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2/2/10

Grey's Anatomy: Navigating the Lesbian Landscape of Love, Part 1

This two-part special on the Lesbians of Grey's Anatomy is brought to you by Lesbiatopia's guest blogger Selin Ildokuz

Callie Torres is an Attending Orthopedic Surgeon at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital. She likes to sleep around and not just with anyone, no, with Mc Steamy aka Mark Sloan. She was previously married to George O’Malley and then everyone made fun of her and called her Callie O’Malley. Callie dancing is pretty darn sexy.

Erica Hahn was an attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Seattle Grace Hospital. She was a mean person to everyone on the show except Callie, whom she has a thing for as we later found out. We didn’t really know much about her past, just that she was second in her class. (She is not really my cup of tea, if I may say so myself.)


Callie and Erica’s Story:



It all began when Erica and Callie were always hanging out, like they were inseparable. They used to hang out at Callie’s apartment and have a couple of beers and whine and just talk about how their day went. Erica was always mean to young up-coming Cardio God Christina Yang, it was like her favorite hobby and it really angered poor Christina. So she talked to Callie and she got Erica to “soften” up a bit. Not too much but she was still her evil old self. Then Addison Adrianne Forbs Montgomery-Shepherd (that’s a mouth full to say!) who is Callie’s friend from Los Angeles, comes by and starts wondering if Callie is “speaking the Vagina Monologue now?” Callie just looked at her and said “No. I like penis. I am a huge fan of penis.” (So she says for right now). In an episode called “Losing My Mind” Callie and Erica taught Mark Sloan (man whore) into having a threesome. But Mark claims that he was a new man and got up and left. Later in that episode, Callie, Erica and Mark all get in an elevator. (And if I know one thing about Grey’s Anatomy it’s that, that particular elevator must be the slowest elevator in the world). Erica and Callie are still taunting Mark about a threesome and Erica mentions to Mark that he cannot handle a threesome. He argues with her and then Erica kisses Callie on her lips. After kissing Callie, Erica walks out of the elevator and tells Mark he really can’t handle it. Mark tells Callie to meet him in the on-call room in ten minutes and then walks off pissed. Callie (is complete and total shock) then walks out of the elevator and fallows Mark. (Note: On-Call rooms in Grey’s are not used for sleeping). Callie the next day calls Mark her boyfriend and shuts Erica out. Erica tells her that she doesn’t make friends easy but she made friends with Callie, and Callie ends up feeling a little bit bad. In the last episode of season four which is called “Freedom” a patient stuck in cement comes into the hospital. (There are many odd cases on Grey’s this just so happens to be one of them). The boy had laid down in a bed of cement because the girl he likes was watching his every move and he just could not chicken out. (This episode revolves around Callie and how if she wants to be “free” she has to tell Erica how she really feels, and “escape her cement”) At the end of the episode Callie finally confronts Erica and kisses her, and Erica kisses back. This is the beginning of the only regular bisexual/lesbian couple currently on network television. (As stated by on After Ellen)

Callie and Erica soon in an episode called “A Brave New World” (which was for Callie and Erica, now known as Callica) One of my favorite quotes from the series would be from Dr. Miranda Bailey “The va-jay-jay is undiscovered country. It is the mother land. You've never traveled there... You don't know its customs and ways. Now me? I've always wanted to go to Africa. But if I go, I'm going to have to learn a few things first. I'm going to have to prepare. I'll need shots. Bring my own syringes, in case something goes wrong. And I'll wanna know how to get to the embassy.” Another great quote from the episode would be from Callie herself “It's awkward. Because she's a colleague and because she's an attending and because she's a ... she. There's been kissing, but ... no touching and what if I'm not into it? What if I'm horrible at all that stuff... south. I've never been south of the border. With a female. I mean, I've never even been over the ... northern mountains, if you know what I'm saying.” So they have sex and Erica has a revelation! She realizes that she is truly gay.

News of all of this goes up to the big boys in the ABC Company, and soon Brooke Smith is fired from the cast of Grey’s. The last episode that Brooke Smith was working on, I believe to be her best. Callie took the side of one of the doctors in the hospital over a matter that happened about 2 years ago. (Don’t kill me if my time line is messed up!) Erica got mad that Callie and the rest of the staff at Seattle Grace was coving for her. She yelled at poor Callie and said that she had no idea who Callie was and stormed off into the parking-lot-of-doom. (There is this hole back-story to Grey’s about how they can’t keep a single Cardio surgeon and with Erica gone that makes the count to 2).

(The reason Brooke Smith got fired was “not because she was a lesbian” but because “there was no chemistry between Erica and Callie. I believe this to be false, but that’s just me and I can actually think like a writer on Grey’s. I believe she got fired because she was playing a lesbian role, now I didn’t really like Brooke’s acting as the lesbian, but I liked her better as the bitch that everyone hated. But I mean if word came down from the heads of ABC to fire her, no questions were asked, but everyone knew semi-why.)

Callie is completely crushed until, well until Sadie comes along. Sadie is a natural flirt and she is very annoying and odd. But I suppose everyone has a place. Callie believes that she is falling for Sadie and she soon realizes that she was only replacing the hole in her heart and not actually letting it heal. Sadie gets fired because she has no idea how to be a doctor, or how to actually save people’s lives. She leaves and we are once again left with one lesbian. (Sad I know but its get waaaaay better!)

Arizona Robbins played by Jessica Capshaw Picture below:

She is the head of Pediatric surgery at Seattle Grace Hospital. She is kind of like a child herself. She wears roller shoes and is super perky. And I mean SUPER! She is also pretty hot (if I do say so myself). She has her down moments and sometimes ends up crying. Her personality is “quirky.” She replaced another doctor who died of a heart attack. During Arizona’s residency she was chief resident. She wears a pink scrub cap to appeal to her little patients.


Stay tuned for Part 2 of "Navigating the Lesbian Landscape of Love" with Callie and Arizona’s story...

8/20/09

Top Chef Las Vegas: The Lesbians Du Jour

For those of you who are foodies like myself, you're probably big fans of Top Chef and have been watching it for years. I mean, one look at Padma Lakshmi, the Top Chef host, and you'll be wiping the corners of your mouth like a diabetic at a candy store.



One of the other great things about Top Chef is their open inclusion of members of hte LGBT community. There has been some sort of gay or lesbian contestant almost every season since the show aired 6 seasons ago. We like that. We like it a lot. This season, Season 6, is no exception to the rule.


Season six of the number 1 food show on cable returned on Wednesday, August 19th at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Top Chef: Las Vegas will pit 17 hopeful chefs from across the country battling it out in the kitchen for $100,000 to invest in their culinary career. Delectable host Padma Lakshmi is back once again alongside the no-holds-barred head judge Tom Colicchio. Food & Wine magazine's Gail Simmons and food critic Toby Young will once again round out the panel of judges this year.

This year, two lesbians will be gracing the screen.

Out lesbian contestant Preeti Mistry, 33, hails from San Francisco, where she works as the Executive Chef for Bon Appétit Management Company at Google headquarters. Google has a reputation for serving insanely amazing food to their employees, so hopes are high Mistry will concoct some culinary masterpieces. Mistry was also educated at the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu in London. Now don't get too excited and start swooning over this one, – she’s been with her partner for thirteen years.



