Examining heterosexuality as a policing arm of fascism through popular media. Last year, the Materialists trailer made me wish we could gather all the straight people in this world on an island and lob SCUD missiles at them. (Colleen Hoover would be at the helm of this group for undisclosed yet obvious reasons). The return of pedestrian heterosexual romcoms at a time when reality is melting like a Dali watch in front of our eyes (apropos: politics; discourse about whether Sabrina’s album cover is feminist or not; AI; did I mention politics?) begs a critical look at heterosexuality in media…
Author: Jahanvi Kuppili
Jahanvi Kuppili
Jahanvi is a comedy writer based in LA.
Hey. It’s me, I’m back. I apologize for being AWOL, you must all be wondering what happened. Well, I can’t believe I’m saying this but I’ve been living my best life the past 6 hours. Also, let me preface this by saying that I did not take a social media break in a desperate bid for attention after my reel flopped nor because my girl boss Cricut start up (that I only got the idea for on TikTok 2 weeks ago) failed to take off around the same time, sending me into a hysterical spiral. No. I took a break…