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Are you obsessed with the color forest green? How about frogs? Do you ever find yourself spending a little too much time in the warm lighting section at home depot? Or have you ever been glued to the couch watching HGTV? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then – like me – you may be the bisexual child of two granola liberal parents!
Read MoreAre you queer? Are you desperate for a movie about queer culture that doesn’t end with the most devastating plotline of all time? Unfortunately, the list of films that check both of those boxes is quite slim. Until the Hollywood powers-that-be grace us with some better options than the classic queer tragedies, I have compiled a list of deeply queer-coded films to scratch that itch.
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Read MorePicture this: you’re twelve years old. You’ve just sat down on your family’s living room couch that probably could go for a deep clean and is harboring several hundreds worth in spare change in between the cushions. You’re double-fisting your Halloween candy bag in one hand and a lukewarm apple cider in the other. On the television screen in front of you, a movie is about to play. For the next hour and thirty-six minutes, you will have probably the most intense sexuality crisis of your– albeit short– life so far.
Read MoreThe views of this article do not reflect the views or values of The Rival as a whole. The Rival loves Halloween.
Read MoreYes, my brain was rotted and destroyed from the inside out by exposing myself to the 1975’s music video for their song “Robbers” when I was 13. Apparently, I am not alone in this experience, since so many people on Twitter keep talking about their latest album, Being Funny in a Foreign Language, that dropped on October 14.
Read MoreAs much as I love you, Taylor, I do need to eat. Unless you’re handing out Trader Joe’s grocery packages at your tours free of charge, I guess I’ll go hungry for a week!
Read MoreRemember, it's not what you can do for misogyny, it's what misogyny can do for you.
Read MoreEach character has their own separate arc, and it’s almost hard to keep up with the shifting alliances. With each passing episode, my roommate and I found ourselves asking the same question: what would the characters of Succession be like as American University students?
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