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Welcome to Queerly Popular! Today, we are talking about the 2023 film Bottoms. This film has the distinction of being the first (and possibly only) piece of pop culture that will be featured on here that I did not like. While I do not hate the movie the way I do Brokeback Mountain and Call My By Your Name, the humor and violence in the movie is not something I like. But, I can see why people do enjoy it and there were parts that I enjoyed, so here we are.

I start off explaining (in more detail) why I am doing this film before talking about the plot and then the characters. Mostly a fairly normal episode.

Here are a few YouTube videos to enjoy:

Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler

Isabel Confronts Jeff and the Egging/TPing of Jeff's House (to the tune of Total Eclipse of the Heart)

The Final Fight Scene

Jeff being Jeff and having 0 Braincells

Our next episode will be on December 5th and will be about the movie Make the Yuletide Gay.

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Welcome to today's episode of Queerly Popular! Today, we are going to talk about the 2016 film Fair Haven. It is a relatively short movie at 90 minutes and is overall a decent film. I am not fond of the ending for reasons discussed in the podcast. Listen to get the details. Overall, the movie is not one of my favorites, but it is not a bad movie either.

Next week, we will be talking about the movie Bottoms with Nicholas Galitizine.

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Welcome to today's episode of Queerly Popular. Today's very long episode is all about Heartstopper season 3. This episode is 1 hour and 53 minutes long, which is by far the longest episode I have done to date. I enjoyed making it and hope you enjoy listening to it.

This is a very heavy season and the episode talks about mental health issues, self harm, transphobia, and other things that may be triggering. Please listen with care.

Here are a few video clips you may enjoy. I am sure you can find others:

The Last Scene of the Season

Nick and Aunt Diane Have a Talk

Nick Convinces Charlie to Get Help

Nick and Charlie say I Love You

Nick and Tao at the Halloween Party

My Written Review of Season 3

Our next episode, on November 7, will be about the movie Fair Haven.

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Welcome to today's episode of Queerly Popular! Today, we will be talking about the 2014 TV movie Boys (Jongen in Dutch). The movie was first broadcast on Dutch TV and does have English subtitles.

This is a short episode. That's because the movie is fun and enjoyable, but it is a story that has been told quite often, and this version doesn't bring a whole lot new to the table. That said, it is not a bad film, just one that can be enjoyed and then is rather quickly forgotten. The movie itself is also short (77 minutes), so there's not a ton to say about the movie itself.

After the movie, I talk a little about the two review episodes of Heartstopper that have been on this podcast and my written reviews which can be read here. I do this because our next episode, on the 24th, will be about Heartstopper season 3 and I fully expect it to be at least 90 minutes. It might very well be 105-120 minutes. I'm obviously not sure yet (it won't be recorded until the 21st or 22nd), but based on the numbers, that is my suspicion. Listen for more about that.

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Welcome to today's episode of Queerly Popular. Today, we are going to talk about the 2006 film The Curiosity of Chance. It's a fun, fluffy film that is about a out, gay high school boy in a school in Europe in the 1980s.

There is some humor that is dated, so know that. My main issue is that the movie feels like it's a fluffy movie trying to be serious and it doesn't quite work. But if you just watch it and enjoy it for what it is, I think it will be a fun experience.

Our next episode, on October 10, will be about the movie Boys.

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Welcome to today's episode of Queerly Popular. Today, we are talking about The Princess Diaries and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. They came out in 2001 and 2004 and starred Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews. The movies are about Mia Thermopolis, a 15-year old San Franciscan, who finds out she is the princess of a small European country called Genovia. The movies are based off of characters from a series of books by Meg Cabot (which I haven't read).

After going through the plot (relatively briefly), I talk about a couple of issues I have with the movies, although both are more with the way people at the time (and to a certain extent now) do things than the movies themselves. I also talk about why I consider Mia's story to be a trans story and read a post I wrote about the topic.

Here are some fun scenes from the movies:

Princess Diaries

Mia's Makeover (I hate that this is done, but the scene is fun)

Mia's First Dinner Party

Mia's Speech Accepting Being a Princess (her "coming out" so to speak)

Princess Diaries 2

Julie Andrews and Raven-Symone sing

Mia Has Orphans Join Her in the Parade

Some Wedding Looks

Mia Looking at Potential Suitors

Mia's Coronation

Our next episode, on September 26, will be about the movie The Curiousity of Chance.

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Welcome to this week's episode of Queerly Popular. Today we are talking about the 2024 movie Ganymede starring Jordan Doww and Pablo Castelblanco, directed by Colby Holt and Sam Probst and written by Colby Holt.

I start the episode explaining why I watched this movie (which is very different from other movies I watch) and then talk about the plot. After that, most of the rest of the episode is spent talking about how my upbringing was similar to what Lee (Jordan's character) went through and how I identify so much with the character. This part (and the plot description) may be triggering for some people, so if you think it might be for you, please take care of yourself and stop as frequently as needed.

Our next episode is about Princess Diaries and Princess Diaries 2 and why I consider Princess Diaries to be a trans story.

Jordan's YouTube

Ganymede Trailer

Landslide Cover

Waving Through a Window

Ganymede on Amazon Prime

Ganymede is also available on Google TV. Not sure what other streaming services though.

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Welcome to today's episode of Queerly Popular! Today, I am sharing a great conversation I had with my friend Mycroft Masada about Star Trek. We focus a lot on queer coded characters, but we also touch on a lot of other things that show how Star Trek was always "woke".

We do focus exclusively on DS9, Next Generation, Voyager, and the Original Series because that is what we have seen. Neither of us has seen any of the newer series. We do briefly mention some queer characters, but we don't talk about them. If you want to come on to talk specifically about those characters, please let me know.

This is also a longer than normal episode at almost 82 minutes. I think you'll enjoy the entire thing, I know I did.

If you want to see the meme Mycroft talks about (Kor and Jadzia), click here.

Mycroft is on Twitter (@mycroft_masada) and Instagram (@mycroft_masada). They are also on Facebook as is Westminster Flabby. Please give them a follow.

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Welcome to today's episode of Queerly Popular! Today, we are talking about the 2024 book My Fair Brady, which is a riff off of the musical My Fair Lady, the movie She's All That, and other such stories.

The book is about a high school senior, Wade Westmore, who is dumped by his boyfriend on Valentine's Day (justifiably, I might add), loses the leading role in the musical to his ex, and is having trouble getting into his dream school, NYU. He (for various reasons) decides to help shy sophomore Elijah Brady become more popular. The book is about the hijinks that ensue, particularly after Reese (the ex) promposes to Brady in front of the whole cast and crew of the musical, including Wade.

The book is a whole lot of fun to read and is told from dual perspectives, which is very interesting. Wade and Elijah both narrate chapters, so you get insights into both of them. Give this books a read, I really think you'll love it.

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Welcome to today's episode of Queerly Popular! Today, we are talking about the movie Handsome Devil. But before we talk about the movie, I spend some time talking about Nicholas Galitizine's other movies and tv shows and some basic thoughts about them.

Handsome Devil is a 2016 film about Ned (Fionn O'Shea), a student who is out of place and bullied in the boarding school he attends and his new roommate Conor (Nicholas Galitizine). They end up becoming friends before they betray each other. It's a good movie, but not one I am going to watch over and over. Listen to hear more about why.

Also, here is the link to Nicholas' song Comfort on Spotify We are trying to get it to 10 million streams by June 24, so please listen on repeat if you can. Thanks!

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