First part: Why Thai Girl Love shows are built different, and why it matters. Part I: How we got Thai sapphic cinema Most people who watch Thai GL (including myself), if asked to list "Thai GL tropes", would probably name recurring plot points (such as redemption arcs of homophobic parenta » Continue Reading
Storytime. Once upon a time, in 2021, with Thai BL industry blooming, a TV host, BL actor, and LGBT activist with a telling nickname Saint (passport name: Suppapong Udomkaewkanjana; in Thailand everyone has a long passport name and a given nickname for daily usage) decided to say "fuck you" to every market trend, and make a good Girl Love show. His intentions wer » Continue Reading
Full disclosure: I did not have a very good time on "Old Web". Granted, I wasn't there during "true golden time" (90s-early 2000s), of the "catalogues and travel blogs", but starting from around 2008 and onwards. I stumbled across a lot of things I shouldn't have stumbled across. Engaged with early hate content (yes, it was there, the algorithms just weren't able to push it down everyone's throat ... » Continue Reading