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♡ channel your inner elle woods and dive into your studies with a “what, like it’s hard?“ mindset

studying will only be hard if you assume it to be. uplift yourself before starting your study session. go on a rampage on how you’re the best student at your school and that you’re successful at everything you do! the only person that will be with you from the beginning till the end is you. be your own cheerleader despite it all.

♡ romanticize your studies

life is better when you romanticize it and nothing beats playing some music to level your head, looking at photos & scenes of your favorite characters studying and acing their tests!

clean your desk, light some candles, buy cute stationary, pretend you’re being filmed, visualize how it would feel when you have straight A’s and see that perfect score on the corner of your test/exams.

make a playlist with a cute cover and choose a vibe. dark or light academia? classics? rnb? cafe jazz? make it fun. mix it all together or make multiple playlists for the different moods you’ll be in. don’t listen to lyrical music. i recommend brown noise! and going to a cafe or a library helps me focus a lot. the background chatter doesn’t ever get too much for me so it gets easy for me to tune it out.

bambi’s supplies:

kokuyo campus binder notebooks

papier planners

laohaster aesthetic highlighters - 1 & 2

tombow dual brush pen markers

0.35 pens + muji 0.38 pens

paper mate gel pens

aesthetic book tabs

kraft paper sticky notes

index card case

♡ finding a study place

i love to study at libraries and local cafes. i also use this time to go on adventures to explore my city and find hidden gems. make sure it’s a place where you like the vibe, there are no distractions. something about looking like that mysterious, studious girl who stays to herself >>>>

before you indulge in your studies, be aware of your surroundings. get familiar with the place by grazing your eyes over the area and begin :)

make a checklist of all the items you need. laptop, charger, pens, notebooks, textbooks, a book to read if you want to spend more time at the place you’re at, headphones, calculator, etc!

if you’d rather stay inside, make your area is clean of clutter and clear of distractions.

♡ time management

now that you’ve set out a place, let’s talk about time. what hours in the day work for you? morning, afternoons or at night? what weekdays work the best for you to keep up with this schedule?

be reasonable with yourself here. pick a time where your schedule is free and you won’t be distracted by obligations. tell your friends and family you’ll be busy during those hours on selected weekdays, not everyday will be the same. life can be hectic so this is where you take responsibility. work around your appointments. make use of your time and run flash cards while you wait to get called in or you’re in line, while you exercise, get creative!

setting time away to eat and make sure you drink enough water is not equally but more important than any other thing. take care of yourself.

utilize your time wisely. no one and nothing is going to achieve those goals. you are.

now, let’s actually get into how i study.

♡ scheduling & staying on track

create a system that works for you. keep a list of all of your assignments, finals, exams, tests, projects in an excel spreadsheet organized and ascended by the due dates and the progress of its completion. here are two very simple examples i made.

as you progress through the list, it’s always so good to see the growing checkmarks! like yes, you did that and you can continue doing so! i always advocate for keeping track of your accomplishments no matter what ♡

as for day to day classes and schedules, you can use notion or google calendar. there are plenty of cute and practical templates out there to use.

let me know if i should share mine or make some

♡ how i study, stay ahead, and be the best student i can be

the most important thing a student can do is put themselves first! find out what works for you. your strengths, your weaknesses, and obstacles you tend to come across and work around them to make the best out of it.

we’ve already covered the topics of time and place so great! now, that you’re all set, additional things i keep in mind to make sure i am all nice and comfortable are…

making sure i am comfortable. the temperature, clothes i am wearing, if i feel safe at the cafe/library/room i’m in.

i can’t focus or do anything on an empty stomach so get a small meal before you start and keep water and snacks with you!

the most important questions of all: are there any illnesses you have that affect your studying and focus? what is something you often find that gets in your way?

as hard as dealing with illnesses gets on a daily basis, it’s easy to forget that it can affect your studies just as much. you need to work with them. i used to think i was stupid, slow, and downright crazy for not understanding material right away or for how easily distracted i got because of my random bursts of energy. then it just dawned upon me one day and i said “oh… duh?”

so, what did i do? i found out what worked for me, monitored my studying techniques and personally modified them to work better with my attention deficit.

tackle the important tasks first. low maintenance assignments like reading and writing notes on a section, annotations, and worksheets can wait if they’re easy but this way might not be for everyone.

the reason why i advise this is because at the beginning of a study session, i have the most energy/brain power so i’d rather shift my energy towards the assignments that need more of my focus!

