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Tender SubjectTender Subject034-Ginger Snaps with Mae and Addison Peacock!Out by 16 or dead in the scene but together forever! This week we are joined by writer/performer Addison Peacock to talk about Ginger Snaps! Topics include: being a weird girl, fashion before the internet, becoming a monster and sisterly incest!  Media referenced:  The Monstrous Feminine by Barbara Creed ”Out by 16: Queer(ed) Girls in Ginger Snaps” by Tanis McDonald Where to find Addison:  Listen to her on the steampunk fantasy podcast Kingmaker  Listen to her on the queer cyberpunk audio drama KILLJAMXXX Writing...2025-05-081h 32Tender SubjectTender Subject033-Yellowjackets S2 with Madeline Lane McKinleyWe're back for Season 2 of Yellowjackets with Dave and writer Madeline Lane McKinley! We talk about mystery box TV and if solving mysteries matters. Plus, physical media, girls eating girls, '90s bangers and over-medicated teens. Buy Madeline’s book Comedy Against Work here  Buy Fag/Hag here soon!  And look out for Solidarity with Children here soon!  Dave is also a co-host on Genre Reveal Party and hosts This is Your Afterlife  Kayte is also a co-host on Fangs for the Memories and makes art here! 2025-03-211h 49Left of the ProjectorLeft of the ProjectorBuffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) with Fangs for the MemoriesIt's Buffy time and with me are the Buffy experts, the hosts of Fangs for the Memories, Kayte and Leslie.Fangs for the Memories - Kayte and LeslieListen on Spotifyhttps://www.instagram.com/fangspodcast/https://www.instagram.com/kaytet/https://www.instagram.com/tendersubjectpod/https://www.kayteterry.com/https://x.com/kayteterryLeft of the Projector Linkshttps://www.patreon.com/LeftoftheProjectorPodhttps://boxd.it/5T9O1https://leftoftheprojector.comhttps://instagram.com...2025-03-181h 24Tender SubjectTender SubjectEpisode 032-The Cell with Rocco and MaeKayte, Mae and our guest Rocco are in our shiny tendon suits and, uh-oh, we're in the nightmare mind of Vincent D'Onofrio? That's right, we are talking about Tarsem Singh's surrealist psychological horrror, The Cell. We talk about the lost art of music videos, Jennifer Lopez's unique empathetic heroism and unreal animation vs AI.  Where to find Rocco: The LadyKillers Podcast Read Rocco's Reviews! Mae is also a co-host on The Ladykillers Podcast and makes music at eversonpoe Kayte is also a co-host on Fangs for the Memories and makes art here 2025-02-251h 54Tender SubjectTender Subject032-Society with Gabe PachecoThen we'll all sing together, Society waits for you... This week on Tender Subject, it's finally time for the shunt! Kayte, Dave and our guest, comedian Gabe Pacheco, talk about Brian Yuzna's gooey satirical horror film Society (1989). We talk about Bodies without Organs, capitalism, Luigi Mangione and the possibilities of a Communist shunt.  Media referenced: Some good podcasts to get started on Deleuze and Guattari's concept of the Body without organs: Theory & Philosophy Acid Communism Overthink Splatter Capital by Mark Stevens Gabe is the co-host of Halal Cartels. G...2025-01-011h 51Tender SubjectTender Subject031-Tell Me I'm Worthless With Ash from Horror VanguardThis week on Tender Subject, Kayte and Jay are joined by Ash from Horror Vanguard to talk about Alison Rumfitt’s brutal novel Tell Me I’m Worthless. We talk about haunted houses, bodies and territories plus TERFs, RadFems and looming Fascism.  Media referenced:  ”Battlefield Exctacies” by Sophie Lewis, The Point Magazine. Capitalism: A Horror Story by Jon Greenaway, Repeater Books. Antifa: The Antifascist Handbook by Mark Bray, Melville House Publishing   Jay is also a co-host on Library Punk! Kayte is also a co-host on Fangs fo...2024-12-111h 37Tender SubjectTender SubjectANOTHER BITE: Blood Feast with LaborKyle!Who's hungry? As you travel this week to your own Blood Feasts, we're taking another bite of an old favorite episode! Kayte and Jay are joined by noted Herschell Gordon Lewis expert LaborKyle to talk about the film Blood Feast (1963). In doing so, we summon Ishtar (which means we talk about all sorts of stuff like treating your artistic work as work, how Victorians ate mummies, and the warm piss stream of Marxism).  