Park Experts 42 - Jurassic Park as ‘Queer Cinema’

On today’s episode of See Jurassic Right, your host does a mini-deep dive into aspects Jurassic Park that have always felt feminine, queer, and atypical to the overarching, often toxic masculinity that pervades science fiction and action movies. This is a very personal, vulnerable audio-essay, please enjoy! 

Sources:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/06/10/how-gendered-language-leads-scientists-astray/ 

https://www.them.us/story/laura-dern-jurassic-park-shorts-gay-costume 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Halberstam 

https://www.filmandmedia.ucsb.edu/person/nicole-starosielski/ 

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