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Zoe McGarrick

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Review: Rocketman and How It's a Queer Cinema Breakthrough

I didn't know much about the film beforehand, so I walked in only seeing a bit of a trailer a while back, but I was so excited. I did not know it was a musical, but, after the first song, it felt right that the flamboyant and theatrical Elton John would have musical as his biopic.And an amazing one at that. I am in awe, still, of Taron Egerton. His resemblance of the pop star is uncanny! I still am in disbelief that that was him singing and not Elton himself.The film is well worth the watch, and

Review: Colette is the queer period-piece we've been waiting for

Who didn't see this film and immediately want to move to France to be an actress, author and have a beautiful gay life (once she, you know, leaves that asshole)?We love Kiera Knightly and how much she casually throws around being banned from prom for sharing a kiss with a girl, getting romantic with a statue, rallying for a lesbian. A true sapphic warrior, and, in my eyes, a lesbian icon (I am fully aware she's not gay, but that's not what makes you a gay icon, calm it down).I had no idea who Co

50 Years of Stonewall

Pride month was extra special this year as it marked the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, the very beginning of Pride for all LGBT.If you don't know the story already, Stonewall was a series or riots, otherwise known as the Stonewall uprising in 1969, where police raided the the Stonewall Inn, in Greenwhich Village in New York City, and LGBT decided to defend themselves. Due to these riots, an international gay rights movement was born and, if it wasn't for those brave people, we wouldn't have the
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We did Atik sober and realised just how bleak Brookes nights out really are

Getting drunk is literally the only good part about clubbing, especially in Brookes where clubbing is just objectively grim. But time is short and money's tight, so we decided to try clubbing without touching a drop of alcohol.

Not only would we save ourselves a hangover the next day, we'd remember everything that went down, for better or worse. But would it be fun?
•People were gonna be a hell of a lot more annoying than usual.
• Everyone else would be more excited.
• Would have a serious crav
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Brookes students’ weirdest anonymous confessions

I slept with my best friend I only regret getting caught

We used to fool around. Yeah, we had boyfriends at the time, but it was just some fun. Making out with her would escalate and we were perfectly fine with that; it became normal for us. I still say I’m not gay. But I also don’t regret it. I only regret my mum walking in on us doing it one time.

I had a threesome with my friends, and I don’t regret it

There was a group of six of us, we went to dinner then clubbing. When we came out, I wal
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The grimmest things you’ve seen in clubs as a Brookes student

Student life was never made out to be high class dinner jackets or manor houses, well, maybe it is for that uni across the road. But at Brookes, classy to us means you didn’t throw up in the shower this morning. And if that’s you, well done, you’ve won today.

You aren’t a proper student unless you’ve been stumbling along the cobbled streets in heels after a big night at MNB, but along with all of this come the grimmest parts of club life. We asked you for the skankiest things you’ve done or wit

The Favourite Queer Queen of England

So this might be a bit late now, the hype's died down and everyone's seen it or heard of it. But I've been busy trying to settle in at university, and not let unnecessary stress get to me like it likes to 24/7...was a jumble of genres and I loved that the most about it; it shocked you, held you in awe, made you laugh; and, weirdly, nothing felt out of place. Maybe the ending, but that's all I can think of for this film!But the biggest detail I heard people complaining about was "I mean... we don

Review: The Assassination of Versace and The Homophobia Still Affecting Us

If you haven't watched any ofon Netflix,what are you doing with your life? Bothandwere amazing, so get on that!Anyway, when it came to watching, I appreciated how they slipped in different parts of queer history, obviously focusing on gay men. For instance there's a whole episode about Jeff Trail, one of Cunanan's victims before he goes on (two months later) to kill Versace on the steps of his home in Miami Beach, Florida, 1997. The episode on Jeff Trail, specifically focuses on his struggle of

Review: Rubyfruit Jungle - Rita Mae Brown

A Tale of Growing Up as a Lesbian

“When I make love to women I think of their genitals as a, as a rubyfruit jungle.” “Yeah, women are thick and rich and full of hidden treasures and besides that, they taste good.”

Rita Mae Brown was 29 years old when she published her breakthrough, first novel of Rubyfruit Jungle. The book dealt explicitly with sex, homosexuality, lesbianism, growing up as a woman, and being ambitious in a family that valued women as mothers and wives only.

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