Queer Lodgings: A Tolkien Podcast

Queer Anthology Interview: Robin Reid, Chris Vaccaro, Steven Yandell - Queer Lodgings: A Tolkien Podcast We discuss the landscape of Queer and Intersectional Tolkien studies and what these important and fresh outlooks can contribute to Tolkien scholarship.

Here's our episode from a couple of years ago where we spoke to the editors about this volume, when it was "in progress."

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Queer Approaches to Tolkien: Essays on the Many Paths to Middle-earth Publication date: November 28, 2025!

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!!

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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.

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And you can even hear Janet encourage Alicia to embark on her highly-anticipated rant on the "Watcher" creature and the cultural history of Japanese tentacle "art."

We discuss Janet's approach to encourage lore accuracy and consistency in the film's script, and how she pursued questions like "Could glasses and spyglasses reasonably exist in Middle-earth?". We also explore queer readings of the film', especially Sapphic and ace/aro readings.

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.

And be sure to check out some of the other great presentations about women and gender in the works of Tolkien and other Mythopoeic media too!

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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.

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*please pretend we spelled "Chose" correctly above. 😅

(Plus Producer Tim is on the organizing committee, and will be hosting a participatory "Mystery Science Theater 3000"-style film viewing on Sunday)

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!

We can definitely second Mercury's work on queer Sauron! Top notch! That's why we had them and @cameronbourquein.bsky.social on the podcast a while back to talk about queer Sauron shipping/Silvergifting.

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.

Galaxy brain meme: "Aldarion was a jerk to his wife." "Aldarion was Ace/Aro and didn't know what to do with it." "Boatfucker Aldarion" "Aldarion definitely had some issues he was working through, but that's no excuse for him being an epic cockbag to Erendis."

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 🌈

Some are new Birches, and others are Lodgers we've been lauding since we started the podcast. But good things are coming soon to distract from.... All This.

Image of a burning McDonald's sign with text that reads "The beacon is lit, America calls for aid".

... 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!

Thank you for the offer! Let's chat about it. Do you mind if our producer (@fiduch.bsky.social) sends you a DM?

Cheers for the shout-out Luke! We do plan to have some POC guests on the podcast to share their perspectives on and readings of Tolkien in the future. We've got a few in mind already!

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