Heated Rivalry and the Fall of Identity Policing

For about a decade, critics and tastemakers were obsessed with aligning actors' identities with the characters they played. Now we’re seeing a return to craft.

H - CultureDiana RamosDecember 24, 2025Currents, Latest, Silver Rose, C - Painful Relevance

Lying Bi Omission: Hollywood’s Retconned Bisexuals

Blockbusters have more bi characters than ever, but you’d never know it from watching the movies.

H - CultureDiana RamosSeptember 9, 2024Currents, Jamie Paul, Trends, C - Zeudi, C - BVD, C - Heated Rivalry, C - Painful Relevance

The Summer That Sings in Maestro

Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein biopic takes a few liberties, but it hits all the right notes on the Maestro’s bisexuality.

H - CultureDiana RamosJanuary 11, 2024Currents, Jamie Paul, C - Cinderella, C - Shadows, C - Leo Grande, C - Pixie Bi, C - Lying Bi, C - Chris Colt, C - Zeudi, C - Painful Relevance

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande. And to All of Us

“We could use some more sex saints right about now.”

H - CultureDiana RamosJanuary 16, 2023Currents, Jamie Paul, C - Cinderella, C - Shadows, C - Sex Drought, C - Maestro, C - Pixie Bi, C - Lying Bi, C - Painful Relevance

What We All Do in the Shadows

“Vampires may have no reflection, but they are a reflection of us.”

H - CultureGuest UserOctober 10, 2022Currents, Jamie Paul, C - Cinderella, C - Halloween, C - Leo Grande, C - Maestro, C - Peter, C - Pixie Bi, C - Lying Bi, C - Kindred Witchcraft, C - Painful Relevance

Amazon’s ‘Cinderella’: Too Big for the Right, Too Small for the Left

In sizing up the rebooted classic, extremists see either capitalist fever dream or woke nightmare—an impressive feat.

katherine inoueOctober 21, 2021Currents, C - Overton, C - Roe, C - Shadows, C - Silent, C - Leo Grande, C - Maestro, C - Pixie Bi, C - Pick Me, Jamie Paul, C - Painful Relevance

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