From the Hays Code to the Yellow Power Ranger, video essayist Rowan Ellis delivers a crash course in queer theory and cinema.

Rowan Ellis is a writer, video essayist and LGTBQ+ advocate known for (often educational) content covering queer history, feminist themes, pop culture and activism.

Creating content specifically for online audiences has allowed Rowan to give half an hour or more over to subjects she is interested in, subjects that might not find the same space for exploration in more traditional media. Rowan’s goal is to make complex ideas feel accessible – based in strong research, pop culture anchors, a direct address to camera and a sense of familiarity with her viewers.

Here she takes on the theme of LGTBQ+ representation in film and TV, specifically the nuances of three common forms of misrepresentation: queercoding, queerbaiting and queercatching (a term Rowan coined herself). Each of these terms describes a tendency in moving image media to avoid explicitly queer depictions, while also taking advantage of how these allusions can appeal to certain audiences.

From The Hays Code to the new phenomenon of "queercatching" - here is the history of queerbaiting. Including all your favourite like every Disney villain ever, Destiel, Valkyrie, Johnlock, Sterek, Le Fou, Sulu, the Yellow Power Ranger, and more! - Description from YouTube