I Watched Lesbian Classic “Claire of the Moon” and Can Somebody Come Help Me Up
Little help?
movie review
“Wonder Woman” Is Overdue, But She Arrived At Exactly The Right Time
Sword of Athena. Lasso of Truth. Bracelets of Submission. Wonder Woman, at last, on the silver screen.
I Watched Lesbian Classic “Bar Girls” and Yeah That’s Gonna Be a No For Me
How far is heaven?
“Power Rangers” Gives Young Queer Latinas Hope For A Superheroic Future
Trini, the Mexican-American Yellow Ranger, tells her friends that she’s figuring out her sexuality and that she likes girls, and in the process she finds a family.
“Moana” Celebrates the Power, Strength and Magic of Brown Girls But Misses the Mark With Pacific Islander Representation
One of my favorite parts of the movie is the reverence that Moana has for her ancestors and her culture, even while she pushes it and challenges it to embrace the future. This is a reality that many POC, especially queer ones have to deal with.
“Growing Up Coy” Is A Timely Documentary That Should Melt Any Transphobe’s Heart
The new documentary Growing Up Coy examines what it’s like to grow up as a young trans girl in a country that is constantly creating laws that target you.
“Hidden Figures” Shines As Bright As The Stars
When you’re stargazing, remember Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson’s work. Tell their stories over and over. They’ve been silenced for so long; now it’s our turn to keep them alive.
“Me Before You” Is the Most Terrifying Horror Film of 2016
Me Before You isn’t half-baked schlock that crumbles under the weight of its own unconscionable ignorance. No — instead, director Thea Sharrock and writer Jojo Moyes gave us a bio-horror masterpiece about a deadly outbreak of Ableism in small-town Wales. With Halloween upon us, it’s time their efforts got the recognition they deserve.
Margarita With a Straw Comes to Netflix, (Almost) Delivers the Disabled Queer Character We Need
I had my doubts – because honestly, consuming media as a disabled person is an exercise in disappointment. So I was cautious when Margarita finally popped up on Netflix. Could it be? Was it really that good?
How This 1976 Landmark Lesbian Film Helped Me Find Myself
How did I, a girl growing up in 1970s New York City, relate to a drama about two women who fall in love during WWI? And, why has it remained with me for 40 years?
Clea DuVall’s “The Intervention” Is Fun But Flawed (And Super White)
It’s wonderful to see two queer women dealing with complex and honest relationship problems that are treated with the same nuance and depth as those of the straight couples on screen, but DuVall never quite manages to step out of the shadow of The Big Chill.
“AWOL” Tackles Rural Poverty in a Brillant Lesbian Love Story
It’s too easy to note that small places are slow at addressing issues of gender and sexuality while not exploring why. This is the answer to the why (and it’s one that AWOL addresses exceptionally well): Because there are far bigger fish to fry.
Tallulah: Ellen Page Doesn’t Play Gay, But You Should Watch It Anyway
This isn’t a May-December lesbian romance. Janney and Page revive and expand upon the chemistry they shared as step-mother and daughter in Juno. But it is a movie about women — about women who have been abandoned, who find each other, who hurt each other deeply.
“First Girl I Loved” Review: An Awkward, Hilarious Queer Coming of Age Film
First Girl I Loved doesn’t reach the heights it aspires to, but it’s so much better than the sad (and just plain bad) movies we’re used to seeing about queer teens.
“Mother May I Sleep With Danger?” Is The Best Movie I Have Ever Seen
Misandrist. Lesbian. Vampires.
How To Blow Up A Planet And Other Highly Scientific “Star Wars” Theories
I’ve been reading quite a few fan theories and Poe/Finn pairings recently, but I won’t subject you to that (unless you want to talk in out in the comments, in which case, hello). Instead, I wanted to share with you some top notch nerd speculation on the science of Star Wars.
“Addicted to Fresno” Is Your Next Favorite Movie from Jamie Babbit and Natasha Lyonne
“A murder, Fred Armisen, a bar mitzvah and Molly Shannon.”
A Trans Woman of Color Responds to the Trauma of “Tangerine”
“Why is it that trans women of color have to experience so much violence to remember that they have each other’s back?”
“The Same Difference” Breaks Down All The “Rules” of Being Butch
The Same Difference takes the lid off of the many boxes that we as a community put ourselves into in respect to gender.
“Tangerine” is Hilarious, Beautiful, Authentic, Casts Trans Women to Play Trans Women Leads
“As a trans woman, I’m pretty willing to watch most movies about or featuring trans women, and I’ve been waiting to fall in love with one of them for a long, long time. I came close when I saw Gun Hill Road, but in the end, I was really just enamored with Harmony Santana’s performance. It wasn’t until I saw Tangerine that I really felt butterflies.”