One of the definitive queer classics of the late nineties, this cult favorite balances hilariously campy satire with sweet romantic comedy. Natasha Lyonne stars as Megan Bloomfield, a bubbly, all-American high school cheerleader who fantasizes about her fellow squad mates but doesn’t believe she could possibly be a lesbian. When her parents stage an intervention and send her to True Directions, a conversion therapy camp run by the terrifying Mary Brown (Cathy Moriarty), Megan paradoxically discovers her true self. Employing deliberately kitschy production design influenced by John Waters, director Jamie Babbit crafts a subversive send-up of traditional gender stereotypes that, while largely overlooked on its release, now seems positively ahead of its time

CLITERION COLLECTION: A new film series centering dÿke and trans representation in cinema. Selections by resident they/thems Lu & Mary.