#i think I'll start easy with rocky horror picture show

[truthundressing]

tinder but for finding someone to watch a scary movie with :(

[this1contradiction]

Hello! Happy June! It's Pride and I have another question (4/30)

Today we are talking about queer representation in media. In 1894 "The Dickson Experimental Sound Film" is released, becoming the first "gay film". It was also known as "The Gay Brothers", it feature two men dancing together and it reportedly "shocked audiences with its subversion of conventional male behaviour". Unfortunately, in 1934 the USA introduced the Hays Code, which, while it didn't explicitly ban queerness, banned queerness in effect. This resulted in three decades of queer-coded villains, such as Joel Cairo in "The Maltese Falcon" (1941) and Jack Favell in "Rebecca" (1940).

The Hays Code was lifted in 1968, and the queer cult classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" was released in 1975, and gave a much-needed positive and FUN representation of queer people and queerness. Unfortunately, this was short-lived, as the rising AIDs crisis worsened the stigma around the gay community. This didn't stop everyone though, and in 1985 "Desert Hearts" was released; regarded as the first mainstream lesbian film with a happy ending.

Further on, the first gay kiss on TV in the UK was on "EastEnders" in 1989, "Ellen" became the first American tv show with an openly gay lead in 1997, and other show such as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" started to add recurring LGBTQ+ characters. An important show in the UK was "Queer as Folk" (1999) which was one of the first shows to depict the queer community as vibrant and alive.

Even further forward, and "Moonlight" (2017) became the first LGBTQ+ film (and the first all-black cast) to win Best Picture at the Oscars. GLAAD publishes an annual report showing how representation is changing. 2005-2006 1.4% of regular characters vs 2020-2021 the figure is at 9.1%. So, there is still a long way to go obviously, especially because media is often the main or only place that young people have an insight into the community at all.

Because of this, I want to ask you for a recommendation: What is a piece of queer media that you think more people should see? (it can be literally anything, big/small, funny/sad, smart/stupid <- just anything you think deserves to be watched!:))

(I'll go first: "Eu Não Quero Voltar Sozinho" (or "I Don't Want to Go Back Alone) is a really really cute Brazillian short film available on Youtube! (if you enjoy it, there is also a full-length film version called "Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho" (or "The Way He Looks"))

Happy Pride 🌈 🎉

ooooooo okay!!

some shows that I love with queer rep are the magicians (goes wayyyy downhill after s4 e10 but still worth the watch), the bold type, ginny and georgia, and scream (mtv)

and then some movies I’d recommend are love simon (one of a small number of movies to make me cry), boys don’t cry, and easy a

[yourcaramelfairy]

A Few of My Favorite Things…

I truly love the simple things. But also I love to make a big production out of things. My favorite colors are teal and gold, but I typically will settle for yellow. I still shine in it no matter what. I may not be the best singer, but I love to let loose and sing and occasionally dance. And, yes, the same goes for my dancing, definitely not the best, but who cares. It’s my life! I love musicals. But, not how Hollywood tries to shove them down our throats constantly. I like The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Chicago!, and above all else Moulin Rouge! Obsessed! Another way to my heart... food! It is the missing fifth love language after all. I could eat wings every day, and crawfish is a super close second. But, I'd have to move back to New orleans for that. You could also never go wrong with good Thai, Chinese, and my newest obsession, ramen. Might go get some tomorrow. My attention span slipped, and I stumbled upon another great musical. Ready? The Rocky Horror Picture Show! How could I forget the TIME WARP?? I enjoy story telling but mostly through writing. I don’t think on the fly, so telling a story live, trips me up. Following along with storytelling comes reading. EscapIsm is a Pisces favorite thing and books allow for cheap and easy escaping. And yet, it's always an adventure. I love to dress up, especially now that my daily wardrobe mainly consists of sweats and t-shirts or hoodies. Finding cute outfits, paired with the perfect wig, hell, even my makeup skills are stepping up! I love love love getting my nails done. Going to the salon with the perfect color combo and design picked. Chef's kiss! And, please don't forget the complimentary Chardonnay. It doesn't always turn out great, I’ll be the first to admit, BUT I love experimenting in the kitchen. Baking or cooking, it doesn't really matter. When I get the urge or a spark of inspiration, I’m on my phone looking at recipes and thinking of modifications. Or, I'm running to the kitchen aimlesstey taking things out of cabinets and the fridge, forming the idea as I go. Sometimes, even after I start cooking. When Inspiration strikes, as they say. I’m a Marvel fan through and through but DC tv shows are actually really great. Whoever is writing the movies needs to be fired. My interest in tv shows is pretty sporadic. But once I’m tuned in, I become obsessed with the characters and fully invested in it all. That's where addictive personality truly shines. Doesn’t matter cartoon or actual people, or even target age range. I don’t discriminate. I fell in love with wine, real wine, not that sweet stuff, at the KIPP open bar parties. Then, I decided to expand my palate. I'll stand in Trader Joe's, another obvious fave, and read the flavor descriotions to find the perfect try. Alcohol, I'm not too picky. Just no Red Bull, gin or triple sec. Everything else is fair game, well maybe not everything. Gotta Keep in mind that I'm a tiny person, and that some liquors should’ve never made it past the initial taste tests. At the moment though, weed is my jam. Recreationally. But I do take breaks often. I love road trips but my body is makina it harder to stand each time. Damn knees and back. Organization keeps me sane, so it would naturally follow that I love anything that will help me get organized. Since gold is one of my favorite colors, you should assume safely that my preferred jewelry is gold. But I will rock silver if the outfit calls for it.

