Don’t let them in, don’t let them see Be the good girl you always have to be Conceal, don’t feel, don’t let them know Well, now they know. – Queen Elsa, “Let It Go” – Disney’s Frozen Last night I saw Frozen, Disney’s adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale entitled The Snow Queen. After seeing the film,Continue reading “Conceal, Don’t Feel: A Queer Reading of Disney’s [Frozen]”
Category Archives: Gender
Masculinity in Robert Cormier’s [The Chocolate War]
It’s 1:53 a.m. and I currently can’t sleep because of this book. I was going to wait and write about it in the morning, but I really need to engage in the cathartic process of writing in order to make sense of all of the thoughts that are fireworking in my head. I was expectingContinue reading “Masculinity in Robert Cormier’s [The Chocolate War]”
John Donovan’s [I’ll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip] – The First YA Novel With Gay Content
During the same political and cultural climate that produced the 1969 Stonewall Riots, John Donovan’s I’ll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip was published. Although the riots were not causal of the books publication, it is no coincidence that both events were symptomatic of the tensions and pressures faced by the newly forming gayContinue reading “John Donovan’s [I’ll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip] – The First YA Novel With Gay Content”
Dr. Angel Daniel Matos 