Oh, Cool. Cool Cool Cool.

While studios constantly push actors to discourage fans from having queer readings of the story they appear in and seek to diminish the validity of that reading, while allowing or even encouraging heterosexual readings, these quotes always stick with me:

"When I suggested to Sean that he take Elijah's hand... it was because I thought anyone who would care about the deep friendship (often of an innocent physical nature) ... I thought that might be missed by two resolutely heterosexual actors who might not appreciate that gay people, like myself, saw in a touch something, perhaps, more meaningful than others might."

-Sir Ian McKellen

“All the reading I was given to do in school was always heterosexual, every movie I saw was heterosexual, and I had to do this translation. I had to translate it to my life rather than seeing my life. Which is why when people say to me, “Your work is not really gay work, it’s universal.” And I say, “Up yours. It’s gay. And that you can take it, and translate it to your own life is very nice, but, at last, I don’t have to do the translating. You do.”“

-Harvey Fierstein

okay we NEED to put “camp” up on a shelf where people can’t reach it too because i just saw someone call the mario movie camp like girl what in the fresh hell are you talking about 😭

thinking about how much work i could get done if i would do it

🩸 Vincent beloved 🩸

Here’s my piece for an art collaboration with @osirisisv !! This has been super fun 🥰