“Self And Others”: Bi Artist Patricia Silva Discusses Her Latest Short
Patricia Silva’s short Self and Others is set to be shown at queer experimental film festival, MIX NYC, which runs from 10th to 15th November in (you guessed it) New York. The film is about female sexual fluidity and uses only use clips of bi+ characters or BY bi+ characters.
BISCUIT: What inspired you to make a film on this topic?
Patricia: Now that Queer Studies is becoming an institutionalized movement in the Western academy, we need to be far more specific and demanding of who and how that term is serving. Bisexuality has required a very different codification of how we relate, different from how lesbians and gays read each other, which of course becomes the dominant queer language at the core of what people now study as queer. That, and other experiences, provided momentum for me to give visual form to the cultures of sexual fluidity… Continue reading
You didn't hear it from us (13/03/2015)
Here’s a round-up of some of the news, blogs posts and comment we missed this week.
- In the wake of widespread disgust at the Home Office’s handling of Aderonke Apata’s asylum case, openDemocracy highlighted how the government just keep getting its judgements wrong. [Strictly speaking, we didn’t miss this, but Libby rightly thought you should see this wonderful article – Lottie].
- Adolescent hearts of all genders fluttered when Harry Syles of One Direction dropped more hints about his possible bisexuality.
- QWOC published a call for submissions from Muslim-Identified LGBTQ People of Colour.
- King Chan wrote eloquently on solidarity, self-acceptance and belonging in the queer world.
- A lone protester challenged the image used on a Bisexual Awareness Week poster at Spokane Community College. A rep for the College LGBTQI group called it a “lesbian and gay” issue and we at Biscuit rolled our eyes.
- Vlogger… Continue reading
BFI London Film Fest review: "Margarita, With a Straw"
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Margarita, With a Straw
Dir. Shonale Bose. India. 2014. 100 mins.
Margarita, With a Straw follows the story of Laila (Kalki Koechlin), a young wheelchair-bound girl from Delhi with cerebral palsy, who wins a scholarship to study in America. The film explores headstrong Laila’s coming of age and the manner in which both her disability and her burgeoning bisexuality colour her explorations of this new adult world in a warm, often playfully humorous way.
“Being friends with normal people won’t make you normal!” spits Laila’s best friend Dhruv (Hussain Duval), who is also a wheelchair-bound cerebral palsy sufferer, as she shuns his advances to pursue her crush on her able-bodied bandmate Nima (Tenzing Dalal). When their band – for which Laila writes lyrics – wins a competition and the judge openly admits it’s because she’s in a wheelchair, she uses the opportunity of being comforted by Nima to fall… Continue reading
You Didn't Hear it from Us 28/03/15
Did we miss any other must-see stories? Let us know in comments…