{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65f22e372d60f00016403a0f/6712b834e61104a199f3e65e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep. 26: They're queering AI and transing mosquitoes","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65f22e372d60f00016403a0f/1729277993044-3d93df31-9d0f-48d7-8865-bfc3b803ebc9.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Halloween has come early this year; Today we're talking \"Rocky Horror\" discourse and a newly-announced TV adaptation&nbsp;of the horror novel \"Manhunt.\" We also discuss scientists turning the freakin' mosquitos trans, and Grindr training a gay AI chatbot by making it watch hundreds of hours of \"Rupaul's Drag Race.\" And perhaps the scariest part of all...Kidz Bop is covering Chappell Roan.</p><p><br></p><p>Follow BICONIC on <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/biconicpod/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a> and <a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@thebiconicpod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok</a>.</p><p>Follow your hosts <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/wakeywakeymegsnbakey/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Megan</a> and <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/grace.griffin/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Grace</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Sources:</p><ul><li>“<a href=\"https://www.them.us/story/mosquitoes-trans-crispr-gene-editing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Scientists Are Turning Mosquitoes “Trans” So They Can Fight Malaria</a>” by Abby Monteil, Them</li><li>“<a href=\"https://www.avclub.com/lilly-wachowski-gretchen-felker-martins-manhunt-into-a-tv-show\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Lilly Wachowski is turning Gretchen Felker-Martin's Manhunt into a TV show</a>” by William Hughes, AV Club</li><li>“<a href=\"https://www.them.us/story/yes-rocky-horror-picture-show-is-transphobic-transmisogynist\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Yes, Rocky Horror Is Transphobic. Why Do We Still Like It So Much?</a>” by Fran Tirado and Samantha Allen, Them</li><li>“<a href=\"https://www.washingtonblade.com/2016/03/09/rocky-horror-picture-show-creator-says-trans-women-arent-women/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ creator says trans women ‘can’t be women’</a>” by Mariah Cooper, Washington Blade</li><li>“<a href=\"https://www.juliaserano.com/outside.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bending Over Backwards: An Introduction to the Issue of Trans Woman-Inclusion</a>” by Julia Serano</li><li>“<a href=\"https://www.them.us/story/charli-xcx-jeremy-o-harris-pete-ohs-erupcja-secret-movie?client_service_name=them.&amp;client_service_id=31178&amp;service_user_id=1.78e+16&amp;supported_service_name=instagram_publishing&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_social_type=owned&amp;utm_brand=them&amp;utm_source=instagram&amp;utm_content=instagram-bio-link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Charli XCX Spent Her Brat Summer Secretly Filming a Movie With Jeremy O. Harris</a>” by James Factora, Them&nbsp;</li><li>“<a href=\"https://variety.com/2024/film/features/charli-xcx-jeremy-o-harris-pete-ohs-erupcja-movie-1236168237/#\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Charli XCX’s Secret Movie Revealed: How the Pop Star, Jeremy O. Harris and Director Pete Ohs Shot ‘Erupcja’ During ‘Brat’ Summer (EXCLUSIVE)</a>” by Angelique Jackson, Variety</li><li>“<a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/grindr-aims-to-build-the-dating-worlds-first-ai-wingman-8039e091\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Grindr Aims to Build the Dating World’s First AI ‘Wingman’</a>” by Belle Lin, The Wall Street Journal</li></ul>","author_name":"Grace Griffin & Megan Ellis"}