4. Happiest Season: The Yuletide Caucasian Lesbian Get Out
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English - January 03, 2021 01:08 - 1 hour - 98.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsArts Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Everybody’s talking about Happiest Season and so are we! Clea DuVall of But I’m a Cheerleader and we-knew-before-she-did fame writes and directs this traumatic lesbian coming out story decorated in festive rom-com wrapping paper. Also Kristen Stewart is there. Bottoms rejoice!
We discuss queering a genre based in heteronormative tropes, valid reasons to break up with someone, and the Christmas Miracle that is Aubrey Plaza.
Additional Reading:
Saving Face (2004) Dir. Alice Wu
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