I've thoroughly enjoyed the first season of Netflix Original series Stranger Things. If you would like to read my queer perspectives on and initial thoughts you can find my review HERE.
PUBLICATION UPDATE: Since posting these rough early thoughts, my analysis has been updated and expanded to take into account Season 2. That analysis, 'AIDS, Homophobia and the Monstrous Upside Down' has been published in an edited collection Uncovering Stranger Things: Essays on Eighties Nostalgia, Innocence and Cynicism in the Series (2018, ed. Kevin J. Wetmore). You can buy the book from Amazon HERE.
PUBLICATION UPDATE: Since posting these rough early thoughts, my analysis has been updated and expanded to take into account Season 2. That analysis, 'AIDS, Homophobia and the Monstrous Upside Down' has been published in an edited collection Uncovering Stranger Things: Essays on Eighties Nostalgia, Innocence and Cynicism in the Series (2018, ed. Kevin J. Wetmore). You can buy the book from Amazon HERE.