This edition of Editor's Notes, where I give you a behind-the-scenes look at the helming of a themed package, is going to be a little more chaotic than my usual missives, which feels right, because putting together Horror Is So Gay 2: The Sequel (sequeer?) was admittedly a little chaotic. In a good way! So let's delve into a little horror scrapbook of sorts documenting the past month of putting together this series celebrating queer and trans perspectives on horror for the second year. I can't wait to make this an annual tradition! Hopefully the third version next year is better than third movies in horror franchises tend to be!
The Vibe
Here's what I wrote in my notes for what I wanted the vibe of Horror Is So Gay 2 to be in terms of a v...
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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya is the managing editor of Autostraddle and a lesbian writer of essays, short stories, and pop culture criticism living in Orlando. She is the assistant managing editor of TriQuarterly, and her short stories appear or are forthcoming in McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, Joyland, Catapult, The Offing, and more. Some of her pop culture writing can be found at The A.V. Club, Vulture, The Cut, and others. You can follow her on Twitter or Instagram and learn more about her work on her website.
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