From Lisa Ann Walter’s character Chessy to “Tie-Dye Girl,” the ’90s classic is a beloved entity for queer folks
Michael Elias
Michael Elias is a multidisciplinary writer focusing on queer subject matters. They have published essays, opinion pieces, and media analyses in publications such as Into, Catapult, The Niche, and elsewhere, as well as poetry in Homologylit, Passengers Journal, and harana poetry. Michael currently lives in London after graduating with an M.A. in Writing for Stage and Broadcast Media from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. They are working on their debut novel and are represented for it by Roma Panganiban at Janklow & Nesbit.
Finding euphoria in acts of self-creation
We centre our choice to become, rather than our suffering in not becoming