Villanelle Lives: 'Killing Eve' Fans Fight to Bury a Deadly Trope

The Popculty Podcast

When the critically-acclaimed TV series Killing Eve shocked viewers by ending with the oldest homophobic trope known as Bury Your Gays, it re-opened old wounds for the LGBTQ+ community. But fans are turning their betrayal into action, to ensure the next generation of queer viewers get to see happy endings for the characters they love - and themselves.
Take action:

• Donate: Help the Killing Eve Billboard Project reach their goal
• View: The Killing Eve Open Letter Project
• Email: AMC+ and BBC America - Cancel your subscriptions and tell them why

References:

• The Harmful Trope That's Still Haunting Queer TV - AJ Willingham (CNN)
• Killing Eve Chose Cruelty - Angelica Jade Bastien (Vulture)
• Villanelle's Real Killer? Miserable British Puritanism - Adi Tantimedh (Bleeding Cool)
• The Killing Eve Finale Was Violent in the Worst Way - Jocelyn (Writing Through the Night)
• The Psychological Impact of the Killing Eve Series Finale - Jan E. Estrellado, PhD. (Psychology Today)
• The Trevor Project memorial fund

Thank you:
Viktorija (@anevolutionarynecessity)
@loving-villanelle
@alicia_desousa
@bertimic
@bigswisses
@ke_sufferer
@fkacernes
anon and @horde-princess
@killingeveeditx
@doks-aux
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Chapters

1. Intro: Welcome to Gay Wrath Month! (00:00:00)

2. Scathing Reviews of the 'Killing Eve' Finale (00:00:27)

3. "Bury Your Gays": A History (00:02:21)

4. 99 (Other) Problems (00:08:04)

5. Queers Read Mean Tweets About the 'Killing Eve' Finale (00:11:14)

6. Impact and Fan Response, from 'The 100' to Now (00:13:12)

7. Fan Voices: Viktorija, on What Villanelle Means to Slavic Women (00:20:02)

8. The Killing Eve Open Letter Project (00:22:21)

9. Fan Voices: AV, on Launching the Killing Eve Billboard Project (00:24:33)

10. #VillanelleLives: Fandom Resilience and Creativity (00:27:00)

11. The Impact of Queer Representation on TV (00:28:30)

12. Fans Get the Last Word: Hope (00:30:20)

13. Thank-yous and Credits (00:34:02)

14. Bloopers (00:36:53)