Jesse and Holly just have one checkpoint to go before we can officially crown Bruce Springsteen with queer icon status. Quite simply – is there a vibe? Do other queer people agree that Bruce is a queer icon? This is their last chance to collate their evidence, gather their findings, and prepare their ultimate arguments for the Panel of Queers next week.

Show notes:

Read a transcript of today’s episode

Read Alana Kumbier’s seminal zine Because the Boss Belongs to us

Read Holly Casio’s Graphic Memoir Looking for Bruce

Follow Butch Springsteen and Georgeous Michael

Read Eve Kosofsky Sedgewick - You’re So Paranoid, I Bet You Think This Introduction is About You

Our friends have released 5 absolutely STUNNING bruce covers to celebrate the series. Find them all on our Queer Springsteen playlist <3 

Buy Jesse’s Gay Bruce Merch and support trans affirming surgeries and families evacuating Gaza xoxo

Credits:

Because the Boss Belongs to Us is a production of Molten Heart and iHeartPodcasts

Creator: Jesse Lawson

Hosts and Executive Producers: Jesse Lawson and Holly Casio

This episode features: Alana Kumbier, Otto Wates and Afi Yellow-Duke

Producer + Sound Designer: Jesse Lawson

Production Assistant: Tess Hazel

Mix Engineer: Michelle Macklem

Original music and theme: Talk Bazaar

Show Art: Holly Casio

Fact Checking: Serena Solin

Legal: Rowan Maron and Feil

Molten Heart Executive Producer: Jazmine (JT) Green

iHeartPodcasts Executive Producer: Lindsey Hoffman

Jesse and Holly just have one checkpoint to go before we can officially crown Bruce Springsteen with queer icon status. Quite simply – is there a vibe? Do other queer people agree that Bruce is a queer icon? This is their last chance to collate their evidence, gather their findings, and prepare their ultimate arguments for the Panel of Queers next week.
Show notes: 
<a href="https://www.wearemolten.com/s/BecauseTheBossBelongsToUs_E6_Script_TheArgument.pdf">Read a transcript of today’s episode</a>
Read Alana Kumbier’s seminal zine <a href="https://archive.qzap.org/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/320">Because the Boss Belongs to us</a>
Read Holly Casio’s Graphic Memoir <a href="https://coolschmool.com/comics/looking-for-bruce">Looking for Bruce</a>
Follow <a href="https://www.instagram.com/butchspringsteen_drag/">Butch Springsteen</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/georgeousmichael/">Georgeous Michael</a>
Read Eve Kosofsky Sedgewick - <a href="https://read.dukeupress.edu/books/book/636/chapter/128566/Paranoid-Reading-and-Reparative-Reading-or-You-re">You’re So Paranoid, I Bet You Think This Introduction is About You</a>
Our friends have released 5 absolutely STUNNING bruce covers to celebrate the series. Find them all on our <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/43rL4JzfUeZUsRNCtzHBLF?si=36c464f28adf4d6c">Queer Springsteen</a> playlist &lt;3 
<a href="https://jesselawson.me/fundraising/">Buy Jesse’s Gay Bruce Merch and support trans affirming surgeries and families evacuating Gaza xoxo</a>
Credits:
Because the Boss Belongs to Us is a production of <a href="https://www.wearemolten.com/">Molten Heart</a> and <a href="https://podcasters.iheart.com/">iHeartPodcasts</a> 
Creator: <a href="https://jesselawson.me/">Jesse Lawson</a>
Hosts and Executive Producers: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jesseloulawson/">Jesse Lawson</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hollycasio/">Holly Casio</a>
This episode features: <a href="https://archive.org/details/8c0bf9_a4fb8e0deb0f4db483b3c4396b64007c">Alana Kumbier</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/georgeousmichael/">Otto Wates</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ayellowduchess/">Afi Yellow-Duke</a>
Producer + Sound Designer: Jesse Lawson
Production Assistant: Tess Hazel
Mix Engineer: <a href="https://michellemacklem.io/">Michelle Macklem</a>
Original music and theme: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/talkbazaar">Talk Bazaar</a>
Show Art: <a href="https://coolschmool.com/">Holly Casio</a>
Fact Checking: Serena Solin
Legal: Rowan Maron and Feil
Molten Heart Executive Producer: <a href="https://www.jtgreen.me/">Jazmine (JT) Green</a>
iHeartPodcasts Executive Producer: Lindsey Hoffman

If someone asked you to name a queer icon, who would you say? Cher? Britney? Whitney? Mariah? What about…Bruce Springsteen?

In Because the Boss Belongs to Us, Jesse Lawson and Holly Casio try to get Bruce Springsteen recognised as the queer icon they know that he is. Over 7 episodes, they’ll be addressing important questions, like: 

Who wore it best? Bruce Springsteen or K D Lang?
What is the best Bruce song for your sex playlist? 
Is Bruce Springsteen… the Ultimate Emo?

And what the hell are they—trans / activist / abolitionist / DIY punk / drag king / working class / weirdos—doing, idolizing a cis, straight, rich, white man?

If someone asked you to name a queer icon, who would you say? Cher? Britney? Whitney? Mariah? What about…Bruce Springsteen?
In Because the Boss Belongs to Us, Jesse Lawson and Holly Casio try to get Bruce Springsteen recognised as the queer icon they know that he is. Over 7 episodes, they’ll be addressing important questions, like: 
Who wore it best? Bruce Springsteen or K D Lang? What is the best Bruce song for your sex playlist?  Is Bruce Springsteen… the Ultimate Emo?
And what the hell are they—trans / activist / abolitionist / DIY punk / drag king / working class / weirdos—doing, idolizing a cis, straight, rich, white man?

Because the Boss Belongs to Us

6. Last Chance

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