Queer Essay

In Orange is the New Black there is a lot of representation of queer characters. Most of the main characters are queer or have been in some sort of relationship. Basically in every episode there is some form of queer relationship. The character that I am going to be focusing on is Piper Chapman. She is one of the main characters and most of the plot lines are based around her. At the beginning of the series, Piper is in a heterosexual relationship with Larry who has no idea about her past relationships

different approaches. LGBT studies place an emphasis on metanarratives while queer theory emphasizes principles of Poststructuralism and Deconstruction. LGBT activists are focused on attaining civil rights through the process of the “coming out” narrative – using a unifying narrative to place collective interests on the political agenda (i.e. identity politics). Their goal is assimilation into mainstream society. Queer theory, however, critiques the identity politics approach to civil rights, maintaining

Limiting Miss Jean Brodie: Queering Muriel Spark’s The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Jack Halberstam wrote, “Queer uses of time and space develop, at least in part, in opposition to the institutions of family, heterosexuality, and reproduction. They also develop according to other logics of location, movement, and identification. If we try to think about queerness as an outcome of strange temporalities, imaginative life schedules, and eccentric economic practices, we detach queerness from sexual identity”

in jail for suspicion of prostitution. In response to the economic insufficiency, the “Tenderloin residents launched a grassroots campaign for economic justice in 1965” (Stryker 436). Around the same time, Vanguard, now known as the earliest known queer youth organization, was started by and made up of “young gay hustlers and transgender people”

The satirical movie ‘But I’m a Cheerleader’ was directed by Jamie Babbit and based on 1999 writings of Brian Wayne Peterson. The movie covers exciting representations of queer characters and is centered on conversion therapy which seems an outdated practice in modern films. Conversion therapy is rehabilitation that converts an individual's homosexual desires to regain heterosexual desires. Megan is the main character in the movie with many friends and a dreamy boyfriend who acts like a typical preppy

since early 1920s. In reference to the position supporting LGBTQ rights movements, the discussion will concentrate on; discrimination and injustice and respect on people’s rights. The word “LGBTQ” stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (and/or questioning) individuals/identities. There have been organizations try to call for an end

introduction ‘Movies make magic’, bell hooks writes in the introduction to From Reel to Real. ‘They change things.’ Much has been written on the idea that the depictions of groups of people (specifically minorities) in the media have a direct effect on how these groups are seen and treated - in film studies, but also in social studies and psychology. This applies to treatment both by members and non-members of their own group. Considering this power of film, it would make sense to expect directors

character embodies the complexities of identity, challenging societal norms and advocating for acceptance. Nimona's journey explores themes of gender norms and queer identities through her shapeshifting abilities and complex personality. Through her actions and interactions, Nimona breaks gender norms and advocates for the acceptance of queer identities, demonstrating the importance of embracing individuality and standing up against discrimination. Nimona's shapeshifting abilities defy traditional

The three-part movie series “Rush Hour” uses stereotypical references, gender, race, male gaze, and intersectionality throughout each of the three movies. The other significant impact of the film series is that the main characters were not white males, they were minorities. The stereotypical references used throughout the trilogy use all kinds, from Asian jokes, black jokes, female jokes, etc. It is one of the funny childhood movies I remember watching growing up as a kid, and never understood that

The word queer has been used to describe someone that does not fit into the social norms that the world sets, for example a girl that dresses masculine and has short hair is a queer. There are also people that fall into simple categories that use queer as an identifier for themselves, people in the gay lesbian and transgender communities often consider themselves to be queer as a sort of layman’s term today. An example of this in the ChYOR