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Author: vanessamaki

Vanessa Maki is a writer, artist & blk feminist whose work has appeared or will appear in various places. She has self-published chapbooks & has several chapbooks forthcoming or out this year: the chosen one (Animal Heart Press), sweet like limes (Bone & Ink Press), decayed state (marlskarx) & another final girl (Roaring Junior Press).
Entertainment, Opinion

This queer horror short film isn’t afraid to explore hard topics

June 14, 2022January 4, 2023 vanessamaki

What makes this horror short so captivating is not only its performances but its outright queerness.

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Is The L Word’s Jenny the ultimate queer villain?

May 12, 2022January 4, 2023 vanessamaki

Jenny Schecter is a queer villain who isn't the result of lazy homophobic writing.

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Killing Eve and a trope that should be buried

April 20, 2022January 4, 2023 vanessamaki

The series finale is the opposite of a love letter to queer fans.

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Best friends and young love: Queer shipping in anime

April 13, 2022January 4, 2023 vanessamaki

"Where queer relationships in media are concerned, we often grab hold of what we can."

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Euphoria, queer women, and tragedy in sapphic relationships

March 20, 2022January 4, 2023 vanessamaki

Sapphic relationships in media too often end tragically.

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What queer fans really want from Killing Eve’s final season

March 11, 2022January 4, 2023 vanessamaki

Spy thrillers are moving away from the cringy past of the genre.

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Black History Month: Black queer characters and their stories (Part 2)

February 18, 2022January 4, 2023 vanessamaki

Keep Black History Month going with more shows and films about individual Black experiences.

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Black History Month: Black queer characters and their stories (Part 1)

February 15, 2022January 4, 2023 vanessamaki

This Black History Month, check out these shows that highlight a range of Black experiences.

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Avoiding queer characters in films is cowardly: Scream 5

January 22, 2022January 4, 2023 vanessamaki

A queer character in the new horror film is iconic, but is that enough?

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‘Unapologetically queer’: Seeing ourselves in the media we love

January 14, 2022January 4, 2023 vanessamaki

There's power in representing yourself, even in fiction. Vanessa Maki discusses Yellowjackets.

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From cults to vampires: The year’s best queer horror

December 21, 2021January 4, 2023 vanessamaki

A roundup of some of the best creepy film and television that 2021 gave us.

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Tagged Amazon Prime, Chucky, Fear Street, film, horror, Netflix, representation, reviews, Syfy, television, The Girl in the Woods, Van Helsing, web seriesLeave a comment
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Stone Ocean: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure has its first female hero

December 14, 2021January 4, 2023 vanessamaki

The newest instalment of the anime hit gives viewers a new female lead and queer cast members.

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How JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure influenced my queer journey

November 27, 2021January 4, 2023 vanessamaki

An anime series has played an unlikely role in how I experience gender.

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Happiest Season: A conveniently gift-wrapped queer rom-com

November 12, 2021January 4, 2023 vanessamaki

This queer film follows the script of every straight rom-com.

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Creepy and camp new LGBTQ films and shows for Halloween

October 29, 2021January 4, 2023 vanessamaki

Check out this fresh new spooky season entertainment.

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Queer characters surviving horror films shouldn’t be radical 

October 18, 2021January 4, 2023 vanessamaki

A new Netflix film does something that’s uncommon in horror: queer characters survive to the end. 

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