plan what tasks you intend on focusing on that day. look at your assignment spreadsheet. which ones are more important/urgent? due the soonest? write them out in order and follow the list.

immediately writing down my thoughts. i’m very forgetful so making this a habit has helped me so much for when i get any new ideas and remember to do something very important.

find out what learning style fits you. visual, auditory, reading and writing, kinesthetic. making powerpoints, study guides, drawing diagrams, color coding systems, interactive notes. cater your study methods to your needs. here is a pinterest board with examples!

take a self assessment quiz. if you want, check these quizzes out to figure out what kind of learner you are and what study habits you can improve! remember that you can always be more than one thing just because quizzes give you a single result. you know you!

active recall. it’s a study method to help with retention, memorization, and informational retrieval. it reduces forgetfulness all the while actively stimulating your brain rather than writing notes, highlighting text information.

separate the topics + subtopics and in the end, when you feel confident, jumble them together.

flashcards! i love them. you can use quizlet which has a spaced repetition system where it will bring back material you got wrong so you can focus on it extensively. physical flashcards and manually having to write them out is also a form of memorization!

practice testing (not multiple choice) online or finding them on a textbook, ask a friend to quiz you or ask questions to yourself and try to answer them accurately.

pretend to give a lecture. i love this one the most because if you know the subject very well, you can pretend to explain it to a peer and even a middle schooler so that it gives you a chance to simplify the material so it’s easy for them (and you) to retain.

while using flashcards and lecture techniques, it helps me when my adhd flares up and i really can’t seem to stay still or keep from making noise. i can walk around my room & talk aloud, walk on a treadmill, and move my body!

i study until it becomes natural for me to know the answer, not because i recognize the term.

check your work and understanding to make sure that all of the information you’re studying is correct! it won’t hurt to do a little review here and there. you never know when a mistake might’ve snuck it’s way in.

make your own study guide. (if that’s your method) for every unit and section, covering every topic. this can be on google docs and whenever you learn something new that you think is important to know, add it via docs app or write it on a notepad so that you can fill it in later.

on the go. you don’t have to do this ALL the time (or at all) but if you think you need more time to soak your mind with information but you’re on a bus, waiting in line, etc. pull out your flashcards or google docs app to quickly review. there’s no harm in that! (just make sure you’re aware of your surroundings please)

OFFICE HOURS! go to office hours even if you don’t have any specific questions or struggles! it’s always an extra learning opportunity because you can listen to teachers and teaching assistants answer questions you might have later on AND the more you attend office hours, you’ll build a connection and get to know the teachers. that is always important.

starting assignments ahead of time. don’t put off working on a project just because it’s due in 3 weeks or so. start ahead of time so you don’t stress yourself out and cram. stretch them out. plus, even if you don’t actually put yourself to work, get a feel of the materials you’ll need to know, the instructions, etc because if you have any questions, you’ll have more/easy access to teachers for help since not many people will be there at the beginning of when a project is assigned.

ADVANCE READING! this is so fun to do. you basically just read ahead on current/future topics the teacher will cover to grasp onto the information. write down any questions you have and personally ask the teacher for a more clear answer for your understanding.

i love doing this because when the time comes of the teacher covering the topic, light bulbs just keep going off in my head! it’s exciting. it gives me room for me to retain and write any additional information the teacher says.

do not multitask. remember, if multitasking has always worked for you, don’t stop! for me, it’s truly better to focus on the task at hand to strengthen skills and concentration rather than having to do 2 or 3 different things at once. efficiency is key and staying true to one task at a time is the best way to do so.

BUT when my adhd gets in the way, be consistently inconsistent. don’t unnecessarily guilt trip yourself when you suddenly feel like doing another task. go with the flow. follow whatever your brain feels like doing at the moment! MOVEMENT IS MOVEMENT.

additional tip: take breaks at certain times even if you don’t feel like it. like the advice above, it doesn’t necessarily have to be resting. it can be as simple as taking a trip to get a beverage, tidying up your area, something easy & light to keep your mind occupied and to avoid burn out.

breaking down the assignments into sections. this defeats procrastination. it can seem overwhelming when all the information is pieced together into one so divide the tasks into small sections.

ex. read one chapter in the textbook, start writing down terms to know, annotate. move onto the next.

study groups. it’s collaborative— a chance to ask and also help others on topics you don’t know and make connections! the smaller the better in my opinion.

