Author: Ellie Nelson
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Paris is Burning: “Having a ball, wish you were here”
I’ve seen this film a few times, but it never fails to make me emotional. There are so so many beautiful things shown of the New York drag scene, and it is hard not to love. I’ll cry over any older queer people, especially the Black drag queens who shaped the queer community today and…
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Dallas Buyer’s Club – turning 30 days into 7 years
Watching this film, I had a lot of complaints. I knew I would be upset that Ron was so strongly depicted as straight, I knew that Jared Leto playing a trans woman was not going to be my favorite thing about the movie, and I definitely knew that the movie was going to make me…
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How to Survive a Plague (or: How to Survive the Government’s Neglect)
“Act up, stand tall, tomorrow morning at city hall.” (0:01:44) Watching How to Survive a Plague, a documentary by David France, I was immediately entranced. Being a queer person, it was definitely a hard film to watch. I found myself wanted to cry at times, over people that I have never had the pleasure to…
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hello!
Hi lovies! I’m Ellie, I’m a current student in Illustration and English Literature! I love both subjects so much and I am so excited to one day be able to combine the two and create graphic novels. In terms of queer film, I love movies, and as a queer person I have always loved queer…