Ashley Merriman, 32, may not lay claim to the same kind of international culinary background as Mistry, but she's worked on both coasts at classy restaurants and learned her craft at the Institute of Culinary Education in New York. Ironically enough, Merriman originates from Center Sandwich, New Hampshire – no really, that’s an actual place. Merriman loves to cook “robust” food and thinks a meal isn’t complete unless you’ve been “beat in the face by a stick of butter.” Plus, she is friggin adorable. How could not love that charmingly warm smile of hers?



Stay tuned for more updates on the fates of the "Lesbian's Du Jour" of Top Chef: Las Vegas.

5/7/09

Remembering Bea Arthur: My Favorite Golden Girls Moment


- Renee Gannon

Recently, beloved Bea Arthur most commonly known as the tall, sarcastic Dorothy on the Golden Girls, passed away. It was a sad day for young and old, alike, for Bea Arthur was a funny woman who was part of one of the most famous sitcoms ever to grace the TV screen. Golden Girls is probably one of the funniest shows ever written and many of us grew up watching it with our own sisters, moms, grandmothers, aunts, cousins and the like.

I was browsing through YouTube the other day and came across one of my favorite scenes of all time from the Golden Girls. It's rather ironic that I love this scene so much; it became a favorite of mine waaay before I even came out of the closet! As a tribute to Bea Arthur, I am sharing it with you today. Enjoy!

1/14/09

Lesbian TV: What's Hot Right Now

They don't call it "boob tube" for nothing, my friends. If you're like me, you love your TV and need your nightly fix. So, what are the lesbians watching these days? Well, I can't speak for all TV shows, but I can tell you what's on my DVR right now.

Nip/Tuck - This controversial show has been at the top of my list since it started six years ago. Nip/Tuck has not been shy in the lesbian department, with long-running character and Latina anesthesiologist Dr. Liz Cruz (Roma Mafia) as the "tokin' lesbian"... until last season when Portia De Rossi joined the cast as Olivia Lord, the sexy acupuncturist and more importantly, Julia's (Joely Richardson) love interest.


The good news is she's back this season although right now there's no indication of how many episodes Portia will be in for Season 6 (which aired January 6, 2009). I know my eyes will be glued to the tube at 10pm PST Tuesday nights in hopes of some more steamy lesbian sex scenes that Nip/Tuck is known for. Can I get a tissue?

House - Although it's been on hiatus since before the holidays, yet another favorite medical drama is HOUSE and I thank the good lord each episode for the gift that is Olivia Wilde, aka "Thirteen", aka Dr. Remy Hadley. Thirteen plays the smart, sexy and somewhat mysterious bisexual doctor on House's famous team. In a recent episode titled "Lucky 13", Dr. Hadley gets it on with a patient. A female patient. It was hot and awesome and made me want to dance around my living room. They recently foreshadowede that Thirteen may have a fling with Foreman, the African-American male doctor that is also on House's team. All I have to say to FOX's writers is, c'mon!! Does network television make all bisexual female characters go back to men in the end? The verdict's still out on that one, but you know I'll keep watching.

American Idol - You know you watch it, don't deny. It's Season 8 which equates to 8 glorious years of American Idol fanatacism. Who will come out on top this year? It's hard to say. Season 8 premiered last night and continues tonight at 8pm PST. Will the gays come out for auditions loud and proud? Will the lesbians make their fabulous voices heard? Will FOX once again cut away from anyone that seems remotely homosexual and continue to focus on blonde bimbos, rednecks and teen heart throbs? Only time will tell.

Top Chef - Mmmm do I love me some food and a good cooking show. This season, Season 5, there's only one out lesbian but she's pretty kickass and can make a mean soup like no other. Jamie, age 30 all tattooed and pretty, is also pretty rad. She's confident, outgoing, talented and
works as the Executive Chef at Absinthe, one of the busiest restaurants in San Francisco, to boot. You know I'll be rooting for this homegirl every Wednesday night at 10pm PST on BRAVO.

The L Word - This lesbocentric soap is a no brainer. Dykes, dykes and more dykes. So far we've experienced five glorious seasons of hot sex, lesbian drama, hot sex, uhauls galore, hot sex, nudity, hot sex and enough controversy to make George Bush look like a saint. The sad news is that the final season is only 8 episodes long. What gives, Showtime?! The final season (tear) premiers on January 18, 2009. I think there is still one question that remains in all our minds... what will happen to lesbian life after the L Word?



30 Rock - Ok, I know there's no lesbians on this show, but there's Tina Fey and although she's not actually a lesbian, a girl can dream right? The next episode, set to air tomorrow night at 9:30pm PST will be rockin' the sexy latino Salma Hayek as a nurse who soon gets hit on by big CEO man Jack McCallister (Alec Baldwin). But we all know the lesbos only watch the show for one reason. Tina Fey. Bow down to the media Goddess!

What's on your weekly TV line-up?

10/31/08

A New TV Crush

- Renee Gannon

I have a new TV crush. I now have not one, but two reasons to watch Law and Order: SVU. The first reason is obviously none other than the beautiful, sexy and feisty Mariska Hargitay. I mean who can resist a woman in uniform? Before you get too excited, though, Mariska is not actually the new crush, she's an oldie (but goodie). Read on to see who the lucky lady is...




My new TV crush and my additional reason for being a total SVU-addict is thanks to the new ADA this season: Michaela McManus (played as Kim Greylek on the show).


Kim Greylek is the spunky (and a little scrappy) new Assistant District Attorney; she's replaced Casey Novak, who was disbarred for violating Brady rules last season. In her prior job, her nickname was "The Crusader". In her brief time with Special Victims, she has already proven herself to be a dogged prosecutor, pushing the detectives to make cases for the sake of politics in favor of pursuing the actual offenders. Makes a girl want to go to law school.

I was not familiar with McManus, as an actress, until seeing her on SVU, although she has appeared in other TV shows and movies. She's appeared in the feature film, "The Beautiful Lie," which won the 2006 MTV Movie Award for 'Best Student Filmmaker.' In television, McManus heavily recurred on the fifth season of the hit show "One Tree Hill" as Chad Michael Murray's love interest and filmed a guest star on "CSI NY." Aside from her work on screen, Michaela has also starred in several stage productions in her young career.

I like watching her get all worked up in the courtroom, and I must say, her eyes could melt me into a pool of liquid mercury. Can somebody get me a thermometer? This girl's got a fever! Two hot women, one great show, what more could a girl want?

9/23/08

TV: Gayer than Ever According to GLAAD

Gay visibility. It's important to the LGBTQI community more than most people realize. Kids are coming out at younger ages every year and look for important role models within their community. This is often lacking at home or in their small-town, rural settings. Logically, the next place they might turn to is TV. It is important that the gay and lesbian community be represented in mainstream TV. It is important for the younger generation to see positive role models even if it is in a fictional light. As much as we don't want to believe it, we are a generation of television watchers; we celebrate TV, embrace the shows we love and follow them loyally.

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) have announced that the number of gay and lesbian TV characters on broadcast networks will double this season.

GLAAD’s yearly survey reveals that there will be 16 regular LGBT characters on major network scripted series in the 2008-2009 season. This is double the amount of LGBT characters in last year’s season, and the most recorded since GLAAD began carrying out the survey 13 years ago. The figures are welcomed as the survey demonstrated declining LGBTQI representation in television broadcasts in 2006-2007, and 2007-2008.


The survey also shows that the number of recurring LGBT characters is on the rise, increasing from 13 last season to this season’s 19. This means that LGBT characters will account for 2.6% of the scripted series population, increasing from 1.1% in 2007 and 1.3% in 2006.

According to PinkNews.co.uk, GLAAD president Neil Giuliano said:

"This dramatic increase shows how far many networks have come in developing complex, multilayered lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender characters."

The synonymously conservative FOX network (owned by Ruport Murdoch) was named as the most-improved network for LGBTQI representation. The network had no LGBT characters last year, but this year will have five, which is more than any other network. CBS has no LGBT characters, whilst CW has only one.

Fox attracted criticism from GLAAD in August, when Fox News host Gregg Jarrett and US Weekly editor-at-large Ian Drew discussed an America’s Next Top Model contestant who is transgender.

GLAAD claimed that Mr Jarrett mocked the contestant’s description of herself as a woman "whose cards were dealt differently" and took issue with Mr Drew's reference to the programm as "America's Next Top Tranny."

GLAAD also pointed out that throughout the discussion, Mr Jarrett switched between male and female pronouns when referring to the contestant which shows a high level of disregard for the issue at hand.

GLAAD contacted Fox News Channel and US Weekly immediately after the show, calling on both to apologize.

The following day Mr Jarrett apologised on air for his comments, saying:

"This time yesterday we aired a segment about a transgender by the name of Isis, who will compete in the upcoming season of the television show America’s Next Top Model.

"The group GLAAD, Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation sent us an email saying it was offensive.

"That was not our intention. We apologize."

Having such incredibly visibility for the upcoming year in TV is really important and we hope to be able to continue to make note and cover the LGBTQI characters on TV. Personally, I am quite excited that Olivia Wilde is playing the bisexual character #13 on HOUSE, MD (FOX) and look forward to seeing how that storyline develops.

Do you have a favorite LGBTQI character on TV? If so, who and why?

9/20/08

Rachel Maddow- A Ratings Hit

It has been twelve days since Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC show debuted. That is, basically, two weeks worth of shows, though it actually comes down to eight shows total given that last Friday, 12 September, Dr. Maddow’s show did not run, and this is going out before the 19 September show. How is she doing? Is this show a keeper?

While MSNBC has faced a great deal of backlash, mostly from FOX News, for having more center-left, liberal anchors, the gamble seems to be paying off. The Rachel Maddow Show has overtaken long running Larry King Live. According to the Huffington Post, the ratings for Maddow’ show on 18 September even surpassed that of Keith Olbermann’s Countdown. Both shows score very highly with the crucial 18-34 demographic. These numbers, of course, only reflect the


Neilson Ratings, and not the number of people who, like me, tune into both shows online every day. In fact, the number of people who watch Countdown online often means that Olbermann outstrips O’Reilly in terms of viewership, and the same may very well be true of The Rachel Maddow Show.

The Rachel Maddow Show does attempt to be fairly even in its guests and coverage, though Dr. Maddow makes no secrets of her political views. To date, few Republicans, and no one associated with the McCain/Palin campaign, have accepted her invitation to appear on the show. However, several members of the Obama/Biden ticket and several other Democrats have been guests. Some celebrities, most notably Bill Maher of the show Real Time, have appeared as well.


In the days leading up to the debut and after, MSNBC and Dr. Maddow were both attacked News Corp branches, all owned by Rupert Murddock. The New York Post ran stories about how Dr. Maddow’s appearance was going to be softened from her more masculine butch style to something more "appropriate" for the general television audience. Their implications where that, Maddow, an open lesbian, would appear more femme on her show than her norm. While her appearance is now a touch more feminine than it was before, the new look might fool anyone who is either not paying attention, of which I am guilty of since I listen to the TV more than watch it, or anyone with a sack over their head. MSNBC’s move towards the center-left to counter FOX News may be slowly gaining traction given the availability of their shows online in an easy to access manner, and their increasing popularity with the most key advertising demographics. This, of course, has caused many an attack on the network by FOX news pundits.

All in all, I expect that, with these ratings, The Rachel Maddow Show will continue to air for some time to come, a feat that no other show so far has managed to pull off. The show is often funny, and informative mixing hard news analasys, and weird news stories you may not normally find elsewhere. The Rachel Maddow Show runs on MSNBC during the 9 pm hour, and again at 11pm. A web version of the show is also available the next day at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/

9/16/08

Ellen Degeneres: An Unconventional Covergirl


I'm so conflicted!

I have an enormous amount of respect for Ellen and how she conducts herself. I think she makes good choices for herself and her career and doesn't let middle america twist her into something she's not.

That's not to say she isn't presenting an edited version of herself on her weekday talk show, but I never get the sense she is presenting an inauthentic version of herself to her audience.

Today it was announced that Degeneres will be the face of Cover Girl in a new campaign for the make up company, and I don't know what to think.

It is definitely an interesting choice. Ellen is very attractive but by her own admissions, she is not a fan of make up and I believe the closest Ellen gets to any make up when she's not on her T.V. set is the lip gloss she kisses off of Portia.

I'm all for visibility, but I'm perplexed. If she doesn't wear make up herself, why promote it?

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9/8/08

Congrats to Rachel Maddow; Knock 'em Dead Tonight!


We at Lesbiatopia extend our heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Rachel Maddow on the debut of her show tonight on MSNBC at 9pmET/6pmPT. Not only is Dr. Maddow the first lesbian to get her own TV news show—-in primetime, no less!-—she also is one of the most thoughtful and well informed pundits out there, gay or straight (which makes all of us lezzies proud).

Three cheers for Dr. Maddow, and for MSNBC for recognizing and promoting Dr. Maddow's enormous brain five nights a week. You hear that, LOGO? That's five nights a week of brilliant lesbian deliciousness--more thinking in tonight's first episode than Gimme Sugar featured in its whole first season! Thank you, MSNBC, for beaming a lesbian role model into homes nationwide when "our" own network wouldn't even give us one.

So gear up your TiVos, dear Lesbiatopia readers, and get ready for The Rachel Maddow Show. You'll be able to say you watched it from the beginning--before it became the enormously popular smash it's destined to be.



Remember also to catch Dr. Maddow's radio show weeknights on AirAmerica.

8/13/08

Transgender Contestant to Compete on American's Next Top Model

This just in from UsMagazine.com...

One of the 14 girls who will compete on the new season of America's Next Top Model – which returns to The CW on September 3 – is transgender.

"My cards were dealt differently," Isis, a 22-year-old former receptionist, tells Us Weekly exclusively in its new issue, on newsstands now.

Hailing from Prince George's County, Maryland, Isis identifies herself as "a woman born physically male."

Will she be a role model?

"I like to help people, but I'm here to follow my dreams," she tells Us.

The inclusion of Isis is being hailed by GLAAD president Neil Giuliano as "an unprecedented opportunity for a community that is underrepresented on television.

"We applaud Tyra Banks and The CW for making this historic visibility of transgender people possible," Giuliano said.

I would just like say that this is a huge leap for GLBTQ visibility and although this is probably going to cause some kind of crazy riot among the homophobes, I applaud Isis for being an out transgendered woman on National television. You go girl!


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7/15/08

ABC, FX Gets Two Thumbs Up from GLAAD

Including gay characters on your TV show is good, unless it's two lesbians who fall in love with a straight man, as they do in a storyline on New Amsterdam. FOX learned that the hard way when they received a failing grade from GLAAD (The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) on their second annual GLAAD Network Responsibility Index. The index measures the "quantity, quality and diversity of images of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people on television."

Even though GLAAD gave FOX a failing grade, the network's cable counterpart, FX, received top honors for cable channels. The advocacy group praised them for including the most original programming that featured members LGBT community. Special notice was given to Nip/Tuck, which had a gay, lesbian, or bisexual character in every episode. Rescue Me's commitment ceremony storyline was also viewed favorably by the group.

It was ABC, however, that received the highest praise for featuring a gay wedding on the season finale of Brothers & Sisters. The marriage between Kevin and Scotty marks the first wedding between gay or lesbian series regulars on a primetime network scripted program. ABC has had other historic moments, including introducing a gay character to "Soap" in 1977, having a gay teen in "My So-Called Life" and Ellen DeGeneres coming out on "Ellen" as well as in real life.

ABC was also recognized for its inclusion of LGBT characters on its other primetime shows, such as Ugly Betty and Desperate Housewives. ABC received the highest score of all of the nets on last year's index as well.

In addition to Fox, NBC received a failing grade for its lack of inclusion. The exit of lesbian character Dr. Kerry Weaver from ER contributed to GLAAD's assessment. GLAAD is urging both networks to include more LGBT characters in their programs and to portray them in a more positive light.

6/12/08

Spend the night with Kathy Griffin

I knew that title would get all Kathy fans just a little titillated, if not downright moist in the panties. So Kathy fans, tonight's the night you've been waiting for. Go home, get into that overpriced Fredrick's of Hollywood negligee (and I mean you, boys) and turn your TV to BRAVO at promptly at 9pm (8pm CST) to watch Season 4 of "My Life On the D List".

According to BRAVO, Season 4 is jam-packed with Griffin performing stand-up at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D.C., opening the Oprah-inspired Kathy Griffin Leadership Academy in Mexico, hosting Air New Zealand's Pink Flight from San Francisco to Sydney, ministering a wedding in Queens, and frolicking with Britney Spears' boy toy Adnan Ghalib. And that's just the beginning of this season's fantastic D-list adventures.

Griffin is flanked by her "peeps," her curious family now officially referred to as Team Griffin. Returning this season is her trusty assistant, Jessica, and her assistant's assistant, Tiffany (who must sell more Griffin merchandise and are also busy with their own hometown press tours); her beloved mother, Maggie (she has recently stolen one of Griffin's best gays, and they are now hanging out at the gay Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in West Hollywood); and her tour manager Tom (still tagging along and taking good care of Griffin). D-list dogs Chance and Pom-Pom are also back and continue to dig up the yard and ignore Griffin when she calls.



And if one hour of Kathy is just not enough for all you die-hards, keep your channels locked on BRAVO because at 10pm, the 1st Annual A-List awards premier with our favorite red-headed diva as the host. I have a feeling this is one awards show that won't be a bunch of stuffy, old producers sitting around in their tuxedos, cuz we all know BRAVO knows how to rock the fun boat, especially when someone like Kathy Griffin has all hands on deck (no pun intended).

Hey Kathy, does the carpet match the shades? Just a question...

5/4/08

Grey's Anatomy is back... with lesbians!

Since I started writing for this blog, I’ve wanted to write something about one of my favorite shows, Grey’s Anatomy. The problem was that I could never figure out what to say about Grey’s that would fit the theme of a website called “Lesbiatopia.” I mean, I could go on about how hot Kate Walsh is, but that’s kind of like telling you that the sky is blue… and anyway, she’s not technically on the show anymore. I could relate stories about how my friend and I used to watch this show, and rank the girls in order of hotness. (Addison usually won, followed by Callie.) But let's pretend that I’m not really that shallow.

However, thanks to this week’s episode, which I’m sure has already inspired tons of fan fic, I can legitimately write about Grey’s Anatomy on a site called “Lesbiatopia.”



It seems as though Ms. Rhimes and her cohorts have finally run out of combinations of people who can sleep together on this show, leaving themselves with no choice but to resort to – gasp – lesbianism! For those of you out of the loop, or even those of you who prefer to watch Tina Fey over Patrick Dempsey on Thursday nights, I’ll fill you in. It seems our girl Callie, who is recently divorced from George (after he cheated on her with Izzie), has unwittingly fallen for her new colleague – heart surgeon extraordinaire and Cristina’s alias nemesis, Erica Hahn. The two have been seen gal-paling around the hospital, sharing drinks at Joe’s, and polishing off intimate bottles of wine in Cristina's living room. The catch is Callie doesn’t seem to know she’s fallen for Erica, and doesn’t want to know. Addison, in all of her special guest star wisdom, points this out to us by asking Callie about Hahn, which causes her to collapse in a fit of giggles and to continually stammer the word “penis.” Later, Callie attempts to further prove her heterosexuality by going home from Joe’s with Sloane, which unfailingly makes Erica jealous. You got all that? Good, now we can talk about it.

Undoubtedly, this episode will raise many questions among fans, critics, and many others who overanalyze television. If some of the forum posters on Television Without Pity are to be believed, Grey’s does indeed have a political agenda, and is using this storyline as a soapbox to preach about gay rights. Others on the forums are convinced that the writers are turning Hahn into a manipulative bitch, because she is seducing a woman who claims to be heterosexual. Critics for publications such as Entertainment Weekly are a bit disgruntled about the fact that Grey’s is following a trend started by many other TV shows and movies, by using “late on set lesbianism” as a “plot device.”

However, I’m going to go out on a limb here and presume that the crafty folks over in the Grey’s Anatomy writers’ room are doing none of the above. Grey’s has always included its share of gay, lesbian and transgendered characters, mostly in the form of patients at the hospital. It’s perfectly plausible that a character like Callie could find herself falling for a close friend like Erica – especially on a show where romantic entanglements are the name of the game. Remember, this is the same girl who rushed into a shotgun marriage with George, and then fought like hell to keep him around, even though she knew deep down that they weren’t right for each other. She even managed to completely mess up her job as chief resident in the process. She doesn’t strike me as someone who is completely sure what she wants in life OR love. As for Hahn, well, all we know about her is that she does heart surgeries and likes to torture Cristina.

It seems as though this storyline may be just what this show needs to get back to the top of its game. Let’s face it – recent plot developments, as well as all of the rotating cast members have rendered Grey’s downright lame in the past few months. Addison’s departure, the death of Meredith’s mother, Joe’s mysterious disappearance, and the addition of Meredith’s boring sister have certainly not helped things. A new romance between two characters who have never tried to date before (as opposed to Derek and Meredith getting back together for the 47th time) is just what this show needs. It certainly helps, too, that Sara Ramirez and Brooke Smith have more chemistry in one scene together than Patrick Dempsey and Ellen Pompeo have had in four years of scenes together.


Besides all of the giggly, squee-worthiness of a developing lesbian relationship with good chemistry (and hot women), what is most remarkable about this storyline is how unremarkable it is – at least in its own fictional world. In the grand scheme of television, including a happy lesbian couple formed out of two regular, semi-lead characters on a prime time, network, top ten drama is HUGE. Sure, thanks to the legacy of Will & Grace, gay men are popping up in more places than ever before (at least, they are on ABC) - places like Brothers and Sisters, Ugly Betty, and Desperate Housewives. The only place we usually see lesbians are in the form of guest stars during sweeps, and on cable reality shows. However, in the fictional world of Seattle Grace, one more new romance, whatever form it’s going to take, is just a part of everyday life. Nobody even gave it a second thought when Joe introduced us to his boyfriend, and I suspect that if Callie and Erica become an item, the only person who will think it’s extraordinary is Callie herself – which is exactly the way it should be.

I can only hope that I’m right in my predictions, and that the writers actually are leading us to the climax (no pun intended) this developing story arc suggests. Hopefully, this time will be different from all of the other times network television has attempted to realistically portray lesbian characters, and they won’t drop this storyline once all of the sweeps dust settles. Despite my recent apathy towards this show, I’m once again putting my faith in Shonda and co., and I hope they come up with something great.

4/15/08

Are You Ready For a 'Work Out' Tonight?

Now, if you're thinking 'crap, does that mean I'm going to have to do exercise?' than you can relax because the only work out I'm referring to is the premier of Season 3 of Work Out, tonight (Tuesday, April 15) at 11 p.m. on Bravo. That's not to say you shouldn't get some exercise while you're at it, I personally recommend 'buns of steel'. Anyway, back to Jackie...
Photos courtesy of Bravo

Season 3 promises to be chock full of even more romantic escapades and enough gym drama to make you feel like you just got your ass handed to you by your own personal trainer. In fact, this season you'll find out why Jackie ditches her ex-lover and current trainer, Rebecca Cardon, and you get to meet Jackie's newest flavor of the week. The season opens with Warner cuddling in bed with her new live-in girlfriend, Brianna which only means loads of camera action focused on the new couple's emotional and relationship turmoil.

Jackie Warner is known for her tom-boyishly good look, killer abs, intense entrepreneurial skills and her confidence-bording-cocky type attitude. There's no question about it, she's certainly an interesting character to watch. Jackie isn't just a one-sided, charismatic charmer though, she does have a sensitivity about her that really shines through. You can see this in her attempts to find understanding and re-establish a connection with her mother by including her on the show.

Despite all her successes and the fame she's received, Jackie still faces the same challenges that so many other gay people face in their day-to-day lives: the arduous and often painful effort involved in reconciling with a family member who doesn't support their gay life and identity. Being on the show together kick-started a new phase in Jackie and her mother's relationship. I know I'll be rooting for Jackie and her Mom to resolve their differences and get back that mother-daughter bond they once knew so well and maybe seeing this will trigger other Moms with gay children to re-establish their relationships as well.

Another thing about Jackie Warner that is so interesting, and I'm sure we'll see even more of this in Season 3, is her allure from straight, married, housewives. Sure, Jackie's a big old lezzie and pretty much all the gay girls know that and think she's pretty cool, but Jackie doesn't define herself by her sexuality (not that any of us should) and although I know that us lesbians swoon over her butchy good looks and chiseled abs, it's those housewives that are really pine for Jackie.

A recent article by the New York Times, titled "For Housewives, She's The Hot Ticket", said:
Andy Cohen, senior vice president of programming and production for Bravo, said: “Straight women across the country are not only obsessed with the show, they are obsessed with Jackie.”

Obsessed?

“I cannot tell you how many of the e-mails that we got from last year’s ‘Work Out’ reunion that were women saying, ‘I am married. I have never looked at another woman. I have a huge crush on Jackie,’ ” Mr. Cohen said.


Straight housewives. Really?? According to the article, Jackie's sex appeal, business savvy and knack for connecting with different kinds of people makes her so desirable. More importantly, perhaps, is the portrayal of Jackie's life — waking up with another women in her bed — which is done without judgment, in a matter-of-fact way.

Andy Cogen also says, “I think it's very safe for women across the United States to watch this in their living room...and think, ‘What if?’ or ‘Wow'".

Interestingly enough, the audience for “Work Out,” grew by 25 percent last season, according to Nielsen Media Research, to 659,000 viewers, the median age of which is about 36. That explains the thousands of emails and love-letters of straight, middle-aged woman confessing they'd "go gay" for Jackie. Talk about a lucky woman!

At the end of the day (or episode, if you will), the New York Times said it best:
In some ways, “Work Out” is a misnomer. Sure, Ms. Warner works with obese clients and whisks her trainers off on fitness retreats. But the show’s most compelling and entertaining moments tend to emerge from Ms. Warner’s struggles, triumphs and pleasures: her therapy sessions, in which she tries to understand why she is drawn to women who are not necessarily good for her (i.e. Mimi, the ex-girlfriend who tends to bite when she’s angry); her deliberations about whether to freeze her eggs because she has not yet found a life partner; her swift seduction of women, both gay and straight; her relentless efforts to expand her business (a protein shake and energy bars are forthcoming); the revelation of her father’s suicide; and her attempts to make her religious mother accept her sexual orientation.


It's that which makes both gay and straight woman able to relate with her so well; she has the same types of dreams, hopes, desires, struggles, successes and failures as the rest of us, and that is why we are such great fans of Work Out.

Tune in tonight to see what Season 3 will bring...


4/6/08

Rachel Maddow Is the Super-Hotness, Talks About Bush [video]

The only thing wrong with her is that the Bush she talks about is the bad kind--the kind in the White House. Regardless, you have to see the clips of her guest-hosting Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC last Friday. Countdown is a news show with a strongly political bent, and Rachel burnt up the place with her sizzling brilliant out self. The woman has a radio show, too, but kind of a waste when she's this smokin'. Must-see links below.

Photo: Paul Teeling



Not that you need more to make you crazy about this woman, but according to her website:

Rachel has a doctorate in political science (she was a Rhodes Scholar) and a background in HIV/AIDS activism, prison reform, and other lefty rabblerousing. She shakes a mean cocktail."


Yeah, baby! Rachel is a correspondent for MSNBC and appears regularly on Countdown (which plays on MSNBC Monday-Friday twice daily); the rest of the show rocks, too.

Go out and TiVo her some love.

Clip 1:
Rachel reports on NYT poll: 81% believe the country is off track (with Jonathan Alter)



Clip 2:
Rachel reports on the Bush administration's refusal to release the new National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq



Clip 3:
Rachel reports on the day's top three Bush scandals (the daily "Bushed" segment)



Clip 4:
Rachel reports on candidate "likeability"



Clip 5:
Rachel intros Countdown's "Most Favorite Moment"



(MSNBC video)

Booty Parlor


3/27/08

A "Couple" of Lesbians on Top Chef Season 4 Chicago


If you are Top Chef fan, than you will know that both gay men and lesbians have graced the shows presence over the last few seasons. In fact, BRAVO is probably one of the gayest cable television channels ever and we can probably thank the effeminate stylings of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy for really breaking into the "gay genre" of Cable TV. BRAVO has also brought us our favorite fag hag, Kathy Griffin; the dyke with the washboard abs, Jackie Warner; Mr. Fashion, Tim Gunn; and of course the many artistic talents of Project Runway. If BRAVO was any gayer, they'd slap a rainbow flag on it and call it LOGO.



This Season, also known as Season 4 Chicago, there are not one but TWO lesbians on the show. Not only that, but these two women, who both hail from the lovely city of San Francisco, are together. That's right, Top Chef has brought on two talented culinary lesbian women who are in relationship with each other. I don't know about you, but I'd sure as hell like to be invited to a dinner party at their house.

Meet Jennifer: AGE: 35
HOMETOWN: Brooklyn, NY - currently resides in San Francisco, CA
PROFESSION: Executive Chef COCO500 Restaurant
CULINARY EDUCATION: A.O.S Culinary Arts, C.I.A
FAVORITE SIMPLE SPRING RECIPE: Spring Lamb's tongue salad, sauce Dragnocello, Mache, olive oil croutons, and mustard fruit
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE WINS: 0/3
QUICKFIRE WINS: 0/3
STATUS: Still Cooking
BIO:
Born in Brooklyn, NY and trained in classic French and Mediterranean cuisine, Jennifer believes in cooking for the season and stimulating the palette. She has lived and worked in both Paris and London and always tries to incorporate French, Italian and Spanish influences in her cooking. Jennifer is currently working as an executive chef at the popular San Francisco restaurant, COCO500, but says if she could cook anywhere in the world it would be Cinque Terre, Italy.




Meet Zoi AGE: 30
HOMETOWN: Seattle, WA - currently resides in San Francisco, CA
PROFESSION: Chef/Restaurant Consultant
CULINARY EDUCATION: Self-Taught
FAVORITE SIMPLE SPRING RECIPE: Roasted baby California lamb with artichokes, spring onions, lemon and rosemary
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE WINS: 0/1
QUICKFIRE WINS: 0/1
STATUS: Still Cooking
BIO:
A restaurant consultant living in San Francisco, Zoi began cooking at the age of 19 and has worked with some of the greatest chefs on the West Coast. After traveling extensively through Europe, she believes her food reflects her love of Greece and Italy. Zoi describes her cooking as simple and rustic and emphasizes the importance of using local, seasonal ingredients whenever possible.

I'm sure BRAVO saw great potential in this couple, and I don't mean cooking potential. Lesbians = drama, so two lesbians dating = DRAMARAMA!!!!! Both women seem to be pretty laid-back, although Zoi seems to have the personality of a wet-noodle (no pun intended). I wonder who will go home first, and if there will be any type of hostility that develops between the two of them as the competition heats up.

Now before you get your panties in a bind, remember, this IS a cooking show and the only lesbian action you'll probably get to see is when one of the girls licks the spoon from their Hollandaise. If you're a foodie like me, than that's usually enough to do the trick (that and Padma is probably one of the hottest women ever to grace the show's presence... thank the lesbian gods she's the host)


Here's a video of the happy couple (they are showcased at the end of the video). To all my Top Chef fans out there, I'd love to hear your thoughts!




"Reality" in High School

This week in “obscure reality shows chickflick is forced to watch because of the writers’ strike”, I bring you a little show called High School Confidential. Even though it was originally picked up by MTV, apparently the show wasn’t even interesting enough for MTV, and is now relegated to WeTV (the same network which airs such quality fare as Bridezillas and Cheerleader U).



This series claims to follow 12 very different girls through all four years of high school, but in the end, all of the girls just seem to be, well, average. Upon the first viewing of the first three episodes, the girls all seem to be white, affluent, Christian, and heterosexual. It takes sitting through half of the episode, or in some cases, a second viewing, realize that's not the case. Upon first impression, I wanted to say that I find this show hard to relate to because of it’s failed attempt at diversity. However, I think the real problem is not that it’s not diverse – the problem is that the editors buried the lead. There are so many glossy shots of Kansas sunny skies, kids walking the halls, cheerleaders and town churches, to the point where they take away from the story we’re actually watching. What results is bland, formulaic, and looks just like every other TV show or movie we’ve ever seen about high school.

In each episode, the series focuses on one or two of the 12 girls, and follows all four of their high school years. In the first episode, we are introduced to Lauren and Cappie, and I think these two were meant to show us how very different high school can be for different people. Upon viewing, though, the only thing separating the two girls is their GPA. Lauren is on the drill team, was elected homecoming queen and is an overachiever. In tenth grade, she is diagnosed with a fully operable brain tumor which is eventually removed, and she moves on with her life. Cappie is popular, plays volleyball and likes to party. One or both of them (they’re so bland I can’t even remember) goes through a pregnancy scare, and freaks out because she doesn’t believe in abortion. That’s pretty much it. By the end of the episode, everything these two girls have gone through seems like it’s just par for the course in high school.

In the second episode, Courtney spends the better part of four years deciding whether she likes cheerleading or soccer better, and deals with a bunch of sports injuries while her mother claims not to be a pushy stage parent. And her younger sister gets pregnant. (Are you sensing the theme here?) Jessi, the subject of the third and most recent episode, does a lot of drugs, drinks a lot, dyes her hair too blonde, and eventually ends up in the hospital for suicidal tendencies. Following which, she gets pregnant and eventually has a miscarriage. In the episode airing next Monday, Allyson gets pregnant and has an abortion.

Instead of High School Confidential, they should have called it Adventures in Teen Pregnancy. Not that teen pregnancy is not an important issue, and I am really curious and a little bit impressed regarding next week’s abortion episode, given the running Christianity theme on this show. Plus, I always love another reason to rant about how the abstinence only education programs taught in schools like this one don’t work. However, teen pregnancy is not the only problem girls face in high school, and the soccer team is not the only activity girls enjoy in high school. I was hoping for a little more depth from this show, but once the editors and network execs got their hands on it, the problems and situations these girls run into seem about as interesting as an episode of 7th Heaven.

I’m going to keep watching though, because now I’m determined for it to defy my expectations. The girls are all presented so similarly that I’m thinking there must be a catch, or a plot twist somewhere – like that very special 7th Heaven episode where Ruthie suddenly had a Muslim friend. And if we’re lucky, maybe the editors will ease up on the football field shots a little, and we’ll actually get to see the plot twist.

Speaking of reality shows with the words “high school” in the title, I also managed to catch the first episode of High School Reunion. If any of you are TV geeks like me, you’ll remember that several years ago, this same show aired on the WB. Apparently, TVLand has resurrected it from the TV graveyard, for reasons no one really knows. I want to blame it on the writers’ strike – but um, it’s TVLand. A network built on reruns. Moving on.

On High School Reunion, the producers of the show bring together high school classmates and throw them a 20 year reunion in Hawaii. Each cast member gets a Breakfast Club inspired nickname, like "the Geek" or "the Princess." Within ten minutes of the first episode, the woman who they call "the Lesbian" comes out to the rest of the classmates, who are shocked and confused that she's gay, and then proceeds to make them feel better by saying that she's there because she and her girlfriend are “on a break” and she wants to "explore her sexuality" and see if she can find romance among the guys. Needless to say, by the second episode, her date with “the Stud” convinced her she was gay again. But I didn’t even get that far, because when one of the guys’ ex-wife showed up with his best friend, who she left him for, I had to turn it off.

Lastly, for one more bit of news concerning TV shows set in high school. Sadly, South of Nowhere has not been picked up for a fourth season, and on top of that, the rest of the third season has been pushed back to September. Crap! Now I’ll be forced to watch High School Confidential instead.

Author’s note: This post has been edited in order to correct some of the information about the girls in High School Confidential.

3/25/08

The L Word Episode 512



To wrap my head around the season finale of the L Word I had to remove myself from the comfort of my home and wander over to a local watering hole and have a few beers. I don’t normally write under the influence of alcohol but I needed some sort of self medication to make writing about this episode as painless as possible.



This last episode had its share of… what I would call…cheesy dyke bullshit… but it also had some very important lesbian life lessons that needed to be shared… and with every pint of miller light I slug down my throat I am determined to figure out what they are.

The Old Couple.

Let’s start with Tina and Bette or what some witty ladies out there call Ti-bette (it’s genius… really). After years of fighting, lying, cheating and baby stealing they have found their way back into each others arms. Things couldn’t be better. The only thing raining on their dyke parade is that freaky art piece that Jodi constructed out of sound bites and video footage that she compiled while she was dating Bette.

Maybe it’s just me but, I have to wonder how the writers of the show thought that it would make sense to have a deaf sculptor put together an audio visual display as the revenge laden art piece. There were so many other alternatives that could have been used; perhaps an actual sculpture, a painting, a collage, or anything else.

Jodi is deaf… and there’s audio… I just don’t get it… and when the hell did she film Bette or tape any of the audio anyway?

I know that as viewers we are supposed to think outside the box sometimes, but that shit was just ridiculous and it was super creepy.

In any event after the art opening Bette runs home to Tina to cry. Tina comforts her and suggests she just let it all go. I think that was pretty solid advice. Just let it go. Lesson learned Tina… lesson learned

Alice looks somewhere else

Alice finds herself falling for the cute fashion designer she met on The Look and admits that her relationship with Tasha might be in trouble.

Lesson here: Don’t date girls like Alice

Helena saves the day (and I don’t mean just for the girls on the show)

The only thing that I think was slightly cool about this episode was that Helena came back. But I had problem with the fact she returned home because her mother was stung by a rare jelly fish, which makes me think the writers and executive producers of this hit series might be smoking crack (this something ll have talk about at my next lesbian pow wow). Anyway, while visiting
mummy on her pseudo death bead, Helena tells her mother of the terrible things Dawn Denbo has done and mummy Peggy then explains to Helena that she is now in charge of the Peabody fortune and can do with the money as sees fit, so Helena ends up buying the Planet, She Bar and Lover Cindy. How wonderfully far fetched.

Lesson: Get some rich friends and stay away from deadly jellyfish.

Drama Rama

It seemed to me that Shane and Molly might have been a couple that could have made it but as it turns out Shane is as easily manipulated by others as her hair is with product. Instead of ignoring Phyllis and letting her relationship with Molly flutter or flail on its own Shane decided to end the relationship by hitting on a girl at SHE BAR. Originality at its best!!!!

I know the L Word is as distant from real life as you can possibly get but for Christmas sake! That was just fucking dumb. I think most of us would have spoken to our girlfriend about their mother accosting them by ugly sculptures.

And, If you remember the same thing happened when Shane’s dad confronted her before her wedding and somehow made her think she was incapable of commit because of her genetics.This is the same fucking thing!

They’ve done this so many times.Make her go to therapy or something!!!!! I agree that there should be some predictability with characters but it this case it’s not entertaining it’s frustrating .

(Time for another Miller Lite)

So, Shane breaks up with Molly and then goes on to attend the Lez Girls wrap up party where she meets up with Nikki.I guess they were both feeling a little down because they proceeded to fuck each other.These two getting together wasn’t a shocker but why do they have to do it on a railing outside… hide under a table or something.

While Shane and Nikki are, ya’ know, Jenny crashes the party and gives a lovely speech about her movie and professes her love for Nikki. Jenny goes to look for Nikki and finds them together. Jenny is upset and proclaims that what Shane did was the ultimate betrayal and blah blah blah blah blah, tears bullshit bull shit, blah blah blah, the rest of the cast. It’s over. Thank God

Lesson here: This is not real life because all lesbians would be locked up in padded rooms if it were.

END L WORD (but keep the beers coming)

3/11/08

5 "Lesbian Movies" which aren't really Lesbian Movies

If you're like me and you're suffering from frequent unemployment, an inability to afford premium cable channels, and a general bitterness towards of all the reality shows and reruns we've been subjected to during the strike, here are some craptastic films that can be easily found on basic cable, and usually more than once a day. These are movies that will warm your queer heart, but you won't find them on Logo or at Outfest. Instead, you can find them on USA, TBS or TNT running on a loop for an entire Sunday.

None of these films are actually about lesbians, and they usually don't even mention lesbians at all, but they still manage to appeal to our gay sensibilities. They all feature a barely-there plot, usually about a naive girl who is "saved by" something ridiculous, like surfing, singing, or her math teacher. They mostly include an on again/off again romance with some boy who is inevitably going to help the girl be "saved" by whatever she's going to be saved by. And they all include at least one young, cute movie star... before they were movie stars, drunks, or both.



1. Blue Crush. Girls in bikinis. Michelle Rodriguez. Water. Lots of it. Some kind of surfing contest. Did I mention Michelle Rodriguez in a bikini?



2. Coyote Ugly. Logic and common sense seem to dictate that this should not be a movie lesbians (or women at all, actually) like. Naive girl moves to big city, virtually becomes a stripper, meets a boy, without whom she would not end up with the singing career she ends up with at the end of the movie. All the rules of feminism dictate that we should not like this movie. Yet... it's a craptastic joyride of a movie for lesbians everywhere. There's something about that wide-eyed ingenue (played by Piper Perabo, who later went on to star in that fine lesbian classic, Imagine Me and You) surrounding herself with debauchery and semi-nudity that gets me every time. Oh, and did I mention the scene(s) where the girls all "dance" on the bar to "Pour Some Sugar on Me?" Klassy.



3. Mean Girls. What is it with lesbians and this movie? Is it the idea of Lindsay Lohan as a teenager in a push up bra? (I hope not.) Is it because, as women who were once teenage girls, we unwittingly relate to this movie in ways no one wants to admit? Although it's frequently lumped in with the rest of the high-school-movie genre, I find that this particular flick has slightly more intelligence, depth, and well, hotness. And there's a reason for that: Tina Fey. Her character is a great dorky predecessor to Liz Lemon, and Fey is absolutely charming as the math teacher who saves high school. Forget the boy in this one - Tina Fey is the real heroine in this movie.



4. Bring it On. "I'm sexy, I'm cute, I'm popular to boot. I'm bitchin', great hair. The boys all love to stare. I'm wanted, I'm hot. I'm everything you're not. I'm pretty, I'm cool. I dominate the school." I didn't do that from the top of my head. I swear. Cheerleaders, catfights, bitchy high school wackiness, what more could you ask for? Eliza Dushku as the rebellious, somewhat dykey anti-cheerleader who has frequent sleepovers with Kirsten Dunst? Done.



5. Bend It Like Beckham. Girls playing soccer to the sounds of rollicking chick-pop, female friendship wackiness, and an un-supporting family define the appeal of this movie. But when you dig a little deeper, it's the idea that Jess has to learn to be herself and not hide her, uh, soccer playing from her family anymore that makes this movie brilliant - what gay girl can't relate to that? The parallels are not lost on the filmmakers either, who peppered their screenplay with lots of silly "soccer player = lesbian" jokes. The best ones come from Keira Knightley's mother, who says things like, "All I'm saying is, there's a reason why Sporty Spice is the only one without a fella!" Plus, no matter your sexual preference, there's no denying how cute Jonathan Rhys Myers is.



3/10/08

The L Word Episode 510... and 509


Hey ladies! (And I think maybe a few gentlemen) Sorry for not delivering on last weeks recap. My excuse is that even writers at Lesbiatopia have lives. This week I’m going to try and get both episodes into one recap. The best way to go bout this is…wait… is there a best way to go about this? I’ll do my best.

Last week's episode consisted of rolling blackouts and extreme heat which constituted a lot of love making with this gaggle of gals. This week the girls are out of bed and on their bikes for the Pink Ride where they get to pay tribute to their old friend Miss Dana Fairbanks who was written off the show a few couple of seasons ago because the creative minds behind the program felt that it was the only way for the audience to really feel the impact of losing loved one to breast cancer (I’m sure it really compares).



The ladies are giving this ride their all but this good will pleasure cruise soon turns into a fucking nightmare. And why wouldn’t it? It is the L Word after all.
Jenny and Nikki

Last week Jenny flipped out because she found out that Nikki banged Greg (the guy who plays Jim…Tim?) after the premier party. Jenny realized she over reacted and wrote Nikki a love letter. Nikki was so moved by the letter she rushed to Jenny’s house to tell her that she forgives and loves her. As Nikki approaches Jenny with her speech and kisses her she realizes that the dark figure is that creep Adel and not Jenny.
Nikki writes it off the grotesque experience as a mistake and later finds Jenny on the set of Lez Girlz and they have awesome make up sex.

This week Nikki blows off her Rolling Stone cover shoot to take the Pink Ride with her favorite woman.Tina gets a little bent, but they’re having such a good time laughing , kissing, having sex with strap-on’s and video taping it that they really don’t care.
Everything is fun and games until Jenny’s creepy assistant sits outside their tent smoking a ciggarette and watching them have sex and then the bitch steals their video.What a creep!

Side note/Question: Did anyone else think that Nikki was kind of hitting on Shane?

Dawn Denbo and her Lover Cindy

Last week Dawn Denbo and her lover Cindy had a mafia-like sit down with the girls to negotiate territory and turf… I think…I kind of blocked it out because it was a little cheesy. There were a few funny moments. For example, when Jenny said that she thought Denbo was psychotic, I thought that was funny, but its all about the delivery in my book (and Mia Kirshner is just funny).
In the end they came to some sort of agreement which I’m sure will get fucked up somewhere along the way.

This week there was nothing going on with Dawn Denbo and her Lover Cindy.
I was surprised… I thought they would have followed the girls to Northern cali with team Lover Cindy or something.

The love triangle that Jodi didn’t know about

Last week, Bette and Tina go to therapy but get stuck in the elevator during a rolling blackout. They made the experience a productive one byworking out their issues, professing their love for each other and fucking.

This week, during a game of “I never” while the girls are camping Jodi finds out that Bette and Tina have been fucking behind her back. This didn’t go over to well with any of the parties involved.
I just think that if Bette and Tina really didn’t want Jodi to know they could have done a lot better at hiding it. Seriously, haven’t you ever lied during that game? Did Tina have to get up and run away? did bette have to make that face? the list goes on and on...

In any event, yes, it sucks for Jodi that Bette and Tina have been screwing around but it really was inevitable. Jodi is cool, but she and Bette never had a chance (and I said this from day one). They might have good sexual chemistry but it just doesn’t compare to the sick and demented relationship that Tina and Bette have… or want.

I wonder if they are even going to stay together after all this shit????


Shane and Molly

Last week, Molly invites Shane over to protect her from the blackouts but she had an alterieve motive.. she really just wanted to get Shane in bed. The only issue was that Molly was a lfirst timer and was nervous which made her say a lot of stupid things ( it as cute in a newbie way). After Shane performed the best oral that maolly has ever experienced it was her turn but she wasn't ready to go downtown.
No biggie Shane was more then happy to show her again but right in the middlen the middle of it her mother walks in.
Molly and Phyllis end up in an argument and Molly ends up saying some things about Shane that she didn't mean like: "She’s simple" and "Uneducated". Ouch!

This week, Shane is not talking to Molly because her feelings were hurt. Molly end up following her to the Pink Ride where forces Shane to listen to her. In a silly dramatic speech she proclaims that she really likes Shane and she will work really hard to learn advanced lesbian sex.
Shane falls for her goofy effort and then later that day Molly goes down on her. Go Molly!

Max Beyond Transgender-Dome
Last week, Max goes out on a date with Tom and they end up having sex.I was confused at first… and then not… and then I was again… and then I wasn’t.

This week, I saw them holding hands while walking through the woods. How cute… max has a boyfriend!!! Later Tom had to leave when Jodi found out about Bette and Tina. Nice way to ruin Max's weekend ladies!!!!


Tasha and Alice
Last week there wasn’t too much going on with Tasha and Alice. Tasha was just chillin out getting used to civilian life. I think the most exciting thing that happened was when Tasha sat on Alice's couch to experience what 6 pm felt like. It was riveting... and then Alice ate her out.
This week, Nothing remotely interesting was going on. Oh, tasha wants them to move in together. Wow! again riveting stuff.

I have a few thoughts about what is to come. I think all this cheating talk that happened this past episode has a deeper meaning. I feel that it isn't just supposed to apply to Bette and Tina.
I forsee this becoming an issue with a few of the couples in the group… For some reason I’m thinking Tasha and Alice.I don’t know why, I just feel it.

Only two more episodes left! How is Ilene going to finish the season?
I’ll make my predictions next time!
Till Then, have a wonderful week