Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesYou don’t have to be Jewish to enjoy the thoroughly entertaining award-winning Israeli award winning series The New Black , but it does help. Set in an upscale Yeshiva in Jerusalem, the story is about four young ‘shababnicks’. This we soon learn is a term for a young ultra-Orthodox person who leaves his or … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesBonding, the delightfully funny new Netflix series about a Dominatrix and her BDSM work is the type of program that will give apoplexy to the sanctimonious who will rush to publicly condemn a lifestyle in which they probably actually make up most of the clientele in real life. As Tiff (Zoe Levin) is at college … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesEpisode One of Gentleman Jack treads a fine line. Is it to be a tale about a deliciously butch Prince(ss) Charming who is brave enough to ignore social conventions and seek out true love? Or is it a less attractive story of a pushy and privileged land-owning heir who gets to do most of … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesGreat Expectations is the thirteenth novel by Charles Dickens the greatest author of the Victorian era. This is his penultimate completed novel and it depicts the education of an orphan nicknamed Pip. It.s a coming-of-age story with themes of wealth and poverty, love and rejection, and the eventual triumph of good over evil, and was an enormous … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesNow that Netflix has discovered queer teen love, there is no stopping it. Coming next is HEARTSTOPPER a story of an unexpected romance that has been adapted from the very successful graphic novel series by Alice Oseman. It details the friendship between two boys – Charlie and Nick – at secondary school, which blossoms … Continue reading