You can find LaborKyle on places like YouTube, Patreon, Twitter, and Bluesky! He also co-host the podcasts All Gamers Are Bastards (AGAB) a...2024-11-271h 33Tender SubjectTender SubjectThe Substance with Mae and Jo Isaacson!This week, Kayte and Mae are joined by writer and professor Jo Isaacson to dissect the polarizing new body horror film by Coralie Fargeat, THE SUBSTANCE! We dig really deep, and discuss camp, old Hollywood and hagsploitation, Marxist alienation, unboxing videos and giving birth to a new beautiful monster.  Sources mentioned: The Monstrous Feminine and The Return to the Monstrous Feminine by Barbara Creed ”Whatever Happened to Monstro Elisasue: In Defense of Psycho-Biddies in the Substance and Beyond” Jo Isaacson, Blindfield Journal  “The Guardian View on Female Led Horror: Time For a New Form...2024-11-142h 00Tender SubjectTender Subject029-Sweeney Todd with Jay and DaveThis week on Tender Subject, Kayte, Jay and Dave have cooked up a feast of an episode on the demon barber himself, Sweeney Todd! Join us as we sink our teeth into the movie, the play, the sets, the songs and lots and lots of blood. Media referenced: “Is That Just Disgusting?" Mapping the Social Geographies of Filth and Madness in "Sweeney Todd" by Aleksei Grinenko link here  Six by Sondheim Jay is also a co-host on Library Punk! Dave is also a co-host on Genre Reveal Party and hos...2024-10-231h 49Tender SubjectTender SubjectANOTHER BITE: Texas Chainsaw Massacre with Jo IsaacsonIn honor of Texas Chainsaw's 50th anniversary and Jo's Post45 cluster (Kayte's collage is in it!) we are re-publishing our TCM episode. Enjoy! Did somebody order head cheese? If you did, you're in luck! This week, we're joined by Johanna Isaacson, author of Stepford Daughters: Weapons for Feminists in Contemporary Horror, to talk about the one, the only, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre! We ask the important questions, such as, "does Leatherface represent feminized labor?" and "is Leatherface trapped in an MLM?" (We worry about Leatherface's wellbeing a lot.)   Readings: ...2024-10-071h 24Left of the ProjectorLeft of the ProjectorThe Mist and The Fog with Kayte Terry and Cars and ComradesIn this episode, we explore the thematic elements of "The Fog" and "The Mist" with guests Kayte Terry and Brandon. Kayte is cohost of Fangs for the Memories and Tendor Subject and Brandon cohosts the podcast Cars and Comrades.Focusing on the films, we examine their atmospheres, social dynamics during crises, and the tension between individualism and community. A deep dive into "The Mist's" impactful ending reveals commentary on human nature, while we also share horror film recommendations for the season.Kayte Terry:IG: https://www.instagram.com/kaytetWebsite: https...2024-10-011h 38Tender SubjectTender Subject028-Titus with Carlee from Hit Factory PodJay and Kayte are joined by Carlee from Hit Factory podcast to talk about a movie near and dear to all of our hearts, Julie Taymor's brutal and gorgeous Shakespeare adaptation, Titus (1999). We discuss intentional anachronisms, faithfulness to texts, how Victorians tried to re-brand Shakespeare (and the Classical Era!) and heroes and villains.  This is an incredible movie that we all love so much but it's hard to find so please enlist your tech-savvy friends! (big wink) Media referenced:  David Sterling Brown talks about Aaron and Black Lives Matter Dr. Mia Escott discusses Aaron an...2024-09-301h 49Tender SubjectTender Subject027-Top 10 Alien Body Horror with Tina Horn!Facehuggers, Xenomorphs, Offspring, oh my! This week Kayte and Mae are joined by writer/educatrix Tina Horn (@tinahornsass) to talk about our favorite body horror scenes in the Alien Franchise! We're talking about guts, gore, psychosexual horror and more in our longest, rowdiest episode yet! But hey, we watched SEVEN alien movies in a week for you!  