This week we are discussing chapters 1-7 of The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman! Content notes for this episode: -growing up with a mentally ill parent: 00:35:30 - 00:40:15 -christofascism / religious authoritarianism: 00:43:00 - 00:57:30 Join Our Sticker Club before September 30th and you’ll get TWO BONUS STICKERS from the back catalogue! Join via …

For our final week of Summer CAMP we are discussing the iconic Spice Girls movie, Spice World! Listen now for two queers ranting about how misogyny and femphobia robbed the world of a movie so excellent that should be taught in film schools. It really is *that* good. You can watch Spice World here! Join our sticker club in August and you’ll get two…

Welcome back to CAMP Ruthless! This week we are discussing John Waters’ Cry-Baby (1990) Watch Spice World here! Join our sticker club in August and you’ll get two bonus stickers from our back catalogue! You can join through our shop OR on Patreon! All stickers are drawn by Lark Malakai Grey and/or our friend Theo Julien Forrester and printed by Sti…

Welcome back to CAMP Ruthless! This week we are discussing But I’m a Cheerleader with our friend Courtney Perkins, aka Not All Geminis! If you want to skip the more in-depth conversion therapy discussion, skip minutes 28:30-34:45 Find screenshots of the things we discussed in Style and Fashion on the episode webpage! Here is Jessie’s link roundup: …

Welcome back to Camp Ruthless! This week we are discussing D.E.B.S (2004). Get your tickets to our live show now! Check out a screenshot roundup of the things we discussed in the Style section on the episode webpage! Find out all about us at hashtagruthless.com Follow us on instagram @hashtagruthlesspods Listen to our other podcasts: We Are The Gay…

Welcome to Summer CAMP! This week we are discussing Batman & Robin (1997). The Gayly Planet is a podcast where two queer nerds talk about media we love, brought to you by Hashtag Ruthless productions. Find out all about us at hashtagruthless.com Follow us on instagram @hashtagruthlesspods Want to support queer media? Join our Patreon for extended e…

Welcome to CAMP Ruthless! This week we are discussing John Waters’ “Serial Mom.” The Gayly Planet is a podcast where two queer nerds talk about media we love, brought to you by Hashtag Ruthless productions. Find out all about us at hashtagruthless.com Follow us on instagram @hashtagruthlesspods Listen to our other podcasts: We Are The Gayers is abo…

This is the FINAL EPISODE of The Gayly Prophet for the foreseeable future! Today we are finishing our discussion about The Golden Compass/Northern Lights! This episode contains Editorials, Personals, and Health and Science. Subscribe to The Gayly Planet now so you don’t miss out on our future episodes! And while you’re there, take a moment to rate …

Today you are listening to the first half of our discussion about the second half of The Golden Compass/The Northern Lights! This episode contains The Front Page, Politics, and Community Profiles. Listen, we talked for over 2 hours, so it turns out we probably need to do three episodes per book to fit all of our thoughts and feelings in. We hope yo…

Today’s news: we helped put together a petition asking HBO to pull the plug on the HP tv show. Almost 40 fellow fandom leaders signed the open letter, and now we are counting on you, the fandom, to sign the petition! Do so at bit.ly/nohptv We are moving to a new feed! Follow The Gayly Planet wherever you are listening to this podcast! Get ready for…

Today we are discussing the first half of the first book in the His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass (or Northern Lights, depending on where you live!) CWs for this episode: throughout the episode there are small mentions of people hitting children. There are also a few brief mentions of violations of bodily autonomy (in …

Today we are talking about Disney’s Encanto, so get ready for ALL OF THE FEELS!!! Content notes for this episode: this movie is about intergenerational trauma, so this episode is chock full of discussions about that. If you want to skip the heaviest bits, the politics section starts at 00:22:45 and ends at 00:44:40 Wanna watch the amazing rat telen…

Today we are discussing Glass Onion: a Knives Out Mystery! +Here’s that Jordan Peele/Janelle Monae photoshoot Jessie mentioned +Here’s Ryan Johnson talking about the arrival scene +And here’s a fugue from Guys and Dolls! +You can join our sticker club, check out our shop, listen to our podcasts, and read our Guide to Firing JK Rowling all on our we…

