A Brief Investigation of My Favorite Comfort Movies
Rebecca Radillo explores the similarities and differences between the films that have given her the most comfort over the years.
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Rebecca Radillo
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Criminal Bodies: Life With Disabilities is the Crime of the Future
Rebecca Radillo explores the parallels between David Cronenberg's world in "Crimes of the Future" and our own.
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Rebecca Radillo
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Take My Breath Away, Top Gun Really IS That Homoerotic
Rebecca Radillo explores what exactly makes "Top Gun" — and its successor, "Maverick" — so incredible: the male-male relationships.
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Dria Vento
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Rebecca Radillo
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"I wish I knew how to quit you": Finding Joy in Tragic Gays
Rebecca Radillo breaks down her love for tragic gay couples in film — in spite of the harmful effects of the "bury your gays" trope.
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Lyvie Scott
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Filmmaker Spot - Quint Scott
Lyvie Scott sits down with filmmaker Quint Scott to discuss Pride, diversity, and his future in film.
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Prestige Bitch
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Rebecca Radillo
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Inglourious Feminists: Tarantino and the Weight of Feminist Guilt
Rebecca Radillo weighs her relationship to feminism against the less-than-feminist films of Quentin Tarantino.
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Logan-Ashley Kisner
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Logan-Ashley Kisner compares the struggle between masculinity and femininity to the world of the Swedish horror film "Girls Lost."
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Lauryn Jackson
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How Riot Grrrl Rocked Femininity
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Lyvie Scott
May 13, 20229 min read
Momcore
Lyvie Scott teams up with her mother, Vanessa, to discuss the female-led films that left the biggest impressions on them growing up.
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Lyvie Scott
May 6, 20227 min read
Filmmaker Spot - Mother's Day Edition
Lyvie Scott sits down to discuss film, femininity and action heroes with her mother, Vanessa Stewart.
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Editors' Note - May 2022
Maddy Sutka and Lola Estok introduce May by talking about femininity, and all the confusing, weird, and great labels that come with it.
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Lyvie Scott
Dec 11, 20219 min read
Filmmaker Spot - Lei White
Lyvie Scott sits down with filmmaker Lei White to discuss the traditions that shaped his love of storytelling.
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Lauryn Jackson
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Finding Yourself at the End of the World
Lauryn Jackson explores Gregg Araki's "Apocalypse" trilogy, and how its themes can still resonate with the current Doom Generation.
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Lyvie Scott
Nov 27, 20218 min read
A Transformation
Lyvie Scott explores films in which a woman transforms, whether it be for good or otherwise.
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Logan-Ashley Kisner
Nov 20, 20216 min read
a goddamn ugly broad.
Logan-Ashley Kisner explores the history of Men With Breasts in film as his own top surgery approaches.
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Lyvie Scott
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Filmmaker Spot - Rachel M. Ussery
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Lyvie Scott
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Under the Skin
Lyvie Scott explores films about melancholia, madness and mourning, all with people of color at the center.
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Maddy Sutka
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I'm a Slut: Thank You, Rocky Horror
Maddy Sutka gives tribute to the film that helped reframe her understanding of sex, pleasure, and camp: The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
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