Queer Lodgings: A Tolkien Podcast

Alicia & Tim share their experiences from their first time attending 'A Long-Expected Party' at the Pleasant Hill Shaker Village in Kentucky with Grace and Leah, and recount how they were pleasantly surprised to find it to be quite a Queer event! Then we check our mailbox for the first edition of the 'Shire Quick Post', to discuss some recent happenings in the world of Tolkien - some troubling...

In our first 'Queer Readings' episode, Leah, Grace, and Alicia dive deep into one of the most complex characters that Tolkien could never quite make up his mind about: Galadriel, Lady of Lothlórien. We dig deep into the lore to uncover the queer identity and relationships of the mightiest and fairest Elf in the Third Age, and get nerdy about language and gender roles.

Grace hosts our 'official' first episodes with Alicia, Leah, and Tim, as they properly introduce themselves to the audience. Everyone recounts their history with Tolkien's legendarium, and shares personal experiences and interactions with Tolkien fandom & scholarship. We wrap up with a summary of why 'Queer Lodgings' exists, some of our goals for the podcast, and tease some future episode topi...

In this 'proto-episode' (Harfoot episode, if you will) of Queer Lodgings , Alicia, Grace, Leah, and Tim vent their spleens about the common social media complaints that have run rampant regarding the upcoming 'Rings of Power' streaming series. They then proceed to systematically refute these complaints with textual evidence from Tolkien and other sources, and demonstrate that they are largely sill...