Catherine Baker
@richmondbridge.bsky.social
Edited The Routledge Companion to Popular Music and Politics of the Balkans (2025) and co-edited Off White: Central/Eastern Europe and the Global History of Race (2024). Eurovision research since longer than I can remember. She/her.
‘Possible Categories of Homosexuals in the Forces’ according to the Ministry of Defence’s ‘Homosexual Policy Assessment Team’, 1996.
Tag yourself, etc.
Tag yourself, etc.
November 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
‘Possible Categories of Homosexuals in the Forces’ according to the Ministry of Defence’s ‘Homosexual Policy Assessment Team’, 1996.
Tag yourself, etc.
Tag yourself, etc.
I wouldn’t put it past them to style their Joan exactly the same way except the Milla Jovovich one in ‘99 already did it.
September 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I wouldn’t put it past them to style their Joan exactly the same way except the Milla Jovovich one in ‘99 already did it.
Queer 🇵🇸 designers Trashy Clothing (fashionstudiesjournal.com/Queer-Fashio...) nearly worked with 🇮🇸‘s Hatari for #Eurovision coloured carpet in 2019, did work with 🇵🇹’s Iolanda in 2024, now with Bambie Thug (🇮🇪 ‘24) for last night’s Together for Palestine fundraiser.
September 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Queer 🇵🇸 designers Trashy Clothing (fashionstudiesjournal.com/Queer-Fashio...) nearly worked with 🇮🇸‘s Hatari for #Eurovision coloured carpet in 2019, did work with 🇵🇹’s Iolanda in 2024, now with Bambie Thug (🇮🇪 ‘24) for last night’s Together for Palestine fundraiser.
Pikachu turned up in the Belgrade student protests as well.
September 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Pikachu turned up in the Belgrade student protests as well.
But for numerous reasons we are still a very long way away from seeing a Eurovision equivalent of this from Paris Olympics opening ceremony
(🇵🇸 has an Olympic committee, doesn’t have broadcaster independent enough to join EBU which organises Eurovision, only ever gets repped there through diaspora)
(🇵🇸 has an Olympic committee, doesn’t have broadcaster independent enough to join EBU which organises Eurovision, only ever gets repped there through diaspora)
August 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
But for numerous reasons we are still a very long way away from seeing a Eurovision equivalent of this from Paris Olympics opening ceremony
(🇵🇸 has an Olympic committee, doesn’t have broadcaster independent enough to join EBU which organises Eurovision, only ever gets repped there through diaspora)
(🇵🇸 has an Olympic committee, doesn’t have broadcaster independent enough to join EBU which organises Eurovision, only ever gets repped there through diaspora)
Lots of reactions to new Eurovision branding have been saying it looks ‘childish’.
Quite convenient when you’ve got a suddenly contentious international event on your hands.
Let’s keep everything safe and friendly for the kids.
Quite convenient when you’ve got a suddenly contentious international event on your hands.
Let’s keep everything safe and friendly for the kids.
August 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Lots of reactions to new Eurovision branding have been saying it looks ‘childish’.
Quite convenient when you’ve got a suddenly contentious international event on your hands.
Let’s keep everything safe and friendly for the kids.
Quite convenient when you’ve got a suddenly contentious international event on your hands.
Let’s keep everything safe and friendly for the kids.
No cheating. Your last saved celebrity photo is your therapist. Who is it?
August 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
No cheating. Your last saved celebrity photo is your therapist. Who is it?
Many new measures for Eurovision this year are meant to bring it into line with production of other large-scale events.
New flag policy for flag parade and green room is part of that for EBU. But means no more celebrations of 🏳️🌈/🏳️⚧️ and national identity at once.
New flag policy for flag parade and green room is part of that for EBU. But means no more celebrations of 🏳️🌈/🏳️⚧️ and national identity at once.
May 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Many new measures for Eurovision this year are meant to bring it into line with production of other large-scale events.
New flag policy for flag parade and green room is part of that for EBU. But means no more celebrations of 🏳️🌈/🏳️⚧️ and national identity at once.
New flag policy for flag parade and green room is part of that for EBU. But means no more celebrations of 🏳️🌈/🏳️⚧️ and national identity at once.
Eurovision always trades on fun. Parties, glitter, disco balls, the 🏳️🌈 community who faithfully zhizh it up for everyone else.
This year’s also gone big on heritage. 🇨🇭 was the first host country in 1956, and the last time it won before Nemo, its winner became an Abba-level global megastar.
This year’s also gone big on heritage. 🇨🇭 was the first host country in 1956, and the last time it won before Nemo, its winner became an Abba-level global megastar.
May 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Eurovision always trades on fun. Parties, glitter, disco balls, the 🏳️🌈 community who faithfully zhizh it up for everyone else.
This year’s also gone big on heritage. 🇨🇭 was the first host country in 1956, and the last time it won before Nemo, its winner became an Abba-level global megastar.
This year’s also gone big on heritage. 🇨🇭 was the first host country in 1956, and the last time it won before Nemo, its winner became an Abba-level global megastar.
Nemo on 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ flags at Eurovision: ‘You can’t be known for like the queerest thing in the world, a contest that has been associated with queerness and gay culture for so long, and then be like, “oh, we don’t allow Pride flags for the artists”
They nearly didn’t get this one into their own flag parade
They nearly didn’t get this one into their own flag parade
May 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Nemo on 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ flags at Eurovision: ‘You can’t be known for like the queerest thing in the world, a contest that has been associated with queerness and gay culture for so long, and then be like, “oh, we don’t allow Pride flags for the artists”
They nearly didn’t get this one into their own flag parade
They nearly didn’t get this one into their own flag parade