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Review: "Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners"
5 April 2013 1:12 PM, PDT
Tags: Angela DavisIMDbFree Angela Davis and All Political PrisonersShola Lynch
With the shadowed image, the outline of the natural revealing the figure within, presented against a white backdrop, the documentary begins. Free Angela and All Political Prisoners is a historical vérité style documentary of the 22-month imprisonment of Angela Davis, from October 13, 1970 until her acquittal on June 4, 1972.
That we are presented the shadow is not only suggestive of this history of racial oppression that persistently haunts Poc people to the present day, it also bespeaks the fact that this oppression—this racial, this gender, this political oppression—had nothing to do with Angela in the first place; she was, rather, a scapegoat that was selected to be made an example of, as one man commented on her imprisonment, “what they’re doing to her is an exaggerated form of what happens everyday to black people in this country.” Davis knew that, »
- MBHauteWriter
Afternoon Delight: The official trailer for the "Carrie" reboot, Vicci Martinez wants you to "Come Along"
5 April 2013 12:14 PM, PDT
Tags: CarrieKimberly PeirceRachel WeiszHillary ClintonEllen DeGeneresPortia de RossiIMDbVicci MartinezThe Colbert Report
Good afternoon and happy Friday!
Happy birthday to Queer as Folk star Thea Gill!
The official trailer for Kimberly Peirce’s horror film Carrie has finally arrived! (Dear Carrie, Harry Potter was also put in a little closet under the stairs and he turned out okay. Love, Bridget)
Idina Menzel tweeted a photo posing with her Rent co-star Anthony Rapp. Aww, memories…
Guess who I ran in to today? Dear friend Anthony Rapp. @albinokid twitter.com/idinamenzel/st…
— Idina Menzel (@idinamenzel) April 4, 2013
Hillary Clinton is now working on her fifth book with the publishing company Simon & Schuster. The former Secretary of State and First Lady is scheduled to release the untitled book about American foreign policy sometime next year.
Speaking of Clinton, her hubby Bill will receive the first ever GLAAD Advocate for Change Award. Out actor and GLAAD represented Wilson Cruz said, »
- Bridget McManus
Watch now! "Warehouse 13" recap: Single brunette female seeks same for hologram play and rope tricks
5 April 2013 11:17 AM, PDT
Tags: Warehouse 13Joanne KellyJaime MurrayIMDbWAP
Have you ever wondered why so many lesbians are so smitten with Warehouse 13, but couldn't figure out how to get caught up with the fantasy procedural's Sapphic delights? Well, Syfy feels you. To whip us into a fever over the rest of season four, which premieres on April 29, they've created a five-minute video recap of the entire series, narrated by Joanne Kelly with special guest appearances by Jaime Murray.
"Single brunette female seeks same for hologram play and rope tricks" is definitely my favorite description of Myka and H.G.'s relationship. Also, I like your dirty little tight-rope joke, Syfy! More of that, please!
Now that you know the setup of the story, if you're interested in watching only the H.G./Myka episodes, I've made a quick list for you, which you can marathon on Netflix, if you want.
Episode 201 — "Time Will Tell »
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Vote Now! Final Four - AfterEllen March Madness: The Best Lesbian/Bi Character Ever
5 April 2013 9:51 AM, PDT
Tags: SkinsLost GirlGLEEPretty Little LiarsWAPAfterEllen March Madness: The Best Lesbian/Bi Character EverIMDb
Welcome to the AfterEllen March Madness: Best Lesbian/Bi Character Ever Final Four! Representing this round are two American TV characters, one Canadian TV character, and one British TV character! Or, adding up with slightly different math: One half-Canadian/half-British actress! One fully English actress! One half-Filipino/half-Scottish actress hailing from Canada! And one half-Puerto Rican/quarter-African American/quarter-German actress hailing from Southern California!
This competition has been a celebration of how far the lesbian/bi community has come in terms of media visibility. Five years ago, we didn't have enough characters to fill up these brackets. Today, we have hundreds of characters vying for 64 spots, millions of votes cast on behalf of your favorites, and our Final Four has landed us with a wonderfully diverse group of characters and actresses. What a remarkable thing we've accomplished here! »
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Feminist Friday: Guess What’s off the Menu in Virginia
5 April 2013 9:14 AM, PDT
Tags: feminismFeminist FridayTyler PerryJon HammYeardley SmithRachel MaddowIMDb
This Week in Ladybits
Both houses of the Kansas legislature may be voting today on a monster anti-abortion bill that defines life as beginning “at fertilization.” Members of the Kansas Gop have already laughed down exemptions for little things like rape and incest.
Hey, Rachel Maddow. Anything else going on with Kansas and/or ladybits? As a matter of fact, yes. The late Dr. George Tiller’s Clinic is reopening.
