Referential

Tangent #15 Josie and the Pussycats (Crossover) I’m joined on this episode by hosts of the Queer Cinema Catch Up Podcast Allison and Joe ! We get into 2001’s Josie and the Pussycats , directed by Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan and starring Rachel Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, Rosario Dawson, Alan Cumming, Missy Pyle and Parker Posey. The film was a commercial and critical failure that turned into a cult...

(Preserving Pride Part 1) Trying something a little different and introducing a new format... I started working on this after being advised to stay in doors because the streets we’d marched on were now being threatened by rioters who feel anyone Brown, Black or different doesn’t belong.  Trans Pride Brighton was the first Trans Pride event outside of the United States. It is also one of the larges...

Video episode 3 Back to regular programming! [Part 1 of a series.] Have you ever heard the term 'digital blackface'? The Real Housewives franchise has spawned a million gifs and opinions; all asking if this is how 'we'' should be represented- and what these shows mean for the community. For our third main episode we decided to examine that statement through a discussion about B...

Video Episode 2 Beyonce’s Renaissance is over, now we’ve entered the Age of Enlightenment. Welcome to the rodeo? Yeehaw! I’m joined by Antonia Jade King (poet, writer, and soon to be Dr. AJ writing her thesis about the cultural and historical significance of the Fresh Prince of Bel Air) after watching the Renaissance film for a discussion on Beyoncé and the cultural conversations we’ve been having...

Video episode 1 I'm joined by Ash Alleyne for a discussion about the state of Black representation in superhero, fantasy and science fiction media. + Find out how we also fit the following in: Black Telepaths or the lack of them in comics Reading against the grain Storm & Marvel & The X-Men Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom Uhura & Star Trek Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Insecure Queen...

Here's what you can expect! Referential  is hosted by Dr. Khaliden Nas to have serious conversations about frivolous topics! Each episode takes you on an academically informed deep dive into pop culture and media that never skips out on a stupid joke. Subscribe & join Dr. Khaliden Nas (and the occasional guest!) as we dive into conversations about identity, representation, Blackness, queer...