#tales of the city

[zanephillips]

Murray Bartlett and Charlie Barnett Tales of the City 1.06 "A Touch o' Butch"

[mrmousetolliver]

Tales of the City (1978) by Armistead Maupin.

[iced-chaii]

sometimes when i see gifs of middle-aged men i'll whisper to myself "whore"

[queer-media-tourney]

[paulgrossaddict]

EMOJIPAUL

Part 1 (there will be more posts to come...)

the idea is not mine, but from an Internet user's conversation on Twitter following an episode of Tales of the City and this

Tales of the City

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Slings and Arrows

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Interview, King-Lear opening, ctv,2023

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Paul Gross, ComicCon, Eastwick

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H20-Trojan Horse

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Eastwick

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Slings and Arrows

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Interview Due South

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Interview Hyena Road

Republic of Doyle

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[raurquiz]

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[kdjonesfla]

Murray Bartlett

[frankenshane]

very excited to read mona of the manor this weekend and let maupin reminisce about the fuckery of the 90s to me

[variousqueerthings]

im finally watching the original "tales of the city" (yes... paul gross is in it, but to be fair i wanted to watch it anyway) -- but it's interesting because i did watch the 2019 series when it came out because jen richards was playing a young olympia dukakis and i think essentially reframing her character (iconic) as a trans woman 26 years after the original series and [checks online] 41 years after the first book was published. unless of course she was a trans woman from the beginning, we shall see!

but it does mean that i read anna madrigal (olympia dukakis) in a specific way from the beginning - a part of her Luster and Mystery when she's first introduced is that she's a trans woman who doesn't talk about it, like many trans women wouldn't have done at the time

i say "i think" because there was a big narrative about her deciding to tell characters about being trans in the 2019 story, and it felt like the first time it was brought up in the story

anyway. we shall see! it's fun to get into some iconic queer media! and somewhere in there is also a paul gross 👀

mainly though, laura linney!!! between this and angels in america she really is a foundation of Big Queer American Stories

[out-of-the-forest-i-come]

Yesterday, I listed some queer books coming out this month, and today I'll go over the queer series that are being continued in March. This is a non-exhaustive and informative list, checking out the trigger warnings and possible problematic content/author will be up to you.

Cirque du Slay, Book 2 of Hayden & Friends; Rob Osler, March 5th

Remnants of Filth: Yuwu, Vol. 3; Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou (translation), March 5th

Saint, Sorrow, Sinner, Book 3 of The Gideon Testaments; Freydís Moon, March 5th

Mona of the Manor, Book 10 of Tales of the City; Armistead Maupin, March 7th

Blessed Water, Book 2 of A Sister Holiday Mystery; Margot Douaihy, March 12th

Infinity Kings, Book 3 of Infinity Cycles; Adam Silvera, March 14th

Heir to Dreams and Darkness, Book 3 of Court of Broken Bonds; Ben Alderson, March 15th

The Weavers of Alamaxa, Book 2 of the Alamaxa Duology; Hadeer Elsbai, March 19th

Guardian: Zhen Hun, Vol. 2; priest, March 26th

In Walked Trouble, Book 2 of Single in Seattle; Dana Hawkins, March 26th

The Feast Makers, Book 3 of Scapegracers; H.A. Clarke, March 26th

The Phantom Flame, Book 2 of Brimstone and Fire; T.M. Ledvina, March 26th

[gwydionmisha]

TALES OF THE CITY and the Fight to Save PBS

[deramin2]

Anna Madrigal (Tales of the City) is the most character. She's trans in the 1970s. She's the kind of landlady that hates most landlords and dotes on her tenants like her children. She grows weed and gives a baggie to every new tenant and smokes with them in her parlor with fancy snacks. She dresses in gorgeous clothes. She's was raised in a brothel. She's a rock for her queer San Francisco community and someone they can always go to for help. She helps snoopy sheltered Ohio straight girls achieve sexual liberation, keeps gay boys out of too much trouble, and falls in reciprocated love with straight men. She makes sure bad people get what's coming to them but fuckups get another chance.