...And there are some terrifying people who think it’s just ducky to use deadly means to try to stop others from exercising their Constitutional rights or to perform a legal service.
Feministing knocked it out of the park with this piece on how the principle of personhood is criminalizing pregnancy.
Ohio’s attorney general still does not care for science or want ladies to get birth control. Sigh. You know what? We »
- Ali Davis
Morning Brew - Fri. April 5: A Brazilian singer comes out, a lesbian vies for Miss South Carolina
5 April 2013 7:34 AM, PDT
Tags: Morning BrewJustin BieberAnalouisa ValenciaThe ValleysAll My ChildrenBomb GirlsRosie O' DonnellDaniela MercuryIMDbDinah Shore Weekend
Morning!
This Justin Bieber manipulation is presented without comment.
BuzzFeed has a piece called "How OKCupid Helped Me Explore My Bisexuality." The writer thought she wanted a threesome, but what she wanted was to have sex with a woman.
BuzzFeed also has a piece on why Megan Rapinoe would make a great Bff. All the reasons they list could easily be in an article on why she'd make a great Gf, too.
Out lesbian Analouisa Valencia is vying for the Miss South Carolina crown. I'd love to see a Miss America with a girlfriend!
If you're watching The Voice in the UK, you might be interested in knowing that contestant Leanne Jarvis was in a 2010 lesbian vampire film called Blood Army.
Also in UK reality shows, some girl-on-girl kissing in the trailer for The Valleys.
If you have 10 minutes, »
- trishbendix
Exclusive: Carly Chaikin and "Subugatory" writer Andrew Guest talk Dalia's lesbian past
4 April 2013 3:50 PM, PDT
Tags: SuburgatoryCarly ChaikinABCAndrew GuestIMDb
If you watched last night’s episode of ABC’s Suburgatory, you, along with everyone else, found out that ice queen Dalia Royce (Carly Chaikin) has a same sex romance in her past and events in the episode drive her to a place that any woman scorned knows too well – a place of revenge.
While Dalia has never gotten along too well with classmate/neighbor Tessa Altman (Jane Levy), things went to new heights in last night’s episode when Dalia found Tessa spending platonic time with Jenna (Courtney Merritt), who we found out later in the episode was once a frequent hook up of Dalia’s. Jenna, however, broke it off with Dalia for her stalker tendencies and we’ll see just how unhinged Dalia is beneath her plastic facade.
In this exclusive first chat, AfterEllen talked to Chaikin and Andrew Guest, who wrote the “Decemberfold” episode, »
- Jim Halterman
"Chicago Fire" recap (1.20): “Buried romantic feelings and unspoken sexual tension”
4 April 2013 8:31 AM, PDT
Tags: Chicago FireIMDb
Previously on Chicago Fire, Casey and Severide screamed “we were on a break” at each other for half an hour because Severide thinks Casey diddled the girl from the copy shop. Mills is trying to become the youngest candidate ever to make to Severide’s team of extraordinary gentlemen who are neither that extraordinary nor gentlemanly. Oh and something else, happened. Hmm, can you help me remember? Oh yeah. Severide said he’d have a baby with Shay. When having a baby seems a bit pricey she thinks about riding the Severide express until Papa Shay swoops in with the cash to get his little girl knocked up. Now who said her parents never gave her anything?
Severide wanders into Central Perk where Casey is tying his shoes and pretending not to see Severide. They do that thing where they look at each other from underneath their »
- lucyhallowell
Morning Brew - Thurs. April 4: Rachel Maddow talks Doma on "The Late Show," January Jones would have been a lesbian in the '60s
4 April 2013 7:34 AM, PDT
Tags: Morning BrewJanuary JonesRachel MaddowJada Pinkett SmithJenna WolfeIMDb
Good morning!
NBC correspondent Jenna Wolfe has begun blogging about her mommy-to-be experiences for Today.com and she wrote that she has received "a few nasty notes" after coming out, but mostly a lot of support. That includes the network, too, who says her recent demotion actually came before she made her lesbian/pregnancy announcement.
Rapper Busta Rhymes hurled some nasty insults at out lesbian Stephanie Vitori when she was unhappy with his service at her Miami burger franchise. Wtf?
Jada Pinkett Smith said she'd support her kids Jaden or Willow if they came out as gay. I'd love Jada to be my mom. I'd be like "Remember when you were in Set it Off?"
January Jones told The Evening Standard that, had she lived in the Mad Men era, she'd probably have been gay.
