The Spencer Hamilton Blog

Movies and TV have a way of revealing things to us about ourselves. I remember knowing I was gay at an early age and media helped confirm that over the years.  I came of age in the 1990s/2000s so of course some of these are dated in their portrayal of queer characters but I can't deny the impression they made on me. I'll share a few below and why, it ranges from individuals, movies and TV.  Trick (1999) What I like about this movie is that it's a romantic comedy at its heart, no drama, HIV, gay bashing etc. But what really set my gay heart aflutter was Gabriel. In this film, Mark and Gabriel look for a place to mess around for the night. But you only need to take one look at JP Pitoc to realize why I was aflutter when he was on screen. I remember seeing a clip or two of this movie when I was younger  This was the first time I'd ever seen the male gaze aimed at another man. For once, I--me--a gay man was looking at someone appealing to ME instead of having to fake it ove

Love is Blind was filmed in 2018 and presented in 2020 billed as an experiment to test a question "Is love blind?" This is not a scientific experiment as this Youtuber points out. This to me is the Netflix equivalent of a twitter thread where someone asks a question claiming they "wanna see somethin". So with that said, let's set up the environment in which this "experiment" takes place  1. You're going to go on dates with soundproof pods. A speaker in the room is the only way you can hear one another  2. If you feel a strong connection, you can propose at ANY TIME 3. You only see who you date AFTER you propose  4. You go to Mexico for a honeymoon, live in ATL for a month then you decide at the altar to say I do or I don't  We have an article  here  of 39 rules they had to follow if you want to look them up  So now with the rules out of the way let's meet our couples  Diamond and Carlton. Diamond is awesome, Carlton's a Closeted Drama

The right wing loves o talk about cancel culture in the context of free speech. Everyone likes free speech...well they don't as evidenced by the GOP's war on critical race theory in statehouses. Kaitlin Bennet the Kent State Gun Girl always starved for attention wanted Ohio State University defunded because students protested her visit. The hypocrisy of claiming they're censored while fighting to suppress black peoples' votes across the nation is particularly telling They also like to draw a line between two surface similar events like... Kavanaugh hearings vs Capitol Terrorist Attac . Anyone with critical thinking skills know these two events as unrelated as far as East is from West But free speech is the catch all...The Right wants free speech...unless you're Lavar Burton  talking about consequence for behavior and thus, undercutting the lynchpin of "cancel culture" See, the right has framed EVERYTHING as a difference of opinion as opposed to the cons