Simon vs the Homosapiens Agenda, known perhaps more broadly by its film title — Love, Simon — was a groundbreaking book in my life as a young queer person, as it was for many young queer people alike. Come explore some of the underlying differences between the book and the movie adaptation and how they speak to a greater theme in queer representation on screen.
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My name is Elle (they/he/she) and I'm a genderfluid aro-space ace doing my queer thing here in the internet universe. I'm also autistic and all-around neurodivergent. Join me and let's be gay brain nerds. I'd really like that. Love you!!
0:00 introduction
2:08 context
4:37 erasing disability
5:48 email timeline
6:52 character development
8:40 Leah & fatphobia
10:33 theatre
12:05 intimacy
13:56 age
17:30 bigger picture
20:08 byeee