don’t look at studying as something you “have" to do. it’s an activity. a choice. it can either be stressful or something you can easily get through— how you approach this will ;

participate! ask questions! don’t be afraid to ask questions and raise your hand to put your two cents in when it’s an open discussion! just do it.

focus on the now. don’t overwhelm yourself by looking at all the assignments you have due. the task you’re working on at the present moment is the one that needs the most attention and focus.

advice from others won’t always work for you. we are all different! what might work for others won’t always work for you. this is why it’s important to monitor your study sessions, habits, behaviors, and find out what works and what you like better through trial and error.

except for when i tell you to take care of yourself. if there’s anything you should take away from my posts, it is to put your needs first. always!

♡ keeping up momentum. motivation vs. self discipline.

“think of motivation as a power boost at the starting line and your foot pressing on the pedal of your car is discipline, it’s what keeps you going forward on your journey. motivation, as fleeting as it is won’t bring you far but self-discipline will.“

remind yourself of the life you want to live, the businesses you will own, the cases you’ll win, the people you’ll be able to help with your knowledge, the feelings you’ll have because of your amazing accomplishments if you just keep. on. going.

read the “continuing to strengthen self discipline” section in my dream girl guide post. i guarantee it will help in finding what really works best for you when it comes to identifying roadblocks and how to work around these struggles.

KEEP UP THE MOMENTUM. you’ve been on top of your game so when it comes to engaging in activities that don’t revolve around school work, make it worthwhile. stay off your phone, say no to silly distractions and do something you’ll thoroughly enjoy. paint, draw, write, read a book, go on a walk! this will keep you going in doing your very best every day and it doesn’t have to be a strenuous activity! stagnancy who?

DOING ANYTHING THAT BRINGS YOU JOY AND FULFILLMENT IS PRODUCTIVE.

♡ the most important tips of all

TAKE BREAKS. GO TO SLEEP. EAT WELL.

TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.

DO NOT PUT THIS ON THE BACK BURNER. you want good grades and to do your very best, that can’t happen unless you TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.

if it’s past your usual bedtime and your eyes are drooping, struggling to stay open, how are you able to retain all the information from that moment on? go to bed because then you’ll get a good night’s sleep and you’ll be refreshed for your next day’s class! OR if you don’t have class, you’ll be able to bounce back into studying in amazing condition.

PAMPER YOURSELF.

good heavens, take a shower, wash your face, go for a walk, move your body, stretch, take time to just stay to yourself. enjoy the silence, play some calming music, watch a show, take a nap. your body is a temple, treat it with love.

if you’re constantly stressed out all the while continuously flooding your brain with so much information without resting:

it decreases concentration → you won’t be able to retain any new information (so studying is automatically deemed useless) → poor sleep → you attend class and your inability to focus and overall school performance has degraded→ you isolate yourself from social interactions → fall into depression → difficulty picking yourself back up and the list goes on…

in summary, you will not be able to continue and put in your best work.

always remember that pushing yourself past your limit does more harm than good.

you WILL crash and all that hard work will go to waste once you’re physically and mentally unable to show up for yourself.

and if it means you have to get anything lower than a 80, IT IS OKAY. nothing is worth more than your health. trust me.

♡ helpful resources

zlibrary + openlibrary - free online libraries

websites for research that is not google

weava highlighter - highlight text from pdfs and the web, add and organize notes and be able to access later! lifesaver.

99 legal sites to download literature

speechify - text to speech reader

not robotic. comes in many different voices and languages

aids in: easy reading, improve comprehension, multitaskers

adjustable reading speed

mercury reader - gets rid of clutter from articles for easy reading

grammarly - grammar and writing check

beeline reader - color gradient to help read easier

group your tabs for easy organization (for mac users: control + click)

piktochart - create infographics

spot misinformation - masterpost

desmos - free online graphing calculator

paper rater - essay scoring

pdf2go + cloudconvert - file converters

internet archive - free books, movies, software, music, websites…

slidesgo - google slides and powerpoint templates

pomodoro timers - tide w/ white noise + otto w/ a website blocker

remember to drink water

more very helpful resources

okay my love! that’s all for this post. i wish you the best! ₊˚⊹♡ as always, here is the google doc version

— kisses from straight a student, bambi ♡

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i wanna lay my head on his lap and watch him play video games

mlm / nblm only

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— Izumi Shikibu, from The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono No Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan

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If I were making a product, I would put "batteries not included" even if the product isn't electronic in any capacity. I just like the idea of making people see that and go "but it's a lawn chair? why does it need batteries?" and then they open it and they spend fifteen minutes trying to find where to put the batteries, but surprise: there are no batteries

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Today, April 13th 2019, Neus Català died at the age of 103.

