Analysis Of Kiss Jessica Stein

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Jessica Stein is queer under the definition of queer as a rejection of identities, sexual and other, that are deemed traditional – i.e. not homosexual, heterosexual or bi, but some convoluted mixture of them all. Vague in both definition and recognition, however, it is this indeterminacy that creates a non-specific overlay permitting a wide range of possibilities. Being queer is rebuffing what can be labeled, but being what you are and succumbing to what you desire. Kissing Jessica Stein tells the story of a conservative single woman in New York City, frustrated by her failure with men, until she meets Helen, a sexually overt woman. As the two explore the physical and emotion benefits to sexual fluidity, Jessica struggles to define herself …show more content…

The queer theory considers sexuality as always being modified, passing boundaries and normality. In Kissing Jessica Stein, Jessica finds herself seduced by temptation and wonders if she could find all those things she looks for in a partner: a friend, a protector, someone to be there when she’s sick, in a woman. Paula C. Rust suggests that the most common change among peoples, is their own position on the sexual landscape. Socially constructed by dialogue, interaction, our environment creates a universal stigma of sexual normality. In Kissing Jessica Stein there is a scene in which Helen and Jessica sit at a bar when approached by two men to whom they prose the question: Can a woman who’s only been with men be attracted to women? Directly relating to the concept of sexual fluidity – Could Jessica’s sexual landscape change? Based on how we see that she falls in love with a woman, the answer is yes. Sexual desire goes beyond genetic attraction, but extends to emotion fancy and lust. As a result of Jessica’s ability to reject her tradition sexual orientation, her sexual landscape is …show more content…

I believe that anyone, even someone who’s heterosexual, can identify as queer because being queer does not mean just being homosexual, but it is a rejection of label explaining who you are and who you like and it. By definition, to be queer means you are free of restriction, and crave the openness of any possibility of love. Jessica Stein is not queer because she engages in a relationship with a woman, who knows, Helen could be the only woman she ever loves, but Jessica Stein is queer because she rejects traditional sexual identities and succumbs to her desires for a life alternating love, regardless of the

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