Results for: book
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“Birds of Prey” Is the Chaotic Sparkly Queer Misandrist Comic Book Movie of My Dreams
With two on-screen queer women characters, “Birds of Prey” is an irate, sparkle laden, middle finger in the air to a society that otherwise cowers to the angry whims of men. Who the hell wouldn’t sign up for that?
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“Red, White & Royal Blue” Is a Perfect Gay Rom-Com (With Bonus Rachel Maddow and Sarah Shahi)
Prime Video’s adaptation of Casey McQuiston’s beloved book is a sweet and sexy delight.
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“Judy Blume Forever” Documentary Made Me Cry Big Nostalgia Tears
Anyone who has been paying attention in the last few years knows that book banning has only gotten worse since Judy Blume’s books started getting banned 40 years ago.
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“Periodical” Is a Valuable, Inclusive Documentary About Menstruation
I am fully ready to admit that, yes, indeed, we needed an informational documentary about periods and I am glad this one exists.
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‘I Saw the TV Glow’ Celebrates the People and Shows That Shape Us
The film has a mix of styles, ideas, and emotions fitting for this chaotic moment in a trans person’s life.
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Anna Nicole Smith’s Bisexuality Takes Center Stage As Secret Girlfriend Missy Byrum Tells Her Story
The new Anna Nicole Smith documentary “You Don’t Know Me” features Anna’s ex-girlfriend as one of its primary sources, adding her story to an abundant but rarely discussed aspect of Anna’s life — her bisexuality.
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We Got High and Watched Hallmark Hanukkah Movie “Round and Round,” and Yes of Course the Sister Is a Lesbian
“Do you think we think everyone is gay because they are or because we are or because we are high or because of Jewish?”
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‘Foxfire’ and the Intensity of Queer Teen Friendship
When you’re a teenager and only remember a decade of your life, everything feels new and important. Every feeling, every relationship, every night feels like it’s going to last forever.
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Sundance 2024: “Power” Is an Effective Introduction to the Violent History of American Policing
Yance Ford’s latest film shows how different groups have not only assimilated into whiteness but assimilated into American policing.
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“Playland” is an Avant-Garde Portrait of an Extinct Queer Bar
Geordon West’s debut feature Playland is an energetic portrait of the Playland Café, a Boston gay bar that was open from 1937 to 1998.
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TIFF 2023: “Orlando, My Political Biography” Casts Trans People in the Virginia Woolf Classic
Preciado is bold in his assertion that Woolf herself might consider herself nonbinary if she had that language.
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Sundance 2024: “Stress Positions” Is a Queer Farce With Bite and Depth
Whether literally or figuratively, everyone in this film is better at writing than they are at living.
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Hear Me Out: What if Your Silly Horror Movie DIDN’T Have an Elaborate Backstory?
All Fun and Games is exactly that (fun, games) until it’s derailed by exposition.
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“Eileen” Doesn’t Deserve To Be Called “Carol for Psychos”
The mediocrity of Eileen wouldn’t matter if the film was just a deliciously twisted affair where Anne Hathaway looks sexy as hell in a blonde wig. The problem is the film’s self-importance.
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I Got High and Watched Tello’s Latest Lesbian Christmas Movie, “A Holiday I Do”
Wow Rivkah Reyes really said I will be stealing hearts like the Grinch stole Christmas.
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“Bad Things” Queers “The Shining” With Delicious Results
It’s noteworthy that Bad Things features two relationships with trans people, including a relationship between a cis woman and a trans woman. More noteworthy is how authentic their various experiences feel.
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“Erin’s Guide to Kissing Girls” Is Lesbian Lizzie McGuire on a Budget
I want to crawl inside sweet stories and build a blanket fort there. Lucky for me, writer and director Julianna Notten has met me right where I am.
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Nostalgia Is Quite Simply Not Enough to Light Hocus Pocus 2’s Black Flame Candle
“That line is written for someone who knows what it sounds like for their knees to creak, who has pondered the liquid gold that is Vitamin C serums (coincidentally, another gag in the film). There is no other way.”
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Netflix’s “Nimona” Is The Most Delightfully Queer Animated Movie Ever
Your loss, Disney!
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“Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate” Captures a History of Life and Death
I know, statistically, even if none of my living relatives are queer that there have been queer people in my family’s past — clandestine meetings, grand love stories, one night stands, gender deviance, angst, joy.