How is it that this bizarre and unadulteratedly queer film managed to cement itself so expansively in the pop culture zeitgeist? When it came out in 1975, the film marked a benchmark of queer representation in a post-Stonewall world. In 2023, the film is seen a little differently. Yes, it’s still celebrated as the greatest cult film of all time, but it doesn’t quite live up to the PC standards of our post-pandemic world. So why do we love this film so much? Is it even okay to love this film? This issue of POP STAR B*TCH ZINE isn’t so much about answering these questions as it is about examining why we feel the need to answer these questions in the first place.