Our Flag Means Death Season 2: Queer Pirates Return

Who lives to tell the tale of our favorite queer pirate romance/comedy? OFMD returned for a second (and final?) season on HBO Max. Linda Codega, journalist (and sailor!)  joins me to discuss: What’s up with Blackbeard tourism IRL?Is Buttons a sea druid?Can we make Calypso’s Birthday the new queer Halloween?The pirate polycule? Why we really need season 3! Linda H. Codega is an award-winning entertainment journalist who has written about science fiction and fantasy media for over five years. They were previously a staff writer for io9 where they covered film, television, books, and analog games. Much of their work covers a mix of tabletop roleplaying games, pop culture, fandom, and queer intersections.  Subscribe to their newsletter: https://clickbaiter.substack.com/  Listen to my pirate history deep dive for season 1, including a spoiler-free intro to the series.  https://bit.ly/OFMDpod  Linda’s coverage of the season 2 finale https://gizmodo.com/our-flag-means-death-s2-finale-izzy-hands-death-fandom-1850978817 My article, Our Flag Means Death Takes Queering History to New Depths https://www.wired.com/story/our-flag-means-death-season-2-queering-history/  Fan activism https://ofmd-crew.com/