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“Pre-AIDS gay media always makes me emotional. Unabashedly living as queer in the face of everything makes me emotional. I love the intimacy of this documentary so much. It's so casual and the camera revels in the queens' presence it feels like I could reach through the screen and touch them and then I get emotional again that I cannot. Crystal LaBeija, one of the most influential queens in history, you will always be loved and your legacy is your true win. I love queer flaboyancy and homosexual sensability. Not only have we always been here, but some of us have even always dared to live as we naturally are.”
Read the rest of my review on Letterboxd
Dec 2, 2024
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god i don’t even know where to start. these folk were so free in a time where queerness wasn’t as widely accepted. reminds me to live life to my fullest and be grateful for those who have laid down the groundwork for us to live the way we can now.
Jan 16, 2025
Bizarre and human film about "gay boy" drag queens/trans women in late 60's Tokyo. The out-of-character interview sections with the cast confused me because I thought it was the characters talking about an in-fiction movie.
fionageist recommended this to me as one of "5 Problematic Queer Films That, While Imperfect, Are Doing Something" and that's a good mindset to have going into it. Parts of it may kinda be uncomfortable or unfortunate or not line up with where we are now, but it's still an entertaining and valuable insight into a form of queer life in a different time and place.
Jan 27, 2024
It really hit close to home, after watching I felt so many emotions all at once. I don’t want to give it away but I (unfortunately) related with the main character too much. Does that ever happen to anyone after a movie?
Jan 17, 2025
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lol is a punctuation mark
Mar 29, 2024
Everyone needs to listen to this album at least once. Paul Simon’s lyricism and musicality is so refreshing.
Personal top 2 tracks (in no particular order)
Graceland & I know what I know
Dec 3, 2024
Let the choir sing in rejoice, Joni Mitchell is back on Spotify folks. And while some music heads might be tripping over themselves to stream the legendaric Blue 1971 album, you can catch me at the sonic jazz bar that is Both Sides Now. You might be familiar with this re-recorded track and album from the iconic Emma Thompson scene in 2001’s Christmas cult classic Love Actually but this album is so much more. If you’re a jazz enjoyer, or maybe not so into Americana folk, and wanna know what all the Joni-craze is about: this is the album for you.
I recommend listening no earlier than dusk and maybe after a little bit of a hard day.
Mar 24, 2024