Results for: be the change
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“Changing the Game” Review: With Anti-Trans Bills Rising, Listen to the Many Realities of Trans Athletes
There’s all-out bigotry, and there’s all-out triumph. At the center of the wave of anti-trans sports bills are trans kids who just want to play.
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Outfest 2019: Michelle Hendley is a F*cking Star in “The More Things Change”
Instead of counting down the days to see if we get three lines on The L Word reboot, we should be counting down the days until Simone gets to turn this short into a full-season show.
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“Mean Girls” (2024) Made Us Feel Too Gay To Function
With the power vocals of Auli’i Cravalho and Reneé Rapp and a canonically queer Janis, Mean Girls is back and gayer than ever.
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“Beyond the Aggressives” Has Arrived Just On Time For Black Trans Masc Representation
Beyond the Aggressives shows us how far we have come in terms of portraying trans masc people, but we still have such a long way to go.
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‘Queen of the Deuce’ Tells the Story of a Queer Woman Who Created a Porn Empire
A queer woman owning a string of porn movie theaters is absolutely fascinating. Why does this documentary ignore the most interesting parts?
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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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‘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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Sundance 2024: “In the Summers” Is a Different Kind of Queer Coming-of-Age Story
In the Summers is a queer coming-of-age movie that understands childhood and adolescence are just the beginning.
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“How to Blow Up a Pipeline” Is a Radical Masterpiece
This is my Ocean’s 8 except that it’s actually a good movie. And the stakes aren’t a necklace at the Met Gala but the fate of our planet. Oh and it’s EXPLICITLY GAY.
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“The Retreat” Is a New Kind of Lesbian Horror, Full of Catharsis and Dykey Swagger
Despite the real-life horrors queer women face, horror cinema has largely shown queer women as predators. The Retreat attempts to change that.
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“Mutt” Is a Snapshot of Relatable Trans Chaos
The whole cast is fantastic — the history of these three relationships felt so deeply between the performers.
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‘Chasing Chasing Amy’ Is Not the Fluffy Love Letter to the Problematic Film You’d Expect
It’s hard to put yourself out there, especially when you’re talking about something that means a lot to you. But the only reason Chasing Chasing Amy works as a documentary is because Sav Rodgers chose to make himself a part of the film.
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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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“Something You Said Last Night” Is a New, Quietly Subversive Trans Cinema
Something You Said Last Night not only insists we should ask for more from our trans cinema — it insists we should ask for more from our trans lives.
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“The Fabulous Ones” and “Asog” Tell Trans Stories with Fact and Faction
What I’ll remember most about these films is the quiet, human moments. The laughter. The grief.
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“Going to Mars” Is the Queer Black Women’s Triumph That Nikki Giovanni Deserves
Nikki Giovanni so loves Black women that she never waivers that our strength can only be matched by the stars themselves.
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‘Housekeeping for Beginners’ Forms an Unlikely Queer Family
The found family at its center does not choose each other but are rather brought together by circumstance.
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TIFF 2022: “Women Talking” Is a Complicated Film for Our Complicated World
To paraphrase a quote from Sarah Polley’s film, what’s the difference between forgiveness and permission?
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“Fitting In” Is a Queer and Heartfelt Coming-Of-Age Movie About Body Diversity
The movie is explicitly a celebration of our different bodies and the disconnect between certain biological markers and gender. Even some cis women don’t have uteruses. Even some cis women need to dilate.
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Sundance 2024: “Desire Lines” Is an Experimental Documentary About Transmascs Who F*ck Men
Not much in Desire Lines hasn’t already been said at many trans hangouts. There’s still a value to having these varied experiences captured on-screen.