To build a space for queer people like myself, every Saturday I’ll be posting interviews, opinion pieces, listicles, reviews, and more focused at Fangirlish on the LGBT community from a Latina perspective. Welcome to Queerly Not Straight!
Editorials
1. Not Using Emma D’Arcy’s Pronouns Feels Malicious at This Point
Excerpt: It takes nothing to use people’s preferred pronouns. Day in and day out people call each other “her” or “him” with no problem. And it feels like such a disrespect to who someone is at their core when you can’t even refer to them with the pronouns that they prefer. Read more HERE.
2. Some ‘9-1-1’ Fans Are Mad Buck is Bisexual *plays world’s smallest violin*
Excerpt: While plenty of fans were celebrating this moment of representation for the LGBTQ+ community on a mainstream procedural show, some fans were threatening/promising that they were never going to watch 9-1-1 again. And it was because of Buck’s bisexual storyline. Read more HERE.
3. ‘Our Flag Means Death’s Being Canceled Feels Like Another Slap in the Face
Excerpt: I foolishly thought that having a big name like Taika Waititi on the cast list would save this show. I thought it would give it more than two seasons and that we would see Edward and Stede be happy for a little bit at that inn by the beach before hitting the seas again. Because their story felt incomplete. Read more HERE.
Reviews
1. ‘Carbon & Water’ Review: If You Changed the Music, It’d Be a Horror Movie
Excerpt: Carbon & Water read to me like one of those cautionary tales you hear as a woman about those Craigslist rentals. It looks like an offer that you can’t resist. Good rent, great location, and a seemingly chill roommate. But it’s not chill. Read more HERE.
2. ‘20,000 Species of Bees’ Review: A Delicate Journey on Choosing Who You Are
Excerpt: There was something supremely delicate about 20000 Species of Bees from the very start. Something soft and like if you breathed even a little rougher, it would break the illusion in front of you. The only other time I’ve felt that was while watching A Quiet Place. Read more HERE.
3. ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ Review: *fans self while panting*
Excerpt: The fact that Love Lies Bleeding made every moment count, is the true strength of the movie. The moments of intimacy between Lou and Jackie that left us fanning ourselves like some Victorian woman who saw another woman’s ankle and her heart went all aflutter, they had purpose. Read more HERE.
Lyra Hale 