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8 Queer YA Novels With Coming of Age Hope to Relive Alice Wu’s “The Half of It”

Queer YA novels with themes similar to Alice Wu’s already beloved movie: falling in love through letter writing, figuring out your queer identity, keeping secrets, new friendships, small towns, and…

Casey —

Aug 18, 2020

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Six Queer Asian Artists on “The Half of It” and the Future of Queer Asian Cinema

Alice Wu’s “The Half of It” has been for out less than a week, and it’s already become a classic. We brought together some of Autostraddle’s queer and trans Asian…

The Speakeasy —

May 6, 2020

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Pop Culture Fix: Let’s Keep Talking About “The Half Of It” Forever

Get ready to love Alice Wu more, Marceline and Princess Bubblegum are back, the final She-Ra trailer, the horniest episode of Xena, Janelle Monae’s new horror film has a release…

Heather Hogan —

May 4, 2020

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netflix

movie reviews

A Love Letter to Alice Wu’s “The Half Of It”

You’re as epic as the concept of love and as small as the town of Squahamish. You’re as perfect as a movie can be and as messy as a movie…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Apr 30, 2020

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Alice Wu on “The Half Of It,” Artistic Integrity, and Her High School Crush

“Being a closeted teen who wasn’t even aware meant I just listened to melancholy songs and imbued an unrealistic amount of meaning to them.”

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Apr 30, 2020

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netflix

movie reviews

Alice Wu’s “The Half Of It” Lives Up to the Hype by Fulfilling and Subverting the Expectations Set by “Saving Face”

Contemporary YA novels don’t necessarily have happy endings so much as hopeful ones, and The Half of It follows this blueprint, delicately treading the fine line between saccharine and heartfelt…

Malinda Lo —

Apr 29, 2020

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movie news & trailers

“The Half Of It” Trailer: Alice Wu is Back With the Lesbian Teen Romcom of Your Dreams

Yes, this is a coming-of-age lesbian teen romcom by the director of Saving Face, and, yes, I did cry tears of joy in the first minute of the trailer.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Apr 9, 2020