Results for: book
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Watchlist: “The Girls: Sappho Goes to Hollywood” Reveals the Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich Affair
According to Diana McLellan’s seminal book The Girls: Sappho Goes to Hollywood, Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich did a lot more than meet.
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“American Fiction” Is More Than Its Satire
Despite what many reviews — and even its own PR campaign — might say, American Fiction is not very interested in white people at all.
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Watchlist: “House of Psychotic Women” Pushed Me Out of My Horror Comfort Zone
Watchlist is a new series where I invite you to sample the hidden treasures of my personal viewing projects.
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The History of the Color Purple Kiss
In 1982 Alice Walker wrote a Black queer text so ahead of its time, that 40 years later we’re still fighting to catch up.
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Quiz: Which Early ’00s Movie Made You Gay?
In the early 2000s, the silver screen was awash in groups of ostensibly straight girls in low-rise pants fighting crime, dancing on the bar and writing burn books! Along the way, some of them turned you into the brave gay person you are today!!! Which film was it?
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Can Black People Be Zombies?
This part essay, part research project started out as a joke. I wanted to know if one of the unexpected benefits of Black people always dying first in horror movies was that we could never be zombies.
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After Decades of Queer Filmmaking, Patricia Rozema Is Still Full of Ideas
“I’m mesmerized by how we need stories like we need air. When humans have time off, when they don’t have to feed themselves or their children, and they have a moment, they go to stories.”
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In “Past Lives,” It Really Is All on the Page
If you have yet to see Past Lives, you should watch it as soon as possible. But I think you should read the film, too.
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Oscars 2023: Two Queers Discuss the Pretty Gay 95th Academy Awards
“Does the Academy just love war? They want to GET INTO THE TRENCHES. Well not me. I prefer not to trench. Unless it is Lydia Tár’s trench coat.”
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Interview With a Tranpire
It’s not hard to see the connection that trans readers and storytellers can find in vampire media.
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‘Love Lies Bleeding’ and the History of Female Bodybuilding Reveal Society’s Fear of ‘Monstrous’ Women
In Love Lies Bleeding, the two main female characters exist outside of the dominant cultural ideas of what makes a woman and what makes a man, not just in their bodies and in their actions, but also in their queerness.
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Jennifer Reeder’s Girlhoods of Stuff
Her young female characters are not always capable of defining themselves or communicating with others, but they have their stuff. It is through their stuff they are known.
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Style Thief: How To Button Up Like Marian in Drive-Away Dolls
Channel the late-90s/early-2000s lesbian looks of Drive-Away Dolls!
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Oscar Nominations 2024: From “Barbie” to Lily Gladstone, the Full List of Nominees
Attention Awards gays! The nominations for the 96th Academy Awards have arrived!
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Oscars 2024: Two Queers Discuss the Honestly Very Gay 96th Academy Awards
It’s time for our fifth annual Oscars chat and this is the best batch of films we’ve ever discussed! Join us as we journey through all the Best Picture nominees in anticipation of the 2024 Oscars ceremony.
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Molly McGlynn on “Fitting In,” Casting Maddie Ziegler, and Feeling Between Identity Boxes
“The scene at the LGBTQIA+ meeting is very similar to what I experienced. I felt like an interloper in that space. It’s like, should I be here or should I not?”
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Revisiting the Scary Movie Sleepover
Horror movies are for the depressed and anxious gays.
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“Euphoria” Characters Ranked By How Likely They’d Survive “Dune”
Get ready for the Zendaya crossover nobody wanted!
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Anatomy of a Queer Sex Scene: “Carol” Finds the Kink in Age Gaps
“I still love the Carol sex scene even if I’ve never been turned on by it per se.”
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The Most Important Relationship in “Anatomy of a Fall” Is Between Mother and Son
The first time I heard people posing the question of whether or not Sandra killed her husband, I thought it was a joke. To me, it was obvious the court drama was just set dressing for something more complicated.