She was the last Catalan survivor of the Holocaust that remained alive. She was an antifascist fighter in her youth and collaborated in the Spanish Civil War by taking care of orphan children whose parents had died in the war against Franco’s fascist coup. Because of this, after the fascists won the war in 1939 she was forced to go on exile to France, like hundreds of thousands more. There, she joined the French Resistance against the Nazis, until she was captured and sent to an extermination camp, again, together with thousands of Catalan antifascists more.

And here is where her story differs: she survived.

The Nazis could never defeat her. For the rest of her life, she was always a militant antifascist, leftist and Catalan independentist. She never stopped being active in the fight for freedom and justice, and even in her last months she has been campaigning for the liberation of Catalan political prisoners like Carme Forcadell.

Neus was a well-known person in Catalonia, and a reference to follow. Now it’s time for the rest of us to take her place and continue the fight. To make sure she and what happened to her is never forgotten, and that the horrors she fought against are never repeated.

No passaran! Serem la tomba del feixisme.

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LGBT+ Movies Y’all Should Check

Alright, so here’s my list of LGBT+ movies, which is by no means comprehensive and all-representational, but is based on what I’ve seen and what’s been recommended.

Like @dramatic-koala, I’m gonna * the one’s I really liked and/or have heard really good things about and I’ll follow each title with title (representation) (genre) (country of release/movie setting). I’ll also denote if I think it’s particularly concerned with identity-exploration or if the main characters include people of color. I haven’t seem ‘em all, so I’m half-guessing some of the representations~

Categorizations

(wlw) Lesbian, bi, pan

(mlm) Gay, bi, pan

(t) Transgender

(gen) Gender

(poc) People of color

(lgb/lgbt) Related to LGB/LGBT+ history or other issues

(id) Related to identity exploration, acceptance, etc.

(dis) Disability

- Carol** (wlw) (drama/romance) (US)

- Moonlight** (mlm, poc, id) (drama) (US)

- Happy Together* (mlm, poc) (drama/romance) (HK)

- But I’m A Cheerleader* (wlw, id) (drama/comedy) (US)

- I Love You Phillip Morris* (mlm) (drama/comedy) (US)

- Pariah* (wlw, poc, id) (drama) (US)

- Love, Simon (mlm, id) (drama/comedy) (US)

- The Kids Are All Right (wlw) (drama/comedy) (US)

- La Vie d'Adèle** or Blue is the Warmest Color (wlw) (drama/romance) (FR)

- The Handmaiden** (wlw, poc) (drama/mystery) (JP, KR)

- Brokeback Mountain* (mlm, id) (drama/romance) (US)

- Velvet Goldmine* (mlm, id) (drama/indie) (UK, US)

- My Own Private Idaho (mlm) (drama/indie) (US)

- Beach Rats* (mlm, id) (drama) (US)

- Jongens* or Boys (mlm, id) (drama/romance) (NL)

- A Single Man* (mlm) (adaptation/drama) (US)

- Paris Is Burning** (t, drag, lgb, poc, gen) (doc) (US)

- Lilting** (mlm, poc) (drama/romance) (UK)

- Una Mujer Fantástica** or A Fantastic Woman (t, poc) (drama) (CL)

- Milk* (mlm) (bio/drama/romance) (US)

- Philadelphia (lgb) (drama) (US)

- Boys Don’t Cry* (t) (doc/drama) (US)

- Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho or The Way He Looks (mlm, dis, poc) (drama/romance) (BR)

- Beautiful Thing (mlm) (drama/romance) (UK)

- Pride (lgbt) (drama/romance) (UK)

- Ma Vie En Rose or My Life in Pink (t) (drama/comedy) (BE)

- Heavenly Creatures (wlw) (drama/crime) (NZ, US)

- Beginners (lgb) (drama/comedy) (US)

- Tangerine* (t, poc) (drama/crime) (US)

- 120 Battements Par Minute* or 120 BPM (lgbt, mlm) (drama) (FR)

- Inxeba or The Wound (mlm, poc) (drama/romance) (SA)

- J'ai Tué Ma Mère or I Killed My Mother (mlm) (drama/indie) (CA)

