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Gary Needham
@garyneedham.bsky.social
he/they, film and screen media, the University of Liverpool - queer, autistic, Scottish - currently writing 'Sex, Guys, and Videotape: American Independent Cinema and the AIDS Crisis' and co-authoring the Queer Film Classic on 'Buddies' (1985)
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November 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
A few pics from the launch for photographer Ming De Nasty's "Residents" project at Liverpool's Open Eye Gallery. Part of city-wide arts festival Homotopia. The portrait exhibition captures Liverpool's broad LGBTQAI+ community around politics, identity, and place.

www.homotopia.net/events/resid...
November 9, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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the preface & introduction of my forthcoming book is now freely available to read! & you can also pre-order it at 50% off buff.ly/ehSkevd
In "Cinemas of Bisexual Transgression," @jacobengelberg.bsky.social reimagines queer film studies, using transgressive cinematic figures to challenge binary notions of sexuality. #QueerStudies #FilmStudies Read the intro now and preorder at 50% off during our fall sale! buff.ly/ehSkevd
October 30, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Can’t help but wonder if I would still be employed right now and, if so, for how long if I hadn’t left my position in Texas in the fall.
A Texas public university administrator's notes for a meeting with faculty.

"No daylight": faculty "cannot discuss or teach anything regarding transgender - only male and female." They must "scrub" syllabi for "transgender items."

And keep everything out of writing: "Don't email; talk directly."
October 18, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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i'm very happy to share these endorsements for my forthcoming book, CINEMAS OF BISEXUAL TRANSGRESSION. it means the world to have such generous words from scholars i respect so deeply.
September 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
100% I would also add Clara Law to the "best of" too! I used to teach her Farewell China
I get it, but the way it’s pitched as “the best of HK cinema” is irksome.
September 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
It seems to be a curation exclusively from the "Golden Princess Film Production" catalogue which I assume is why there's no Ann Hui. It is a pretty small roster of films from what I remember but includes those John Woo/Tsui Hark big hitters.
Great. But where’s Ann Hui?? Six-time Best Director at the HK Film Awards and *only* director whose work has won a Grand Slam (Best Picture/Director/Screenplay/Actor/Actress) — not once but twice. Lifetime Achievement Awards at Venice, Asian Film Awards and HK Fest.
🚨🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨🚨Starting next month, make the Criterion Channel your home for the best in Hong Kong cinema! On October 1, a major selection of long-unavailable movies from the Golden Princess library will make their streaming debuts on the Channel
September 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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my chapter on one of the first instalments of the 80s bi video boom: BI-COASTAL (1985) is now available! featured in the wonderful SCREENING ADULT FILM, edited by ‪‪@ffreibert.bsky.social‬, Peter Alilunas, & Desirae Embree. ask your library to buy it! www.routledge.com/Screening-Ad...
August 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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July 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The most scary and dystopian thing about Alien: Earth is that the only consumable media in the future appears to be Disney. In the first episode two scenes in which media content is watched in different geographies, locales is other Disney texts including Peter Pan and Pixar's Ice Age.
August 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Post from @caitgauthor.bsky.social on the ableism behind “write every day!”

I am definitely writing my book on crip time. Bc I must, there is no other way for me.

caitgordon.com/2022/09/16/t...
The Ableism and Privilege Behind “You Must Write Every Day”
You are the expert on yourself.  (This article first appeared in Write, the official magazine of the Writers’ Union of Canada, Summer 2022 edition.) One of my favourite things about being in a…
caitgordon.com
August 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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the UK’s Internet age verification law has led to the effective censorship of all LGBT content on Reddit

what a shocking and unexpected turn of events!
July 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
New Queer Cinema apparently includes "Milk" and "Fox." I will hopefully be setting the record straight on the fiction of New Queer Cinema as "an irresponsible canon" (the chapter title) when the book on AIDS and independent cinema is actually finished. PS 'Without you I'm Nothing" is actually great!
July 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Perhaps a good time to re up the New Fascism Syllabus, an online repository of resources on neofascism, populism, and authoritarianism, including a research repository and relevant secondary literature.

newfascismsyllabus.com
July 5, 2025 at 7:24 AM
related - I always remember Sarah Shulman's calling it the "New York Crimes" for its handling of the AIDS crisis
Someone should write this book about their treatment of trans healthcare (if they haven't already). You could call it "Just Asking Questions."
Wondering what’s going on with the NYT and whether there are any historical precedents for their whole deal? Boy, have I got the book for you.
July 5, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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"the designation “dip hop”... signals an independent style grounded in both hip-hop and Deaf culture. Like bounce, trap and drill, the label “dip hop” makes a greater distinction from being a variation of rap to a style that is heavily situated within Deaf culture and determined by Deaf aesthetics."
Deaf rappers who lay down rhymes in sign languages are changing what it means for music to be heard
Dip hop artists move across the stage, hands flying through the air, as audiences pulse to the rhythm of a blasting bass beat.
theconversation.com
July 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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sensational
June 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
👇excited to now be able to share my partner @jacobengelberg.bsky.social forthcoming book (January 2026) with @dukepress.bsky.social A much needed intervention that really does change how we think, theorise, and conceptualise cinema and bisexuality!
delighted that i can now share the cover of my forthcoming monograph 𝘊𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. released 6 Jan 2026 with @dukepress.bsky.social in the Camera Obscura series.
June 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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For months, @wired.com has been working on something about this moment's big fights: pushback against immigration raids, Tesla Takedown, LGBTQ+ rights. When we started, we didn't expect to publish following some of the biggest protests of Trump’s second term.

www.wired.com/how-to-win-a...
How to Win a Fight
These days it feels like the next fight is always just around the corner. What matters is picking your battles—and knowing how to win.
www.wired.com
June 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I loved the original version but this Nitzer Ebb version and their additional remixes was elevated. The remixes on the Mute 12" are stunning. An indictment to streaming services as these gems haven't been heard since 1989.
June 12, 2025 at 7:31 AM
shout out to this one too @horrornonna.com which was a formative moment www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlVy...
June 12, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Great recs from @mattseybold.bsky.social on resisting technofeudal education: prioritize print, practice ungrading, "Luddify" the classroom; de-mobilize computer infrastructure (root technology in social place!); faculty governance over SaaS subscriptions; instructor choice re: ed-tech
Against Technofeudal Education
Pillars For Protecting Our "Core Infrastructure" From OpenAI
theamericanvandal.substack.com
June 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Getting writing, queer dears: I want ur essays & poems in my eyes for catflap #5, Outburst Arts' awesome magazine.

Deadline: 30 June for finished poems & essays / 10 June for essay pitches, pls read FAQ carefully! Paid.

Pls share! Pls submit! No genAI! No str8s!

outburstarts.com/events-proje...
May 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM