Food 4 Thot

Save urself, bbs This week, we dive deep into politics, organizing, art, and activism. We’re joined by professional activist and boi-with-perfect-biceps Eliel Cruz. As writers, queer folks, and people of color (except Joe), our work is inherently connected to our bodies, and our bodies are, of course, political. But, at the same time, we all need freedom to make our work, even though it’s 2018 and...

We consider the difference between two of our favorite Tarot cards: The Hermit, who is alone by choice and on a deep, spiritual journal of self-discovery, and the Eight of Cups, a card of breakups, leaving love behind, losing what we thought we had (possibly without ever getting it back). Which isolations do we choose to fill up our resevoir and which isolations zap and sap our spirits? Baby gurl,...

For our next installment of Food 4 Thot, we shake things up a bit. We get tons of topics submitted for suggestion everyday from our fans, so this week, we take on five. First off — drag. Why is drag problematic and when can it be great? Then, HIV/AIDS — how does access to healthcare and human rights a problem for people living with the virus? How can you, if you don’t have HIV, work to destigmatiz...

Ciao bellx, For Food 4 Thot this week, we get into a thick and philosophical question about talent and hard work. When you navigate conversations about your own career, would you say you are talented, or would you say you are hard-working? Are these things in opposition to each other? Is one more important than the other? Do you need both, or if you’re a Kardashian/Jenner, do you need neither? Thi...

Qyeens, Boi, do we have a treat for you: this week, honorary podfather Alexander Chee is on Food 4 Thot. We talk about his new book and the art of how to tell your own story — whether it’s on Instagram, in your writing, or with your girlfriends over brunch. Who owns stories, and how do you navigate telling them? Is telling your own story cathartic? Does therapy make you a better storyteller? The m...

Sup, sluts. On this week’s episode of Food 4 Thot we are LIVE and in color at Buzzfeed HQ chatting about one of our favorite topics: cheating. Being loyal or open with your partner is a hot topic in queer relationships, but a lot of grey areas and miscommunication leave many discussion points open. When is cheating okay? (Or is it ever?) Is physical cheating better or worse than emotional cheating...

Hello little glow worms, Boy, do we have a juicy episode of Food 4 Thot for y’all. This week, the New York Times’ Jenna Wortham joins us in the studio for a thot-provoking little conversation about wellness and all its woes. How do we, as queer people, have to overcompensate for our self-care in the wake of trauma? To what extent is “self care” an excuse to be lazy, irresponsible, or a bad friend?...

Hey fashionist@s, On this week’s episode of Food 4 Thot, we discuss personal style. In the studio with us is writer and producer Jacob Tobia who’s been around the block before when it comes to those who judge you based on appearances. How do you define your sense of style? Do you dress gay? Can you even “dress gay?” Where does fashion end and style begin? The Thots dive in! In our new segment The...

Hey fam, On this week’s episode of Food 4 Thot, we’re talking about what makes a queer family and all its ties. Pulitzer Prize-winner Christopher Soto is in the haus, and we’ve got questions. Who is your queer family? How do you define it? What if you don’t have a queer family, and how do you find one? And we’re just getting started. Also in this episode, we play Bone, Block, Bench. Would you Bone...

This week, we talk all about gay voices, and what it means to have one. Our guest-ho this week is writer Jayson Smith who in addition to being a goddamn genius, is also low-key a singer. Did you get made fun of for your voice as a kid? Do you like it or hate it now? Relatedly, Whitney vs. Mariah — who was the most vocally talented? The Thots go in. Also this week! We discuss sexting, angsty teens,...

This week we talk about ~authenticity~ and how we as queer folk put on personas and masks from time to time. What’s your persona? Do you exaggerate your personality on social media? Is there even such thing as “natural” when it comes to queer composure? Tune in and find out. Also! The Thots talk about the first albums they ever bought (Phantom of the Opera, Lindsay Lohan, Destiny’s Child, oh my!)...

We’re going to Oprah voice Hollywooooooooooood. Just in time for the Oscars, we’re discussing…. Literally anything but the Oscars. The Academy will always disappoint us with mediocre guests and bad gay jokes and giving awards to cis people playing trans roles, so we are talking about our favorite queer films of yore. What are your favorite movies? What characters do you see yourself in, even when...

This week, we brought back our Official Thot Book Club with this season’s selection: André Aciman’s Call Me By Your Name. As is the case with most queers (for both the book and the movie) our opinions were divided. Was the conceit of this movie too white and wealthy? Was the sex a little lackluster? Should queer narratives be required to have sex in them? Did you feel yourself seen in Elio or Oliv...

