Not Just a Phase: Queer Girlhood and Coming of Age on Screen

Whitney Monaghan

doi:10.3167/ghs.2019.120109

Not Just a Phase: Queer Girlhood and Coming of Age on Screen

Whitney Monaghan

Film & Screen Studies

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Abstract

In this article, I seek to interrogate the visibility of queer girls in contemporary cinema. I demonstrate how queerness has long been associated with a passing phase of adolescent development in the teen media sphere. I reflect on the nuanced relationships between queerness and girlhood in four contemporary US independent queer films, arguing that Pariah (2011), Mosquita y Mari (2012), First Girl I Loved (2016), and Princess Cyd (2017) are representative of a new wave of queer girlhood on screen. Rejecting the pervasive tropes of coming out as coming of age and just a phase, these films use queer girlhood to challenge linear models of girlhood.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	98-113
Number of pages	16
Journal	Girlhood Studies
Volume	12
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3167/ghs.2019.120109
Publication status	Published - Mar 2019

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