Armistead Maupin really hit it out of the park with her. Still can't believe this story was first printed in the newspaper. And Olympia Dukakis was so great in the role for television. We can look back now and say a trans actor would be better, but in 1993 they were totally shut out of the industry and I'm grateful they didn't cast a man like everyone else did at the time.

[bethaven]

#25 Summation, reflections and plans for 2024

Now that the calendar is over I want to wrap things up with some thoughts and facts about of what have been and what is coming.

The calendar

In this calendar I've written about 24 series that have meant something to me through my life. There are other series I might actually like more than some of them today, but they've all changed how I see things or how I feel about a certain subject. I started of with M*A*S*H, which will always be my all time favourite and which came into my life early. I ended with Julie and the Phantoms, which just recently came into my life and about which I still have a lot to learn. Some posts almost wrote themselves, while others needed some rewatches and reminiscing.

Here are all the posts:

#1 M*A*SH

#2 The Big Bang Theory

#3 Gilmore Girls

#4 Sex and the city

#5 Oc

#6 How I met your mother

#7 New Girl

#8 Please like me

#9 Modern family

#10 Glee

#11 Gossip Girl (2007)

#12 Miss Fisher's murder mysteries

#13 Tales of the city (2019)

#14 Hollywood

#15 Grace and Frankie

#16 Bridgerton

#17 Young Royals

#18 Emily in Paris

#19 Find me in Paris

#20 Sex Education

#21 Ginny and Georgia

#22 Heartstopper

#23 Xo Kitty

#24 Julie and the Phantoms

Other series/movies that were recommended in posts

Never have Iever, Angus, thongs and perfect snogging, Anne with an E, Queen Charlotte - a Bridgerton story, Younger, Girls, Skam, Élite, Skins, Atypical, Pose, A secret love, Boys in the band, Minx, Tales of the City (1993), More Tales of the City, Further Tales of the City, Looking, Queer as folk, Glamorous, Orange is the new black, Everything's gonna be ok, Nanette/Something special/Douglas, The Good Place, Friends, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, How I met your father, Scrubs, Beverly Hills 90210, 90210, One tree hill, Dawso n's creek, Hart of Dixie, Young Sheldon, Gilmore Girls - a year in the life, Grown-ish, M*A*S*H (1970) and After MASH.

The list for 2024

I stream A LOT of media, and mostly series, some weeks up to 40 hours. This because I usually have something on in the background, it makes me focus even better. I work from home about half the time and the TV is always on, on these days. But it's normaly rewatches and comfort series and I have a hard time starting new ones. So, to help with this, my goal for 2024 is to complete a list of series I want to watch, but haven't dealt with yet. I might not complete them all if I don't like them, but the goal is to start them all.

The unlisted

The irregulars

Raising Dion

Cloak and Dagger

Never have I ever

Everything sucks

Heartbreak high

Elite

Derry Girls

Umbrella academy

Bodies

White Lotus

My life with the Walter boys

The Crown

Minx, season 2

Smiley

BONDING

Everything Now

Todas las veces que enamoramos

Dead to me, season 3

Love and anarchy, season 2

Cunk on earth

Survival of the thickest

Kitz

Julia

Parks and Recreation

The Flight Attendant

It's a Sin

Gentleman Jack

The Sex Lives of College Girls

The Comeback

This is us

Griselda

I'd love to get other tips you think I might like to add to the list! it's mostly Netflix, HBO Max and Disney+ that works, but feel free to tip on anything.

New seasons in 2024

Apart from new discoveries I'll surely get back to some old favourites from time to time. And some of them have some very interesting updates coming up.

Young Royals, season 3 (March)

Bridgerton, season 3 (May 16th and June 13th)

Emily in Paris, season 4

Heartstopper, season 3

Ginny and Georgia, season 3

Confirmed seasons but not confirmed year

Bridgerton, season 4

XO Kitty, season 2

That 90's show, season 2

Ginny and Georgia, season 4 (2025)

Thank you.

Thanks to all of you who've hade the patience to read at least one of these posts. I made them mostly for myself, to be honest, but I'm always glad if someone else enjoys it too! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of you!

[cunked]

more tales of the city by armistead maupin

[famouxben]

Paul Gross, Due South