The Three Patch Podcast
The Three Patch Podcast
The Three Patch Podcast
Episode 93: Pride in the Queerness of his Name
3 hour 43 minutes Posted Jun 1, 2019 at 4:57 pm.
Host Opening
Queer Readings of ACD
ASiF: A Land So Wild
Top Ten Examples of Queer-Coded Victorian Subtext
Interview with Caroline Duvezin-Caubet: Queerness in Neo-Victorian Literature
FOI: Star Trek Discovery
Top Ten Pride Slogans Through The Ages
The Happy Prince RT
That’s My Division
Post Mortem
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Episode 93: Pride in the Queerness of his Name
In which we celebrate queerness through the ages by decoding ACD, watching The Happy Prince, and exploring A Land So Wild. Happy Pride Month!
Segment timestamps:
0:00:25 – Host Opening
0:25:46 – Queer Readings of ACD
1:04:42 – ASiF: A Land So Wild
1:37:30 – Top Ten Examples of Queer-Coded Victorian Subtext
1:38:40 – Interview with Caroline Duvezin-Caubet: Queerness in Neo-Victorian Literature
2:13:51 – FOI: Star Trek Discovery
2:40:24 – Top Ten Pride Slogans Through The Ages
2:41:31 – The Happy Prince RT
3:10:24 – That’s My Division
3:22:54 – Post Mortem 
Shownotes, contact details, and credits below.
FULL SHOWNOTES
Host Opening (
0:00:25)↑  Consulting Fans: Johnlocked, Chelsea, SundayDuck, Producer: Johnlocked, Editor: Emma Grant
[Podfic] Drift Compatible by Lockedinjohnlock, written by J_Baillier
Benedict singing as the Angel Islington in Neverwhere
Andrew Scott in Fleabag
Jude Law filming The New Pope (x, x, x)
Leviosa Con in Los Angeles June 27-30
221 Be Here facebook group
Subscribe to the Three Patch Times!
Queer Readings of ACD (
0:25:46)↑  Consulting Fans: Hope, Johnlocked, Producer/Editor: Johnlocked Hope and JL explore the world of queer readings and possible queer coding in ACD canon. Big thanks to meta consultants Tendergingergirl and BakerStreetCrow!
Texts and Published Works:
The Stark Munro Letters
The Complete Sherlock Holmes and The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
Shakespeare’s sonnets 26, 57, 58
Sherlock Holmes: A Secret History by John V. Hennessy
Strangers: Homosexual Love in the Nineteenth Century by Graham Robb
London and the Culture of Homosexuality, 1885-1914 by Matt Cook
The Case of Sherlock Holmes: Secrets and Lies in Conan Doyle’s Detective Fiction by Andrew Glazzard
Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
My Dearest Holmes by Rohase Piercy
Pursuing Sherlock Holmes by Bill Mason
Sherlock’s Men: Masculinity, Conan Doyle, and Cultural History by Joseph A. Kestner
Arthur Conan Doyle and the Meaning of Masculinity by Diana Barsham
Fan Meta:
Decoding the Subtext: Being an examination of the homoerotic subtext contained within the Sherlock Holmes Canon by Nekosmuse
Aurora’s Feather: The Queer Decoding Of The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle by Tendergingergirl (locked to AO3 users)
Ghost Stories Are Gay Stories and 1895 by heimishtheidealhusband
Sherlock’s Last Shot and Pursuing Sherlock Holmes: Bill Mason, Sherlockian, Book Series by Tendergingergirl
Artemisastarte meta on the Bohemian Connection,  a shift in queer coding, and ACD’s medical view of homosexuality
On the Stark Munro Letters by sherlock-overflow-error
Weeesi’s meta on Arthur Conan Doyle and Subtext, Sherlock Holmes and Victorian Homosexuality, Masterpost – Strangers: Homosexual Love in the Nineteenth Century, and London and the Culture of Homosexuality – Masterpost
Inevitably-johnlocked’s meta masterpost related to ACD and mini-list
Sherlock Holmes and Victorian Homosexuality Part 1 & Part 2 by Groovy Mutant
Watson was a Woman? by Rex Stout
Academic Papers
Sexuality in Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Sign of Four. A study in autoeroticism and homosexuality by Irene Rubio
Holmes and Watson or Sherlock and John: A homoerotic reading of Conan Doyle’s Characters in BBC’s Sherlock by Melissa Caro Lancho
Brainy is the New Sexy: Masculinity in Sherlock Holmes by Ginny Walrecht
ASiF: A Land So Wild  (
1:04:42)↑ Consulting Fans: Alexxphoenix42, Finnagain, Redscudery, Johnlocked, Producer/Editor: Alexxphoenix42 We enjoy discussing a published novel, A Land So Wild, that started out as a Sherlock fanfic.
