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Two women kiss in front of a red background with a yellow stream twining through it like a stream of silk. The woman on the left bears a pink hoodie and a ponytail embraces her partner, garbed in a black dress with her hair in an updo. Her hands are placed on the first woman's chest in an intimate gesture.

“Saving Face” is the Best 2000s Queer Rom-Com You’ve (Probably) Never Seen

Archie Wagner, University of Iowa

The 2004 film features a mother and daughter navigating new circumstances amidst cultural expectations with humor and sensitive, deft craft.…

April 21, 2024

Illustration by Yao Jian of Ellie Chu from the Half of It

‘The Half of It’ Is a Perfect Example of Queer Asian American Representation

Angel Lin, University of California, Santa Barbara

You might think the Netflix original just provides a twist on the love triangle trope, but you don’t know the half of it.…

May 27, 2020

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Netflix’s ‘The Half of It’ Tells a Story About All Kinds of Love

Michelle Young, Simon Fraser University

The new coming-of-age drama explores what it means to love one another — and yourself…

May 24, 2020