I wouldn't cope very well. I'm a very independent person, »
- trishbendix
"Heading Out" recap (Ep. 6): Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
3 April 2013 2:00 PM, PDT
Tags: Heading OutIMDbSue Perkins
Those of us who have stuck with Heading Out have often wondered what it would come down to in this final episode, wherein Sara finally gets the showdown with her parents that the entire series has been built around. A lot of folks guessed that either Sara’s parents would already know she was gay or wouldn’t be surprised; I also wondered if there would be room for the sitcom to grow once this premise was played out. And in these aspects, I have to say, well done, Sue Perkins! We were all wrong!
We start the episode with Daniel and Sara giving each other a hard time per usual at the vet office, which I actually don’t mind as much as I usually do in vet scenes, perhaps because there aren’t any distracting and ridiculous client plotlines involved this time. And maybe »
- daffodilly
Watch Now! Terez plans to pop the question to Monifah on "R&B Divas"
3 April 2013 11:24 AM, PDT
Tags: R&B DivasMonifahTerezvideoMonifah CarterIMDb
Last season on R&B Divas, out singer Monifah introduced her partner Terez to her fellow divas Faith Evans, KeKe Wyatt, Syleena Johnson and Nicci Gilbert. When Season 2 premieres on May 1, it looks like Terez might be popping the question. Of course, should Monifah say yes, she'll have to find time to plan a wedding amongst the drama of planning an R&B Divas tour, as seen in the below promo.
R&B Divas will air Mondays on TV One in May. We'll resume recapping the show, but you can read our recaps from Season 1 now to get all caught up.
Television Tags: televisionTV Articleswomen of colorTV NewsTeaser Photo: Teaser: The second season of the reality show returns May 1. »
- trishbendix
Exclusive! Tonight's "Suburgatory" goes lesbian
3 April 2013 8:24 AM, PDT
Tags: Suburgatory Carly ChaikinJane LevyABCvideoIMDb
If you're a regular viewer of ABC's hit sitcom Suburgatory, you know that spoiled rich girl Dalia Royce (played by Carly Chaikin) often targets neighbor/classmate Tessa Altman (Jane Levy) and her friends and calling them lesbians in her flat, monotoned voice is a regular thing.
In tonight's episode, however, there's something different happening with Dalia when she finds Tessa (and fellow neighbor Lisa Shay, played by Allie Grant) with Jenna (guest star Courtney Merritt), a girl that may have a past of sorts with Dalia. Tessa definitely notices something is going on — and it's not long before we find out what that something is.
Here is an Exclusive Clip courtesy of ABC for tonight's "Decemberfold" episode. Coming tomorrow we'll have an exclusive chat with Chakin and the episode writer, Andrew Guest, to break down the happenings in tonight's hilarious episode.
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Suburgatory airs Wednesdays at 8:30 p. »
- Jim Halterman
Morning Brew - Wed. April 3: "Evil Dead" has a bloody lesbian kiss, Heather Morris is pregnant
3 April 2013 7:49 AM, PDT
Tags: Morning BrewEvil DeadHeather MorrisEden RiegelDana RudolphMombianEllen DeGeneresPortia de RossiOtepJamie BabbitBreaking the GirlsDani ShayIMDb
Good morning!
If you're a fan of horor films like I am, then you might already be planning on seeing the Evil Dead remake. Well it appears there is a very bloody lesbian kiss in the film, which you can see at the end of this video. Horrifying!
Erin McKeown is blogging about music this week for Wnyc's Soundcheck.
New York magazine interviewed Dana Rudolph of Mombian.com, saying lesbian mommy blogs are all the rage. Well I guess if they say so! Dana's been at it for years, so she noted the biggest change she's seen since she started blogging:
In general, there's a lot more visibility for Lgbt families both within the gay media and also in the mainstream media. Even mainstream parenting sites usually have at least one Lgbt blogger who writes for them now, »
- trishbendix
"Lost Girl" previews a big Fae v. Human showdown
3 April 2013 7:20 AM, PDT
Tags: Lost GirlIMDbSyfy
Yes, yes - Fae v. Human War. Yes, yes – Kenzi is in trouble. Yes, yes –the Morrigan is back. All I really want to know after watching the preview for the penultimate Lost Girl episode of the season is Who Is In The Tub With Tamsin?
Ok, so, admittedly, I got a little ahead of myself here. But the preview for next week’s episode is so jam-packed with news and information it practically boggles the mind. Dyson gets kidnapped by humans. The Morrigan declares all humans are now terrorists at the Ash’s inauguration. Kenzi gets chased by steroid in a tight T-shirt. Tamsin takes a bullet for Bo. And still, still, what I want to know most is who is in the tub with Tamsin. It’s definitely Bo’s apartment, and it sure looks like it could be the back of Bo’s head. »
- dorothy snarker
"Bomb Girls" recap (2.8): A Bomb in Gilead
2 April 2013 3:24 PM, PDT
Tags: Bomb GirlsBomb Girls recapsIMDb
I’m just going to say it: this was my favorite episode of my favorite show on television right now (I get to say that because Pretty Little Liars is on a break). I come at recapping from a pretty cynical place, both by training and by inclination, but I swear to god I felt my heart grow while watching this episode. And it’s a painful business, growing one’s heart; you stretch it with laughter and tears and terror and triumph, but it’s some of the best work a person can do, or a work of art can inspire. Let’s begin.
