Queens of the B's

Join co-hosts @tjwest3 and @musterthecourag for a bi-weekly discussion of under-appreciated queer films of the past and the present.

[Queens of the B's @QueensoftheBs]

In case you were wondering what was going on in my real life.

[Juliette Brioche @TJWest3]

Well, in the last hour I have: learned that my young cousin is trans, have Mom ask me to “look on the internet to see if your cousin Brad’s gay,” and also have her ask “why don’t the gays talk about Liberace.” It's shaping up to be a very queer Christmas, after all.

[Succession @succession]

Accidentally cheating.

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show like Succession. It's a slow burn that always keeps us guessing, simmering and glowing and then bursting into glorious, Greek-tragedy like flame.

[Queens of the B's @QueensoftheBs]

So, how about that finale of #Succession? I've been mulling it over the past couple of days. The show truly is the successor (heh) to Game of Thrones, particularly in its exploration of the toxic nature of patriarchal authority. Logan Roy is what Robert Baratheon would have been

[Queens of the B's @QueensoftheBs]

absence from the screen this season.

Of course, all of this begs the question of what Logan Roy will do in the next season, now that he's demolished his children and is poised to essentially hand control of his company off to someone else.

That, though, is the brilliance of a

[Queens of the B's @QueensoftheBs]

she knew just how vital and important she was to me, and I'm sure to all of the other little queer boys out there who saw in her work a way of escaping the limits of the real world. RIP, Ms. Rice. We'll miss you.

[Queens of the B's @QueensoftheBs]

It's hard to put into words just how sad I am to hear of the passing of #AnneRice. She was so pivotal to my experiences as a young queer person. I first encountered her work in The Mummy, which had some of the first queer characters I'd ever encountered in fiction.

And, when I

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became queer touchstones for me. I recently revisited The Vampire Chronicles, and I was struck anew by how well Rice managed to capture the many facets of desire, the way that it can both lift us up and dash us to pieces. The world is a poorer place without her in it, and I hope

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@ldecker_phd I was truly gutted to hear of her passing. :-(

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I will also say that I appreciate the way that the second episode sees Colton re-visiting the high school, a site of trauma for both him and for many other LGBTQ+ folks, both athletes and otherwise.

[Caetlin Benson-Allott @VideoPhD]

It was a huge honor--and an absolute blast!--to talk with @sayanniething about The Stuff of Spectatorship for the @NewBooksNetwork podcast. You can catch the whole episode at https://t.co/F0DIPkZtxn. Thank you, Annie, for this wonderful opportunity! @ucpress

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One thing that I DO appreciate about Coming Out Colton is that it does make it clear how EXHAUSTING the epistemology of the closet is, how wearying it can be to constantly have to come out.

[Queens of the B's @QueensoftheBs]

Okay, the dad's acceptance of Colton is really giving me some feels. Ugh. Stupid manipulative reality TV.

[Letterboxd @letterboxd]

happy brokeback mountain day ⛰️🎆