Today we are discussing the movie Black Panther!Here are the links we promised:+Vanity Fair Interview with the costume designer: https://www.vanityfair.com/video/watch/black-panther-s-costume-designer-breaks-down-t-challa-s-entrance-scene +Atlantic interview with the costume designer: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/02/why-fa…

Today we are discussing the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special, The Day of the Doctor! Here are the Woke Doctor Who episodes that Lark mentioned about Capaldi’s run:Ep 013: Danny, We Hardly Knew YeEp 006: Screw Season 10Here’s more information about the the ravens of the Tower of London: https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/+You can join our sti…

After four years as your Defense Against the Dark Arts instructors, your dedicated cohosts have discovered that the curse is indeed still active. Which is to say, we are taking an indefinite hiatus from Harry Potter.But don’t worry! We will still be in your ears every other week with delightful, humorous, ruthless conversations about nerdy media. L…

Welcome to part two of our discussion of Wednesday the series! +Our three headed doggo merch is available in our shop: hashtagruthless.com/shop +Listen to our Star Trek Episode here: hashtagruthless.com/esgaype-from-reality +The Gwendoline Christie interview can be found here: ew.com/tv/gwendoline-christie-wednesday-beautiful-principal-weems/ +The …

Welcome to part one of our discussion of Wednesday the series! Here’s a thing about the reading of Elle Woods as autistic:https://www.yourtango.com/entertainment/reasons-why-elle-woods-legally-blonde-autistic-Our three headed doggo merch is available in our shop: hashtagruthless.com/shop +++-You can join our sticker club, check out our shop, listen…

Happy Birthgay to us! -If you found yourself thinking, “gosh, I sure hope they make that ridiculous t-shirt because I would love to buy one!” I have great news for you!!! https://hashtagruthless.com/shop/whats-not-to-like-tee -You can join our sticker club, check out our shop, listen to our podcasts, and read our Guide to Firing JK Rowling all on o…

In this very special episode we are both talking *about* Chuck Tingle’s novel, “Straight,” and talking *with* Chuck Tingle about his novel, “Straight” (and lots of other things besides!)If you’d like to listen to the interview but not the book discussion, skip to 01:03:10You can preorder Camp Damascus here or from your fave local bookstore!You can …

Today we have a very special treat for you all! Jessie and friend-of-the-pod Theo Julien Forrester sat down with Tanner Wilson, the creator of Magic School Mystery, to play a round of the game! It is a delight and we are so excited to share it with you all!Find the game at www.magicschoolmystery.comFind Tanner at twitter.com/TannerJWilFind Theo at …

Today we are discussing the second half of chapter 27 of Goblet of Fire, in which the kids meet up with Sirius and learn about politics!Head to Hashtagruthless.com to find all of the things, including our shop, other podcasts, and guide to firing JKR!Support us on Patreon at Patreon.com/thegaylyprophet If you like this show be sure to check out EsG…

Today we are discussing the first half of chapter 27 of Goblet of Fire. For this episode we were joined by the amazing hosts of the Goblet of Wine podcast, Hannah and Charlie! We had the best time talking all about Snape’s whole deal, Rita Skeeters terrible ethics, irl truth serum, and so much more! Find Goblet of wine at gobletofwine.co.uk and fin…

Today we are discussing the second half of chapter 26 of Goblet of Fire, including mermaids, extremely boring spectator sports, the importance of killing your darlings, and so much more!Head to Hashtagruthless.com to find all of the things, including our shop, other podcasts, and guide to firing JKR!Lark’s tarot deck, Under the Bed Tarot, is now av…

Today we are discussing the first half of chapter 26, The Second Task. Including so many feelings about the failures of the Hogwarts library, an epic writing rant, unicorns, fairies, and lots more!And don’t forget to join us on Patreon for our Heartstopper live watches: patreon.com/thegaylyprophetHead to Hashtagruthless.com to find all of the thing…

