Alissa Nutting

Alissa Nutting is a screenwriter and novelist. As a recovering Catholic, it took four decades for her to fully come out, but She’s Here now. She lives in Los Angeles.

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‘Midsommar’ Is a Sapphic Thanksgiving Horror Movie

Both Midsommar and Thanksgiving use the concept of a holiday celebration to distract from murder.

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Nov 27, 2024

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Anatomy of a Queer Sex Scene

Lou in amniotic fluid in the Love Lies Bleeding sex scene

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Anatomy of a Queer Sex Scene: In Love Lies Bleeding, Puking Out Your Lover Is the Ultimate Act of Intimacy

In a Venn diagram between “noir film” and “sun/moon Double Cancer signs” (that’s me!), the overlap is clear: We both HOTLY fetishize quasi-parasitic enmeshment!