Gays Gaze

CW: Passive suicidal thoughts, light body horror.

This week, we talk about the anime Otherside Picnic, an isekai yuri anime inspired by the novel Roadside Picnic and film Stalker. While we can't give our full recommendation, we can give our hot takes, so tune in to hear why these two lesbians are stronger than the entire Okinawan US Marine branch.

CW: Anti-Black racism, abusive relationships, child abuse, attempted sexual assault

Dee Rees' film Bessie (2015) is an incredible dive into the life and loves of Bessie Smith, famed blues musician played by Queen Latifah. We talk Bessie's life, queerness in the blues, Rees' filmography, and Erin's crush on Queen Latifah.

CW: transphobic language and slurs, abusive relationships, parental abandonment, police brutality/discrimination, victim blaming, outing, lesbiphobia.

Samantha, @lilestradiol, joins us to discuss Her Story (2016), a short series on Youtube about the experiences of transgender women and love. We appreciated this series for its work highlighting the experiences of transgender women in sapphic communities!!

Watch Her Story here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkHicPm7C6Q 

Check out Samantha's site, Transcribe, here: https://transcribe.ink/ 

NSFW, CW: sexual torture, sexual abuse, incest, suicide, death, the plague.

CW: Animal neglect and death, alcoholism, HIV and AIDS, homophobic assault, poverty, hoarding.

Can You Ever Forgive Me? is a biographical film about the life of Lee Israel, a lesbian in New York who committed a series of literary forgeries in the early 1990's. We loved it! If you haven't seen it, consider giving it a watch before jumping into this new episode! 👀

CW: Suicide, sexual assault, age gap relationships, and fear of aging/death.

Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) is a beautiful movie by Olivier Assayas about inevitabilities of aging and the difficulty actors face when drawing the line between fiction and reality - if you haven't seen it, you might be interested to watch it before listening to this episode! We attempt to give our interpretation of the film, while also talking about a lot about its inspiration from The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant and a little about Assayas' other works and controversies. 

CWs: unplanned pregnancy and abortion, emotionally and sexually abusive relationships, parental abandonment and parental death, underage sex work, drug addiction, death of a partner, compulsory heterosexuality and internalized homophobia

Nana by Ai Yazawa is such a fantastic series, and it's about two women named Nana, so we had to talk about it. Vivienne Westwood, punk rock, romantic drama, and lesbianism - the hallmarks of any great franchise!

This week, we talked about Season of Love (2019) by Tello Films, the first lesbian holiday rom-com! We thought it was a fun and normal holiday film! Happy Holidays to all of you who celebrate! :)

CW: NSFW!!! Discussions of sex, genitals, sexual assault, A/B/O, smut in general.

Thanks to Steph for suggesting that we talk about fanfiction!! 

This week, we dove into some WLW fanfiction and talked about the medium as a whole. We found some fun fic, some silly fic, and, of course, some A/B/O fic. Come along with us on our little journey through AO3! :)

CW: NSFW clips!!

We're celebrating our two year anniversary with another clipshow! We collected our favorite moments from the past year and they're all here. Join us for the fun!!!