That’s So Gay…Because It Actually Is

By: Michaela Barton
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It’s that time of year again: Dolly Parton’s A Holly Dolly Christmas is playing and it’s  time to make the yuletide gay except…. I don’t have any queer Christmas themed ideas. Sorry. I tried, I really did but man, did this year fry my brain! I could write a piece dissecting how gay Rudolph is,…

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Queer Love as Safety from the Patriarchy – An Analysis of Symbolism in ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ and ‘The Handmaiden’

By: Justine Gaberel
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Portrait of a Lady on Fire and The Handmaiden are two of the most critically acclaimed queer films to have come out in the past five years, and though the latter has more gothic elements, they can both be considered period romances.

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