…that’s where my attention spanned ran dry

[wh0lemilk0vich]

Kinda borrowing and following on from your prev cinema anon coz oooh boy I loved that one

Since Rocky Horror Picture Show is a staple of so many Steddie fics (rightfully so that’s queer history)

The gang going to a screening night in costume!

Eddie is obviously Eddie - groundbreaking chub heartthrob character really (side note - actually headcanon chubby!Eddie’s body shape as very similar to Meatloaf’s)

It’s a whole build up of planning, Eddie’s costume is an easy one to figure, but Robin & Nancy ….not certain which characters they end up assigning themselves - let’s just say there’s a lot of giggly & excited back and forth talk about logistics and pros and cons, like constantly, in the lead up to the show.

Steve’s THIS close to banning Nancy & Robin discussing it during work hours, but unfortunately the shop never seems to get busy enough to warrant putting his foot down when Nancys comes in to chat (this is obvs deliberate - Nancys meticulous and knows exactly when the stores quiet times are)

Steve is…a hard sell. He’s excited the others are excited, and there was no way he was going to say no to anything Eddie asked him to do anyway but…costumes? Really? Ugh - and he can act too cool but there’s just - theres a few elements to his discomfort with this, that he’s gonna put away in a mental box to explore at another time

Anyway! Show night! The cinema is abuzz and ok it’s much easier to be in costume when your surrounded by a crowd all dressed in similar costumes

And Steve’s last shred of reluctance disappears when he remembers - oh! Oh yeah concession stand!! Okay play it cool Harrington!

Steve LOADS UP everybody with snacks - deliberately making sure to equally ask each the other three (again! Play it cool Harrington!) what each would want and then just..doubling up (“hey I’ll buy! My treat guys! For being such a grouch in the lead up” Robin just like “ohh that’s the reason? That’s what we’re saying this is? gee thanks Steve, your such a swell friend for making it up to us like this 🙄”)

So they head into the cinema, all holding armfuls of food - Robin & Nance just smirking coz yeah …right Steve..this foods for all four of us is it?? Sure ok if you say so

Anyway - they get to their seats, Nancy, Robin and Steve take a seat and Eddie…just stands there …looking at his seat, and Steve’s having trouble reading him? Like “are you ok babe 🙁” and Eddie just ..still looks like he’s puzzling something out? But he’s like “yeah I think so” and takes a seat right next to Steve and….kinda almost on Steve

And that’s when Steve gets it- Eddie is WEDGED into that seat, the top of his belly is encroaching on Steve’s arm rest space

And Steve’s just bought enough snacks for him for 10 people

Once Steve’s able to draw his blushing jaw dropped face away from where his arm is brushing Eddie’s belly to look Eddie in the eye, Eddie is just grinning lewdly and knowingly at him

And then fucking Eddie just winks at Steve and then maintains eye contact as he starts in on the first bucket of popcorn

Thank god the lights go down then because Steve might be about to lose consciousness from how quickly all his blood just rushed south

Ok there's sooooo much good stuff here that I want to do it justice and maybe even get something one-shot length out of this. When I can get to writing something, I'll be linking to this ask and I'll post it here and on Ao3