Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIs it our imagination or does Randy Rainbow actually get better and better with each new song parody? In this obscene political climate where every shred of morality has long been disposed of, and the daily real news from Trump’s obscene White House is a torrent of nightmarish lies and abuse, we desperately need the likes … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterDarius the Great is Not Okay Adib Khorram I do not think I ever read a Young Adult (YA) novel. The YA phenomenon seems to be a more recent rebranding of novels written for younger readers. In the last decade many books targeted toward the YA market have been picked up by regular, older readers. … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIt would not be unusual for a reader to begin this book and think it a memoir. I did. A quick check on the jacket confirmed that it is a work of fiction. Perhaps there are people who are this funny in real life but most of us can only hope to encounter so many … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterTrue to its title, this novel traffics in threes. Alternating between three periods, with three main characters, it proceeds in chapters devoted to each. Jack’s story begins in the 1890s, Colin in the 1950s and David in the 1980s. Not until very late in the novel do you learn all of the connections among the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThis remarkable film about gender stereotypes was written, directed, and edited by Ella Fields who is 13 years old. This is what she wrote about her video “Ever since the beginning of time, things have been exactly the same. Boys wear pink, girls wear blue. Boys wear dresses, and girls can’t…”