“The Warriors” was filmed in 1979 and is about feuding gangs; I went to see it expecting that it would be fun but utterly misogynistic, possibly with a side of gay-bashing. Instead, it pulled off a difficult feat: it showed misogynistic characters, but demonstrated that they were in the wrong, and did so without feeling the least bit preachy.

I didn’t realize this at first. When the movie opens, one character cheerfully talks about finding a woman to for “a lay”; ...Read More

(Hello, everyone; I’m Rook, a new writer here, planning to focus on queer issues in film and literature.)

I recently had the good fortune to be able to see the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s production of The Tempest, directed by Libby Appel. I also attended a pre-performance talk on the play, about its themes, the set design, the costume director’s inspirations, etc.; one of the things the lecturer mentioned was a change they’d made to the characters: Antonio, Propsero’s brother and the ...Read More