Rhymes With Witches: Making Frenemies With Pretty Persuasion’s Kimberly Joyce
Come take a walk on the wild side (switchblade not included) to explore the evil anti-heroine from Pretty Persuasion and why I love her.
Evan Rachel Wood Bisexual and Nikki Reed were Two Girls in Love During ‘Thirteen’
Evan Rachel Wood divulges and discusses the crush she had on Nikki Reed while filming “Thirteen” during a Q&A to honor the film’s tenth anniversary.
“Saving Mr. Banks” Erases P.L. Travers’ Queer Identity, Misses Amazing Opportunity for Representation
In my mind, to fail at LGBT inclusion in fiction is to have a failure of imagination, a lazy lack of understanding concerning the world outside of one’s self. To intentionally choose to tell a story about a real LGBT person and then exclude their queer identity is a failure on an entirely different level.
Bechdel-Passing Blockbusters of 2013 Made The Most Money for Hollywood
Of the top 50 movies of 2013, those that pass the Bechdel test outperformed those that did not by 1.56 billion dollars.
Movie Night: Grease 2
Grease 2 has more terrible puns, more surprise dance numbers, and more ketchup-based flirtations than its older sibling. It also has about twelve times the camp, and Michelle Pfeiffer. You’re sold, right?
Gal Gadot to Play Wonder Woman in Upcoming Batman vs. Superman
Warner Bros. is finally making a movie with Wonder Woman! They’ve announced that actress Gal Gadot will be playing the Amazonian warrior in the upcoming Batman vs. Superman movie.
Top Ten Movies That Would Have Been Better If They Were Gay
What if everyone really was gay? Movies would be so much better, that’s what.
“The Punk Singer” Proves Kathleen Hanna Is Invincible
“The first thing I learned was that Kathleen Hanna can do literally anything.”
Evan Rachel Wood Bisexual Lays A Twitter Smackdown On The Patriarchy, MPAA
Evan Rachel Wood’s latest film had a sex scene cut out of it after the MPAA threatened to give it a NC-17 rating. Luckily for us, she isn’t the type to sit by and let that stand.
Pity Is Not The Same As Respect: A Critique Of ‘Dallas Buyers Club’
“Despite its pro-gay attitude, the film fails to break the pattern of transphobic narratives in cinema, perhaps because it doesn’t understand that trans people are not the same as cis gay people.”
Blue Is The Warmest Color: The Male Gaze Reigns Supreme
If you’re looking for a primer in all the ways that modern media is still failing queers, this film is a good start.
Movie Night: Empire Records
Open ’til midnight.
Secretly Gay Movies: A League Of Their Own
“Just look at every woman’s face here and tell me they are straight. I dare you.”
Who’s Afraid Of The Big, Bad Trans Woman? On Horror and Transfemininity
From Psycho to The Silence of the Lambs, horror movies have a long history of using trans women as insane murderers and creepy villains. It contributes to very real and very violent transmisogyny against actual trans women.
“Concussion” Knows Sex Is Never Enough
The first thing you should know about “Concussion” is that Robin Weigert has sex.
Fresbians and Flicks At Fresno’s Reel Pride Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
The queers of California’s Central Valley gather for Reel Pride, which screens over thirty independent LGBT films during a five-day festival.
Secretly Gay Movies: “Fried Green Tomatoes”
Most people who love this movie would never categorize it as gay, but that’s just because they don’t watch it with hopeful queer eyes.
You Should Go: NewFest in New York City! It’s An LGBT Film Festival!
Okay, the most important thing you need to know is that there’s a bedazzled plush vagina costume in the first two minutes of Who’s Afraid of Vagina Wolf?.
The Mako Mori Test is Here to Fill Another Spot on Your Feminist Film Criticism Toolbelt
For a long time the Bechdel test has seemingly been the only tool we have to examine sexist trends in Hollywood. Now, thanks to Pacific Rim, the Mako Mori test is here to help.
GLAAD’s Studio Responsibility Index On Gay Representation Recalls Last Year’s Awful Movies
“Of the 101 films released last year by the six major studios, only five films contained any semblance of queer lady representation.”