WYKA Gay Analysis Assembly, Part One
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Gay Analysis Essays Part Two for essays on: Love in the Big City, The Miracle of Teddy Bear, Unknown, Dead Friend Forever, Love for Love's Sake, and Kiseki: Dear to Me
Check my progress on @bengiyo’s Queer Cinema Syllabus here
The Sign Feelings Made Visible: Design Choices in The Sign // Fantasy v. Reality in The Sign
Last Twilight Ep 1: Thoughts // Ep 1-2: Reflections in Last Twilight // Ep 1-3: Physical Touch in Last Twilight // Ep 5: Thoughts on Last Twilight // Ep 12: Last Twilight and Ableism
Shadow Shadow thoughts // The Left Hand of God // Is Brother Anurak the One Armed Man? // What Happened to Trin? aka Paying Attention to my Favorite Straight Boy
I Feel You Linger in the Air Ep 8: Let's Talk About Sex: ESSAY #69!!!
Only Friends Academic Essay Series Only Friends, Boston, and Queer Culture // Only Friends and Respectable Promiscuity // Only Friends, Racism, and the Commodification of Queer Asians Everything else Ray and Rehab // Boston the Slut // Hypocrisy // Who is Mew, Anyway? // You're Mine No Matter What: The Commodification of Sand // Ep 6: Explosions // Ep 5: Fight Night // Poor Boy // Watch The Warp Effect before Only Friends // Misunderstanding Top? // What the Fuck is Boeing Doing Here? // Only Friends Reflection
My Ride Rain, BL Boys, and Reciprocity // My Ride Finale
Be My Favorite Permanence in BMF // Lack of Touch in BMF
Cupid's Last Wish Trans Allegory in Cupid's Last Wish (in partnership with @so-much-yet-to-learn and @lurkingshan)
La Pluie Ep 6: Hands // Ep 7: Hands // Ep 8: The Language of Love // Ep. 8: Stray Thoughts // Subversion // Pee Peerawich Can Fucking Act // Connection // Ep 12: Body Language
Step by Step On the Subject of Pat- A Timeline // On the Subject of Pat 2.0- A Defense // Ep 7: Totally Normal // Ep 9: Lighting // Going Out- Sharing Space with the Unhoused // Compartmentalizing // Workplace Homophobia and Relationship Development Between Pat and Jeng
Our Skyy 2 OS2 x The Eclipse - Characterization // OS2 x BB x ATOTS- Phupa and Queerness aka Damn You WMT // OS2 x BB x ATOTS- Validation! aka Phupa and Queerness- Part 2 // Pat, Pran, Losing Parental Relationships, and Sex
Our Dining Table Silence // Yutaka and Yukata
Bed Friend True Colors? // Uea and Red // Reflections + Uea and Yellow // Uea and Gray // Mommy Dearest 2.0 // Ep 7: Uea's Costumes // Bed Friend and Reflections- Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 (this is my favorite of the parts) // Water, Songkran, and KingUea
Moonlight Chicken Heart Confrontation Scene // Heart and Li Ming Colors and Stripes // Red, Wen, and Blue // Naming the Deaf Character Heart // Heart's Communication // Wen's Badge Parallel // MTSL to ASL Index // Heart's Vocalization // Mommy Dearest // Isn't it Difficult to Be Born Poor? // Moonlight Chicken is for the Queers // Resolution // Heart's Signs Translated (this one is not mine, but I don't want to lose this post so I am placing it here) // Best Criers in MLC // Worst Parallel
Utsukushii Kare Self-Deprecation Harms Everyone
Our Flag Means Death Over-analyzing the Color Red // Silk as Symbolism for Ed's Heart
