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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ALLEN GINSBERG the radical queer visionary that has just been re-released
Renowned poet, radical queer, visionary, one of the founders of the Beat Generation, lecturer, Buddhist, political activist and more, Allen Ginsberg’s remarkable life shaped the very soul of American counter-culture. The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg condenses 60 hours of film on Ginsberg, painstakingly collected over 25 years by director Jerry Aronson, into a…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ORLANDO, MY POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY : Paul Preciado’s homage to trans/non binary lives
Orlando, My Political Biography is a fantastic, award-winning documentary film by Spanish philosopher/director Paul Preciado. The documentary is a homage to trans/non-binary lives and Virginia Woolf’s classic 1928 novel, Orlando, A Biography. The original novel is based on the wild family history of Woolf’s lover, the aristocratic poet and novelist, Vita Sackville-West. The…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews SARAH LUCAS HAPPY GAS a brilliant, fun, thought-provoking show @ Tate Britain
Cock, tits, arse, sex, cigarettes, ham sandwiches on sliced white bread, lurid tabloid headlines and suggestive photographs. What passes for a perfect day at the seaside for most Brits, is also the backbone of British artist Sarah Lucas’s work of the past thirty years, now enjoying a well-deserved retrospective, Happy Gas, at London’s…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews Matt Parvins excellent new play GENTLEMEN
Gentlemen ✩✩✩✩ Arcola Theatre, London The first term for new arrivals at university is a heady mix of emotions. For young people, often away from home and lifelong friends for the first time, this involves channeling high levels of hormones and intelligence with newly-found freedoms and prospects, and the opportunity to create a new…
