Cindy la Regia: The High School Years, Netflix, December 20
Point of interest: a lesbian character, part of the group of friends of the main character
Level of interest: 🤔
Movies
Point of interest: lesbian Christmas romance
level of interest: 😍
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It's a wonderful knife, streaming release on Shudder on December 1, 2023
Point of interest: the The MC is queer and falls for a girl
level of interest: 😁
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The Color Purple, December 25, 2023
Spielberg’s 1985 adaptation was also dinged for downplaying a lesbian story line, which is more foregrounded in this version. “Times have changed in the way we relate to sexual orientation, to race, to abuse — you can show and talk about certain things that may have been challenging back then,” Bazawule said. “Our job was just to make sure that we’re meeting our audience where they are.” His hope was to appeal to younger moviegoers, and mint a new generation of “Color Purple” fans.
Point of interest: in the book the lead falls in love with and ends up with a woman, the trailer doesn't show it but according to various sources the movie does include it.
level of interest: 🙂
Games, books, music etc.
Lee Winter's highly entertaining The Villains series comes to audible December 5th
Publisher's summary
A naïve activist is hired by a corporate villain but doesn't realize it. Cue one awkward farce, a twisty puzzle, and the slowest of slow burns in this opposites-attract, ice queen romance.
Nine years ago, aloof, icy Michelle Hastings chose career over love. She's now living with that choice as she rules a secret corporation catering to the rich and powerful.
Enter Eden Lawless. The guileless activist finds it a bit weird being employed by a mystery organization to bring down a corrupt mayor. But, hey, she's up for a challenge. Much harder is getting her beautiful new boss out of her head. The pull between them is electric.
So, since I've watched The Color Purple (2023) I've been listening to What About Love on repeat and like, yeah this is a duet about two black women in love and this is a famous Broadway musical about Celie's growth and two black women in love, this is a huge deal and the best thing ever. I'm Brazilian and have never read the book, but my sister did and she said Celie and Shug's relationship is even more integral to the book and soon I will be reading too. Anyways, what I'm trying to say is that this makes me so giddy and when I listen to them singing the chorus I feel all sort of things in my heart, I'm obsessed.
The Color Purple musical was SUPERB. Not a dry eye left in the house, and for all sorts of different reasons. My grandmother isn’t a movie theatre person and she asked to go again!