Seen Queen, week 2: when the scene is only virtual space
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Seen Queen, week II: when the scene is so close you can almost taste it
ENGAGE! ART HAPPENINGS ARE STILL HAPPENING!
Corona! Or: how I can finally complete my reading list
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Corona! Or: how I can finally complete my reading list
By Lori Lo Bianco
Like everyone else, I always make new year’s resolution and then later never accomplish it. The big one for 2020 was to read at least a book a month carefully chosen between queer/lgbtiq+/womxn writers, so basically the only rule was: “Don’t buy another straight/cis/man’s book”.
Not…
Queer Round up: what to do when the ‘scene’ is made up of what we’ve seen… online.
Posted by martha
When? 4pm TODAY GURL!
What? Ann Arbor Film Festival are streaming their films live for the next 5 days. Don’t miss this at 4pm: Glow Job. From the…
Wanna lick some lit while in queerantine? Fringe! writers assemble
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Wanna lick some lit while in queerantine? Fringe! writers assemble
by Adam Zmith
Sometimes all the lights go out, writes Bonnie Hancell. Like many poets, she shares…
A Natter with Programmer Kai Fi'Ain About Video Nasties
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Kai, can you tell us a bit about what's good about a queer b-movie? What can people expect that's not in a mainstream movie?
What I love about a B-movie…
Millenial Coping Strategies and Sad Girls
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By Jess
In order to assess the mess that is the millennial coping strategy, we have to firstly get off that pedastal and admit that we are exactly what we are trying to hide… a fucking mess.
Amongst the mindless scrolling and trolling online,…
What's love got to do with it?
Posted by grant
In cinema we can love, but in keeping with society’s structure, this usually comes at a cost greater than; bae’s ex turning out to be your boss at the new job you started… which is a weirdly relatable, if less weighty, scenario in the often-interconnected queer scene. Because of this are we missing out on exploring these heartfelt narratives, and not sharing with the world the full extent of how…
5 queer women i want to be when i grow up - and the lessons they teach
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Listen, there aren’t a whole tonne of actual lez idols out there, so picking out the gems is usually A TASK. The Fringe! Lineup though – rife with role models, life lessons, and the kind of guidance for life that any aspiring BAMF could use. Below, sage guidance for how to live your best life, or in my case, rules for how to be a better adult in general:
1. Audre Lorde
Listen up, gather round (Read up on our venue changes)
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Hey loves! Sadly due to unforeseen problems with Stoke Newington Town Hall we have had to re-house next week's festival hub and activities to ensure our audience's full enjoyment of our events and screenings.
Our new hub venue is an old fave: our beloved Rose Lipman Building! Here's a code to the changes:
- The programme of the Stoke Newington…
I tried to make my girl squirt for a week after watching Deep Waters (and she tried too)
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The first time I heard the word squirting it was coming from my cishet friend's mouth, describing a porn video.
For some reason, I've been always included in 'porn talks' by groups of boys despite my consent or not, but I think this is another topic.
I never watched a ‘squirting…
