Queer Tastes: Unconventional Representation in Horror Films with Cat Voleur and Jane Keranen

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Queer Tastes: Unconventional Representation in Horror Films.

Censorship, problematic tropes, and extreme violence-it's no wonder the queer community feels so underrepresented in horror cinema. Pansexual author Cat Voleur guides readers through twenty film recommendations selected from over eighty years of scary movies. Her personal experiences with the LGBTQIA+ community are intertwined into these essays about the history of the genre and persistence of the counterculture. Get ready to let the messiest and most fabulous skeletons out of the closet. Honor some classics, get out of your comfort zone, and embrace some problematic favorites because no one should have to hide their Queer Tastes.

This book will be available for purchase at the event.

About This Event

Queer Tastes: Unconventional Representation in Horror Films with Cat Voleur and Jane Keranen
Join us as we welcome Cat Voleur and Jane Keranen for an event in celebration of Voleur's new book Queer Tastes: Unconventional Representation in Horror Films. Pansexual author Cat Voleur guides readers through twenty film recommendations selected from over eighty years of scary movies. Her personal experiences with the LGBTQIA+ community are intertwined into these essays about the history of the genre and persistence of the counterculture. Get ready to let the messiest and most fabulous skeletons out of the closet. Honor some classics, get out of your comfort zone, and embrace some problematic favorites because no one should have to hide their Queer Tastes.

Featured Author

Cat Voleur

Cat Voleur is a full-time horror author with such titles as Revenge Arc, The Lorekeeper, and My Apologies to Tanya Grace. She is a member of the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers and a co-host of The Nic F’n Woo Cage Cast. When she’s not creating or consuming morbid content, you can find her relaxing with her small army of rescued felines.

About the Venue

Pilsen Community Books

Pilsen Community Books is a worker owned and operated independent bookstore that specializes in new and used literary fiction, radical history and politics, and literature in translation. The staff's goal is to unite their bookselling experience with their belief that labor is entitled to all it produces.

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