Tag: LGBTQ+
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Queerbaiting Queens – The Problematic Story of t.A.T.u
Queerbaiting Definition The incorporation of apparently LGBTQ characters or relationships into a film, television show, etc. as a means of appealing to LGBTQ audiences while maintaining ambiguity about the characters’ sexuality. This includes kissing others of the same gender, posting false coming-out narratives, or falsely claiming to be in a same-sex relationship. Going for Greatness…
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Protest Songs P6 -LGBTQ+ Rights in Song: A Punk Anthem Against Injustice
The Winter of Discontent—and Ongoing LGBTQ+ Struggles The Winter of Discontent, from 1978 to 1979, saw widespread strikes across private and public sector unions as they demanded pay rises that exceeded the limits set by Prime Minister James Callaghan. But this wasn’t the only unrest during the period—especially for the LGBTQ+ community. Although homosexuality had…
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Everyone Makes Their Barbies Kiss Each Other, Right? – Dreaming Soda – Kissing Stacey
We all had our own way of playing with dolls as kids—whether it was full-blown soap opera drama or Ken and Barbie playing house. With their new single Kissing Stacey, Dreaming Soda— Sydney duo Ella Sterland and Renee Stein—pull us back to those glittery, plastic worlds, only this time with a dose of grown-up hindsight.…