you're not alone :) i know how insensitive this sounds, but we have to keep going... sometimes, love reveals itself in the most mundane, we just have to look for it... depression really fucks you up, ive been there, and for years i still feel the same, until now!! i still feel like shit, but there are times when happiness seeps through the darkness...... 1 reply
it's less about an inability to see queerness and more about the conditions people were raised in. popular media has long been shaped by heteronormative narratives, so anything that falls outside that frame is often dismissed or reinterpreted to fit it. the world is just largely structred by cisheteropatriarchal norms, and queerness is often overlo...... 3 reply
you should check out monster (2023) by kore-eda which has lgbt themes. his lesser-known film, air doll (2009) is a good one too; it's about this inflatable sex doll that turned into a human. though if you want something outside japanese cinema, mary is happy, mary is happy (2013) by thamrongrattanarit is one of my top faves. shunji iwai is a great ...... reply