Results for: Feel good
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August Winter on “Women Talking” and Navigating the Industry as a Nonbinary Actor
“I think it just shows that as a culture we remain ignorant to these nuances. For me it comes down to people’s fascination with grouping things into familiarity instead of finding new ways of saying something.”
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Style Thief: How to Dress Like Weird Barbie, the Most Lesbian of Barbies
How much pink is too much pink for one outfit, you may ask? Infinity.
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Interview With a Tranpire
It’s not hard to see the connection that trans readers and storytellers can find in vampire media.
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Revisiting the Scary Movie Sleepover
Horror movies are for the depressed and anxious gays.
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Tribeca Film Festival 2022 May be It’s Queerest Season Yet
Dani Janae talks to Tribeca Film Festival programmers, Lucy Mukerjee and Shakira Refos, on the importance of investing in queer artists and audiences.
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Slow Takes: “Shangri-La” and What Makes a Great Short Film
Since the rise of video, “just go out and make something” has been a rallying cry to young filmmakers. I would add not to lose yourself along the way — in content or form.
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Oscars 2021: Two Queers Discuss The Very Pandemic 93rd Academy Awards
Drew and Riese discuss this years slate of Oscar films, except FYI Drew did NOT watch “Mank,” and Riese did watch “Mank,” and it wasn’t fun, so!
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The History and Future of Trans Women in Action Movies
The Matrix blew open the doors for what action movies could accomplish — why hasn’t it led to more trans-focused action cinema?
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Queering the Canon: Where Are All The Trans Rom-Coms?
It’s time trans people get to showcase our desires, in all their variety, in all their complexity, in all their possibility.
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A Queer Syllabus for the Writers and Actors Strike
As Hot Strike Summer rapidly turns into Hot Strike Fall — I’ve become deeply interested in the trend where the forefront of labor movements are vocally and visibly, well, gay as hell.
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Revisiting the Trans Metaphors, Fashion, and Horny Action of the Original Matrix Trilogy
Drew and Kayla discuss why they love the sequels, the first times they watched these movies, and the fact that Reloaded is the horniest Matrix installment.
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Two Decades Ago, a Lesbian Slasher Movie Came Out — Then It Turned Into a Ghost
In 2004, there were two queer slashers making the festival rounds. But you’ve probably only heard of one.
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Elm Street Was a Nightmare Before Freddy Made It One
Elm Street was just another part of a society — our society, where people are taught to care very little for each other.
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The Seduction of Aliens
When I saw a UFO, I was 18 and it was the night before prom.
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Race and Appropriation at the Academy Awards: A 95 Year History
We’ve got data and timelines and infographics and conversation on topics including: white actors getting Oscars for playing people of color, white savior narratives, actors of color who actually did get nominated or win Oscars for Acting and so much more. Just updated for 2023.
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Kristen Stewart in Charlie’s Angels Inspired Me to Buy a Strap-On
Who knew having a dick could be so gender euphoric?
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The True Accurate History of LGBTQ+ Performers Competing for Lead and Supporting Actress Oscars
There’s a lot of confusing information out there but this here is the real true history of LGBTQ+ nominees for Lead and Supporting Actress Oscars — a field in which queer roles are often rewarded, but out queer people very rarely are.
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You Need Help: Can I Kill Queer Characters As A Queer Writer?
If queer creators are so worried about backlash from the community that we begin to self-censor, then the only interesting queer work will be made by straight people.
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Slow Takes: “F9: The Fast Saga” and the Danger of Queer Assimilation
I will always believe that homoerotic criminals are far queerer than explicitly gay cops.
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I Still Can’t Believe Marvel’s Never Heard of Bisexuality
Captain Marvel is so gay the writers had to add a line of dialogue to try to convince the audience Maria and Carol slept in different rooms. You know, on account of the house they shared and the daughter they were raising together.