A Hopeful Queer Story When We Need It Most and Going Against the Tragic Narrative (with author Marie Rutkoski)

Ivory Tower Boiler Room · Mar 30, 2026 · 1h 7m

Watch this episode ad-free by joining the ITBR Patreon! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom⁠⁠⁠-----Marie Rutkoski is here! The author of 2025’s most irresistibly charming and hopeful queer novel Ordinary Love provided us with a great conversation here on ITBR, both going all in on her newest novel and giving us some insight on her perspective of the current state of the LGBTQ community under the current administration.

Queer stories are often tied to tragedy, heartbreak or unrequited love. That trope has been turned on its head under Marie Rutkoski as she reminds the…