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MAGDALENE
Carries a strong pull into television through longing and East Asia.
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Cape God
Carries a strong pull into television through longing and East Asia.
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Lesbian Desire in Carmilla: The Demon and the Contagion
Carries a strong pull into anime through longing and identity.
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Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
Carries a strong pull into television through power and identity.
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Sarazanmai
Carries a strong pull into music through longing and East Asia.
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Special
2010s
Special is an American comedy-drama television series created by Ryan O'Connell for Netflix. Starring Ryan O'Connell, the series is a semi-autobiographical account of his life as a gay man in Los Angeles with cerebral palsy pursuing new friendships, relationships, and self-sufficiency.
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MAGDALENE
2010s
Magdalene is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter FKA Twigs. Released on 8 November, 2019, by Young Turks, it is her first project since her EP M3LL155X (2015), and first full-length record since LP1 (2014). The album features a sole guest appearance from American rapper Future. FKA Twigs produced th...
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Sarazanmai
2010s
After the noble Kappa Kingdom falls to the Otter Empire, the Kappa prince Keppi loses much of his power and becomes helpless against the unseen Kapa-zombies. These zombies plague the world, and are the creations of the Otters and manifestations of people's deepest desires. With no other choice, Keppi must rely on th...
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Wings of Desire
1980s
Angels watch over divided Berlin. One wants to become human for love. Poetry as cinema.
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Essays 1990s
Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
The Japanese aesthetic of imperfection, impermanence, and incompleteness explained for Westerners.
Television 2020s
Fellow Travelers
Fellow Travelers is an American historical romance and political thriller television miniseries based on the 2007 novel of the same name by Thomas Mallon. Starring Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey, it centers on the decades-long romance between two men who first meet during the height of McCarthyism in the 1950s. The...
Music 2020s
Cape God
Cape God is the second studio album by Canadian singer Allie X. It was released on February 21, 2020 by Twin Music and distributed by AWAL. The release followed her extended play Super Sunset (2018). The album was primarily written by Allie X and James Alan Ghaleb, and produced by Oscar Görres. It received generally...
Film 1980s
Law of Desire
Law of Desire is a 1987 film from Spain, associated with Pedro Almodóvar. It keeps a wider cinema field of scale, memory, and regional contrast in view without reducing the title to a bare metadata shell.
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Essays 2020s
Lesbian Desire in Carmilla: The Demon and the Contagion
Lesbian Desire in Carmilla: The Demon and the Contagion is a 2025 essay or critical text by Federica Moneri, linked to a wider international field and English. It keeps the thought field readable as criticism, argument, and editorial con...
Television 2010s
Abstract: The Art of Design
Abstract: The Art of Design is a 2017 television series from United States, shaped by named creators. It helps the serial catalog read as a real field of seasons, institutions, and recurring pressure.