15 Years Later, Hairspray Is Still A Queer Masterpiece

A girl I dated in high school introduced me to the remake of the Hairspray movie when it came out in 2017. We got a smorgasbord of fast food–chicken nuggets and pizza and milkshakes and curly fries–and embarked on my first watch. She did that thing where she watched me watch the movie, waiting for my reaction. I liked the movie, but it made me uncomfortable for reasons I couldn’t fully verbalize. Growing up in rural East Tennessee, I had made a point to try not to be an other, and this was a whole movie celebrating being an outsider:… Read Full Article