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Velvet Goldmine
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splix's topics yesterday! Umm, next easy one.
I saw Velvet Goldmine for the first time when I was in seventh or eighth grade. I know it was around the time I was forced out of the closet. I saw it because of my love for Bowie (which, oddly enough, waned after seeing VG). It opened my eyes to a lot of things. As a Bowie fan, I'd already been exposed to genderfuck. But just seeing it put into practice so beautifully really touched me. It was the first time I saw two men kiss, saw men in makeup portrayed mostly positively. For a very weird kid with no real support network, VG was one of the few things that made me really happy. I know it definitely helped me really accept my sexuality and ultimately my gender identity(ies).
I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have metspacequeen without our mutual love of VG, one of our first bonding points, and that's a friendship I wouldn't give up for anything.
It was also my gateway drugs to a lot of other things: Ewan McGregor and Placeo are two that spring readily to mind.
I haven't seen it in such a long time. My copy (a recorded VHS, which also has the not-so-terribly-amazing Oscar Wilde biopic Wilde on it) vanished awhile ago. However, family has a Netflix subscription and it's one of their view online selections. I keep meaning to rewatch it. I think I may finally do it when I go back to school.
splix's topics yesterday! Umm, next easy one. I saw Velvet Goldmine for the first time when I was in seventh or eighth grade. I know it was around the time I was forced out of the closet. I saw it because of my love for Bowie (which, oddly enough, waned after seeing VG). It opened my eyes to a lot of things. As a Bowie fan, I'd already been exposed to genderfuck. But just seeing it put into practice so beautifully really touched me. It was the first time I saw two men kiss, saw men in makeup portrayed mostly positively. For a very weird kid with no real support network, VG was one of the few things that made me really happy. I know it definitely helped me really accept my sexuality and ultimately my gender identity(ies).
I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have met
spacequeen without our mutual love of VG, one of our first bonding points, and that's a friendship I wouldn't give up for anything.It was also my gateway drugs to a lot of other things: Ewan McGregor and Placeo are two that spring readily to mind.
I haven't seen it in such a long time. My copy (a recorded VHS, which also has the not-so-terribly-amazing Oscar Wilde biopic Wilde on it) vanished awhile ago. However, family has a Netflix subscription and it's one of their view online selections. I keep meaning to rewatch it. I think I may finally do it when I go back to school.
