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Anatomy of a Queer Sex Scene: “The Handmaiden” Has More Sex Scenes Than You Realize

The horniest parts of The Handmaiden wouldn’t really be called sex scenes by the average viewer and certainly not by the vast majority of straight viewers. But to me, they…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Dec 9, 2023

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“The Handmaiden” Dares You to Look

This movie is simultaneously sexy and fucked-up, and its paradoxes mesmerize.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Sep 15, 2020

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The 50 Best Lesbian, Queer, and Bisexual Movies of the Decade

The fact is most of the films about us — and especially the films by us — do not get the attention they deserve. But nobody is better equipped to…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Dec 17, 2019

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Pop Culture Fix: Subversive Lesbian Handmaids, Award-Nominated Lesbian Handmaidens and Other Maiden Stories

The OA’s “gentle queer narrative,” a new Kitty Genovese project, Indiewire’s Sundance picks include Annie Clark’s horror flick, Marti Noxon’s anorexia narrative, Dee Rees’s post-WWII Southern period drama and Dianna…

Riese —

Jan 11, 2017

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Pop Culture Fix: The Handmaiden’s Explicit Lesbian Sex Scenes, Am I Right? Ladies?

Topics include Kristen Stewart’s new lesbian subtext film, dreaming/being scandalized by The Handmaiden, Le Tigre’s Hillary Clinton video, new pics from the Gilmore Girls reboot, The Outsiders and more!

Riese —

Oct 19, 2016

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Anatomy of a Queer Sex Scene: “The Handmaiden” Has More Sex Scenes Than You Realize

“The Handmaiden” Dares You to Look

The 50 Best Lesbian, Queer, and Bisexual Movies of the Decade

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Anatomy of a Queer Sex Scene: “The Handmaiden” Has More Sex Scenes Than You Realize

“The Handmaiden” Dares You to Look

The 50 Best Lesbian, Queer, and Bisexual Movies of the Decade

Pop Culture Fix: Subversive Lesbian Handmaids, Award-Nominated Lesbian Handmaidens and Other Maiden Stories

Pop Culture Fix: The Handmaiden’s Explicit Lesbian Sex Scenes, Am I Right? Ladies?

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