Fabiola and Saffron are back to unpack Paul Verhoeven’s controversial camp classic Showgirls and the honesty of its heightened identities. With their conversation about the darkness of camp, they chart a path for this new season.
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Aesthetics for Birds. “What Is ‘Camp’? Five Scholars Discuss Sontag, the Met Gala, and Camp’s Queer Origins.” Aesthetics for Birds, 2 May 2022, aestheticsforbirds.com/2019/05/06/what-is-camp-five-scholars-discuss-sontag-the-met-gala-and-camps-queer-origins/.
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