Dec 1, 2025
One of my favorite reaction channels on YouTube, Cinebinge, put up a video of Simone and George watching Being John Malkovich for the first time. It's one of my favorite movies from my college/early grad school years, it's just such a brilliant movie, I love it. Anyway, it occurred to me while watching the reaction video that Being John Malkovich deserves so much more love from the wlw community. It is PEAK lesbian cinema in its weird-ass way, and it's so affirming of the love that can exist between two women. More wlw on this hellsite should know and honor this movie! In this essay, I will—