Where you can find Tina:  Buy Tina's new book, Why Are People Into That? Listen to Tina's podcast, Why Are People Into That?! Check out Tina's comix and other writing Mae is also a co...2024-09-102h 32Tender SubjectTender Subject026-Moeties (Elytron Frass) with R.E. Parrish!Kayte and Jay and guest R.E. Parrish are zipping up our wyrm-skin jumpsuits and plunging into the gnostic fantasy that is Elytron Frass' Moieties. We talk about Ergodic literature, Ero Guru nansensu, the history of gnosticism, the book as tactile object and all sorts of other esoteric weirdness. Media referenced:  "The Erotic Japanese Art Movement Born Out of Decadence" by Evelyn Wang, Dazed Magazine. "George Bataille Book Club Bonus", Girls, Guts, Giallo, S3, Ep6. "On Eleytron Frass' Moieties" by Germán Sierra, Apocalypse Confidential. You can find R.E. here: ...2024-09-031h 35Pod Damn AmericaPod Damn AmericaThe Late Great Maxxxine w/ Kayte TerryPodcaster Kayte Terry joins Jake to talk about Maxxxine and the entire X trilogy, its themes, the patriarchy, bodies, and the late great Hannibal Lecter KAYTE TERRY @kayteterry @kaytet (IG) FANGS FOR THE MEMORIES @fangspodcast TENDER SUBJECT @tender_subject @tendersubjectpod (IG) MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON + DISCORD patreon.com/poddamnamerica2024-07-271h 20Tender SubjectTender Subject025-Manhunt with JJ from Cul de Sac of Blood"The End of the World is Nuts" Writer J †Johnson joins Kayte and Mae to talk about the beautiful and bloody novel Manhunt by Gretchen Felker Martin. We talk about how refreshing it is to read a gender apocalypse book that doesn't deal in binaries. Plus: don't trust rich libs, incredibly hot sex and how to build community at the end of the world.  Media we referenced: Heat Death interview with Gretchen JJ is the co-editor of Cul de Sac of Blood, a horror poetics journal and the author of two books with Pun...2024-07-261h 50Genre Reveal Party!Genre Reveal Party!The Faculty with guest Kayte Terry: We're DiscontentThis week we're joined by Kayte Terry, host of Tender Subject and Fangs for the Memories (a Buffy and horror podcast), to discuss The Faculty (1998). Spoilers: horror in the late '90s, Jon Stewart teaches science, Dawson's Creek talk, reverse She's All That-ing, it's good to do drugs, blondes from out of town, horrible use of hair gel, gay boys on TV, misunderstood endings.Check out Kayte's podcasts @fangspodcast and @tendersubjectpod on InstagramFollow us @genrerevealpod on Instagram and Twitter, and email us at genrerevealparty@gmail.com with your thoughts, suggestions, guest requests...2024-07-191h 32Tender SubjectTender Subject024-Titane with Sophie LewisGuys, are cars bad? We ask this and so many other important questions as we dig deep under the hood of Julia Ducournau's oil slicked film, Titane with writer Sophie Lewis (@reproutopia) We're talking about abjection, family abolition, gender fluidity and what it means to f*ck a car. Let's ride!  Sources referenced: Return of the Monstrous-Feminine: Feminist New Wave Cinema by Barbara Creed "A New Humanity: Interview with Titane's Writer/Director Julia Ducournau" The Final Girls Where to find Sophie: Join Sophie's patreon here. Buy Full Surogacy Now: F...2024-07-111h 36Tender SubjectTender Subject023-YellowJackets Season 1 with Madeline Lane-McKinleyPress play on your PJ Harvey cassette tape, we are talking about season 1 of Yellowjackets with writer Madeline Lane-McKinley! We dissect themes of adolescence, maenadism, fandom and ‘90s culture. Plus! Are teenage girls really that mean? Is there enough cannibalism in Yellowjackets or just enough?  Buy Madeline’s book Comedy Against Work here  Pre-order Fag/Hag here soon!  