A Land So Wild by Elyssa Warkentin
Books by K. J. Charles
Top Ten Examples of Queer-Coded Victorian Subtext (
1:37:30)↑ Contributed by: Johnlocked, Read by: Science
Interview with Caroline Duvezin-Caubet: Queerness in Neo-Victorian Literature (
1:38:40)↑  Consulting Fans: Finnagain,  Caroline Duvezin-Caubet, Producer/Editor: Finnagain Finnagain interviews Dr. Caroline Duvezin-Caubet on queerness in neo-victorian romances and her recent paper titled “Gaily Ever After”. The conversation covers about changing depictions of queerness within this setting, and the ways authors bring happily ever after to queer characters within the constraints of Victorian England.
Follow Caroline’s work (and fandom) on twitter.
Books cited:
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
The French Lieutenant Woman by John Fowles
Possession by A.S. Byatt
Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem by Peter Ackroyd
Tipping the velvet, Affinity, Fingersmith by Sarah Water
It Takes Two to Tumble, by Cat Sebastian  
Band Sinister by K.J. Charles
Frederica by Georgette Heyer
Unmasked by the Marquess by Cat Sebastian  
An Unsuitable Heir by K.J. Charles
The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal by K.J. Charles
Related Articles:
Journal of Neo-Victorian Studies
Kohlke, Marie-Luise and Gutleben, Christian “Introducing Neo-Victorian Family Matters”. Neo-Victorian Families: Gender, Sexual and Cultural Politics.
Regis, Pamela. A Natural History of the Romance Novel.
Sebastian, Cat. “The Heyer Problem – A History of Privilege” in Essays on the Literary Genius of Georgette Heyer.
Alexander, Corey, “Review of Unmasked by the Marquess”. Corey’s Book Corner.
Rictor Norton’s resources on 18th and 19th Gay History and Literature
FOI: Star Trek Discovery (
2:13:51)↑ Consulting Fans: Emma Grant, Finnagain, and Gerti, Producer/Editor: Emma Grant  There are so many reasons to love Star Trek Discovery: well-written female and POC characters, canon queer relationships, emo bearded Spock in black leather… Listen to the squee and LLAP!
Official Site
Disco on Memory Alpha
AO3 Tag for Disco fics
Top Ten Pride Slogans Through The Ages (
2:40:24)↑ Contributed by: Johnlocked, DrinkingCocoa, Read by: Science
The Happy Prince RT (
2:41:31)↑ Consulting Fans: Alexxphoenix42, Johnlocked, SundayDuck, Producer/Editor: SundayDuck We review -and heavily spoil!- Rupert Everett’s biopic about the twilight of Oscar Wilde’s life.
Sony Pictures’ official trailer
That’s My Division (
3:10:24)↑ Consulting Fans: Alexxphoenix42, Fin_Amour, Johnlocked, Producer/Editor: Alexxphoenix42 This month, we looked at historical AU fanfic in honor of pride and queerness through the ages.
Alexxphoenix42
The Violet Hour by breathedout
The signal series by dioscureantwins
Obsidian Anniversary by Swissmiss
Amanuensis by Redscudery
Angel with a Fiddle by Remy_Writes5
Fin_Amour
Spectral Evidence by earlgreytea68
Johnlocked
St(r)aying Off Script by disaronnus
[Podfic] St(r)aying Off Script by Lockedinjohnock
The Reawakening of John Watson by 221b_careful_what_you_wish_for
Gross Indecency by bittergreens
Post Mortem (
3:22:54)↑  Consulting Fans: Johnlocked, Chelsea, SundayDuck, Producer: Johnlocked, Editor: Emma Grant
TPP Discord
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Music Credits
Unless otherwise indicated, all music is available for purchase through online retailers such as amazon.com and iTunes.
Show Intro – David Arnold and Michael Price, Sherlock: Original Television Soundtrack Music From Series One: Opening Titles
Queer Readings of ACD – Miklós Rózsa, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes: Main Titles & End Titles
A Study in Fic – Cake, Fashion Nugget: Open Book
From the Notebook of Kitty Riley – The Quantic Soul Orchestra, Stampede: Hold it Down
Fandoms of Interest – David Arnold and Michael Price, Sherlock: Original Television Soundtrack Music From Series One: Back to Work
The Happy Prince RT – Bing Crosby, Orson Welles & Bernard Herrmann, The Happy Prince: The Happy Prince
That’s My Division – John Coltrane, My Favorite Things [Deluxe Edition]: My Favorite Things, Part 1
Show Outro – Bee Gees, Saturday Night Fever [The Original Movie Soundtrack]: Stayin’ Alive
 
Production Credits Episode Producer: Johnlocked Episode Banner Artist: Fox Estacado Episode Audio Editor: Emma Grant Distribution funded by Fans!
How to Cite
APA
By Three Patch Productions (Producer). (2019, June 1). Pride in the Queerness of his Name [Episode 93]. Three Patch Podcast. Podcast retrieved from https://three-patch.com/2019/06/01/episode-93/