{"id":13905,"date":"2024-06-20T09:02:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T09:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/20\/is-bruce-springsteen-an-unlikely-queer-icon-two-fans-makes-the-case\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T09:02:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T09:02:41","slug":"is-bruce-springsteen-an-unlikely-queer-icon-two-fans-makes-the-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/20\/is-bruce-springsteen-an-unlikely-queer-icon-two-fans-makes-the-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Bruce Springsteen an unlikely queer icon? Two fans makes the case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A pair of \u2018queer nerds\u2019 obsessed with the American rock hero break down his legacy in Because the Boss Belongs to Us. Plus: five of the best podcasts about Britain<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/info\/2017\/may\/10\/hear-here-podcast-recommendations-sign-up-for-unexpected-audio-pleasures\">Don\u2019t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the first time in as long as I can remember, I found myself baffled by a podcast this week. Namely, the audio debut of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fesshole\">Fesshole<\/a>: the wild tell-all X account where people send in their anonymous tales of outlandish behaviour. Its first episode saw its creator running down the 10 best confessions of the week \u2013 fine, an easy-to-understand format. And then, episode two was a lengthy, colourful interview with celeb fan and psychology expert Phillipa Perry, as she mused that the popularity of confessing to Fesshole might be because, in her words, it\u2019s \u201cmaybe a little thing to wank to.\u201d Was it a spin-off episode? Bonus content? And if not, then what exactly is the format of this show, I found myself wondering.<\/p>\n<p>I was similarly unenlightened by going back to the trailer, where it promises that they\u2019ll also have episodes interviewing people who\u2019ve confessed, plus \u201ca novelty gameshow episode\u201d. I was also thrown by this week\u2019s return to the listicle format, which seems to have introduced a totally new series of categories for the show (from \u201chighest rated\u201d to \u201cjust ones that make me laugh\u201d). But the penny has since dropped: this is a podcast that is doing whatever the hell it likes \u2013 if not making it up as it goes along.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/article\/2024\/jun\/20\/hear-here-bruce-springsteen-queer-icon\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pair of \u2018queer nerds\u2019 obsessed with the American rock hero break down his legacy in Because the Boss Belongs to Us. Plus: five of the best podcasts about Britain \u2022 Don\u2019t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up here For the first time in as long as I can remember, I found [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13905\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}