Anger’s films Fireworks (1947) and Kustom Kar Kommandos (1965)‚ may be perfect examples of queer film. To start Kenneth Anger is a homosexually man who wrote and directed both films Fireworks and Kustom Kar Kommandos. So‚ that checks off one of Benshoff and Griffin’s ways to look at queer cinema. The film Fireworks deals with a male protagonist‚ played by Anger‚ who seems to dream of sailors and being brutally beaten by them. The film deals
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Utopia and Gender: Short reflection on Queer(ing) Hetero-normativity ‘I think that when the unreal lays claim to reality‚ or enters into its domain‚ something other than a simple assimilation into prevailing norms can and does take place.’ (Butler‚ 2004‚ p.27) ‘The queer is the taboo-breaker‚ the monstrous‚ the uncanny.’ (Castle‚ 1995‚ p.383) Raphael‚ a well travelled and enlightened sailor‚ is the main protagonist in Thomas Moore’s Utopia. In Raphael’s opinion‚ Utopia was the only commonwealth
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Harms of Social Pressure On The Young Queer Mind As a unit‚ the human race is notorious for only looking at the clean‚ reflective side of a coin‚ and ignoring the rust to be found on the other side. Society’s avoidance of difficult or unpleasant topics is made painfully obvious by entertainment and news media‚ and the lack of brutally honest information. With the rise of the millennial generation‚ the LGBTQIA (Lesbian‚ gay‚ bisexual‚ transgender‚ queer‚ intersex‚ and asexual) rights movements
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determined by a culturally defined heterosexual set of norms and values. Consequently‚ queer individuals have gone through a host of maltreatments‚ discrimination and have often been regarded
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The industry is constantly changing and Game of Thrones and Supernatural are just two examples of thousands of TV shows. 5.1 Changes So Far Modern media has been becoming more accepting of the queer community. “We are in a climate now‚ where it is acceptable to have queer people on screen.”1 But the tolerance has taken its time. The first time a gay romance was featured on screen was in 1972‚ in a TV move called That Certain Summer. 1975 two homosexual characters appeared on screen as a couple in
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Homosexuality within queer discourse is also represented within Marlow’s seemingly homosexual emotions for Kurtz in Heart of Darkness. Marlow’s hidden queer emotions for Kurtz are vocalized frequently throughout the novel‚ particularly in the scene of Kurtz’s rumored death (Conrad 62). In this scene‚ Marlow expresses extreme distress at the thought of Kurtz’s death and announces his deep sorrows of losing the opportunity to meet Kurtz (Conrad 62). Marlow mentions that Kurtz “seduced [him] into something
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perspective of queer theory. Yet before illuminating over androgyny‚ this analysis will first explore queer terminology and methodology. Following the summary‚ the remaining pages will seek to vindicate Paul as androgynous by centering on his transgressive gender expressions. Queer Terminology: Three Definitions There are three common utilizations of the term “queer.” First‚ there is a reductive and pejorative usage of “queer‚” ubiquitous in fundamentalist communities. Second‚ “queer” is commonly known
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author compares the Mestiza reality to the lived experiences of people in queer communities highlighting their common existence in states of
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cities. Berlin in particular had a thriving queer community in the 1920’s‚ with queer clubs‚ bars‚ libraries‚ and even societies. It has been estimated that there were approximately one million queer men living in Germany by 1933. However‚ this atmosphere of safety and solidarity did not last forever. When Adolf Hitler and the Nazis began their rise to power they enforced paragraph 175 more severely‚ thus furthering the oppression and persecution of queer men. According to Horst Seferens‚ spokesman
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We Can Make a Change - Together Growing up queer in a conservative family‚ is not exactly what I’d call an ‘ideal’ situation. There are a vast number of instances where I have to take a step back and remind myself that there is nothing wrong with me‚ that there’s nothing wrong in wanting to marry a girl someday‚ and absolutely nothing wrong in wanting to be truly happy. I was in History class‚ about a year ago (when I wasn’t out to anyone except for my parents) playing with the rainbow wristband
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