- Thelma* (wlw, id) (drama/fantasy) (NO)

- God’s Own Country** (mlm) (drama/romance) (UK)

- Mosquita y Mari (wlw, poc, id) (drama) (US)

- Princess Cyd (wlw, id) (drama/romance) (US)

- Noordzee, Texas* or North Sea Texas (mlm) (drama/family) (BE, NL)

- Bound (wlw) (drama/crime) (US)

- Saturday Church (t, id, lgbt, poc) (drama/music) (US)

- Appropriate Behavior (wlw, id, poc) (drama/romance) (US)

- Laurence Anyways (t, id) (drama/romance) (CA)

- Weekend (mlm) (drama/romance) (UK)

- Closet Monster (mlm, id) (drama/mystery) (CA)

- Handsome Devil (mlm, id) (drama/sport) (IE)

- C.R.A.Z.Y. (mlm, id, lgbt) (drama/coming of age) (CA)

- Holding the Man (mlm, lgbt) (drama/romance) (AU)

- Those People (mlm) (drama/romance) (US)

- Mysterious Skin (mlm, id) (drama/coming of age) (US)

- Bound (wlw) (drama/crime) (US)

- Kill Your Darlings (mlm, id, lgb) (thriller/drama) (US)

- The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (wlw) (drama/romance) (DE)

- The Miseducation of Cameron Post (wlw, id, lgb) (drama) (UK, US)

- Disobedience* (wlw, lgb) (drama/romance) (US)

- Boy, Erased (mlm, lgb, id) (drama) (US)

- Lovesong (wlw) (drama) (US)

- Vita and Virginia (wlw, lgb) (drama/romance) (UK, IE)

- Call Me By Your Name* (mlm) (drama/romance) (IT, US)

- Satpralat or Tropical Malady (mlm, poc) (drama/fantasy) (TH)

- Naissance des Pieuvres or Water Lillies (wlw, id) (drama/romance) (FR)

- Rafiki or Friend (wlw, poc, id, lgbt) (drama/romance) (KE)

- We the Animals (mlm, poc, id) (drama) (US)

- A Kid like Jake (id, gen) (drama/family) (US)

- Girl (Lukas Dhont) (t, id) (drama) (BE)

- The Happy Prince (mlm, lgb) (drama/history) (UK)

- L’Inconnu du Lac or Stranger by the Lake (mlm) (thriller/drama) (FR)

- Saving Face (wlw, poc, id) (indie/drama) (US)

- Margarita, With a Straw (wlw, poc, dis, id) (drama) (IN, US)

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A wave of quietly revolutionary films are taking a thoughtful and celebratory look at queer identity – and reaping the rewards at the box office.

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This year’s strong queer showing was indicative of a larger watershed moment for LGBT cinema across the industry, as stories and artists once confined to rarefied corners of the arthouse are being gradually welcomed into the mainstream. This hasn’t been an overnight shift. It’s been 12 years since Brokeback Mountain raked in over £130m worldwide, cracking open Hollywood’s collective idea of what audiences will and won’t respond to (though not without some resistance from conservative factions that cost it an Oscar).

The last couple of years, however, have kicked that evolution into fast-forward, helped along by real-world advances in LGBT rights, and the Twitter-assisted revolution in identity politics awareness.

The world, in other words, is a very different place for gay and trans people than it was even a decade ago, and cinema is feeling the change.

Last year, encouraged by a wave of critical hosannas, even that fusty pool of Oscar voters finally handed their top prize to a drama of gay identity and desire in Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight - a film preoccupied as much with the social oppression of blackness as of homosexuality, making it a once-unthinkably intersectional choice for a predominantly straight, white and privileged body.

This year, they nominated Call Me By Your Name, Luca Guadagnino’s woozy evocation of a same-sex summer crush – the kind of handsome European delicacy that would once have been deemed a niche item, but is now an object of obsessive youth fandom, memed and gif-ed and quoted to within an inch of its life across social media.

It lost the best picture to The Shape of Water :not a directly queer film, but one whose romantic interspecies fantasy rallied gay, black and disabled characters in joint support of alternative sexuality.

At the same ceremony, the best foreign language film prize went to Sebastián Lelio’s A Fantastic Woman, a study of transgender self-assertion powered by the remarkable trans actress Daniela Vega; the kudos fed directly into the starry publicity campaign for Lelio’s first English-language film Disobedience, a heady, well-received study of lesbian desire in the Orthodox Jewish community. Directors of queer stories get to move faster these days.