This week we talked about breakups and everything that entails. How do y’all move on after you’re hurt? Do you have good relationships with your exes? After a breakup do you stand outside his house late at night while listening to Imogen Heap’s “Hide and Seek” over and over again before you cry yourself to sleep? No? Just us? Before dragging our exes for a solid 25 minutes, we dive deep into a ver...

It’s almost our favorite holiday, Discount Candy at Walgreens Day, and in honor of that, we’re talking all about love on today’s episode. We thots are all across the romantic spectrum: some of us don’t believe in life after love, some of us love to love you, baby, and the rest of us are all like “What is love?” (Baby, don’t hurt me). Wade into the murky waters with us, bbs. Also! We air out our di...

We’ve got a gutting episode this week, all about bodies (and the issues that ensure). When were you first aware of your body? Why do you love your body? Why do you not? We’re joined in the studio by writer Harron Walker who’s got a lot to say about what happens when people tell you what you can and can't do with your bodies. It's like, the opposite of a Janet Jackson song. ALSO, we play our favori...

We’re back after a short break with our most emotionally harrowing episode yet talking about one of the touchiest subjects ever: our careers. What happens when you conflate your identity with your career? What about when a boo-thing comes along and throws a wrench into your whole success trajectory? This week, the Thots cut deep into the topic of love vs. work. (Spoiler! The Thots disagree on pret...

It’s a beautiful day in the slay-borhood, and just before we go on a very short break, we’ve got a fat little episode to hold over you adoring thots. This week, we talk about mentors, father-figures, daddies, and zaddies. How do these archetypes enter our queer lives, and how do we differentiate between them all? Tune in as the thots navigate how they found their mentors, but also how sometimes it...

Guys, remember when "Will and Grace" was all we had? Remember how there's so little representation out there for us in the mainstream, that "Will and Grace" is like, still the only thing we point to when referencing gay entertainment? This week, the Thots delve into queer representation, and how the "Will and Grace Effect" has permeated our queer lives, for better or worse. Also joining us is spec...

New year, new us. JK, JK we’re staying exactly the same — and we’re cruising into 2018 with a very “us” episode. And can we just say — it might be our favorite from the season. We the Thots discuss “consent” which is more than a buzzword for all y’all’s think pieces, okurrr? What do we consent to when we walk into a gay bar? How do we as queer folk cultivate systems of sexual harassment and rape c...

Here’s a little XXX-mas special for you. For our holiday episode, we’re re-gifting you our most recent live show! Donning some gay apparel, we got into the heaux-liday spirit with a lil game of Thotty Mad Libs (it’s exactly what it sounds like) and the we share the stage with three queer rockstars, who each share a riveting, ridiculous, delirious, delectable Impure Thot — our recurring segment of...

Gentlethots, in this episode, we start a new segment where we talk about everything that made us cry this week (lol), for our Impure Thot, Joe shares a nightmarish cautionary tale involving a full bottle of poppers and his mom’s Subaru Forester. Our theme this week is “adulthood.” Unlike Roy Moore’s preferred sexual partners, we Thots have come of age. But what does growing up really mean, and whe...

Beloved thots, we're back. Our premiere episode is all kinds of mess, starting with a satiating game of Top Secret, wherein the thots decide whether or not their favorite cultural icons are tops. Then, we drop some wisdom on y’all with Certified Thot Life Hacks — Fran teaches you how to know if someones read your email, Tommy drops knowledge on how to get out of paying for a date, and Joe claims p...

THOTNOUNCEMENT! If you're in New York, we'll be hosting a *free* Season 2 launch party courtesy of Ace Hotel New York! Catch your RSVP with the banner on food4thotpodcast.com and our Facebook events. One more week til our season premiere, thots! Join us at Ace Hotel to celebrate in person, or join us digitally on our social media below: Live tweet the episode: twitter.com/food4thotpod Troll us on...

THOTNOUNCEMENT! If you're in New York, we'll be hosting a *free* Season 2 launch party courtesy of Ace Hotel New York! Catch your RSVP on our website and Facebook events. Anyway! We've got a *bonus* ep for you, and this week we’re joined by the almost-too-on-brand guest thot Joel Kim Booster and his very hot, sexy muscley brain. Fresh off his album release and Comedy Central special, he came to ta...