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Making Space for Joy and Silly Ass Comics: an Interview with Rose Dela Cruz Aug 20, 2021

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We're excited to finally interview Rose Dela Cruz, whose art ranges from doodles to comics to delicate watercolor paintings. As Portrait fans, we're lucky to have her fan art as part of the Portraitverse. Her imaginary scenes and character antics are funny and sweet and keep the POALOF fire burning. In the interview she shares the journal entry she wrote after she first watched Portrait, the weirdest job she's had, what inspired her to get into art in the first place, and more.

Episode transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cJGCJkzmY7wJSPpq7BJmfsOJZ31Jf4CJOZuhO_fMBns/edit?usp=sharing

Stuff we mentioned

Instagram: http://instagram.com/rosedelacruzart/

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rosedelacruzart

Website: http://rosedelacruzart.com

Noé in a bathtube: https://www.instagram.com/p/CBKIyoLpYN9/

"Beginning of the End": https://www.instagram.com/p/CFLvQQAJ0YP/

"A Piece that I Love": https://www.instagram.com/p/CH7A3vuJJYn/

Childhood trading card inspiration: https://www.rosedelacruzart.com/bio

The L Word: Generation Q - S1 Recap and S2 ✨Predictions!✨ Aug 06, 2021

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Want to catch up on the first season of The L Word: Generation Q *very* quickly before Season 2 starts?? We're gonna untangle ALL THE PLOTS from Season 1 and talk about what might happen in Season 2.

💎 Bette and Tina?

👯 Sophie and...Dani?

🚲 Finley?

💇🏻‍♀️ Shane and...??

📺 Alice and Nat...and Gigi?

🎨 Micah and Jose?

💕 Angie and Jordi!

Also ghosts.

Episode transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R2uNQDPqS8r1UPv_xmX9NHidT4FshiQmWsFwIu2848s/edit?usp=sharing

Nuns: Part 1 Jul 30, 2021

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Our resident historian Laura is back to answer some of your questions about nuns and #conventlife! Did women choose to go into convents? Were convents really places of female equality? Were women allowed out of the convent? In Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Héloïse says it's a life that has advantages. What were those "advantages" like? What else did they do for fun? WAS there fun?? OMG. SO MANY QUESTIONS.
Plus, a special convent-esque GAYSMR.

Episode transcript now available! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Zveb2mHa_KGH0andbjVyQJjxELJxXNtPrHl674geuBk/edit

Links from the show:

- Find Laura on Twitter: http://twitter.com/labhistorical

- Nuns: a History of Convent Life by Silvia Evangelisti: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/nuns-9780199532056

- She-Ra and the Princesses of Power: https://www.netflix.com/title/80179762

Mailbag 9: "Intimate in a Hole" Jul 16, 2021

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In this episode, we attempt to answer some listener questions about Portrait of a Lady on Fire!

Is the minimalism in costume and set design because it's mostly a memory?
Are Marianne and Héloïse's fathers both dead?
Is to be free to be alone?
Why do Héloïse and Marianne hide in the cave to kiss?

And a bonus question!

If you could only have one for the rest of your life - fries or chips? (Includes all varieties.)

✨Queer media recommendations✨

Ellen and toaster ovens: https://lezwatchtv.com/about/toaster/
Miley Cyrus covers Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqoQY9bobow
genera+ion: https://www.hbomax.com/series/urn:hbo:series:GYCb8twFvgMNNUAEAAAA1
The Bisexual: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-bisexual | https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/the-bisexual
Appropriate Behavior: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/appropriate-behavior
Hacks: https://www.instagram.com/hets_explain_yourselves/
Loki: https://www.marvel.com/tv-shows/loki/1
Dykes Camera Action!: https://www.dykescameraaction.com
The Tragedy of Heterosexuality by Jane Ward: https://nyupress.org/9781479851553/the-tragedy-of-heterosexuality/
Hets Explain Yourselves: https://www.instagram.com/hets_explain_yourselves
It’s About Damn Time by Arlan Hamilton: https://www.itsaboutdamntime.com

Bad Portrait Fan Art Interview! Jul 02, 2021

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One of the things we've loved most about Portrait of a Lady on Fire as a phenomenon has been the fan art, and some of the most delightful fan art has come from Teryn, a.k.a. @badportraitfanart who, in their own words, has "never liked visual arts" and yet has made over 100 artworks to date, 99 of which are scenes from Portrait and are now available as a book. On top of that, they've donated all of the profits from their sales to queer non-profits, including the most recent, Lavender Library. Listen to find out more about how Portrait has impacted their life and why they are not a hot dog.

Pieces mentioned

Drugs in armpit scene: https://www.instagram.com/p/CHIzRMfAjiO/
Gallery scene collab with c.nv.s: https://www.instagram.com/p/CIOb2MuAqe6/
Bernie Sanders in Marianne’s drawing class: https://www.instagram.com/p/CKWEe7AgO4w/
Marianne and Duolingo French on page 28: https://www.instagram.com/p/CGvSc1wA-rQ/

Current non-profit: Lavender Libraryhttps://www.lavenderlibrary.com

The Affair (The Glass House) & I Care A Lot with Valerie Complex Jun 18, 2021

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Our third co-host, Valerie Complex, joins us to talk about what went right and what went wrong with TWO movies this time: The Affair (also known as The Glass House) and I Care A Lot, both of which happen to be centered on yellow-haired women and brown-haired women who love each other and are either terrible people or have a mostly terrible existence. Enjoy!

Follow Valerie!

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ValerieComplex

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valerie_complex

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Instagram: http://instagram.com/sapphiccultureclub

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sapphicpodcast

Portrait in a Theater! Portrait in a Theater!! Jun 04, 2021

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We're back! And what better way to kick things off than (Laurel FINALLY) GETTING TO SEE PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE IN A THEATER? (No offense, Hulu, Apple, Criterion DVD, or Criterion Blu-ray.) Big thanks again to Baby for putting this screening together.

And a Sapphic bonus! Enjoy the first installment of our new segment, GAYSMR.

The book Baby mentioned: The Sea of Light (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/327634/the-sea-of-light-by-jenifer-levin/)

Welcome to Season 2 May 28, 2021

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Retourne-toi, everybody. It's getting gayer.

SEASON ONE FINALE! Women Who Love Women Really Love Women: the Future of Queer Media Mar 26, 2021

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For the last episode of the season, we asked for your ideas about what queer media should be now that we're living in a post-Portrait world, and, in true Portrait Nation style, you answered very thoughtfully and generously. So, here's nearly an hour's worth of things we want more of (as well as some things we'd like less of) and a bunch of FANTASTIC new story ideas. Thank you all very much for sharing these with us and, as always, thanks for listening. We'll be back soon! À bientôt!

LIVE: What We'd Change About Portrait, How Long We'll Do the Podcast, and More Mar 19, 2021

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A lightly edited audio version of our Mar. 13 livestream (Video: https://www.instagram.com/p/CMX9ojpoF5k/). This episode's topics: