Harmony and BJ Colangelo

“Being women, let alone visibly queer women in a male-dominated industry, has meant there’s never been a seat for us at the table, so we’ve built our own damn table,” BJ and Harmony Colangelo tell GO. “In a field like entertainment analysis, LGBTQIA+ people have a god-given right to engage with art of all genres and varying degrees of quality and love it fiercely.” The Los Angeles-based couple are writers and film analysts and host the popular coming-of-age podcast, This Ends at Prom. Collectively and individually, their writing has been published in Fangoria, The A.V. Club, Playboy, Vulture, Shudder, and Bloody Disgusting. They’ve spoken at Comic-Con International: San Diego, frequently host and moderate talkbacks and panels, and appeared in the docuseries Queer for Fear and the Double Take documentary series on Shout! TV. They also (literally) wrote the book on the cult horror film Sleepaway Camp and hosted a talkback on the film at the Academy Museum. When asked about formative pop culture, both Colangelos have answers at the ready. “I am the woman I am today because I saw Elvira: Mistress of the Dark at a formative age and have dedicated my life to embodying everything she represents, including being a certified ‘ghoul kisser,’” says BJ. Harmony chimes in: “I am the woman I am today because I saw Alexis Arquette threaten to beat a transphobe with a patio umbrella on The Surreal Life, and it was the first time I realized that was a possibility for me.” —LE