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HISTORICAL FACTS: Fire island - Caught on Camera

After a 1962 storm battered Fire Island, Robert Moses proposed a highway along the New York barrier island; residents fought it and 17 private communities now sit inside a national seashore

The fierce nor'easter of 1962 became a pivotal moment for Robert Moses as he sought to introduce a highway on Fire Island. Yet, the local populace and property owners stood firm against the initiative, worried for their environment and community’s future. Their activism prompted valuable support from the federal government,…

The Times of India

DSA Goes for Florida

Plus: Fire Island, data center NIMBYism, cost-of-living discourse, and more...

Reason

Pride makes me feel like an imposter

Every June, I'm forced to reckon with the parts of myself that still don't fit

Salon

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Secrets and longing surface as Saint Laurent menswear parades at Pinault’s art palace

It-designer Anthony Vaccarello has sent out a Saint Laurent men’s collection that felt both sun-drenched and haunted, set not just in the heart of Paris, but drifting somewhere between the city and the legendary queer enclave of Fire Island in New York

The Independent UK

Saint Laurent’s Paris fashion week show takes audience on a holiday to Fire Island

Sunglasses and bright colours dominated a beach-ready collection, as director Anthony Vaccarello namechecked artists who documented LGBTQ+ life

The Guardian - UK

‘Made for sex’: the hedonistic party palaces of New York’s Fire Island – and the blond bombshell who made them

It is a ‘queer Xanadu’, a sliver of sand where weekend-long revelling takes place in fabulous modernist beach-houses. As Fire Island gets its mojo back, we celebrate the Speedos-wearing architect who defined its look

The Guardian - UK

Standing stones, urban hellscapes and male nudes: Derek Jarman’s glorious Super 8 short films

The easy freedom of this medium allowed the artist to range over subjects as diverse as Tarot, male nudes at Fire Island and a friend’s flat – and offer clues to his more public feature films

The Guardian - UK

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Rex Heuermann investigated for two other Gilgo Beach murders

It took years for the remains of Karen Vergata and Valerie Mack to be identified and – as of yet – Rex Heuermann has not been charged with their murders

The Independent UK

Sons of newly-identified Gilgo Beach murder victim Karen Vergata ‘weren’t warned by police’

Long Island police on Friday identified the victim previously known only as Jane Doe 7

The Independent UK

Sharks bite 3 Long Island swimmers on July 4, day after teen surfer attacked off Fire Island beach

Sharks bit at least two swimmers on the beaches of Fire Island and another swimmer in the Hamptons on Tuesday, authorities said, startling vacationers, closing beaches and bringing the tally of possible bites at the Long Island summer destinations to five in just two days.

Tribune News Service

Fire Island Is An Underrated And Amazing Romantic Comedy (And Perfect To Watch During Pride Month)

Fire Island is an incredibly underrated and amazing rom-com, it's also the perfect watch to celebrate Pride Month.

Cinemablend

Boat debris washed up on New York shore may belong to famous SS Savannah shipwreck in 1821

A chunk of weather-beaten flotsam that washed up on a New York shoreline last fall has piqued the interest of experts who say it is likely part of a famous shipwreck

The Independent UK

Flotsam found off New York may be from famous SS Savannah

A chunk of weather-beaten flotsam that washed up on a New York shoreline last fall has piqued the interest of experts who say it is likely part of a famous shipwreck

The Independent UK

The Kingdom of Sand by Andrew Holleran; Fire Island by Jack Parlett – review

The author of gay cult classic Dancer from the Dance moves on from disco-fuelled revels to ‘death’s antechamber’ in his august portrait of a man for whom duty calls in Florida

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The Conversation

Art, freedom and drag invasions: the history of New York's Fire Island as a gay sanctuary

Recently screened at the Sydney Film Festival, Fire Island is a rom-com inspired by Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, the film breaking traditional conventions to feature gay romance as the plot.

Los Angeles Times

How queer Asian American rom-com 'Fire Island' became summer's sexiest breakout hit

Joel Kim Booster and Bowen Yang remember that first trip, years ago, to the beachy New York LGBTQ resort that would inspire the Hulu rom-com, "Fire Island." Before playing BFFs Noah (Booster) and Howie (Yang) in the film, who find unexpected romances while vacationing at the Long Island party destination,…

Chicago Tribune

My worst moment: ‘Fire Island’ star Margaret Cho on wearing all white and experiencing a truly crappy situation

The Hulu romantic comedy “Fire Island” takes Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” and puts a modern gay spin on it, both fizzy and incisive about classism and racism. Margaret Cho co-stars in a role that is part den mother, part provider of vacation housing.

Salon

Behind the scenes of "Fire Island"

Director Andrew Ahn on the performance of queerness, finding power in race and capturing "beautiful beings" on film

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As screenwriter and star of Hulu’s ‘Fire Island,’ Joel Kim Booster puts the Pride in ‘Pride and Prejudice’

CHICAGO — The romantic comedy “Fire Island” is a very gay, very horny, very charming riff on Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” set on present-day Fire Island in New York. There is banter aplenty, a lot of it dirty. Both sweet and filled with spiky humor, it comes from screenwriter…

Tribune News Service

Review: 'Fire Island' is a witty, gay take on Jane Austen

The quick-witted "Fire Island" is like Jane Austen, if the 19th-century writer's novels contained more booty shorts and recreational drugs.

The Independent UK

Fire Island review: A sweet, queer romcom that takes aim at Jane Austen’s ‘hetero nonsense’

Joel Kim Booster’s breezy reimagining places ‘Pride & Prejudice’ in the context of contemporary gay culture

The Guardian - US

Fire Island review – breezy gay spin on Pride and Prejudice fails to ignite

There are winning performances and some sharp moments in Andrew Ahn’s queer take on Jane Austen’s romantic comedy but it’s hampered by missteps

Chicago Sun-Times

Joel Kim Booster, a former Chicago comedian, updates Jane Austen in ‘Fire Island’

Transplanting ‘Pride and Prejudice’ to the LGBTQ beach destination allows actor-writer to explore how ‘people communicate across class lines.’

Benzinga

Disney Debuts Trailer For LGBTQ Rom-Com 'Fire Island'

The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) is getting an early jump on June’s Pride Month celebrations by dropping the trailer for “Fire Island,” an LGBTQ rom-com scheduled to premiere June 3 on Hulu.

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