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Straight White American Jesus

Monster in the Mirror: Ep. 4 -Meet the Beetle

Straight White American Jesus

Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller

News, Politics

4.72K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2022

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Christian nationalism is a kind of con game. And of all the authors examined in this podcast, the one most likely to appreciate that con would be Richard Marsh, author of the 1897 horror novel The Beetle. A one time con artist himself, Marsh treats the gender fluidity of his shapeshifting monster as a con game, a scam that defrauds God himself. Today, we're going to talk about how The Beetle's view of transgenderism illuminates the complex of hate, fear, and fascination with which Christian nationalists tell some of their most vicious lies: the ones about LGBT+ people. Written, narrated, and produced by Lucas Kwong Theme song "Lair" by The Brother K Melee (www.brotherkmusic.com) Closing song "Expire/Exhale" by Lucas Kwong Voice actors: Christian Young-Valdovinos, Naomi Kwong Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus episodes, ad-free listening, access to the entire 500-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ Order Brad's new book: https://www.amazon.com/Preparing-War-Extremist-Christian-Nationalism/dp/1506482163 To Donate: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/BradleyOnishi SWAJ Apparel is here! https://straight-white-american-jesus.creator-spring.com/listing/not-today-uncle-ron Further Reading:  Victoria Margree, British Women's Short Supernatural Fiction, 1860-1930: Our Own Ghostliness  Daniel Orrells Minna Vuohelianen, and Victoria Margree, eds., Richard Marsh, Popular Fiction, and Literary Culture, 1890-1915 Joe Vallese, ed. It Came From The Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror. Cynthia Miller, ed. The Silence Of The Lambs: Critical Reflections On A Cannibal If you're enjoying the podcast, please consider making a donation at ko-fi.com/lucaskwong or leaving a review at our Apple Podcasts page: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/monster-in-the-mirror/id1654399705 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:59.0

Hi everyone, Lucas here, creator of Monster in the Mirror.

1:02.0

And before we begin this week's episode, I just want to take a minute to acknowledge

1:08.0

the horrifying massacre at Club Q in Colorado Springs, perpetrated by the homophobic grandson of Republican assemblymen

1:20.0

in a major epicenter of the Christian right.

1:24.0

We were actually supposed to release this episode on the 21st, but because it deals with transphobia

1:30.0

and portrayals of transphobic violence, we felt it was a little too raw to release it on November 21st

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