I wanted to thread some of my favorite points but there are too many! Just listen to the episode: queerlodgings.com/episodes/car...

New episode alert! The Carpenter Biography: A Response zencastr.com/z/UkUYgESS We deep dive into Humphrey Carpenter's 1977 biography of JRR Tolkien, in particular Carpenter's treatment of Edith and their relationship/marriage. Spoiler alert: Authorial bias exists outside of the Legendarium as well!

New episode alert! The Carpenter Biography: A Response zencastr.com/z/UkUYgESS We deep dive into Humphrey Carpenter's 1977 biography of JRR Tolkien, in particular Carpenter's treatment of Edith and their relationship/marriage. Spoiler alert: Authorial bias exists outside of the Legendarium as well!

Credit: @slicklike007.bsky.social

New episode alert! zencastr.com/z/92aCsSSo Writing a Book Chapter! (or "Why We Didn't Record Much in 2025") We discuss the main reasons why we didn't get much recording done in 2025, including jointly writing a book chapter for an upcoming edited volume, and various personal life challenges.

Happy Pride Month, Lodgers and Birches! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Grace was recently interviewed by "Marquette Today" about the podcast, highlighting that a Catholic institution can be accepting and even celebratory of queerness and difference (much like JRRT himself). today.marquette.edu/2026/06/staf...

Staff Spotlight: Marquette staff member explores LGBTQ+ representation in Middle-earth | Marquette Today

Staff member Grace Moone uses the university's Tolkien Archives to showcase LGBTQ+ themes in the famous author's works.

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A huge thank you to @queerlodgings.bsky.social for their support in the entire journey of this special issue!

Queer Lodgings: A Tolkien Podcast@queerlodgings.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Huge congrats to friends-of-the-podcast @roryq.bsky.social and @clarelmoore.bsky.social for the publication of a special issue of "Journal of Tolkien Research" that they jointly edited and contributed to on Asexuality in Tolkien's Legendarium (link in comments)!

Huge congrats to friends-of-the-podcast @roryq.bsky.social and @clarelmoore.bsky.social for the publication of a special issue of "Journal of Tolkien Research" that they jointly edited and contributed to on Asexuality in Tolkien's Legendarium (link in comments)!

New episode alert! zencastr.com/z/wRXAuHnG Delve deep into the Hobbit-holes of Bag End to explore Lobelia Sackville-Baggins. Is she actually the villain she's made out to be in "The Hobbit" and "Fellowship", or simply a victim of narrative bias? 🎨 Hristo Chukov - LOTR MtG

Public Awareness thread for the Tolkien community. I have been thinking for a while that this thread may be necessary, but hoping that it would not be. @timbolton.bsky.social has unfortunately demonstrated himself to be an unsafe Ally on several occasions.

Happy Tolkien Reading Day/Gondorian New Year Lodgers and Birches! Here's our TRD episode from 2023, where each of us read a favourite Tolkien poem. Grace selected 'The Mewlips' (1962), Alicia chose 'Progress in Bimble Town' (1931), and Leah's pick was 'Errantry' (1933). zencastr.com/z/R9sMcdeB

Episode 10.5 - Tolkien Reading Day 2023 Bonus Episode by @Tim

To celebrate our first 'Tolkien Reading Day' as a podcast, we each chose a favourite poem from Tolkien to read. Grace selected 'The Mewlips' (1962), Alicia chose 'Progress in Bimble Town' (1931), and ...

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Why is Frodo Baggins like. Ideal ace person rep.

We're super excited to share that "Queer Approaches to Tolkien" will be available in paperback on Nov 28th (less than 2 weeks from now!), and in digital format a few weeks afterwards. We can't wait to check this out!! robinareid.substack.com/p/queer-appr...

Queer Approaches to Tolkien: Essays on the Many Paths to Middle-earth

Publication date: November 28, 2025!

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Great quotes here from Janet Croft, our most recent podcast guest, as well as past guest Robin Reid. In short, get fucked, fascists. Tolkien doesn't belong to you, and he sure as fuck wouldn't be advocating for ICE's gestapo tactics. www.removepaywall.com/search?url=h...

New episode alert! zencastr.com/z/_gLEDrCs We have a special treat with you this episode... a discussion about "The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim" with the film's credited "Tolkien Expert" (and a Lodger herself), Janet Brennan Croft!

If any Lodgers or Birches are at Dragon Con this weekend, you can see Alicia at any of these panels! Alicia and Producer Tim may just have Nazgul-inspired badge ribbons for you.

