Gays Gaze

CW: Passive suicidal thoughts, light body horror. This week, we talk about the anime Otherside Picnic, an isekai yuri anime inspired by the novel Roadside Picnic and film Stalker. While we can't give our full recommendation, we can give our hot takes, so tune in to hear why these two lesbians are stronger than the entire Okinawan US Marine branch.

CW: Anti-Black racism, abusive relationships, child abuse, attempted sexual assault Dee Rees' film Bessie (2015) is an incredible dive into the life and loves of Bessie Smith, famed blues musician played by Queen Latifah. We talk Bessie's life, queerness in the blues, Rees' filmography, and Erin's crush on Queen Latifah.

CW: transphobic language and slurs, abusive relationships, parental abandonment, police brutality/discrimination, victim blaming, outing, lesbiphobia. Samantha, @lilestradiol, joins us to discuss Her Story (2016), a short series on Youtube about the experiences of transgender women and love. We appreciated this series for its work highlighting the experiences of transgender women in sapphic commun...

NSFW, CW: sexual torture, sexual abuse, incest, suicide, death, the plague. Paul Verhoeven's Benedetta (2021) is coming in hot with some strange nun sex scenes, speculative burning-at-the-stake, and most importantly, transgender Jesus? This biopic about real-life 17th century Italian Nun, Benedetta Carlini, is a wild ride from start to finish!

CW: Animal neglect and death, alcoholism, HIV and AIDS, homophobic assault, poverty, hoarding. Can You Ever Forgive Me? is a biographical film about the life of Lee Israel, a lesbian in New York who committed a series of literary forgeries in the early 1990's. We loved it! If you haven't seen it, consider giving it a watch before jumping into this new episode! 👀

CW: Suicide, sexual assault, age gap relationships, and fear of aging/death. Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) is a beautiful movie by Olivier Assayas about inevitabilities of aging and the difficulty actors face when drawing the line between fiction and reality - if you haven't seen it, you might be interested to watch it before listening to this episode! We attempt to give our interpretation of the fi...

CWs: unplanned pregnancy and abortion, emotionally and sexually abusive relationships, parental abandonment and parental death, underage sex work, drug addiction, death of a partner, compulsory heterosexuality and internalized homophobia Nana by Ai Yazawa is such a fantastic series, and it's about two women named Nana, so we had to talk about it. Vivienne Westwood, punk rock, romantic drama, and l...

This week, we talked about Season of Love (2019) by Tello Films, the first lesbian holiday rom-com! We thought it was a fun and normal holiday film! Happy Holidays to all of you who celebrate! :)

CW: NSFW!!! Discussions of sex, genitals, sexual assault, A/B/O, smut in general. Thanks to Steph for suggesting that we talk about fanfiction!!  This week, we dove into some WLW fanfiction and talked about the medium as a whole. We found some fun fic, some silly fic, and, of course, some A/B/O fic. Come along with us on our little journey through AO3! :)

CW: NSFW clips!! We're celebrating our two year anniversary with another clipshow! We collected our favorite moments from the past year and they're all here. Join us for the fun!!!

CW: descriptions of gore, murder, death. Happy Halloween! In this episode, we talk about a long history of lesbian vampires in media. We talked about Carmilla, Dracula's Daughter, Daughters of Darkness, Vampyros Lesbos, The Hunger, Marceline the Vampire Queen, Killing Me!, and Vampire Blood Drive. 

CW: gore, homicide, homophobia, child death, animal (particularly dog) death, attempted rape It's almost Halloween, so it's time for horror! We talk about the queering of RL Stine's Fear Street franchise in the recent Netflix film trilogy adaptation, from 1994 back to 1666. We enjoyed how the creators handled queer representation in the horror genre and we're excited to talk with you all about it!...

CW: Sexual abuse, physical abuse, sibling incest. We're back from our break, with a doozy! We try to talk about Revolutionary Girl Utena, a franchise that both encourages lots of discussion, and is impossible to talk about. Girls fall in love, and fight with swords, and turn into cows.

