The modern interpretation of Anne of Green Gables reflected queer and gender-diverse people’s lives back at them
Andi Schwartz
Andi Schwartz is femme, a freelancer and a graduate student at York University. Her writing has appeared in Xtra, GUTS, Herizons, Broken Pencil and Shameless. She lives in Toronto with her fur babies, Franny and Zooey.
500 Che’s of summer
OPINION: How Che Diaz in “And Just Like That” is the textbook Manic Pixie Dream Queer
‘Legally Blonde’ wasn’t all ‘bend and snap.’ The beloved film was a true celebration of heroic femmedom
Twenty years on, the comedy classic outlasted “girl power” and anticipated the #MeToo movement
How femme memoirs challenge queer stereotypes about rural living
Working-class country living isn’t always bad for queer folks. Five authors tackle femme identity and queerness outside city limits
How female friendships helped me celebrate my bisexuality
Because it’s our girl friends, not just our girlfriends, who are the greatest loves of our lives
How memoirs by femmes became a second mother to me
If these texts offer a framework for how we might embody queer desire, then they can also model for us how we might survive abuse, how we might make it home
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