What's Next for Lesbian Cinema?
– asks by Tilda Butterworth Tuesday January 12 2021 Anyone who has an interest in queer cinema can tell you that there are glaring similarities within the lesbian period drama genre. Leeza Isaeva’s article, The Rise of the Lesbian Period Drama, perfectly encapsulates the ways in which supposedly radical lesbian cinema is in fact repeatedly falling into the same safe subject matter and tropes — even down to how the characters interact with each other physically. Here’s how it goes. The characters: women living alone, often by the sea, isolated from (male) society. Probably a b...
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