Torrid encounters

Two male octopuses have sex and the scientific world scrambles for an explanation. But what if queerness is ancestral and needs no justification?

Apr 17 • Kes Otter Lieffe

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January 2026

Survival of the fit enough

Why optimisation is a lie that has nothing to do with evolution

Jan 29 • Kes Otter Lieffe

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What is Radical Queer Ecology?

Defending our ecosystems is a part of queer struggle. Can we move beyond academic abstractions?

Jan 10 • Kes Otter Lieffe

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October 2025

Polari, pronouns, spiders

Talking about non-humans and the limits of queer language

Oct 10, 2025 • Kes Otter Lieffe

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August 2025

Birds and bias

The power – and consequences - of storytelling

Aug 23, 2025 • Kes Otter Lieffe

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June 2025

Showing respect

The writing questions that keep me awake at night

Jun 20, 2025 • Kes Otter Lieffe

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May 2025

Queer ecology, de/colonialism and solidarity

A conversation with Jo Meier

May 23, 2025 • Kes Otter Lieffe

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April 2025

Eurovision scapegoats

Climate change and the awesome power of drag queens (with audio)

Apr 25, 2025 • Kes Otter Lieffe

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March 2025

Beavers in the Senne

A liberated river, a resurgence of life (with audio)

Mar 28, 2025 • Kes Otter Lieffe

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February 2025

What keeps me writing

(with audio version)

Feb 18, 2025 • Kes Otter Lieffe

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Welcome to Radical Queer Ecology!

For the last two years I’ve been hard at work on a book - my first full non-fiction book - which is coming together and keeping me up at night. I’m in…

Feb 13, 2025 • Kes Otter Lieffe

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