya girl Leah has been published in Mythlore! 🤯🤯🤯 Look for the note, co-authored with friend of the pod Clare Moore, in the now live issue, and look for me deceased for appearing in a TOC just before Verlyn Fucking Flieger’s 💀💀💀 dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol...

We're going just a little off script for this #TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday (but just a little! it's translation adjacent 😅) with the teaser no one wanted for our next episode. Guesses as to what we're covering?

Today’s #TolkienTrewsday theme is “Oxford” — a place and setting that’s important for gaining insight to the context of much of Tolkien’s work. There are a lot of different Oxfords in fictional universes ... throughout history and across class perspectives. (1/17)

Alicia is on this episode of DragonCon.TV, talking about the podcast, Tolkien panels at #DragonCon2024, and the importance of platforming marginalized voices in Tolkien scholarship and fandom. (she's the second guest, after Jarvis Hammer) www.youtube.com/live/I1Tw-jE...

Omg, FINALLY!!! 😭💙

Heads up Lodgers! If any of y'all will be at Dragon Con in Atlanta this weekend, Alicia will be a panelist on the 4 panels listed below (and Tim will be in the room for all of them as well). We'd love to meet some listeners, so come by and say "Namárië"!

New episode alert! buff.ly/47b3AyJ The final part of our 'Queer Readings' trilogy on Eowyn and Faramir. Join Alicia, Grace, and Leah as they pontificate over how Eowyn's gender queerness and Faramir's soft masculinity combine to form the Queer Relationship Voltron of "Bi Wife Energy".

While we finish up editing part 3 of our Eowyn/Faramir series, have some pictures of a pseudo-QL reunion from Mythcon 53 last weekend! Leah was attending remotely, so we put her up on the screen and tried to get her to pose. This was the result. 😅

New Episode! buff.ly/3S78tCj It's Part 2 of Eowyn/Faramir. Today we cover Tolkien's 'author insert' character, Faramir, his gender presentation, and how his softer, non-toxic masculinity compares to his father and brother. Where does Faramir fall on the gender spectrum?

New ep alert! buff.ly/3zofnwJ We return for Pride Month with our long-awaited series on Eowyn & Faramir! Part 1 gives overall framing then focuses on Eowyn's gender identity & presentation, and how she fits into the Riddermark's gender roles. 🎨 buff.ly/3VBGKL6

Queer Lodgings is on YouTube! We've uploaded all our episodes to YouTube/YouTube Music, since Google Podcasts is getting shut down soon. So if you subscribe to podcasts using YouTube, you can now add us to your list. 😀 youtube.com/playlist?lis...

The sad reality about parents, when it come to queer folks, is that… a lot of us face rejection from our parents and loved ones—research puts it at 39%. 🧵 #TolkienTrewsday (parents) glaad.org/importance-o...

Bumping this for Pride month! If you or any #Tolkien scholars you know might be interested in this, get in touch on [email protected] 😁

Happy Pride, Birches! Never forget - the first Pride was a riot.