Today we are discussing chapter 25 of Goblet of Fire, including: the Hogwarts poop lake, the magic of the prefect bathroom, the good, bad, and in between of Moaning Myrtle, Harry Potter’s absurd decision making, and so much more!Make sure you check out our back-to-school sticker sale: hashtagruthless.com/shopAnd don’t forget to join us on Patreon f…

Hello everyone! Summer vacation is over and we are back with a super exciting episode for you. We teamed up with the Her Dark Materials podcast to find the answers to the questions we’ve all been asking: what are the differences between patronuses and dæmons? What dæmon would Harry Potter have? What patronus would Lyra have? And so much more! Liste…

It’s that time of year again! The time when we sit down to answer your questions about all things gender and sexuality, and hopefully help everyone to live their best joyful queer life.It’s hot pirate summer! Have you checked out our Our Flag Means Death podcast, The Gay Pirate Podcast yet??Join our Patreon for more bonus content than you can shake…

Happy Pride, friends! Today we have an extra special treat for you: a discussion about the movie Birds of Prey or the Fantabulous Emancipation of one Harley Quinn, and also a bit about Wonder Woman (2017), but most of all feminism and glitter and feeding cishet men to hyenas. It’s hot pirate summer! Have you checked out our Our Flag Means Death pod…

It’s summer vaycay! Stay tuned for some special Pride bonus episodes later in June, but other than that we are off til September! HOWEVER, the good news is that you can still hang out with us this summer, because we are making a limited run podcast about Our Flag Means Death, called The Gay Pirate Podcast!Also! If you’re hungry for more TGP content…

This week we are discussing the second half of chapter 24 of Goblet of Fire, including: Ludo Bagman’s total himbo vibe, Hagrid’s wonderful dad, someone finally saying that Percy is poisoning Crouch, Aberforth’s weird goat fetish, and so much more!Find Play On podcasts here: https://ncpodcasts.com/playonpodcast Here’s that Cancel Culture video: http…

Welcome to a very special bonus episode, where you all get to listen to our Patreon-only Buffy podcast, We Are The Gayers! If you like what you hear, consider joining our patreon!This episode is about BTVS S4E17, Superstar. In which: Anya makes a great pun, Jonathan is the hero of this whole season, everyone makes some Choices when it comes to outf…

Today we are discussing the first half of chapter 24 of Goblet of Fire, including: the chronic issue of incomplete allegories in these books, the true story of eye of newt, the introduction of cottage core dream witch Professor Grubbly-Plank, and so much more!Read about eye of newt and stuff here: people.howstuffworks.com/is-eye-of-newt-real-thing.…

Today we are discussing the second half of chapter 23 of Goblet of Fire, in which: Ron showcases his worst impulses, Snape gets on the bad side of the fae, Padma and Parvati deserved so much better, did we mention how bad Ron’s behavior is? And so much more! PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING OUR PATREON! Due to Jessie’s injury we are urgently working to incr…

This week we are discussing the first half of chapter 23 of Goblet of Fire, because this chapter is long AF and also dense AF. Tune in for discussions about the differences between witch robes and dresses, Hermione’s teen movie glow up, Pigwidgeon being the pit bull of owls, and to learn all about the different types of twilight*, along with so muc…

Today we are discussing chapter 22 of Goblet of Fire, aka the misogyny chapter, aka the one where Hermione should just be done with Ron and Harry forever, aka the one where everyone is so mean to Neville FOR NO REASON, aka the one where at least we get to see Harry in a bisexual panic. PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING OUR PATREON! Due to Jessie’s injury we …

This week we were joined by Frankey Smith, aka Fantastic Frankey, aka The Fanboy Fighter, and you are all in for a real treat!!!Listen now for our discussion of chapter 21 of Goblet of Fire, including: Ron Weasley’s foolishness, whether or not skrewts would hibernate, the queerness of The Cursed Child, Hermione’s brilliance, and so much more! Find …

This week we are discussing chapter 20 of Goblet of Fire, including: irresponsible dragon keeping, ELLIPSES, our disdain for the way Hermione is treated, McGonagall being tender for the first time, and so much more!Lark’s tarot deck Kickstarter is officially here!!! Check it out now at tinyurl.com/underthebedtarotCheck out EsGAYpe From Reality, our…

