Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker

"Excellent short documentary. I really like the emphasis on the historical waves of tolerance and homophobia, and how that is inevitably worked into advertising as well. Really wonderful to see Jari Jones’s commentary on this, as well as her discussion of how to interface with queer strangers in public hetero spaces, as you don’t know if they’re out or if they’ll be safe once you part ways. Extremely relatable. "

"i wish they didnt include so many clips of scheming/critical advertisers in this, otherwise it would be amazing. love that the ideal american man was based on lgtbq+ standards"