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The Forgotten Queerness of Pump Up the Volume

Before I had language for who I was, I had this movie — and a boy with a mic screaming into the dark.

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The Forgotten Queerness of Pump Up the Volume

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Invisible Illness

Sexual Trauma Didn’t Just Steal My Safety — It Rewired My Brain

It wasn’t dramatic. He just held the door open. That’s it. That’s all it took.

4d ago

Sexual Trauma Didn’t Just Steal My Safety — It Rewired My Brain

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Prism & Pen

Queer Hustle: 25 Years of Online Selling, Capitalism, and Staying Afloat

For queer sellers, survival means knowing when to pivot — and when to get out.

May 1

Queer Hustle: 25 Years of Online Selling, Capitalism, and Staying Afloat

May 1

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How Ace Ventura Mocked a Trans Woman: Lois Einhorn Deserved Better

I Denied Lois Einhorn’s Humanity — And I Can’t Ignore Her Cry Any Longer

Mar 20

How Ace Ventura Mocked a Trans Woman: Lois Einhorn Deserved Better

Mar 20

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The Joke Was on Them: How Cis Filmmakers Exposed Their Own Ignorance

In Ace Ventura and Silence of the Lambs, cis discomfort wore the costume and wrote the script.

Apr 22

A filmstrip twisting and unraveling mid-air, symbolizing the distortion of narratives in film history.

Apr 22

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Fourth Wave

“The Breakfast Club” and the Kids Who Got to Stay Broken

What looked like catharsis was really five kids learning how to conform

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“The Breakfast Club” and the Kids Who Got to Stay Broken

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The Riff

The Ghost We Built: Rethinking the Michael Jackson Narrative

When the world couldn’t own him, it turned him into a ghost — and called it justice.

6d ago

The Ghost We Built: Rethinking the Michael Jackson Narrative

6d ago

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The Haven

The Mothers We Didn’t Know We Were: A Dog, a Puzzle, and a Quiet Mother’s Day

On Johnny Carson, invisible labor, and the three moms under one roof — only one of whom has fur.

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The Mothers We Didn’t Know We Were: A Dog, a Puzzle, and a Quiet Mother’s Day

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The Bigger Picture

I Don’t Want to Be Understood — Just Uninterrupted

Sometimes being understood means being reshaped. I’m done letting others round off my edges.

6d ago

I Don’t Want to Be Understood — Just Uninterrupted

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The Riff

Teardrop Reminds Me I’m Still Brilliant — Even When I Forget

A song of grief, genius, and the fragile brilliance we forget we carry.

May 8

Teardrop Reminds Me I’m Still Brilliant — Even When I Forget

May 8

A.L. Bellettiere (Anna Louise Bellettiere-Kuyper)

A.L. Bellettiere (Anna Louise Bellettiere-Kuyper)

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A.L. Bellettiere, a candid writer sharing reviews & commentary on culture, politics, and more. Also Anna Louise Bellettiere-Kuyper. https://a.co/d/fJWf9Qg

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