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Deviance :: Books :: Review 06 Nov 2008

Nine: "Part memoir, part pop-culture study, part feminist theory," enthuses the blurb on the back of the book. Maybe that’s the problem: Look Both Ways tries to do too many things at once. On one hand, it’s the story of the author’s bisexua...

Deviance :: Film :: Review :: DVD Review 11 Sep 2008

Cara McGuigan: The tense confusion of something unspoken is thick from the opening credits of XXY. Lack of understanding is at the heart of every single frame of the film: nobody really knows what they’re doing, or what the consequences of their actions might ...

Deviance :: Feature :: Review 28 Aug 2008

Gareth K Vile: Kicking off with a delicious rant that blasts the queer movement for inertia and liberalism, Lock Up Your Daughters summons old school punk energy that drove through queercore and riot grrrl before collapsing in Ladyfest. It’s a hefty read, shar...

Fashion :: Deviance :: Film :: Comedy :: Review :: DVD Review 22 Aug 2008

Lindsay West: Despite its vague billing as a risque German 'gay interest' comedy, Fashion Victims is in truth a far straighter affair than the rainbow titles and sartorial subtext might first imply. Looking more like a mortgage advisor than a fashion rep, Wolfgang (...

Deviance :: Film :: Review 27 Jun 2008

Nine: A harrowing look at child prostitution, the documentary Very Young Girls follows Rachel Lloyd and her staff at GEMS in New York, assisting girls who were introduced to 'the life' at an average age of thirteen. The film gives plenty of insight into the ...

Deviance :: Review 17 Apr 2008

Gareth K Vile: Even before its first issue, Lock Up Your Daughters came armed for bear: check out the breathless and antagonistic introduction on their web pages. Picking up on the queer anger that drove forward the political process that eventually transformed Scott...

Deviance :: Film :: Review 06 Mar 2008

Jessica Gregson: Despite the dubious marketing which seems to suggest Four Minutes is some sort of sexy murder flick, it turns out the film is a subtle but powerful exploration of the growing relationship between Traude, an elderly and intolerant piano teacher in a wom...

Deviance :: Review 07 Dec 2007

Gareth K Vile: Martin O'Connor's boutique performances demonstrate the strengths of Glasgay!: commissioning a confident and adventurous local artist, who works outside of the stereotypical ideas of queer entertainment, he plunges into the masculine crisis with his la...

Deviance :: Review 08 Sep 2007

Paul Greenwood: It's the summer holidays in small town Australia, where all the kids have to sustain them for weeks on end is a combination of surfing, skateboarding and parties. But sixteen-year-old Midget (Baxter) is looking for something more. When Cass (O'Leary), ...

Deviance :: Review 12 Mar 2007

Nine: Holy shit, this book is so good I'm sorry I've read it all. In taking on the concept of passing, Mattilda and her contributors have laid out a wide range of identities and experiences to illustrate the hoops we all need to jump through in order to fit ...

Deviance :: Review 12 Mar 2007

Nine: It's a well-documented fact that every publication relating to bisexuality has to have a pun in the title. It gets a little tiresome, you know? Nonetheless, it's worth delving into this book as it offers inclusion and validation, not only by representi...

Deviance :: Review 10 Feb 2007

Trevor Mawhinney: Scottish zines are thin on the ground. Let alone personal ones. Let alone personal queer ones. This debut is compact: while its A6 format may be slightly smudgy in a couple of places, it's not enough to obscure either the typed or the handwritten conte...