Girl, Interrupted with Mimi Stringfield

Jordan and Brooke are joined by writer Mimi Stringfield for 1999's edgy drama, forever immortalized in desaturated Tumblr gifs. Mimi gives some great context from the original memoir, we discuss that Winona / Angie pairing (and the infamous kiss), mount a defense for "teen girl" movies to be taken seriously, and do our best rousing rendition of "Downtown."Follow us on Twitter!Follow Mimi on Twitter and Instagram!

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Four-quadrant films are movies designed to appeal to the biggest, widest audience possible. In the process, they can often leave out a lot of LGBTQ+ representation – but end up loaded with subtext. In The Queer Quadrant, hosts Brooke Solomon and Jordan Gustafson examine cinema in all its cultural contexts, and explore why your favorite four-quadrant blockbuster is maybe…not as straight as you think it is.