Thanks to everyone who tuned into our Substack Live.
We dug into HBO’s Heated Rivalry, the spicy gay hockey drama that everyone is talking about. Given that our podcast is all about critiquing hetero love, sex, politics, and culture, we obviously had to do a bonus episode on this viral phenomenon. Why do women like it? And might it have something to do with the current hetero-pessimistic moment?
Just a few topics discussed:
butts
cocks
hockey goalie warm-ups in which they very much look like they are fucking the ice (also: fuck ICE)
the show’s foley artists simulating blowjobs
straight women co-opting gay culture
the show’s lesbian viewership
straight women watching gay porn
the novelty of depicting mutual pleasure and sex as story
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