Absolute Pleasure

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Queer Perspectives on Rocky Horror

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Queer writers reflect on the complicated legacy of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Since its earliest midnight showings at the Waverly Theater in New York City, The Rocky Horror Picture Show has been an underground sensation. For five decades, people around the world have dressed up... Read More

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"A collection of essays by queer writers that explore the complicated legacy of The Rocky Horror Picture Show along with queer and trans joy, sexuality, family, and generational understandings of queerness"-- Provided by publisher.

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Queer writers reflect on the complicated legacy of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Since its earliest midnight showings at the Waverly Theater in New York City, The Rocky Horror Picture Show has been an underground sensation. For five decades, people around the world have dressed up and gathered in dark theatres to dance, yell, mime obscene acts, and forge connections with other queer people and weirdos.

The film shattered expectations and social norms at the time of its release. But how does its presentation of queerness—not to mention its portrayals of murder, manipulation, consent violation, and cannibalism—hold up today? The essays in Absolute Pleasure by queer writers including Sarah Gailey, Grace Lavery, and Magdalene Visaggio explore the film's complicated legacy, along with queer and trans joy, sexuality, family, generational understandings of queerness, and what we do with our problematic faves.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781558613508

Publisher: Feminist Press at The City University of New York

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 October 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Feminist Press at The City University of New York

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

Foreword by Carmen Maria Machado
Contributions by Sarah Gailey
Contributions by Magdalene Visaggio
Contributions by Grace Lavery
Edited by Margot Atwell

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 215.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 272

Collections

Arts & Culture Biography & Memoir Education & Reference LGBTQ+ Non-Fiction Science & Nature

About the Author

Margot Atwell (she/her/hers) is a writer, editor, publisher, speaker, and community funding expert. She is the former executive director and publisher of Feminist Press. Previously, she was head of publishing and director of community outreach at Kickstarter, PBC, and publisher of Beaufort Books. In 2019, she was selected as aPublishers WeeklyStar Watch Honoree and received the Digital Book World Outstanding Achievement Award. She's the coauthor ofThe Insider's Guide to Book Publishing Success and author ofDerby Life. You can find her onTwitterorInstagramat @MargotAtwell, and read her writing in herOn the Books newsletter.