Results for: art attack
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Welcome to the Dollhouse: With a New Musical, Trans Artists Honor Another
Doll/Girl, a musical portrait of trans artist Greer Lankton, is exactly what’s been missing from the American theatre.
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Ron DeSantis’s Fascist Overhaul of Florida’s Institutions Isn’t New but It Is Terrifying
If Desantis and his people are successful in accomplishing their goals, then this will mean further repercussions for the other public institutions in the state — and beyond.
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The Group Chat: Our Embarrassing TikTok Fascinations
“I think maybe TikTok thinks I am a gay man.”
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In Genderqueer, a Word To Call Home
It conveys a sense of expansiveness that I’ve felt about my gender since before I had the words to identify it; a joyful space of experimentation and potential.
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“Causeway” Is a Queer Military Story That Ignores the Cost of War
If we allow these wars to be reframed through a queer lens, through a hip A24 lens, we will see their errors repeated.
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Spend Your Easter Weekend With the 90s Fever Dream That Is the Indigo Girls-Led ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’
It hooked me from the opening staging — that chugging rock guitar, the Pure Moods candelabra in the background, the of-a-specific-time aesthetics and choreography (“The Temple” includes inflatable sex dolls being tossed through the air like beach balls) that makes the whole thing feel like a pile of “Keep Austin Weird” t-shirts gained sentience.
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Where Are All the Scream Kings?
When I was in fourth grade, I got in trouble for discussing how fast my body would decompose if I was stabbed.
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As a Jewish Anti-Zionist, Here’s What I’ve Been Reading This Week
A lack of expertise should not be an excuse to turn away — it should be an invitation to learn.
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24 of the Best Songs by Queer Artists in 2023
At a time when rights for marginalized people have never been more perilous, consuming art made by queer and trans people feels particularly necessary and sacred.
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Boobs on Your Tube: Top Chef’s Newest Chefbian Is on Fire!
Top Chef’s latest chefsbian Rasika is winning hearts and taking names (plus, this week we were given the present of a sleeveless Kristen Kish!). Also: updates on 911 and the second season premiere of Beacon 23!
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Dungeons and Drag Queens Abound in “Gayblade,” a 90s Game You Can Play for Free
Instead of getting shields for defense, you get condoms or aprons. And instead of swords and other classic weapons, there’s mace, hair dryers, or press-on nails to fight with.
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In ‘We Were the Universe’, Grief and Motherhood Are Horny
We Were the Universe eschews the conventional grief novel in its horniness, the conventional motherhood novel in its queerness, and even the conventional sex novel in its emphasis on fantasy over reality.
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10 of the Best Queer Albums of 2023
I keep thinking about this wild abundance of art from people who have such little time to think about making art and who have to put a lot on the line to do this work in the first place. I’m not sure we’re deserving of what they’ve given, but I’m grateful we get to receive it.
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It Could Be Anything
“I don’t know when the bear thought came to me. I wish I had a distinct memory of when I first had the thought.”
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90s Snacks I Want Back
If I had to guess, I would say that Warheads are made of sugar and that stuff called The Dip that Judge Doom uses in Roger Rabbit to melt cartoon characters.
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“I Can’t Stop Hearing the Shots,” Mass Shooting at Colorado Gay Club Leaves 5 Dead, 25 Wounded
Once again, a place that provides refuge to the LGBT community has been visited by violence and tragedy.
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Queer Sex Horror Stories: The Tale of Two Tongues
Then I feel something wet…but not in a place where I’m supposed to feel something wet. Also, it’s kind of rough.
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The 10 Best Queer Movies of 2022
Yes, this list has some underrated indies. But it also has several Oscar frontrunners — or at least Independent Spirit Award frontrunners. As queer people, we can’t look to the mainstream for validation. But it sure is fun when we get it anyway!
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The Best Banned Books According to a Queer Educator in Florida
I’ve watched whole lives transform in my classrooms and outside of them because of the stories we read, because of the work we did together, because of our difficult and revelatory and compassionate conversations, and because we were never afraid to face the truth.
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Learning From Queer Libraries and Archives in a Time of Erasure
As legislatures and hate groups seek to censor and erase queer and trans lives and experiences, these spaces, be they physical or digital, housed in universities or grassroots-led, are perhaps more important than ever.