#Paris In July

[kaggsy59]

"What would there be in a story of happiness?" #gide #parisinjuly2024

Whenever there’s a reading event of some kind coming up, I love to make a pile of options, but almost always fall right off the wagon and pick something different! Today’s book is a good example of that; I chose so many possibles for Paris in July, and as soon as I’d published an image, I remembered some other books I could pick. And although I’d already read one fiction title for the event, I…

[bookjotter6865]

Winding Up the Week #335

An end of week recap “As centuries of dictators have known, an illiterate crowd is the easiest to rule; since the craft of reading cannot be untaught once it has been acquired, the second-best recourse is to limit its scope.” – Alberto Manguel This is a post in which I summarise books read, reviewed and currently on my TBR shelf. In addition to a variety of literary titbits, I look ahead to…

[stopandimagineloveforever]

"If I have to come back and sing, it will be for the Olympic Games"

✨ CELINE DION ✨

[cherry-delrey]

[glimmerofawesome]

[domas-sabonis]

[heartlesscad]

20 days into pride month here are some gay movies that if you haven't already seen I highly recommend you do

"Some Like It Hot" (1959) how they got away with making gay shit in the 50s. Two guys have to cross dress to escape death by mafia. Marilyn Monroe is also there being hot. They ride off gayly into the sunset. Easily piratable.

"Paris is Burning" (1990) documentary made in the late 80s about the gay scene in New York. Interviews with monumental drag queens. On YouTube

"To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar" (1994) two award winning drag queens take a younger queen on a road trip from New York to Los Angeles. They get stuck in a small town in middle America when their car breaks down. My personal favorite comfort movie. Easily piratable.

"The Watermelon Woman" (1996) a black butch lesbian film maker is researching the life of a black actress from the 30s only credited as the watermelon woman. Available on the internet archive, but you'll have to pause the video and let it load forever. Worth it.

"But I'm a Cheerleader" (1999) I know it had a moment on tiktok a while ago but if you haven't seen it you should. Last scene made me cry the first time I watched it, it was so cute. Easily piratable.

"The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo" five part youtube series with not near enough views. Messy gay representation. The directer/writer has made some other weird youtube movies equally as unhinged

[paris-in-space]

They were meant to be getting married this week…

[bey-life]

[the-mechanica]

my problem really deeply is how shallow a tolerance younger people have for old queer media. like yes, it's dated and some of the politics don't hold water anymore, but to ignore older media simply based on that is to loose EVERYTHING we have bc we don't have a lot. just because queer themes caught up more recently doesn't mean we should rehash everything to fit into a more "presentable" format that is only considered modern bc of the puritanical blacklash of the last several years and sanitization of queer themes.

[kaggsy59]

"...at any moment it will become love." @katehandheld #thegullsflyinland #parisinjuly2024

It’s a constant mystery to me (and many others, I know) why some books/authors fall out of favour whilst others continue to be read; and I’m always thankful for the wonderful publishers (mostly indie) who rediscover them for us. Today’s book is one such, and reviewing it is a bittersweet experience, as it’s the last release from lovely Handheld Press, who’ve brought us some excellent titles…

[jealousymami]

[yayyodolls]

you taste like the 4th of July 🍒

[paulic]

the love was there I think, until the end even

[glimmerofawesome]

Vanessa Gilles scores in the 90+12' minute to give Canada a 2-1 win over France.

[cemeterygrace]

snoop dogg lady gaga peyton manning celine dion these were not people i was expecting to see at the olympics what is this a crossover episode