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Queer On Screen

This page is home to all of Blister's incredible Queer content! Have a browse of our fascinating articles, exploring representation (or under-representation) of Queer lives and identities on screen, from TV series, to film and even YouTube!

Drag, Dykes and All That Jazz: Three Documentaries from BFI Flare

Heather Dempsey

May 12
10 min

Drag, Dykes and All That Jazz: Three Documentaries from BFI Flare

Three standout documentaries from the BFI Flare festival all make manifest the unruly multiplicity of their queer historical subjects.

She Kissed a Girl and I Liked It - Seeking Myself on Screen

Alexa Sambrook

Apr 8
4 min

She Kissed a Girl and I Liked It - Seeking Myself on Screen

Alexa speaks of the challenges to understand her sexuality and how films and queer representation within them became so important.

Blister

Mar 4
4 min

Blister Monthlies: LGBTQ+ History Month Edition (Part 2)

A bumper edition of the Monthlies, with Queer films Blister loves, and a little help from our friends!

Blister

Mar 1
3 min

Blister Monthlies: LGBTQ+ History Month Edition (Part 1)

As we've come to the end of LGBTQ+ History Month, we've been reflecting on the Queer films that hold a special place in our hearts.

Nowhere Lonelier Than Space: Finding Solace in Isolation through Cowboy Bebop

Jake Kroeger

Feb 26
5 min

Nowhere Lonelier Than Space: Finding Solace in Isolation through Cowboy Bebop

For many young people, lockdown signalled a return to a life stage often best left forgotten. Jake finds comfort in an unexpected place.

Star-Crossed Twinks: The Problem with YouTube's 'Cute Gay Shorts'

Matt

Feb 20
5 min

Star-Crossed Twinks: The Problem with YouTube's 'Cute Gay Shorts'

Matt reckons with the personal and the political as he explores the white-washed narratives that dominate the airspace of queer YouTube.

All That Glitters Isn’t Gold(en Globe-worthy): The Prom-blem with James Corden

Ivan Ivanov

Feb 7
5 min

All That Glitters Isn’t Gold(en Globe-worthy): The Prom-blem with James Corden

Sadly, all the sparkle of Ryan Murphy’s latest queer musical adaptation can’t hide it’s regrettable stain.

Bury Your Gays: The Camp Tragedy of The Sopranos

Rose A.

Feb 1
8 min

Bury Your Gays: The Camp Tragedy of The Sopranos

The Sopranos delights in the high camp of toxic masculinity, but makes predictable mistakes when it comes to its queer characters.

There’s Nothing Grey About These Gardens: Revisiting the Cult-Classic Documentary

Ivan Ivanov

Jan 14
5 min

There’s Nothing Grey About These Gardens: Revisiting the Cult-Classic Documentary

A modern exploration of two quarantine pioneers, and how their unconventional humour kept them going against a current of unjust criticism.

Un-Happiest Season and the Toxic Trope of Outing

Bea Goddard

Jan 2
6 min

Un-Happiest Season and the Toxic Trope of Outing

Coming out is not a grand romantic gesture, it is ongoing and individual to each person: A review of Happiest Season.

The Favourite: How to Write Women, Warts and All

Sasha Tsovma

Dec 14, 2020
5 min

The Favourite: How to Write Women, Warts and All

The Favourite depicts queer women without essentialising or pink-washing them: they are complex, flawed, their power universal and timeless.

Vanishing Vaginas, Diving Dildos: Albertina Carri’s The Daughters of Fire

Elly Walters

Nov 18, 2020
4 min

Vanishing Vaginas, Diving Dildos: Albertina Carri’s The Daughters of Fire

Albertina Carri's 'Las Hijas del Fuego' (The Daughters of Fire) celebrates a queer philosophy of consent, community, and of coming together.

Russian Dolls: The Queens Taking on the Underground Drag Race

Matt Walker

Nov 18, 2020
6 min

Russian Dolls: The Queens Taking on the Underground Drag Race

Despite all that's against them, the Drag Race Queens of Russia have found a way to express themselves, on the underground online scene.

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