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She thought that maybe, just maybe, if she was beautiful, things would get better

January 16, 2019 by dAvid Leave a Comment

I’d heard for years that I should watch Paris is Burning, the groundbreaking documentary about the New York’s drag ball scene in the 1980’s, but I never quite got around to it for one reason or another. It wasn’t until a few years ago, when a friend told me just how much that movie influenced Rupaul’s Drag Race, that I finally forced myself to sit down and watch it. Needless to say, it’s brilliant and unforgettable, and shame on me for not watching it sooner. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: 1980's, 1990's, AIDS, cbr11, drag culture, joseph cassara, Latinx, lgbt, the house of impossible beauties, transgender characters

Not for me.

July 9, 2018 by narfna Leave a Comment

The definition of meh for me. I should have known better, and I feel like my not enjoying this book is my fault. I am usually not into lit-fic, except on rare occasions. But this was recommended to me by one of those Book Riot quizzes where it was like, if you like this and this and this, then you should pick up ______. I read the synopsis and said, hmmm, that does sound like I would enjoy it! I was lured in with the […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: 1980's, joseph cassara, LGBTQIA, lit-fic, literary, narfna, the house of impossible beauties

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