Sentences with phrase «atmosphere of homophobia»

23 As Jones and Jonathan D. Katz have convincingly argued, silence emerged as Cage's primary means of countering the fervently expressive, highly individualistic machismo associated with Abstract Expressionism.24 It was a construct that gave him room to act independently as an artist in a world dominated by the abstract expressionist paradigm and to create space for himself as a gay man in the atmosphere of homophobia that permeated postwar American culture.

At a time when «Making a Murderer» caused a sensation, «Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four» could resonate; Deborah S. Esquenazi's film deals with four women who were convicted of assault in an atmosphere of homophobia and religious panic.

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But TRUE LIES also picks up a lot of nasty subtext from the Bond films and expands upon it (deliberately or not), and the larky atmosphere is ultimately poisoned by racism, homophobia, and misogyny.

Grant sums up the atmosphere in New York: «Children are only as progressive as their parents and teachers... and a lot of teachers have inherent homophobia, and that transfers to students.»