File:Jennifer and Needy's Toxic Relationship - JENNIFER'S BODY

here's how you construct intricate rituals to touch the skin of other (wo)men i have so much love for jennifer's body and it was unacceptable to me that i hadn't done an essay on it yet. i also wanted to wait to until i actually had a new take on it, and i sure got one today. so here it is: the inherent homoeroticism of toxic teen friendships, and specifically in jennifer's body!

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an excellent related video: Heathers, Jawbreaker & The Timelessness of Killer Cliques | yhara zayd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgl9pTmws7E&t=1655s&ab_channel=Yharazayd

links to articles: ‘Jennifer’s Body’ at 10: A Violent Feminist Tale Ahead of Its Time https://filmdaze.net/jennifers-body-at-10/

How Homoeroticism Taught Me About Intimacy in Friendships https://medium.com/candour/how-homoeroticism-taught-me-about-intimacy-in-friendships-c746955122a0

The Link Between Sexual Repression and Homo-eroticism https://medium.com/candour/sexual-repression-homo-eroticism-and-what-georgia-taught-me-about-both-1295a28e76b2

THE EVOLUTION OF THE VAMPIRE “OTHER”: SYMBOLS OF DIFFERENCE FROM FOLKLORE TO MILLENNIAL LITERATURE http://thesis.honors.olemiss.edu/555/1/%20%20THE%20EVOLUTION%20OF%20THE%20VAMPIRE%20_OTHER_-%20SYMBOLS%20OF%20DIFFERENCE%20FROM%20FOLKLORE%20TO%20MILLENNIAL%20LITERATURE%20.pdf

Lived Experiences of Queer Female Youth in High School https://repository.usfca.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2160&context=thes

Cultural Suppression of Female Sexuality (the one i wouldn’t rec lol) https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1037/1089-2680.6.2.166

Film: The Hollywood Production Code of 1930 and LGBT Characters https://medium.com/@sophiecleg/how-did-the-hollywood-production-code-of-1930-shape-the-representation-of-lgbt-characters-in-film-93e92a4fec62

From Sissies to Secrecy: The Evolution of the Hays Code Queer https://filmicmag.com/2015/08/01/from-sissies-to-secrecy-the-evolution-of-the-hays-code-queer/

What Is Heteronormativity? https://www.verywellhealth.com/heteronormativity-5092451

Brief discussion on Adrinne Rich (who popularized the term "compulsory heterosexuality") and her transphobic views https://bit.ly/3cTOFOF

Data chart referenced https://www.pewforum.org/2019/10/17/in-u-s-decline-of-christianity-continues-at-rapid-pace/pf_10-17-19_rdd_update-00-01/

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INTRO 0:00 TOXIC TEENS AND DRAMA QUEENS 1:52 HOMOEROTICISM AND HOMOPHOBIA 4:43 GOD YOU'RE BUTCH 11:19 YOU'RE TOXIC I'M SLIPPIN UNDER 19:33 JENNIFER'S HEART 22:22