Continuing their conversation about the cruelty of camp, Saffron and Fabiola look at how the dark topic of homophobia is played for laughs in this 1999 teen rom-com directed by Jamie Babbit.

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Citations:

Moore, Jessica. “Visualizing Liberation in ‘But I’m a Cheerleader,.” Mubi.com, 11 December 2020, https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/visualizing-liberation-in-but-i-m-a-cheerleader-9518. 

Jourdain’s Thread: https://x.com/judysquirrels/status/1825597495227068472