And look out for Solidarity with Children here soon!    2024-06-191h 24Tender SubjectTender Subject023-Hannibal (2001) with Jon from Horror Vanguard!This week, Kayte and Jay are joined by Jon from Horror Vanguard and we are back in the world of Hannibal Lecter! We talk about Ridley Scott's 2001 movie Hannibal and the Thomas Harris novel (1999) of the same name. On the menu: Dante! Opera! Hannibal shopping! Florence! Surveillance and Mediation!  Sources discussed in this episode: "A Postmodern Reproduction of Dante Alighieri's Exile" by Antonio Sanna "“A very well-tailored person suit” Hannibal Lecter as Genderqueer American Gothic Cannibal" by Alena Kiel Jon's Patreon Buy Jon's books here and here  2024-06-051h 23Tender SubjectTender Subject021 - Ravenous with Vicky OsterweilWriter, worker and agitator Vicky Osterweil joins us this week to talk about the 1999 horror western dark comedy (?) Ravenous! Come along with us as we head out to the snowy wilds of the Western mountains; we talk Wendigos, colonizers, monstrous gays, the myth of the "noble frontiersman" and bravery. Also, a bananas soundtrack by Michael Nyman and Damon Alburn! Subscribe to Vicky's newsletter: https://all-cats-are-beautiful.ghost.io/about/ Buy Vicky's book, In Defense of Looting  Stay tuned for Vicky's new book The Extended Universe (2025) with Haymarket Books, which is about Disney movies, intellectual pr...2024-05-241h 24Tender SubjectTender Subject020 - Love Lies Bleeding with Mae and BethHello Sapphic sickos! It's a femme extravaganza this week on Tender Subject as we are joined by Mae of the Ladykillers pod and Beth of Kayte's polycule to talk about Love Lies Bleeding! We talk about service tops, muscle mommies, Macho Sluts and giant women! Plus, is the end of the film real or fantasy and does it matter? Sources mentioned in the episode: Macho Sluts by Patrick Califia (borrow it on The Internet Archive) "Inside Kristen Stewart and Katy O'Brien's Sapphic Fever Dream on Steroids" by Wren Sanders, Them Magazine 2024-05-101h 16Tender SubjectTender Subject019 -Rabid/Shivers with Dave MaherThis week, Kayte and new co-host Dave Maher are talking about David Cronenberg’s earliest features, Shivers and Rabid. We dish about sexual repression, white flight, zombies and wonder what it would be like if the United States funded arts and culture.  Sources we referenced:  “Film Bodies: Gender, Genre and Excess” by Linda Williams  “A Mindless Orgy: Liberation and Monstrosity in Cronenberg’s Body Horror“ by Sam Moore ”David Cronenberg’s Dreams and Nightmares” by Adam Nayman       2024-04-241h 09Tender SubjectTender Subject018 -Santa Clarita Diet with Radio Free Tote Bag!We are joined by Donovan and Audrey from Radio Free Tote Bag to talk about the Netflix Zombie show, Santa Clarita Diet! We talk about the origins of zombies, the Capitalist hoard and what to do if your partner is undead.  Some readings Kayte references: On the Frontlines of the Zombie War in the Congo: Digital Technology, the Trade in Conflict Minerals, and Zombificationby Jeffrey W. Mantz from Monster Culture in the 21st Century: A Reader A Zombie Manifesto: The Nonhuman Condition in the Era of Advanced Capitalism By Sarah Juliet Laura and K...2024-04-031h 16Tender SubjectTender Subject017 - Eat the Rich feat. Luisa Díez----more----Om nom nom.  Eating the Rich: why aren’t we doing it yet? This week we are Joined by Luisa Diez from Why You Mad to dish over the “Eat the Rich” movie trend. We talk Saltburn, The Menu, and Triangle of Sadness plus, Luisa has an “Eat the Rich” movie Taxonomy!  Eat the Rich: The Evolution of a Slogan By We are the Mutants https://wearethemutants.com/2020/02/13/eat-the-rich-the-evolution-of-a-slogan/ The Movie Industry’s Confused “Eat the Rich” Fantasy by Sam Adler-Bell https://www.vulture.com/2023/02/the-movie-industrys-confused-eat-the-rich-fantasy.html Selling Yourself...2024-03-061h 42Tender SubjectTender Subject016 - Hannibal Season 2 w/ Leòn from The Left PageLeòn from The Left Page and Here Be Media joins us again to discuss season 2 of everyone's favorite queer cannibal show: Hannibal!    