Loved this! Beautifully written, thank you for this wonderful look into the history of queer kisses in cinema. Gosh, so much of queer resonance in film has been in the relating to the "subtext", it hurts me to think of all of us looking "between the lines" to see ourselves, and how straight people don't even recognize it. I am glad to see non-ambiguous queer representation in film today. Yet, still I want to see more, like showing us in our full humanity, joyful not always tragic (as a lesbian filmmaker myself, I am on it!!!!). Thank you, Kira!
This was fascinating- I LOVED this! I still have so much to learn and just recently started getting into black and white movies so I’m going to find a way to watch Morocco.
Kira Deshler: A Kiss, romantic sexual love, is beautiful and innocent.
As a Catholic, who was almost 11 years old when Pope Pius XII passed away in late October 1958, I have vivid memories of this Pontiff, who was very pure and strict on sexual matters, but who during the Shoah both had inside information on the genocide of the Third Reich and who was too afraid to comment. How much he intervened, I do not know. But his teaching on marriage and sex were far more pronounced than condemnation (if any!!) of Nazist genocide.
The film kisses are pure and innocent.
Your historical sourcing is very careful, sober and well-reasoned.
Loved this! Beautifully written, thank you for this wonderful look into the history of queer kisses in cinema. Gosh, so much of queer resonance in film has been in the relating to the "subtext", it hurts me to think of all of us looking "between the lines" to see ourselves, and how straight people don't even recognize it. I am glad to see non-ambiguous queer representation in film today. Yet, still I want to see more, like showing us in our full humanity, joyful not always tragic (as a lesbian filmmaker myself, I am on it!!!!). Thank you, Kira!
thanks for reading, glad you enjoyed it!
This was fascinating- I LOVED this! I still have so much to learn and just recently started getting into black and white movies so I’m going to find a way to watch Morocco.
thanks for reading! it’s on internet archive https://archive.org/details/morocco-30-1538596735589 and i think the criterion channel
Kira Deshler: A Kiss, romantic sexual love, is beautiful and innocent.
As a Catholic, who was almost 11 years old when Pope Pius XII passed away in late October 1958, I have vivid memories of this Pontiff, who was very pure and strict on sexual matters, but who during the Shoah both had inside information on the genocide of the Third Reich and who was too afraid to comment. How much he intervened, I do not know. But his teaching on marriage and sex were far more pronounced than condemnation (if any!!) of Nazist genocide.
The film kisses are pure and innocent.
Your historical sourcing is very careful, sober and well-reasoned.
This is a beautiful, very interesting article.