Queer as Hell: Queer Responses to Dante's Inferno - with Alice Musgrove and Harper Walton

Queer as Hell goes English! As this podcast develops, you will
find episodes in German as well as in English. Furthermore, you
will see that we try not only to talk amongst ourselves, but also
with experts and artists from different areas to broaden our (and
your) perspectives on Queerness and Hell. In this interview, host
Tom (they/them) ventures through the 9 circles of Hell as
envisioned by italian poet Dante Alighieri. They are joined in
this dangerous endeavour by authors Harper Walton (they/them) and
Alice Musgrove (they/them) who's texts "Throwing Figs at God" and
"All the (good) Queers go to Hell" have been featured in the
anthology "Queer Responses to Dante's Inferno", released by
Carrion Press in 2023.


As we figure out why and how you have to formulate a queer answer
to Inferno, we discuss the correlation of identity and sin; The
petplay-to-nonbinary-pipeline; Dancing to techno in the 7th
circle; Christian morality and the Church of England;
Self-Exploration through lustful writing and the queer
relationship to Hell. Lasciate ogne pregiudizi, voi ch'intrate!


Trigger Warning: This episode features topics
that might be distressing to you, such as sex, queerphobia,
institutionalized violence and oppression, religion and self
harm. Please take care of yourself and your mental health!