There will be no awards attention for Love, Simon – perhaps the year’s most deceptively groundbreaking LGBT film – and for its purposes, that can be considered a badge of honour. Where the aforementioned films, for all their success, fall into a particular bracket of adult-targeted prestige cinema, Greg Berlanti’s bright teen comedy is Hollywood’s first gay romance aimed expressly at the multiplex audience: sweet, edgeless and sex-free, it’s a gay film that paradoxically feels progressive in its safeness, normalising the coming-out experience to the point of standard-issue adolescent soap opera. It didn’t set the box office alight, but it didn’t raise many eyebrows either.

Already, it’s one of several teen-oriented US films this year to tackle the challenges of nascent homosexuality with a gentle, spry touch – among them Netflix’s peppy, John Hughes-referencing love triangle Alex Strangelove, in which our pretty, conflicted young hero considers the spectrum of sexual identification options available to his post-millennial generation before settling on good old-fashioned gayness.

These films sit far from the range of LGBT experiences being portrayed on international screens: South Africa’s The Wound faced controversy on home turf for portraying a violent clash of masculine tribal tradition and contemporary queer identity, France’s 120 Beats Per Minute brought bracing eroticism and rhetorical vigour to its study of early-90s Aids activism, while in Britain, God’s Own Country impressed at the arthouse box office for delicately exploring homosexual yearning in the working-class hinterland.

Always a broad umbrella of styles and viewpoints, LGBT cinema has branched out to such a degree that it’s increasingly nonsensical to regard it as a genre in itself: a Netflix-distributed youth romp, a broadly celebrated Oscar darling and an embattled African art film cannot be said to share a common creative church or commercial playing field.

Yet if one thing does bind these disparate visions, beyond the “alternative” sexualities of their characters, it’s a mutual concern with the past – an urge to process centuries of persecution and internalised prejudice before looking ahead to whatever the future of queer identity might be.

Many are period pieces, giving characters straitjacketed in the taboos and restrictions of their era the liberal allowances and understanding they didn’t necessarily feel then: the tightly buttoned, tentatively emerging midcentury rebels of Todd Haynes’ Carol and Far from Heaven; the confused 1980s semi-hedonists of Call Me By Your Name, torn between domestic conventions and glimpses of new-wave cultural subversion; the enraged campaigners of 120 Beats Per Minute, politically woken as a better 21st century looms but in a race to be heard before disease claims them. A rejoinder to more decorous historical portraits, Rupert Everett’s chaotic, sensual Oscar Wilde biopic The Happy Prince offers a modern, sympathetically queer reading of a character caught at least a century out a time. “Why should a perfectly divine leopard change his spots?” his Wilde asks – as do most of these films, wishing their characters into the more liberated present.

Even the recent past is up for rearview speculation. Desiree Akhavan’s 1993-set The Miseducation of Cameron Post - the top prizewinner at this year’s Sundance festival – stars Chloë Grace Moretz as an insecure lesbian high-schooler surviving the horrors of gay conversion camp. It’s one of two films this year to examine the social and psychological damage wrought by such attempted therapy, still operational in America’s US Bible belt.

The second, Joel Edgerton’s all-star directorial debut Boy Erased,is drawn from the horrifying memoir of the millennial-age writer and Baptist preacher’s son Garrard Conley. We know Conley’s story has a happy ending; the fragile fictional teens of Akhavan’s film are brought to a less certain brink of escape and self-realisation, though it cautiously points to a brighter, freer future.

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Notwithstanding such crass outliers, the LGBT cinema of the current moment is perhaps best regarded as a kind of truth and reconciliation inquiry for artists and audiences alike.

It’s not as aggressive or inventive, perhaps, as the brasher, angrier queer cinema of decades past – we’re arguably not seeing a new John Waters or Gregg Araki on the frontline – but it is thoughtful, hopeful and socially conscious in its unpacking of personal experience and political adjustment across the expanding alphabet of queer identity.

Like the cautiously united, emboldened lovers at the respective endings of Moonlight, Carol or God’s Own Country , LGBT cinema is either at the putting-to-bed stage or the going-to-bed stage. Let’s see what awaits in the morning.

Source: Guy Lodge: How gay cinema is calling on the past to point at a radical future. In: THE GUARDIAN (= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jun/15/gay-cinema-radical-future)

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