Cassandra Langer

Jackson Heights

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Contributing Writer at Gay & Lesbian Review

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Articles

‘Transatlantic Transformations’

Sep 2, 2024 | glreview.org | Cassandra Langer

Published in: September-October 2024 issue. BRILLIANT EXILESAmerican Women in Paris, 1900-1939National Portrait GalleryCatalog edited by Robin AslesonYale Univ. Press. 288 pages, $55.80THE SMITHSONIAN’S National Portrait Gallery has forged new paths in scholarship and history with its exhibition Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900–1939, which is showing there until next February (after which it travels to Georgia).
Companionship & Transformation: Linus Borgo

Mar 20, 2024 | glreview.org | Cassandra Langer

Linus Borgo: MonstrumYossi Milo GalleryNov. 30, 2023-Feb. 2, 2024Visceral and shocking to many, Linus Borgo’s first solo show, Monstrum, at Yossi Milo Gallery on Tenth Avenue in the trendy, Chelsea art district of NYC, seeks to awaken and educate viewers on what one is willing to sacrifice to feel at home in their body.
The Suits in Garbo’s Closet

Mar 1, 2024 | glreview.org | Cassandra Langer

Published in: March-April 2024 issue. IDEAL BEAUTYThe Life and Times of Greta Garboby Lois W. BannerRutgers Univ. Press. 286 pages, $34.95CELEBRITIES who retreat from the public eye become all the more intriguing because of their aura of inaccessibility. Greta Garbo retired from the screen at 35 and led a secluded life until she died in 1990. She made 28 movies in her career and acquired the status of Hollywood royalty.
Review of Nelly & Nadine

Aug 1, 2023 | glreview.org | Cassandra Langer |Byron’s Taste

Nelly & NadineWritten by Jesper Osmund and Magnus GerttenDirected by Magnus GerttenOf the many films unearthed recently depicting the remarkable, courageous women from the second World War, none is more astonishing than the story of Nadine and Nellie, discovered by French lesbian/feminist Suzette Robishon during her research into the Shoah. It is a true lesbian love story. I first learned of Nadine Hwang while researching my biography of Romaine Brooks.