Stories about: Archer Asks

Archer Asks: Mark Wilson and Tim Draxl on the enduring queer legacy of Tennessee Williams
Archer Magazine spoke to Melbourne Theatre Company about ‘The Glass Menagerie’ and the enduring queer legacy of Tennessee Williams.
“I try to convey the diverse reality and complexity of what queer and trans refugees and migrants experience, and not just some kumbaya fantasy of everyone sharing resources and taking care of each other.” Bobuq Sayed chats to Alex Creece.
“I don’t think questioning tradition is disrespectful. I think refusing to question it is far more dangerous.” Karma Dance’s Govind Pillai chats to Dhriti Gandham.

Archer Asks: The Beaches on Aries rage, ‘Silver Springs’ and making music out of breakup gossip
Archer Magazine chatted to The Beaches about their new single with G Flip, about rage in music and queer visibility.
Archer Magazine talks to Courtney Barnett about her new album ‘Creature of Habit’, listening to signs from the universe, and ‘Shark Tank’.
“It is an honour to use our language in my poems; my ancestors voices can be heard in-between the pages.” Maria van Neerven chats to Alex Creece.

Archer Asks: Bangarra’s Daniel Mateo on Indigenous masculinities and the poetry of dance
“We are of the land, and the land is of us, symbolising brown boys coming back to land as a way to find themselves.” Daniel Mateo chats to Alex Creece.
“We knew what men of the time wanted and how they wanted it, and we gave it to them in spades.” Ülo Klemmer chats to Laura Castagnini.

Archer Asks: Wet Leg’s Rhian Teasdale on queer yearning, feral lyrics and ‘Jennifer’s Body’
Ahead of their tour dates in so-called Australia, we chatted to Wet Leg’s Rhian Teasdale about queer yearning, feral lyrics and eggs.
“We need more stories written by sex workers for sex workers!” Momo Chavez chats to Archer Magazine.
“Nature depends on transness – we see it in mycology, fungi, plant life, fish and hyenas.” Zoe Terakes chats to Alex Creece.
“The work to build a collectively liberated world is always going to be easier than living in this current – really oppressive – fascistic world.” Mx Yaffa chats to Anna Hu.
“Fish felt like an apt metaphor for my own experience with being alive, for my relationship with my mum, for being queer.” Montaigne chats to Alex Creece.

Archer Asks: Author Kaya Ortiz on queer Filipino poetics, pop culture and being alien
“These poems are really just owning my different identities – Filipino, lesbian, queer – without shame.” Kaya Ortiz chats with Alex Creece.
“We, the diaspora, are an important part of the work of liberation, alongside Palestinian people who remained.” Micaela Sahhar chats to Alex Creece.
“Sex is such an interesting mode of inquiry – a petri dish for gaining knowledge about ourselves and our lusts and limits in the world.” Rachel Ang chats to Alex Creece.
“Our strength as queer, disabled people is our rage.” We chat to the team behind Oh, How We Laughed*, an anthology by queer, disabled writers.
I think a lot of people who are put in the margins are naturals at storytelling. I guess we have to be in a way, otherwise who else would tell our history or our truths in a way that honours where we come from?
“The bond between girl and horse is more like the passionate friendship described in Victorian lesbian narratives.” Monica Nolan chats to Alex Creece.
“Those small acts of support – say, a parent affirming their child’s self-expression – create a profound ripple effect.” Rae White chats to Alex Creece.
“Who is the future already happening to?” Cavar, a transMad author, chats to Keene Short.
“There’s nothing more pathetic than being at a party, somebody asking what you do, and saying, ‘I’m a poet.'” Eileen Myles chats with Alex Creece.




