Find Leòn (and Frank) wherever you get your podcasts: https://linktr.ee/leftpagehbm Follow us on Twitter @tender_subject and on Instagram @tendersubjectpod We're also on Bluesky @tendersubject.bsky.social Art by Anya R. Hueing Music by @coffin_flops 2024-02-171h 17Tender SubjectTender Subject015 - Cannibalism and Origin Myths w/ JustinSaddle up that celestial cow, we're talking about origin myths.  Media mentioned:  Crecganford video: https://youtu.be/Cgku-koMiLM?si=YJCZtg64whw5vQiy Patai (1967) The Hebrew Goddess https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hebrew_Goddess Wakeman (1969). https://www.jstor.org/stable/3263723?casa_token=4KQFNyu0U8kAAAAA%3ASMiTgV4YZTO_-XS013hZaXBv9-su2WO3lpnb2G1mEzyyTKrGiq27Ww0rJG8pbbD7ezmdUWYJ1-Lpb_HCO8WmqStxO-kcBAE0KiyeO27uPSftzMkpyQ   Listen to Justin (and Jay!) on the librarypunk podcast, wherever fine podcasts are distributed. You can find them at librarypunk.gay, or on Bluesky and...2024-01-291h 10Tender SubjectTender Subject014 - Flux Gourmet (2022) w/ Dave MaherHave you turned your flangers down? You better, because this week, we're joined by Dave Maher to talk about the film Flux Gourmet! This film had us questioning the nature of authenticity, and it also made us equate farts with noise music, but in a good way. Dave Maher is a super cool comedian! You can view his work, such as the podcasts This Is Your Afterlife and Genre Reveal Party, at https://linktr.ee/thisisdavemaher.   Palestine Resources: Decolonize Palestine. https://decolonizepalestine.com/. Fauda. 2023. Voices from the Front Line Ag...2024-01-101h 35Tender SubjectTender Subject013 - Blood Feast w/ LaborKyleWho's hungry? This week, all the way from the bottom of the stew, we're joined by noted Herschell Gordon Lewis expert LaborKyle to talk about Blood Feast (1963). In doing so, we summon Ishtar (which means we talk about all sorts of stuff like treating your artistic work as work, how Victorians ate mummies, and the warm piss stream of Marxism). You can find LaborKyle on places like YouTube, Patreon, Twitter, and Bluesky! He also has the podcast All Gamers Are Bastards (AGAB) and the show Profane Illuminations with friend of the pod TheLitCritGuy.   M...2023-11-221h 33Tender SubjectTender Subject012 - Head of the Family LARP w/ Jacqueline Bryk & Jason Burnett "Food doesn't get a last will and testament." This week, Kayte and Jay are joined by the designers of Head of the Family, Jacqueline Bryk/Jax Romana and Jason Burnett. What's Head of the Family? We're glad you asked! Head of the Family is a Live Action Role Playing game (LARP) that your co-hosts were invited to participate in! Why? Because: It's a LARP set in the world of Tender is the Flesh.   You can find Jax at https://linktr.ee/rufflejax, with links to her website, her works, an...2023-10-261h 38Tender SubjectTender Subject011 - Buddhism, Chöd, and Cannibalism as CompassionThis week, Jay tells Kayte about the Vajrayana Buddhist practice of chöd, where a person visualizes sacrificing their body for a feast of buddhas and demons. Through this, we explore death, the use of human remains in ritual, and the liberatory potentials of this kind of practice.   Jay also talks about this practice a little on the Empty Man episode of Horror Vanguard: https://soundcloud.com/user-317910500/181-the-empty-man-with-jay-from-librarypunk   And here's a Buddhist ambient black metal band: https://sadhaka108.bandcamp.com/   Sources: Jigme Lingpa (2006). "The Long...2023-10-141h 31Tender SubjectTender Subject010 - Tender is the Flesh/Meat LoveThis week, Kayte and Jay discuss two books about the relationship between capitalism, the meat industry, and the exploitation of both human and non-human animals. We also talk about how people involved with cannibal media keep going vegetarian: Guillermo del Toro, Bryan Fuller, Agustina Bazterrica, and now Kayte!   Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica Meat Love: An Ideology of the Flesh by Amber Husain   Clip at the end from Episode 01 of John Berger's Ways of Seeing   Follow us on Twitter @tender_subject and on Insta...2023-09-281h 28Tender SubjectTender Subject009 - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre w/ Johanna IsaacsonDid somebody order head cheese? If you did, you're in luck! This week, we're joined by Johanna Isaacson, author of Stepford Daughters: Weapons for Feminists in Contemporary Horror, to talk about the one, the only, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre! We ask the important questions, such as, "does Leatherface represent feminized labor?" and "is Leatherface trapped in an MLM?" (We worry about Leatherface's wellbeing a lot.)   Readings: “Blood for Oil,” Chuck Jackson Men, Women, and Chain Saws, Carol Clover Splatter Capital, Mark Steven “The American Nightmar...2023-09-131h 24The Left Page & Here Be MediaThe Left Page & Here Be MediaHere Be Media - Episode 21 - Concept: Queer Media pt. 1 - The Politics of Queer Sexuality in Media w/ JayHello everyone!!This time there's something special, another great conceptual episode and back in with Jay! Of both Library Punk and Tender Subject fame!!It's a great dive into what we call or consider Queer Media and specifically its approach of sexuality. We interweave what Queerness can be, its different forms and representations. With the initial approach on Queer Men, we consider how media does this a great deal of the time, and the messiness we seek to explore and dive into a more radical sense of Queer. It's a great time!2023-09-021h 34Tender SubjectTender Subject008 - Hannibal Season 1 w/ Leon from The Left PageStrike Information: https://www.sagaftrastrike.org/ https://www.wgacontract2023.org/   Leon from The Left Page and Here Be Media joins us to discuss season 1 of everyone's favorite queer cannibal show: Hannibal! And what is a podcast? Is it not when people come together and forge a connection? The boundaries between the Self and the Other merging like so many sound waves? Tell me, Will...is your Self so different from my Other?   Additional music: Prelude in B Minor, BWV 923 - J.S. Bach...2023-08-301h 33Tender SubjectTender Subject007 - Cannibalism and Early Christianity w/ Justin from librarypunkWe're finally gonna talk about cannibalism and The ChurchTM...but probably not in the way you expect! Justin from the librarypunk podcast joins us to discuss such things as the existential paranoias of 2nd century Christians, whatever happened to Jesus' foreskin, and the reason gay sex is so cosmologically threatening. Articles and books mentioned: Cohn, Norman. The Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Ages, Revised and Expanded Edition. Revised edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 1970. Douglas, Mary. Leviticus As Literature. Oxford University Press, 1999. Federici, Silvia...2023-08-161h 32librarypunklibrarypunk100 - We Made ItWe do the closest thing to a bonus episode. We get meta: lifting the veil on how we do the podcast, what we listen to, and the friends we’ve made along the way. Also lots of copyright, AI, and Georges Bataille.  Media mentioned https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/08/the-fear-of-ai-just-killed-a-very-useful-tool/ https://blog.shaxpir.com/taking-down-prosecraft-io-37e189797121  FSCI event: https://semanticclimate.org/p/en/events/fsci2023_event/ Carl Malamud corpus: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02895-8 https://trashfuturepodcast.podbean.com/e/wet-tyrant-contest-feat-patrick-wyman/ https://tendersubjectpod.podb...2023-08-101h 07Tender SubjectTender Subject006 - Manifesto Antropófago w/ Frank from The Left PageWe're due a good manifesto, don't you agree? This week, we're joined by Frank from The Left Page/Here Be Media podcasts to discuss the Manifesto Antropófago, or the Cannibalist Manifesto, by Brazilian poet Oswald de Andrade.   