The recording of our presentation at the recent @mythsoc.bsky.social online seminar "More Perilous and Fair" is now available! All about reading Eowyn, Galadriel, and Luthien as genderqueer. dc.swosu.edu/oms/oms4/sch...

Join us Lodgers and Birches! The Queer Lodgings co-hosts will be presenting a paper titled "She Chsoe Her Fate: The Genderqueer Women of Tolkien and Freedom Beyond the Patriarchal Binary" on Saturday. #Tolkien #QueerStudies #TolkienStudies #LotR #TheSilmarillion

@mythsoc.bsky.social · last yr.

OMS is coming up in a little over the week and the schedule is now live! there's still some time to register if you haven't already! mythsoc.org/oms/oms-04.htm

Thanks for the shoutout Mercury! ♥️🏳️‍🌈 And Happy Pride!

Mercury Natis@mercuryreads.bsky.social · last yr.

Today's podcast rec is a must listen for the Tolkienists with @queerlodgings.bsky.social and @knewbettadobetta.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/6soU... (I'm about a month behind on my podcasts, don't judge meee)

Thanks for the shoutout TJ!

TJ | Gifatar@the-neej.bsky.social · last yr.

Thank you, episode 3 will be out tomorrow. If you’re interested in more queer Tolkien readings check out @queerlodgings.bsky.social podcast and @mercuryreads.bsky.social has a presentation about queer coded Sauron and I LOVED it! Thank you @erikjampa.bsky.social for pointing me in their direction!

Lodgers and Birches: There's a Shakespeare adaptation happening that's made just for us! 😅🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Seriously, what a bunch of absolute champions.

PinkNews@pinknews.bsky.social · last yr.

Sir Ian McKellen to open historic all-trans and non-binary production of Shakespeare classic

Merci Bladorthin de nous avoir mentionné dans votre fil de discussion Tolkien Trewsday à propos d'Eowyn et des « Maisons de guérison » !

Bladorthin le Barde@bladorthin.bsky.social · last yr.

@tolkiendil.bsky.social Si Tolkien inflige nombre d’épreuves à ses personnages, ce n’est pas seulement pour ajouter des péripéties, mais pour montrer comment les blessures de la vie trouvent la GUERISON ! L’ #ArbrediTolkien ( #TolkienTrewsday) vous invite à une heureuse convalescence :⤵️

New episode alert: buff.ly/uSF6KkI We're back with special guest Willie Jenkins, aka @knewbettadobetta.bsky.social ‬! We discuss his background as a Tolkien fan, strategies for dealing with trolls, positive experiences with diverse Tolkien creators, and the "Voices of Arda" podcast.

I feel like @stef.athrabeth.com needs to see this meme after her @westmoot.org presentation. I dare not share it in the Tolkien Society Discord server. 😅 (inspired by the @queerlodgings.bsky.social episode with @roryq.bsky.social and Stuart) Aldarion is also my fave Middle-earth punching bag.

Producer Tim is at @westmoot.org this weekend, and I'd love to meet some new Lodgers and Birches! Please introduce yourselves! #Westmoot25

Happy International Asexuality day to all our acespec Lodgers! We'd like to celebrate you and our two favorite Hobbit perpetual bachelors 💜 Also, if you're new to us, we did an ace/aro readings episode with the lovely Rory and Stuart if you'd like to check it out: queerlodgings.com/episodes/ace...

Happy International Asexuality day to all our acespec Lodgers! We'd like to celebrate you and our two favorite Hobbit perpetual bachelors 💜 Also, if you're new to us, we did an ace/aro readings episode with the lovely Rory and Stuart if you'd like to check it out: queerlodgings.com/episodes/ace...

Happy Trans Day of Visibility to all of our trans and NB Lodgers & Birches! We know how scary the world can be for you right now, especially in the US where your very existence is under regular threat. Know that trans icon Dernhelm sees you, is proud of you, and has your back. And so do we. 🏳️‍⚧️ ✊

Hello Lodgers & Birches! It's already Tolkien Reading Day in some parts of the world and we're celebrating by soft launching our discord server for our social media followers! We'll be making an official announcement in our next episode, but you can join us now at :https://discord.gg/4cNVdCkQ 🌈

... And Queer Lodgings will answer! We took a bit of a break because... well... *gestures broadly at everything* But we just had a planning session for our next few episodes, which should include some great guests!