CW: lolicon mentions, jealousy and controlling behavior in relationships We got the opportunity to talk about the Kase-san series, a manga with accompanying OVA Anime short. The series is about two high school students, a track star and a socially awkward gardening enthusiast, who fall in love and start to spend their lives together. There was a lot we liked, and a fair amount to critique. We also...

CW: attempted suicide and suicidal thoughts, transphobia, homophobia (and internalized homophobia), unsupportive parents, dead-naming, sexual assault (and victim blaming), outing, death via cancer and old age Our Dreams at Dusk by Yuhki Kamatani (an x-gender and asexual manga artist) is one of our favorite manga. Talking about it made us both tear up this episode! It's a thoughtful series about a...

Join us as we talk about Pikachi Ohi's manga, Our Teachers Are Dating! It's a fluffy romance series about a gym teacher and a biology teacher who fall in love, and it's delectably saccharine. We also talk about our desire for more intense / gritty yuri manga - if you have suggestions, always e-mail them to erin@gaysgaze.com !

CW: Heroin use, death due to complications from AIDs, volatile and manipulative relationships, grief This week, we talk about the movie Gia, a biopic about Gia Carangi's life starring Angelina Jolie. We enjoyed it, but be warned, it is sad! We talk about the movie, then per usual, we go on to talk about Bill Murray.

CW: transphobia, homophobia, domestic violence, sexual assault, sextorition, suicide, death (including of parents, partners, and children, including newborns), child abuse, incest, murder, prison injustice, racism, pro-police propaganda, violent forced psychiatric inpatient stays, medical gore, pregnancy gore Despite the sheer amount of trauma depicted in Sense8, we enjoyed it! Join us as we talk...

This week, we let you peek behind the curtain and see how the Erins came to realize we were queer, and what it was like coming out of the closet. Getting a little bit personal this week before jumping back into media reviews with our next episode on Sense8 - we hope you enjoy getting to know a little bit more about us!

CW: Heavy discussion about sexualization of children. Season two is almost upon us, so this week, we're talking about an anime/manga series called Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, about a software programmer who drunkenly invites a cute dragon girl to be her live-in maid. It's cute when it's cute, until it's not cute, then it's very bad... But don't worry, we talk about the ups and the downs of this...

CW: youth alcoholism; character death; some discussion of ableist, homophobic, and racist slurs (Spoiler warning) Happy 4/13, Homestuck fans! We're here to tell you about Homestuck, even though we're probably not the most educated ones to tell you. Erin Fishwife tries to describe the comic which she's never really read. We talk about what Andrew Hussie has been up to these days. And of course, we...

CW: Conversion therapy. This week, we're here to talk about Dirty Computer by Janelle Monae! Well......... We spent a lot of the time talking about Grimes, sadly. But hey, we're just trying our best in this busy time.

Hear ye, hear ye!!! Our listeners have spoken, and we're here to pass along the message - these are the female characters who the masses think should have a girlfriend! Of course, we share our own opinions, too From Naruto to Harry Potter to Frozen, we cover it all - and then some.

NSFW, 18+! CW: suicide, psychological abuse, partner violence, gaslighting, gore and body horror (including pregnancy gore and severe weight loss). This week, we tackle the Twilight Saga, the infamous novel and film series about vampires, shapeshifting werewolves, and teen romance. We talk about Kristen Stewart, lesbian relatability, and most importantly, all of the wild shit that happens in this...

CW: Suicide, transphobia, homophobia, fandom bullying, gender essentialism What IS Queerbaiting? We just don't know... But we do know that it feels like shit, and we have so many examples to talk about, from Super Girl to Fire Emblem, from Supernatural to When Marnie Was There. We even talk about Spongebob's queercoding for a hot second. We ARE ugly and we are proud. Check out Ad Creeps here: http...