By Gabriel Barr [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEddixS-UoU] Our society is one that prides itself on its differences but still chooses to judge others on the ones that stick out the most in relation to restrictive norms. There are stigmatizing labels for everything from sexuality to gender to whether or not one enjoys certain foods. One way that […]

By Olivia Germann The freak shows of America may not exist in their original forms today, but their memories live on in film. The quintessential film Freaks is not only considered to be a groundbreaking film, but also one that redefined the genre of horror. Using real performers from the freak show, the movie caused […]

“The circus aesthetic is born in a queer world from queer artists and disrupts the normative at every turn. The lady with the beard is the ringleader and not in the sideshow… a bridge into this magical world.”  Jennifer Miller (Hou, “Queer Spectacle…”) I was initially introduced to Jennifer Miller through reading “Live From New […]