Referential is hosted by Dr. Khaliden Nas to have serious conversations about frivolous topics!
Each episode takes you on an academically informed deep dive into pop culture and media that never skips out on a stupid joke.
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Artwork by Valentine M. Smith.
Music by Pampered Fists & Anzahlung.
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Referential is hosted by Dr. Khaliden Nas to have serious conversations about frivolous topics!
Each episode takes you on an academically informed deep dive into pop culture and media that never skips out on a stupid joke.
Subscribe & join Dr. Khaliden Nas (and the occasional guest!) as we dive into conversations about identity, representation, Blackness, queerness (and so much more) across the cultures that we make; and the cultures that make us.
Artwork by Valentine M. Smith.
Music by Pampered Fists & Anzahlung.
Find out more at www.alsopurple.com
Victor and I were convinced by the gay internet to watch Heated Rivalry and then sat down to process the experience.
CockyHockeyBoys
Yuri in Ottowa
Western BL
Demon Twink Media
Subs and Doms and stereotypes
Anal
Heartstoppers, Fellow Travellers, Red, White & Royal Blue, Queer As Folk
Noah's Arc
Double speed scale
Queer v Gay
The homonormative (?)
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Heated Rivalry is a Canadian sports romance television series created, written and directed by Jacob Tierney for Crave. Based on Rachel Reid's Game Changers novel series, it follows two rival professional hockey players, Canadian Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and RussianIlya Rozanov (Connor Storrie), whose on-ice animosity conceals a passionate, secret romance.
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Video Production by Victor Alexander (@Ugly_knees on insta and @clevvergirl on Tiktok)
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Referential
Referential is hosted by Dr. Khaliden Nas to have serious conversations about frivolous topics!
Each episode takes you on an academically informed deep dive into pop culture and media that never skips out on a stupid joke.
Subscribe & join Dr. Khaliden Nas (and the occasional guest!) as we dive into conversations about identity, representation, Blackness, queerness (and so much more) across the cultures that we make; and the cultures that make us.
Artwork by Valentine M. Smith.
Music by Pampered Fists & Anzahlung.
Find out more at www.alsopurple.com
