By: Heather

I didn’t mind this movie – but I think the movie misunderstood itself? The problem with Harper and Abby isn’t that Harper isn’t Out. The problem with Harper and Abby is that Harper is a selfish, thoughtless asshole. If you’re bringing your gf home to your homophobic family to pretend to be your straight friend, you better be fucking GROVELING. You should be ditching your family obligations at every opportunity to supply your girl with a steady stream of rum & cokes. And through this entire movie, Harper doesn’t just fake straight – she leaves Abby to fend for herself in unfamiliar territory. She blubbers about making it up to her, but the deed is done, Harper. You don’t deserve a second chance with Abby. Your second chance is with your next girlfriend. Riley hobbled so Abby could walk so whoever you date when Abby finally gets the courage to dump you could run.

Anyway, I will be watching it again with my parents. I am lucky to have very supportive and open-minded parents whose reaction to my coming out was “thank god! we were worried you would die alone!” and I can already guess what scenes my mom will cry at and what emotional speech they will make at the end. Bless.