JAK NAWIEDZAJĄ LESBIJKI. HOMO-SPEKTRALNOŚĆ, TOŻSAMOŚĆ I TRAUMA W NIEZALEŻNYCH PODCASTACH MIDNIGHT RADIO (2018) I WEAVER (2021)
LESBIAN HAUNTINGS: HOMO-SPECTRALITY, IDENTITY AND TRAUMA IN INDEPENDENT PODCAST MIDNIGHT RADIO (2018) AND WEAVER (2021)

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the spectralisation of lesbian desire, i.e., the discursive production of the social invisibility of lesbians, through its presentation in two podcasts: Midnight Radio (2018) by Bobbie Parker and Weaver (2021) written and performed by Newton Sweeney. The issue of spectralisation combines uncanny studies with queer theory, developing the concept of the queer subject as a phantom emerging in heteronormative culture through the social repression of queer- ness (the process known as homo-spectrality). In this context, the podcast format is particularly interesting as a derivative of radio, a medium historically predisposed to telling ghost stories (or conveying the voice of a ghost). The analyzed titles illustrate the social mechanism of spectrali- sation and offer a significant reinterpretation, as they base the production of the spectre not on the psychological mechanism of repression but on the desire for preservation, maintenance, and love.

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