The translation we're working from: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20119601 Frank's references: "Cem anos da Semana de Arte Moderna: O gabinete paulista e a conjuração das vanguardas" by Lena Tenório da Motta ("100 years of the Modern Art Week: The São Paulo Cabinet and the Conjuration of the Vanguards") "A Ideo...2023-08-021h 17Tender SubjectTender Subject005 - Antiviral (2012) w/ Jon aka TheLitCritGuyJon aka TheLitCritGuy, one of the two co-ghosts of Horror Vanguard, joins us to discuss Brandon Cronenberg's debut film Antiviral. Make sure you get your vaccine series of celebrity and the Spectacle, and don't forget your boosters of radical collectivity and the importance of being a weird little guy.   You can find Jon on Twitter and Bluesky as thelitcritguy. Listen to Horror Vanguard wherever you get your podcasts! 2023-07-191h 14Tender SubjectTender Subject004 - Raw (2016) w/ Jake FloresYou asked, we delivered. Comedian and podcaster Jake Flores joins us to talk about Julia Ducournau's 2016 film Raw.   You can find Jake everywhere @feraljokes. Listen to his podcasts Pod Damn America and Why You Mad.   Follow us on Twitter @tender_subject and on Instagram @tendersubjectpod We're also now on Bluesky @tendersubject.bsky.social Art by Anya R. Hueing Music by @coffin_flops 2023-07-071h 47Tender SubjectTender Subject003 - Motel Hell (1980) w/ Ashley DarrowWe're joined by our very first guest, Ashley Darrow from the Horror Vanguard podcast, to talk about the 1980 horror film Motel Hell. This movie has everything: class politics, eco-Christofascism, chainsaw fights, swingers. It also sparked a great discussion about the ethics of meat production and the politics of total liberation. You can find Ash here: @darrowvania on Twitter @darrowscope on Instagram darrow.media @HorrorVanguard on Twitter and Instagram horrorvanguard.com patreon.com/horrorvanguard   And for a more in-depth discussion about total li...2023-06-281h 17Tender SubjectTender Subject002 - Art is Eating ItselfThis week, we talk about a very hot-button issue: art! Our main course is the Spectator article Art is Eating Itself by Emma Webb. This discussion leads us through a delectable buffet of Modernism, Feminism, Marxism...and Hannah Gadsby. NOTES FROM THE EDITOR: We sometimes use incorrect pronouns for Hannah Gadsby. This was not intentional, and we apologize for the error. We recorded an update about Gadsby's museum show, and it is included at the end of the episode after a brief music transition. Follow us on Twitter @tender_subject and on Instagram @tendersubjectpod 2023-06-212h 07Tender SubjectTender Subject001 - That’s a rather tender subjectWelcome to the first episode of Tender Subject! This week, we're going over the whats and whys of this podcast. Why cannibalism? Why aren't we talking about True Crime? We also talk a little bit about the current cannibal craze in media and why we always need to justify our enjoyment. Finally, we do a show & tell for each other about something we might not do an entire episode on but wanted to talk about anyway.   Media Discussed: 2022 Was the Year of the Cannibal. What Does That Say About Us? We t...2023-06-1456 minlibrarypunklibrarypunkTender Subject 001 - That’s a rather tender subjectWelcome to the first episode of Tender Subject! This week, we're going over the whats and whys of this podcast. Why cannibalism? Why aren't we talking about True Crime? We also talk a little bit about the current cannibal craze in media and why we always need to justify our enjoyment. Finally, we do a show & tell for each other about something we might not do an entire episode on but wanted to talk about anyway.   Media Discussed: 2022 Was the Year of the Cannibal. What Does That Say About Us? We t...2023-06-1457 min