Results for: orange is the new black
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A Queer Syllabus for the Writers and Actors Strike
As Hot Strike Summer rapidly turns into Hot Strike Fall — I’ve become deeply interested in the trend where the forefront of labor movements are vocally and visibly, well, gay as hell.
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Beyond Gender Identity: A History of Trans Actors in Cis Roles
I’m talking about stories where the trans character’s transness isn’t the focus — where they’re allowed to be the worst behaved one or simply hot and getting laid or just really fucking good at their job.
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Stephanie Beatriz and Daphne Rubin-Vega on “In the Heights” and Queer Latinas Finding Love in the Everyday
“To really be in a moment where I could fully inhabit and celebrate all those things that we call limitations. Or let me say that better, what we perceive of as a limitation, being an incredible source of strength. I love that.”
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Oscars 2022: Two Queers Discuss the Actually Kinda Gay 94th Academy Awards
Riese: “Does the driver count as a lesbian character do you think?”
Drew: “How could she not be?? Did you see her blazers??” -
Style Thief: Dress Like Josie and PJ From “Bottoms”
It’s your turn to look like our favorite untalented gays and Little Dutch Boys.
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Style Thief: How to Dress Like Weird Barbie, the Most Lesbian of Barbies
How much pink is too much pink for one outfit, you may ask? Infinity.
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Stewart Thorndike on “Bad Things,” Motherhood, and Her Childhood Nightmares
“The world is a frightening, frightening place, so I don’t really understand why every film isn’t a horror film.”
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15 Gayest Moments From “Avengers: Endgame,” Which Was Great But Unfortunately Not Gay
I pulled these nuggets of little gold from all three hours of Endgame and I cannot wait to re-live them in obsessive, snarky detail with you!
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Movie Night: Hocus Pocus
When the air turns crisp and leaves turn orange, I only yearn for one thing: for a virgin to light the damn candle and bring my favorite trio of witches back from the dead.
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So Which Is Gayer, “Ghostbusters” or “A League of Their Own”?
A point by point breakdown comparing plots, outfits, closing credits and everything in between.
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The Audience Is Everyone: An Evening with Ellen Page’s Tallulah and Women in Film
The more I look at film trends over these past social media-soaked years, the more I see the same pattern emerging. The films that end up doing well and making an impact are those that treat their characters with enough care to make them complex, treat their audience with enough respect to make the story engaging and compelling. Ellen Page’s new film Tallulah is one of these films.
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The 2015 Oscars Will Finally Honor Straight White Men
If you want to see women or people of color being celebrated, you’d better hope the 2014 awards are still on your DVR.
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Hollywood Is Ready For Trans Characters, But Not Trans Actors
Two more films featuring transgender characters will be out this year, but neither of them are played by trans actors. Hollywood seems ready to use trans stories, but remains uncomfortable with trans people on screen.
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Women That Go Bump In the Night: Lady-Monsters Of Cinema
Let’s have a frank, honest discussion about queer and feminist themes in movies about vampires, werewolves, ghosts and centaurs. Also, “Chopper Chicks In Zombietown.”