Culture Club: The Closet: how clothes provide a lens into queerness | Part 1

Homo Sapiens

Christopher Sweeney

Arts, Society & Culture, Relationships, Health & Fitness, Sexuality

4.7 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Did you have a favorite item of clothing during your childhood? Clothes, what we wear and why we wear them provide a lens into so many aspects of queerness. Our guest today, editorial director of Soho House, Teo van den Broeke, has written a beautiful memoir called ‘Closet’ about exactly this. There are brilliant stories of the realities of being in the Closet in the nineties, from MSN accounts entitled ‘ILoveWomen87’ to errors with concealing your internet search history on the family computer- it’s a coming of age story like no other and you're going to LOVE it!

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0:00.0	Hello people how's your Christmas break going? Well, I want the audit.
0:14.5	How many quality street have you eaten?
0:16.6	How many chocolate oranges have you devoured?
0:19.5	Have you been on a walk yet?
0:21.5	Have you left your pajamas, is there any turkey left over?
0:26.7	I need to know all these answers.
0:28.2	So you've got to write in.
0:28.9	Hello at Homo sapiens podcast.
0:30.3	com at Homo sapiens on Instagram.
0:32.4	We'll be here waiting. We're open 24-7. I mean, we're not really, but you know, get in touch.
0:37.0	Here we are in the hinterland between Christmas and New Year. Why not dive into a book? Get escapism say listening to Uncle Ralph Prattle on
0:46.7	Today we are chatting with Teo Vandebrook. He is a writer for the likes of GQ the
0:52.1	F. T. and so-ho, he's written a book about his coming out experience.
0:55.9	It's a memoir, it's all about his coming out, about the link between clothes and queerness.
1:01.2	Because he's a fashion icon you see.
1:03.2	It's a book called The Closet and I loved it.
1:06.4	So it's great to sit down and have what they call in the business a good old
1:10.9	gas, a gog.
1:12.3	All about the book.
1:13.0	So here you go.
1:15.0	Here is my chat with lovely tone.
1:17.0	Keep me updated on your Christmas.
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