Culture & Curiosities
Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Archive
About
The Immoralists
From André Gide to Michel Foucault, predatory behavior has frequently hijacked calls for gay rights to justify abuse.
Jason Colavito
Mar 30, 2021
16
5
Share this post
The Immoralists
jasoncolavito.substack.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
New
Top
Community
Dissecting a Franken-Quote
A famous quotation turns out to be a Frankenstein's monster of sewn together parts.
Jason Colavito
Mar 8
8
1
Share this post
Dissecting a Franken-Quote
jasoncolavito.substack.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
Shedding Light on "Children of the Dark"
The morally bankrupt mirror of "Rebel without a Cause" exposes the bleakness of 1950s attitudes toward sex and gender and highlights what the movie did…
Jason Colavito
Feb 22
2
Share this post
Shedding Light on "Children of the Dark"
jasoncolavito.substack.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
“... And a Classmate”
Berlin's annual film festival celebrates "Rebel without a Cause," with one notable and inexplicable exception.
Jason Colavito
Feb 14
3
Share this post
“... And a Classmate”
jasoncolavito.substack.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
“It would not have helped either of us”
Exploring the origins of the claim James Dean was sexually abused by a minister.
Jason Colavito
Dec 14, 2022
4
Share this post
“It would not have helped either of us”
jasoncolavito.substack.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
"You're Tearing Me Apart!"
A prose adaptation of "Rebel without a Cause" offers insight into the many ways Warner Bros. misunderstood their own film.
Jason Colavito
Dec 6, 2022
4
Share this post
"You're Tearing Me Apart!"
jasoncolavito.substack.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
Read My New Piece on "Ancient Apocalypse" in "The New Republic"
How a Netflix series about the hunt for the lost city of Atlantis became yet another front in the culture war—and the latest example of elite…
Jason Colavito
Dec 6, 2022
9
2
Share this post
Read My New Piece on "Ancient Apocalypse" in "The New Republic"
jasoncolavito.substack.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
The strange story of how a bad book pushed James Dean back into the posthumous closet.
Jason Colavito
Nov 7, 2022
2
1
Share this post
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
jasoncolavito.substack.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
See all
Culture & Curiosities
Subscribe
About
Archive
Sitemap
Share this publication
Culture & Curiosities
jasoncolavito.substack.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
Culture & Curiosities
History, pop culture, oddities, and outrage.
By Jason Colavito
· Over 1,000 subscribers
Subscribe
No thanks
By registering you agree to Substack's
Terms of Service
, our
Privacy Policy
, and our
Information Collection Notice
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts