Closet

audiences were not as knowledgeable and critical at that time as compared to the modern critiques and audiences who observe film in almost all of the possible angles or lenses. With thorough analyzation of the films presented in the documentary Celluloid Closet, I have come up with the three not-so-hidden faces of cinema—of queer cinema to be specific: first, the characters are blatantly presented as gays; second, the characters are real straight guys, but can be studied further with underlying…

The Closet Recently, I started my sophomore year of high school. I came in the year, clueless of what was going to happen throughout the year. I walked into my second period English thinking it was going to be like any other boring year of English but my teacher brought up the question of “who are you?” Like anyone else in the world the first thing I thought of was, “Duh, I am Madisyn. I love to play softball and I like music.” But what I didn’t realize was she meant my culture. “What is culture…

behind this chaotic hodgepodge of obsessions lies a unifying theme: collecting information and expanding my mind. My constant thirst for learning has taken various forms throughout my life. The physical embodiment of this abstract trait is my closet. My closet is my museum; my history. Artifacts from each era lay there, undisturbed, concealed by dust. On the top shelve, a box of tipis evokes one of my favorite and passionate eras: my 3rd grade obsession over Native…

matter what someone does; they never seem to be doing it right. Cleanin’ Out My Closet by Eminem was released September 17th, 2002 and reached number 4 on the United States Billboard Hot 100 chart. Despite the song’s positive critical reception, Eminem is still seen by the media as a ‘wannabee’ African American who glorifies violence, domestic abuse, and rape amongst other controversial issues. In Cleanin’ Out My Closet, Eminem talks about how the media has silenced, excluded, and…

for short, people have a history of getting bullied, harassed both physically and verbally, and discriminated against all because of their sexual orientation and or gender identity. Many were even reluctant of, what many refer as, “coming out of the closet” because they feared they would not receive approval and support. Throughout the years, though, there have been people fighting for equality and the acceptance of these people. Outspoken advocates for gay rights such as Harvey Milk, a…

The monster in the closet There was once a boy named Jeffery, he was 8 ye ars old, loved sports, mainly basketball, and could draw anything you told him to, which would be hard for any ordinary person. He lived in an ordinary house (or so everyone thought), with ordinary parents, and was living an ordinary life until. It was 9:00 p.m. and Jeffery was watching the scariest movie he had ever watched with every monster you could think of 3 headed cats, goblins, one eyed monsters,12 headed turtles,…

There’s a monster in my closet! What is fear? This abstract word is, by definition, “the unpleasant feeling of distress aroused by impending danger, pain, evil, etc” (The American heritage). The stimulus of fight or flight accompanies this; it causes our pupils to dilate to help us see, engulfs us with adrenaline to ready us for action and at the same time, paralyzes the muscles of the body rendering it vulnerable. But why...? how can such a feeling compel man to act so defenseless to the point…

“Carly the Cranky Cat’s closet was cluttered with coconuts, crabs, and cauliflower, and Bart the Blue Baboon’s was bestrewn with broken balloons, bubble-gum, and brunch from the beach,” I read aloud to my class. I was in 5th grade and had Mr. Calvaresi. This was the kind of odd creativity he encouraged and allowed us to have when doing our spelling homework. He told us to make our sentences as creative as possible. He definitely helped influence me to be a more creative and expressive writer.…

would only have to come out once. Coming out of the closet is seemingly the hardest thing you’ve ever have to do when the time comes. Telling your friends and family that you’re not who they thought you were is a life-changer. They’ll give you a blank stare as their minds process it, then comes the questions and the odd looks. It’s hard to directly answer them and you just wanna crawl back under your covers or retreat to the metaphorical closet. But you don’t because you want to make…

decided to be productive, so I set off to clean my closet. It was horrendous. A pile of laundry so high that it reached the ceiling. Not a single article of clothing hanging from a hanger, except for socks without a match. Wrappers and empty bags scattered across the remaining part of the empty floor. Something gooey dripping from a shelf and something crunchy beneath my feet. The light fixture flickers as I make my way into the landfill that is my closet and I get started. I fill up one basket…