Tender Subject

The only podcast that bites back! Jay and Kayte talk about the most delicious taboo: cannibalism. Join us as we devour movies, art and theory!

Tender Subject is a society podcast hosted by tendersubjectpod, with 52 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

tendersubjectpod hosts Tender Subject, a society show with 52 episodes published.

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  Episode #53

  Safe with Madeline Lane-McKinley

  Sep 30, 20261h 33m

  Dave and Kayte are joined by writer Madeline Lane-McKinley to talk about a different kind of body horror, in the Todd Haynes masterpiece Safe (1995). We discuss class, gender, genre, illness, cults and milk drinking. Plus, we dig into Douglas Crimp's seminal essay "How to Be Promiscuous in an Epidemic" . Extra credit: "How To Have Promiscuity in an Epidemic" by Douglas Krimp, October Magazine, 1987. "Safe: Nowhere to Hide" by Dennis Lim, Criterion Collection, December 10, 2014. Madeline Lane-McKinley is a feminist writer, parent, and teacher based in Portland, Oregon. She is the author of Solidarity With Children: An Essay Against Adult Supremacy, Comedy Against Work: Utopian Longing in Dystopian Times and Dear Z, the coauthor of Fag/Hag, and an editor for Blind Field: A Journal of Cultural Inquiry. Her writing has appeared in publications such as the Los Angeles Review of Books, Boston Review, The New Inquiry, and Protean Magazine. Dave is also a co-host on Genre Reveal Party and hosts This is Your Afterlife Kayte is also a co-host on Fangs for the Memories and makes art here!

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  Episode #52

  Frightmare with Jo Isaacson

  Jun 8, 20261h 34m

  This week, Kayte and Mae are joined by writer/professor Jo Issaacson to devour 1974's cult cannibalism classic Frightmare! We talk about crazy old biddies, British politeness, Julia Ducournau, psychiatry and tarot. Plus Kayte tries and fails to say Canibanthropy multiple times. Where to find Jo: @StepfordDotter on Twitter Stepford Daughters book What Ever Happened to Baby Jane book Facebook horror group Blind Field Journal Mae is co-host of the podcast Pleasers and Punishers , is a Scooby on Slayerfest98 and makes music at eversonpoe Kayte is also a co-host on Fangs for the Memories and makes art here .

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  Episode #51

  Midnight Meat Train

  May 1, 20261h 26mS0

  <p>This week, Kayte and Dave descend deep into the tunnels of the New York city subway, with author/professor Eleanor Russel to slice into 2008's The Midnight Meat Train (directed by Ryuhei Kitamura). We talk about public transit, the art world on film, the meat industry and why it's so disorienting to film a movie about one city while filming in a different city. Naturally our discussion turns to Clive Barker's original short story, one we highly recommend to horror fiends!</p> <p> </p> <p>Other Media: <br> "The Midnight Meat Train" by Clive Barker, Books of Blood </p> <p>E...

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  Episode #50

  Silence of The Lambs with Jon the Lit Crit Guy

  Apr 7, 20261h 32mS0

  <p>Have the lambs stopped screaming Clarice? That’s right: Kayte and Jay are joined by author Jon, the Lit Crit Guy from Horror Vanguard to tackle a big one: Silence of the Lambs! We talk through genre, gender, class and cannibalism in this monster of a film. <br> <br> Media referenced: </p> <p>Skin Shows: Gothic Horror and the Technology of Monsters by J Halberstam</p> <p>“Jonathan Demme’s Silence of the Lambs” by Jeanne Silverthorne, Art Forum. </p> <p><br> Subscribe to Jon's Patreon<br> Jon's books are Capitalism: A Horror Story and A Primer on Utopian Philosophy...

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  Episode #49

  Crimes of the Future with Dave Maher

  Mar 12, 20261h 39mS0

  <p>It's a world with no pain, new organs and performance art is all the rage! Join Kayte and Dave as we delve into the gorgeously grotesque Crimes of the Future. We talk about pain, wounds, pleasure and art through the film and through some of Kayte's favorite performance art texts. </p> <p>Other readings: <br> Jones, Amelia. "Performing the Wounded Body: Pain, Affect and the Radical Relationality of the Body", Parallax, 2009</p> <p>Hold It Against Me: Difficulty and Emotion in Contemporary Art by Jennifer Doyle.<br> Body Talk: A Cronenberg Roundtable, Reverse Shot, 2022.<br> <br> </p> <p>Dave is...

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