Results for: Feel good
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New “Hellraiser” Replaces Queer Subtext With Queer Characters With Mixed Results
The much anticipated Hellraiser (2022) starts off like a great first kiss.
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Lesbian Thriller “Jagged Mind” Is a Haunting Portrayal of Abuse
There’s something so scary about a time loop.
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‘Girls State’ Documentary Reveals Limitations of a Mock Government
Maddie Rowan, a queer teen from the documentary, speaks to Autostraddle about growing up queer in Missouri and what it was like to be at the camp when the Roe v. Wade decision leaked.
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The Woman King Is A Testament To The Power Of Black Women
I left The Woman King feeling like I could fight any obstacle that was in my way. Not only was I full of adrenaline, but I was filled with joy. Seeing a group of powerful Black women triumph fills me like nothing else can.
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“Please, Baby, Please” Is a Gay Fantasia On National Genders
Amanda Kramer’s new film, Please, Baby, Please, is an exploration of gender entirely on its own terms, entirely on our terms. It’s a relief to be spoken to with such complexity and humor.
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“NYAD” Is a Lesbian Masterpiece of Athletic Mythmaking
Sports will always be as much about mythmaking as they are athleticism.
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SXSW 2023: “Bloody Hell” Is A Dope Teen Traumedy When It’s Not Making Nonbinary Folks Disposable
I know you’re going through it but could you not use me along the way?
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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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The 30 Gayest Things About the Supposedly Straight Rom-Com “13 Going On 30”
The Six Chicks? The mere premise of wanting to skip from 13 to 30? There’s a reason this iconic film connected with me so deeply when I was a closeted preteen.
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“Moonshot” Review: I Wish I Had Just Rewatched Zenon
Sunita Deshpande and Cameron Esposito play a queer couple in space, but this mostly straight rom-com is too terrestrial to stand out.
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Kiersey Clemons Is a Bisexual Bride in “Somebody I Used to Know”
Prime Video’s rom-com isn’t exactly My Best Friend’s Wedding — but there are plenty of familiar beats in Alison Brie and Kiersey Clemons’ new film.
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“Mulholland Drive” and the Power That Lurks in the Shadows
David Lynch’s 2001 masterpiece has a thematic core that has been largely ignored.
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Hulu’s “Crush” Hits All the Teen Rom-Com Beats, But in a Gay Way
I feel pretty excited for a young queer person who might choose to watch this because it’s gay, and find a whole fleshed out (if slightly idyllic) world.
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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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“Fire Island” Is a Perfect Summer Reminder of How We Find Our Families
The Bechdel test has always been dangerously limited when implemented carte blanche, especially when talking about people of color.
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10 Cute Couple Things I Imagined Javicia Leslie and Jojo Gibbs Doing in “Something From Tiffany’s”
Sapphic wives in a new Christmas movie? Yes! Now make them the main characters!
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HBO Max Abortion Documentary “The Janes” Reminds Us Revolution Is Possible Wherever We Are
The Janes documents the group of women in 1960s Chicago who came together to provide safe abortion access to women who needed it.
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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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Eroticism Isn’t a Distraction in Maryam Keshavarz’s “Circumstance”—It’s Vital
“If you could be anywhere in the world, where would you be?”
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After Watching J.Lo’s “This Is Me…Now” I’m No Longer Sure Who Is Me…Now
Kim Petras, Keke Palmer, Jane Fonda, and more celebs play astrological signs in this impossible to recap film project.