Results for: straight people watch
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“True Detective: Night Country” Is a Mediocre Network Procedural Masquerading As Prestige TV
It’s not just that these narratives are harmful. It’s that they’re boring.
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“Irma Vep” Is a Regressive Disaster of Arthouse Hubris
If the Me Too Movement and push for industry inclusion have caused one thing it’s providing men like Olivier Assayas something to complain about — while acting exactly the same.
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Season 2 of “House of Ho” Has Queer Mommy Issues & Lots of Dyke Drama!
It’s pretty dykey and very messy — like a perfect end-of-summer treat!
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“And Just Like That” TV Team Roundtable: On Che’s Comedy Concert, Miranda’s Queer Awakening, LTW’s Jumpsuit and More!
The TV Team weighs in on all our feelings about Sex and the City reboot And Just Like That’s first season: the good, the bad and the Che Diaz.
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“The Lady and the Dale” Is a Fascinating Portrait of Trans Con Artist Elizabeth Carmichael
It’s as entertaining as any heist movie, as addictive as the best true crime, and authentic in a way few pieces of mainstream trans media have been before.
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“Euphoria” Returns With a Wonderful and Frustrating Zendaya Tour De Force
I ship Zendaya’s Rue and Hunter Schafer’s Jules like some people shipped Brittana.
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HBO Max’s British Dramedy “Pure” Is the First Time I’ve Seen My OCD On-Screen
By pairing a visceral portrayal with thorough descriptions of OCD, “Pure” becomes a teaching tool as well as a delightful dramedy. It’s also just a really good and gay story about a 20-something trying to figure out how to be a good person.
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HBO’s “Betty” Is Here and Its Skater Girls Are Queer
Sexual and gender fluidity feel possible for every character. It’s a girl power narrative that feels loose in its definition of girl — and certainly loose in its assumption of who those girls will date.
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I Missed Other People So I Took a Hit of “High Maintenance”
In New York, every time you step out your door, human interaction is offered to you. The most magical thing about New York, about “High Maintenance,” about life has suddenly become a danger.
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HBO’s “Mrs. Fletcher” Wants Us All to F*ck
Mrs. Fletcher is entirely directed by women and it’s all about sex. More specifically it’s about who’s historically been entitled to sex, how it feels to historically be denied sexual expression, and the difficulties of navigating sexual discovery. Especially if you’re as horny as every single character on this show.
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I Love “Euphoria” and I Hate It
We can debate the actual quality of Euphoria, but what’s undeniable is Sam Levinson is writing about people most of the film and television world has ignored. After two failed movies focusing on cis white people and one mediocre HBO movie about an old cis white guy, Levinson discovered what Hollywood at large still hasn’t.
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“A Black Lady Sketch Show” Is Queer, Brilliant and Ridiculously Funny
A Black Lady Sketch Show recognizes that “black ladies” come across a variety of gender identities and sexualities. Black lesbians are funny. Black queer women are funny. Black trans women are funny. And we aren’t going anywhere, any time soon.
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Gentleman Jack’s Finale Was One of the Finest Hours in Lesbian Cinematic History
“Are You Still Talking” was everything I fell in love with and very obviously over-identify with about Anne Lister, framed and filmed inside the kind of aching, sweeping, racing, desperate, tender, pleading, triumphant storyline only the most epic romantic movies about straight people ever are.