I just finished watching Bloomington. I am not amused. I loved the first half of the movie, the two actresses have great chemistry, but the second half just went downhill (with a very slight uphill towards the end when they kinda sorta made up). Whenever I watch romantic movies between a man and woman, they always end up together, but I have not seen a happy lesbian movie. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places. I just don't get it....it's so frustrating.
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Why are lesbian movies so depressing?
I say it goes back to the days of the 1950s at least, when to make it past the censors, relationships in lesbian pulp fiction had to include one crazy lesbian, one woman who ended up being straight after all (BISEXUALITY IS A MYTH RIGHT) and one terrible terrible breakup.
Also? Lesbian movies are usually made on teeny tiny budgets.
Also? Lesbian movies are usually made on teeny tiny budgets.
02/29/2012
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idk but i think it dates back to when it was socially UNACCEPTABLE to even have fiction about gay people unless they were 'taught a lesson' or some shit at the end. there was a loooot of lesbian literature like that, so maybe it's like...an ingrained cultural habit, if that makes sense
Originally posted by
Graniteal
I just finished watching Bloomington. I am not amused. I loved the first half of the movie, the two actresses have great chemistry, but the second half just went downhill (with a very slight uphill towards the end when they kinda sorta made up).
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I just finished watching Bloomington. I am not amused. I loved the first half of the movie, the two actresses have great chemistry, but the second half just went downhill (with a very slight uphill towards the end when they kinda sorta made up). Whenever I watch romantic movies between a man and woman, they always end up together, but I have not seen a happy lesbian movie. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places. I just don't get it....it's so frustrating.
06/15/2012
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That's horrible
Originally posted by
PirateofPenance
I say it goes back to the days of the 1950s at least, when to make it past the censors, relationships in lesbian pulp fiction had to include one crazy lesbian, one woman who ended up being straight after all (BISEXUALITY IS A MYTH RIGHT) and one
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I say it goes back to the days of the 1950s at least, when to make it past the censors, relationships in lesbian pulp fiction had to include one crazy lesbian, one woman who ended up being straight after all (BISEXUALITY IS A MYTH RIGHT) and one terrible terrible breakup.
Also? Lesbian movies are usually made on teeny tiny budgets.
Also? Lesbian movies are usually made on teeny tiny budgets.
06/15/2012
PirateofPenance gave a great summary of the origin of that trend - Autostraddle also recently put out an article about lesbian pulp fiction that covers the same topic: link
For lesbian movies that don't end super depressingly, try But I'm a Cheerleader or The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love.
For lesbian movies that don't end super depressingly, try But I'm a Cheerleader or The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love.
06/17/2012
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Or Imagine me and you!
Originally posted by
beatingthebinary
PirateofPenance gave a great summary of the origin of that trend - Autostraddle also recently put out an article about lesbian pulp fiction that covers the same topic: link
For lesbian movies that don't end super depressingly, try But ...
For lesbian movies that don't end super depressingly, try But ...
PirateofPenance gave a great summary of the origin of that trend - Autostraddle also recently put out an article about lesbian pulp fiction that covers the same topic: link
For lesbian movies that don't end super depressingly, try But I'm a Cheerleader or The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love.
For lesbian movies that don't end super depressingly, try But I'm a Cheerleader or The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love.
06/18/2012
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