July 10, 2023

Episode 13

Shire Quick Post – Recent/Upcoming Seminars, Tolkien Trewsday, and LotR “Magic the Gathering” Set

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Hosts & Guests

Alicia

(she/they) A queer Tolkien scholar and Zelda nerd interested in adaptation, audience reception, and biography.

Grace

(she/her) An acquirer of books, a queer-rights activist, serves as as the Subscriptions Steward of the Mythopoeic Society, and is a Professional Nerd (okay, technically it’s an unpaid internship).

Leah

(she/her) Just another weird Tolkien geek living in the Grey Havens (also known as Seattle WA) with two rabbits and far too few books.

Resources

Events

Tolkien Society Midsummer Seminar: Númenor: The Mighty and the Frail

GIFCon 2023

Interchanging Melodies Online Tolkien Summit: Tolkien, Religion and Beyond

A Long Expected Party: A Semicentennial Celebration of Tolkien’s Life, Works, and Afterlife

Mythopoeic Society Online Midsummer Seminar 2023: Fantasy Goes to Hell!

Websites

Green Book of the White Downs: Introducing Tolkien Trewsday

Ebony Warrior Studios

Magic the Gathering Card Lord of the Rings Set

About This Episode

Catching up on some recent and upcoming events in the world of Tolkien, we begin by lauding some of our favorite presentations from the recent Tolkien Society Seminar and GIFcon. We compare a couple of very different upcoming Religion-themed Tolkien-focused events, and then highlight the participation of the Queer Lodgings team in several panels and presentations at the Mythopoeic Society’s Online Midsummer Seminar on Aug 5th-6th. Queer Lodgings also took over the #TolkienTrewsday hashtag recently, and we discuss what a great experience it was for the Tolkien Twitter community! Finally, we fan swoon over the Lord of the Rings-themed ‘Magic: The Gathering’ set, and the wonderful representation found in the art on some some of the cards. Lots of teasers here for future content on our podcast from great Tolkien scholars doing ground-breaking work!

CW: Spanking, BDSM, Forced Marriage