Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesElizabeth Bishop was something of a self-absorbed cold fish. When she finishes her tenure as US Poet Laureate in 1950, she was 40 years old, alone in N.Y., and suffering with ‘writers block’. At the suggestion of her friend and fellow poet Robert Lowell she decides to go to South America for a long vacation. … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAbdellatif Kechiche’s searingly beautiful story of two young women falling in and out of love with each other has got the Critics all riled up. Especially the heterosexual male ones who who have been almost unanimous in declaring this movie that includes long drawn out scenes of the most explicit lesbian sex as a ‘masterpiece’. … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis is the story of a mid-life crisis where a marriage between a lawyer and an ex-real estate house flipper turned housewife who live with their two kids in a comfortable affluent NY suburb starts to get stale. The housewife busy with running the home, taking Pilate classes with her friends, and hanging out with … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWhen Comedy Writer Paul Horan was in L.A. in the late 1990’s he was asked who were the latest comedy sensation back in his home country New Zealand, and without a single hesitation he replied it was a pair of middle-aged yodelling lesbian twins The questioner just walked away horrified because on paper The Topp … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesBy the time that Edie Windsor spotted Thea Spyer across a crowded Manhattan restaurant in 1962 she was already divorced and in an attempt to defuse her lesbian tendencies, had been through several affairs with men. These two very good looking women in their early 30’s took an instant shine to each, and as they … Continue reading