Today we are discussing chapter 19 of Goblet of Fire, including: Harry’s #Mood being extremely relatable, Hagrid having the best day of her life, the absolute nightmare that is detention at Hogwarts, Hermione being too good for Harry, and so much more!🔮Keep up to date on Lark’s tarot deck at tinyurl.com/underthebedtarot and by following him at inst…

Today we are discussing chapter 18 of Goblet of Fire, including: Rita Skeeter, the girth of Viktor Krum’s wand, the fact that Cedric is sOoOoO hAnDsoMe, some good speculation about what can be used as wand cores, and so much more!🔮Keep up to date on Lark’s tarot deck at tinyurl.com/underthebedtarot and by following him at instagram.com/larkmalakai …

Today we are discussing chapter 17 of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, including: the extreme overuse of ellipses in this chapter…the very low key investigation into whether Harry put his name in the Goblet of Fire…more questions about portraits…and so much more!Info about our New Years Day livestream can be found on our social media or at hash…

This week’s episode was (mostly) recorded live on Halloween! (Everything except the politics section, which we recorded later). In addition to our usual delightful insights, this episode also includes the introduction of our new Personals section and a rare Horoscopes section! Please note: in the politics section we discussed the lack of “foreign” …

Today we are discussing chapter 15 of Goblet of Fire, including: Why do the Beauxbatons’ horses only drink whiskey? Is the Imperius curse just drugs? Is Karkaroff actually a Disney villain? What is going on with the education at this god damn school?? And so much more!Check out EsGAYpe From Reality, our podcast about Carry On by Rainbow Rowell!Head…

Today we are discussing chapter 14 of Goblet of Fire, including the introduction of S.P.E.W and our wish for Hermione to have had an angry vegan phase instead, a theory about Fake Moody, lots of love for Neville Longbottom, and so much more!Do you want to help with transcriptions? Find all the info at hashtagruthless.com/transcriptionsCheck out EsG…

Today we are discussing chapter 13 of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, including: a desperate need for education reform; dubious astrology; a history of ferrets; blast-ended skrewts; and so much more!Check out EsGAYpe From Reality, our podcast about Carry On by Rainbow Rowell!Head to hashtagruthless.com to check out all of our new merch, and to…

Today we are discussing chapter 12 of Goblet of Fire, including: Harry Potter’s disgusting habits; some theories on how the Sorting Hat uses its time between sorting ceremonies; Hagrid’s coat of many rodents; ghost clothes; and more!Here’s all the info you need about our Halloween specials:🎃 Tickets for our live show are available now at https://ww…

Exactly what kind of competition are Hogwarts, Durmstrang, and Beauxbatons in? Will cat carriers ever become a thing in the witching world? Has Arthur Weasley been a corrupt cop this whole time? Will Harry every read a f*cking book? Find out in this week’s episode of The Gayly Prophet!Stay tuned for updates on our upcoming Halloween Live Show!!! Ma…

How do witch children make paper hearts? Why are dress robes gendered when no other robes are? Is Rita Skeeter a legit reporter or no? Can literally anyone take gold out of your vault at Gringotts? Listen to find out!Check out EsGAYpe From Reality, our podcast about Carry On by Rainbow Rowell!Head to hashtagruthless.com to check out all of our new …

Why doesn’t Harry Potter, of all people, know what a Death Eater is? Is the Ministry ineffective or is there a more sinister reason for their incompetence? Is Ludo Bagman a himbo? All this and so much more in today’s edition of The Gayly Prophet!Want to skip this week’s politics section? Skip minutes 30:00 - 49:45Check out EsGAYpe From Reality, our…

This week: Why is Cornelius Fudge so bad at his job? Do any women work at the ministry of magic? What’s going on with Veela evolution? Why is this worldbuilding so bad??? And more!Check out EsGAYpe From Reality, our podcast about Carry On by Rainbow Rowell!Join us on Patreon to get early-release, extended episodes of TGP, along with access to our B…