A Queer Review of the Austin Film Festival (2023)
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.

Mathisen has just left prison after a 3-month "recreational stay" and is resuming his work on the wrong side of the law with renewed energy. But things are not always as one hopes. The boss of the gang, of which Mathisen, before the little vacation, was a member, is dead, and the small hotel in Nyhavn, which was a hideout for the gang's small businesses, is going badly. Who will now get the brilliant ideas for the little "thugs", now that the boss has gone to the eternal hunting grounds? But luck follows the crazy.
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
This coming-of-age movie discusses immigration issues in the United States through the eyes of two exchange students in Brazil.
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An aspect of She-Ra that I find refreshing is even though a large portion of the cast is on the LGBTQ+ Spectrum, being gay is never mentioned. While this might initially sound like a negative thing, in the show’s land of Etheria being on the gay spectrum is shown to be so common and normalized that straight isn’t the default. As much as there is to appreciate about narratives revolving around the obstacles that may come from being non-heteronormative, it’s nice to get immersed in a world where no one bats an eye at all to any sort of differing identity.
"The Mitchells vs. The Machines" captures the eternal struggle between kids who want to pursue the arts and their practical parents who think they'll fail.
One of the reasons that people with albinism have a difficult time being seen and represented in media is probably because there is a small percentage of them.