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Kristen Stewart defended her recent cover shoot for Rolling Stone and dismissed the controversy over the images on Sunday at the Berlin Film Festival, where her new film Love Lies Bleeding was screened.
“The existence of a female body forcing any kind of sexuality on you that isn't exclusive to straight men is something that people aren't particularly comfortable with, and so I'm really comfortable with that,” Stewart said of the photos , which accompany our cover story (via ).
“It’s okay to take different pictures and mix them up in a way that people aren’t used to and don’t want to do, and that’s okay too.”
After the cover was unveiled earlier this week, there was predictably a right-wing meltdown over the images, with both Stewart and Rolling Stone being accused of pushing “'queer' and non-binary ideology.”
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At the Berlin Film Festival, Stewart stood by the images photographed by Collier Schorr and rejected the uproar they had caused in these right-wing circles. “In fact, it's pervasive and everywhere and it's denied and it's crazy that there aren't more images like this,” Stewart said. “I loved the opportunity.”
She added: “The era of queer films that are so pointedly focused is over.” It's done. Maybe they happen, but I think things evolve and move on. It's just the way we all move forward. The point is not to make films about the reasons why they are sidelined, but about people's actual experiences, what they love, what their desires are, where they come from, where they want to go and, yes, not the feeling “that you always have to stand on a damn soapbox and be the spokesman for everyone.”