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A fantasy of freedom, a stroll in the park gives rise to an opening up of unstable sexual codes, shifting identities and the empowering game of come and go.

Ode to Dorothy reexamines the relationships of the main characters in The Wizard of Oz, revealing these relationships to be much more complicated and dark then we first understood as children. Comprised of footage from The Wizard of Oz and Meet Me in St. Louis, two musicals starring Judy Garland, the tape takes existing, iconographic images and reinterprets the footage to create an alternative narrative to the original storyline intended by L. Frank Baum.

Did you ever have a crush on Anne Murray, singing her greatest hits with your dress tucked into your pantyhose? And what about Anne of Green Gables? These questions and oh so much more are autobiographically answered by performance artist Dayna McLeod in this mash-up that mixes Anne Murray's, “You Needed Me” with the made-for-television Canadian classic, Anne of Green Gables. Originally commissioned as a performance piece for Anne Made Me Gay, curated by Moynan King and Rosemary Rowe, Buddies in Bad Times.

How to Fake an Orgasm will give you insight into your lover’s needs and expectations. With clear, concise examples, this tape will show you exactly what to do and when to do it to get you through your faked orgasm worry free. Faking it will give you instant results that will satisfy your lover’s waning ego and indefinitely postpone those uncomfortable talks about sexual fulfillment.

A video essay that uses voice over to examine compulsory heterosexuality in Wild at Heart (directed by David Lynch, 1990).

A pornographic parody, Watching Lesbian Porn situates feminism as a means of manipulation in the lesbian world of dating. Armed with a selection of feminist texts by Judith Butler, Luce Irigaray, Laura Mulvey, bell hooks, and Andrea Dworkin, McLeod describes how flexible these texts really are. Meanwhile in the background, Ginger Discovery and Lucky Chopps give an over-the-top performance that is charged with campy choreography and sexy slapstick.