#queer black women in film

[firelise]

Keke Palmer as Emerald Haywood in Nope (2022)

#If I was that girl, I woulda folded ngl

[thrydes]

“i am both at once and neither one”

[dandralanee]

🧡💚😍

[blackqueernotables]

Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim: director, producer, and screenwriter.

[lgblackfeet]

Selection of my favourite shots from Cannes, yes, they're all of Lily and Greta, because they were probably my favourite part of the festival!

[retoxx]

suddenly reminded that actually what i am doing is so important and i have a responsibility to keep doing it and doing it in public for others to see and be inspired by, especially those even younger than me

[cinematicmasterpiece]

pariah (2011)

[sincerelyjanai]

Shooting a story

“i feel most soft when i can be myself.. with my people. people who love and accept me. and when i’m journaling - i can be open and raw. also late at night when the world stops and i can just exist” - Jasmin

Part 1

This…was such a beautiful thing to photograph. 🌻

You exist in a space where your softness and vulnerability are based on the way you look…as if that makes a difference. But I’m here to tell everyone….

A woman is a woman is a woman. You understand? Shed what you think and embrace (and learn) what you don’t know.

[not-xpr-art]

Mädchen in Uniform (Girls in Uniform) - digital painting

(06/2023)

Part of my 2023 Pride month art project where I celebrate some of my fav queer films!

[junkdyke]

"what's so great about clubs anyway" when everyone is dancing under bisexual lighting and then the DJ goes from playing EDM to playing emo bangers and the entire room of people collectively sing along to Linkin Park, and then the pure joy and excitement when it then switches to Misery Business. btw.

[gratedlight]

Family values 🤎

[ajacksonconcept]

UNEXPLORED | Official Trailer

Written & Directed by Angelia Jackson

[this-world-of-beautiful-monsters]

@leichenliebe

Intersex Resources: Books, Art, Videos

Here's a list with some resources to learn about intersex community, history, and politics! These include some academic sources and some community sources. I'd love to add sources in other languages and that focus on countries besides the United States, so if anyone has recommendations, please let me know. Continually updating and adding sources.

Reading list:

Intersex History:

"The Intersex Movement of the 1990s: Speaking Out Against Medical and Narrative Violence" by Viola Amato.

Hermaphrodites with Attitude Newsletters.

Jazz Legend Little Jimmy Scott is a Cornerstone of Black Intersex History By Sean Saifa Wall

"Hermaphrodites with Attitude: Mapping the Emergence of Intersex Political Activism" by Cheryl Chase

Chrysalis Quarterly: Intersex Awakening, 1997.

"What Happened at Hopkins: The Creation of the Intersex Management Protocols" by Alison Redick.

Bodies in Doubt: An American History of Intersex by Elizabeth Reis.

Intersex Politics

“A Framework for Intersex Justice.” Intersex Justice Project

"Creating Intersex Justice: Interview with Sean Saifa Wall and Pidgeon Pagonis of the Intersex Justice Project." by David Rubin, Michelle Wolff, and Amanda Lock Swarr.

"Intersex Justice and the Care We Deserve: ‘I Want People to Feel at Home in Their Bodies Again." Zena Sharman.

Critical Intersex edited by Morgan Holmes.

Envisioning African Intersex: Challenging Colonial and Racist Legacies in South African Medicine by Amanda Lock Swarr.

"Intersex Human Rights" by Bauer et al.

Morgan Carpenter's writing

"I Want to Be Like Nature Made Me: Medically Unnecessary Surgeries on Intersex Children in the US." by Human Rights Watch.

Cripping Intersex by Celeste E. Orr.

"From ‘Intersex’ to ‘DSD’: A Case of Epistemic Injustice" by Ten Merrick.

"Did Bioethics Matter? A History of Autonomy, Consent, and Intersex Genital Surgery." by Elizabeth Reis.

Intersex Community

"Normalizing Intersex: Personal Stories from the Pages of Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics." edited by James DuBois and Ana Iltis.

Hans Lindhal's blog.

InterACT Youth Blog.

Intersex Justice Project Blog.

"What it's like to be a Black Intersex Woman" by Tatenda Ngwaru.

Intersex Inclusive Pride Flag by Valentino Vecchietti.

The Interface Project founded by Jim Ambrose.

Intersex Zines from Emi Koyama

Teen Vogue's Intersex Coverage

YOUth& I: An intersex youth Anthology by Intersex Human Rights Australia

Intersex OwnVoices books collected by Bogi Takacs.

Memoirs:

Nobody Needs to Know by Pidgeon Pagonis.

Inverse Cowgirl by Alicia Roth Weigel

XOXY by Kimberly Zieselman

Fiction:

Icarus by K Ancrum.

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

Video/Audio

Every Body dir. Julie Cohen.

Hermaphrodites Speak! 1997.

Liberating All Bodies: Disability Justice and Intersex Justice in Conversation.

"36 Revolutions of Change: Sean Saifa Wall."

Inter_View: An Intersex Podcast by Dani Coyle

Hans Lindhal's Youtube channel.

What it's Like to be Intersex from Buzzfeed.

Emilord Youtube channel

I'm intersex-ask me anything from Jubilee

What it's like to be Intersex-Minutes With Roshaante Andersen.

Pass the Mic: Intercepting Injustice with Sean Saifa Wall

Art

"Hey AAP! Get your Scalpels Off Our Bodies!" 1996.

Ana Roxanne's album Because of a Flower.

Intersex 1 in 90 potraits by Lara Aerts and Ernst Coppejans

Anyone can be Born Intersex: A Photo-Portrait Story by Intersex Nigeria.

Pidgeon Pagonis "Too cute to be binary" Collection

Juliana Huxtable Visual Art

Koomah's art

Please feel free to add on your favorite sources for intersex art, history, politics, and community !

[fallencargo]

A portrait of me shot by Norlan Olivo

[blackqueernotables]

Amelia Ellis: Filmmaker, producer, writer

[msclaritea]

DGA Finds Little Progress on Diversity in Feature Film Hires

There has been little improvement in diversity among film directors over the last five years, as the total number of features as plummeted, according to a new report from the Directors Guild of America.

The DGA report found that women directed 16% of the films released since 2018, while non-white directors accounted for 17%. The total number of DGA-covered theatrical releases fell from 292 in 2018 to 162 in 2022, which the union said has had an effect on the opportunity for hiring diversity.

There is far more diversity in TV directing, which has seen steady increases over the last decade. In 2022, the DGA reported that 38% of episodes were directed by women in the prior season, while 34% were directed by people of color.

“Though there has been significant progress in episodic television hiring, feature film hiring continues to be both inconsistent from year-to-year with little or no growth over the last five years,” said Lesli Linka Glatter, the union’s president, in a statement. “The DGA remains united in our commitment to continue pushing for meaningful action from producers that will increase access and representation that aligns with our diverse membership.

DGA

The DGA report covers all union-covered theatrical releases from 2018-2022, and includes a breakdown for each year.

The numbers show an incremental improvement from the last DGA theatrical report, which was issued in 2017. The earlier report found that 8% of films released in 2013-17 were shot by women directors, while 13% were shot by directors of color.

However, much of the increase among women directors — from 8% to 16% — was explained by a change in the methodology. Without that change — which eliminated a budget threshold of $250,000 — the number would have risen only to 12%.

Honestly, DGA only concentrates on women and POC. How Black people and in particular, STRAIGHT PEOPLE does it consider? Because it's pretty clear that Hollywood has been prioritizing only Feminist and Queer hires, within the context of Diversity. Neither of those groups can speak to traditional families and relationships between men and women without adding high levels of toxicity.