Starr is Screaming

Okay, I’m joking. The title just struck me as eye-catching and funny.

But I am going to call out many parallels I saw between the queer representation and themes of demonization, and what I’ve observed as someone with “undesirable” kinks that get me treated as an Other by all the other people society already sees as “freaks”.

So just as a disclaimer: I am NOT downplaying the intended queer message of the film. I am simply adding my own perspective on top of it because many of these messages apply to BOTH. As a queer person myself, I DEEPLY appreciate this movie for those reasons as well, so literally don’t @ me about my one-in-dozens of analyses of this movie from another angle.

Also, this article contains SPOILERS for the movie.

One more thing: TRIGGER WARNING for mentions of various forms of abuse (including csa), taboo kinks, descriptions of targeted harassment, and suicide.

So let’s get started!


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