No abras la puerta (2014): The Fetters of Queer Relationships and the Desire for Family in a Chilean Telenovela
Anyone can mistake obsession over another person for love, or tear down their own relationship out of the terror of abandonment. We dream of complete solidarity and a perfect family, but in the…
Daughters of Bilitis (2011) – The Love and Dignity of Three Generations of Women Rising Above the Walls of Their Time
Everyone experiences lonely moments when they must hide their true selves behind the formidable wall of societal scrutiny. In a social climate that denies one’s very existence, fully embracing one’s desire becomes a…
Carmen y Lola: A Narrative of Forbidden Desire and Solidarity Blossoming in the Romani Community
Everyone is born with a “predestined course.” We often lose sight of our true voices amidst the expectations of family, the customs of our community, and the inertial cycle of daily life. Carmen…
Tipping the Velvet: A Journey of Losing and Finding Oneself on the Stage of Desire
When the daily life you believed to be most stable crumbles with a single glance, do we call it ‘depravity’ or ‘liberation’? Love sometimes becomes a storm that drives us out of a…
The Bisexual: Reconstructing Isolation at the Borders of Identity
Much like the moment one’s own reflection becomes a stranger in the mirror, we sometimes find ourselves lost in the face of desires we believed we understood best. When the fortress of identity,…
