Queers at the End of the World

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind—Hayao Miyazaki's classic environmental epic—is the topic this time around, and Nat and Nina are joined by Ellie Yanigasawa, the artist behind the Queers at the End of the World logo! We discuss the 1984 Nausicaä film as well as the seven volume manga, uncovering the complexities of human-nature relationships in a contaminated world rich in fungi and fraught with...

Welcome to the Apocalibrary! In this Queers at the End of the World Presents, Nina takes us through some recommendations of exciting dystopian fiction that's either authored by queer, trans or two spirit indigenous authors, or includes queer, trans, and two spirit representation. A full book list is on our website . Happy reading!

Nat and Nina discuss Moon of the Crusted Snow, a 2018 novel set in a far northern Anishinaabe community just after an apocalypse. This time we get to talk with the author, Waubgeshig Rice himself, about monsters, masculinity, and surviving beyond apocalypse. To support folks fighting that Wendigo Infrastructure right now, check out Stop Line Three at https://www.stopline3.org/#intro and Honor the...

Poet, librarian and educator, Alison Rollins talks with Nat and Nina about survival of many kinds, including wilderness time travel, archives, and letting the birds come to you. Find Alison's book Library of Small Catastrophes with Copper Canyon Press, and find another great interview with Alison and fellow queer survivalist Latria Graham at the Poetry Podcast . Also! You can now support Queers At...

Our first QatEotW Presents! Join us for a snippet of our interview on queer camps and the history of camping with Juniper Lewis, then check out their article: Queer Camping, Then and Now . For more on camping and whiteness, Juniper recommends Black Faces, White Spaces by Carolyn Finney . Also! Also! Queers at the End of the World has a Patreon where we're putting great new content—like the rest of...

Real Boys go in the real woods and things get real weird. Nat and Nina discuss the nonfiction book Into the Wild, toxic masculinity, the siege at the Capitol, and the ascension of Britney Spears. Oh and now you can support us on Patreon and Anchor! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/QueersattheEndoftheWorld?fan_landing=true Anchor: https://anchor.fm/queerworlds/support

Hatchet and My Side of the Mountain are two classics of YA survivalist fiction. Nat and Nina talk about freedom, masculinity, and the gamification of survival in the context of the post-apocalyptic landscape of colonized America. While you're listening today, check out the NDN Collective, supporting landback campaigns and movements for indigenous rights across the U.S., here and at @ndncollective...

Professor TreaAndrea Russworm talks to Nat and Nina about dystopian games, utopian visions, and whether The Last of Us Two lives up to our queer communal dreams. Spoiler (the first of many): it does not.

The Last of Us changed the apocalypse playbook with its gay main character and won the hearts of a thousand queer gamers. In part one of our second episode, Nat and Nina consider whether everything else about this game is as straight as a shiv made from a broken protractor and a roll of lace tape.

Nat and Nina interview queer disaster prep expert Kalaya’an Mendoza about community, consent, fearing the worst and planning for the world we want to create.

Nat and Nina discuss Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower, Y2K Prepping, and our own histories with apocalypse. What does it take to be a shaper of change?