Here’s a little tune I call “Happy Happy Joy Joy.”
Jewel Box. Night. Betty McRae, white knight of our hearts, is in heaven. She is dancing with her best friend, she is a little drunk, and she has had »
- Elaine Atwell
"Lost Girl" Recap (3.11): The Witches of Faewick
2 April 2013 1:42 PM, PDT
Tags: Lost GirlLost Girl recapsIMDb
We open with a scream. Not the haunting inner scream of one’s id, crying out instinctively for love into the gaping abyss of one’s broken heart but finding only shrill echoes to comfort it against the hollow loneliness. Or, uh, something. No, more like blondes in the baby doll dresses walking alone into the woods kinds of screams. Or guys in leather masks with chainsaws kinds of screams. Or psychos behind shower curtains kinds of screams. Yes, it’s scary movie night and Bo and Kenzi are screaming advice in vain at the television. Like never pick up the phone because the call is always coming from the inside of the house. Always.
In between handfuls of popcorn, Bo and Kenz talk a little about The Break/Not Quite Up. Kenzi tells her the cold hard truth, she sucks at coupledom. But then »
- dorothy snarker
"1600 Penn" Gives Us a Pre-Teen Lesbian Character to Believe In
2 April 2013 1:04 PM, PDT
Tags: 1600 PennJenna ElfmanAmara MillerWAPIMDbHulugay teens
At the Television Critics Association winter press tour, Trish Bendix got a hot tip that Marigold Gilchrist, one of the teenage characters in NBC's midseason comedy 1600 Penn, was going to come out as a lesbian. And she did. At the end of the pilot episode, after we'd been introduced to all of the other kids in the quirky First Family — the awkward but lovable Skip, the overachieving but accidentally pregnant Becca, the middle school prodigy Xander — Marigold revealed her sexuality without any fanfare. When her stepmom asked the name of the boy she had a crush on, Becca simply said, "Jessica."
1600 Penn has aired 13 episodes so far, and most of them have focused on Skip and Becca's highjinks, but during episode five, "Frosting Nixon," we did get to meet the object of Marigold's affection. Jessica is the queen bee of Xander and Marigold's prep school, »
- stuntdouble
Afternoon Delight: Ellen DeGeneres will star in "Finding Dory," Emma Watson takes all of James Franco's sh*t in 'This is the End"
2 April 2013 12:14 PM, PDT
Tags: Afternoon DelightEllen DeGeneresEmma WatsonThis is the EndSuze OrmanRihannaFinding DoryIMDbGLEEAngelina JolieEve
Good afternoon peeps!
Happy birthday to Emmylou Harris and Jill Kushner!
Pixar will be making a sequel to Finding Nemo called Finding Dory, starring the one and only Ellen DeGeneres! The fish-tale (get it?) is scheduled to hit theaters on November 25, 2015.
And what do you think of DeGeneres new (April Fools' Day-inspired) look?
Reese Witherspoon isn't the only one who's gone brunette. twitter.com/TheEllenShow/s…
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) April 2, 2013
Suze Orman is threatening to take her gay-money out of Florida. Orman appeared on MSNBC’s Now with Alex Wagner and said, “Currently I am a resident of Florida and I have substantial wealth and I pay substantial taxes. I would be more than happy to move to New York or California if I could get married and be recognized on a federal level because I want to live »
- Bridget McManus
6 TV Shows That Got Lesbian Sex Right
2 April 2013 10:54 AM, PDT
Tags: The L WordLip ServiceSkinsSugar RushGrey's AnatomyLost GirlWAPIMDblesbian sex scenessexlesbian sex
Lesbian sex. It's a phrase so fraught with tawdry confusion that Google won't even autocomplete it. (Instead, they'll give you a choice between "lesbian seagull" and "lesbian senator.") And corporate firewalls block websites that talk about it because they assume you're trying to watch porn at work. It's both bewildering and infuriating. We live in a culture so saturated with sex that the best way to sell a burrito is to simulate a hot chick giving it a blow job in an animated advertising Gif. But "lesbian sex" makes the internet go haywire.
And even though we've come a long way in terms of gay lady visibility on TV, lesbian sex seems also to bamboozle writers and directors. Most TV shows with lesbian characters subscribe to the idea that lesbians either get off by fully-clothed cuddling, or that whatever »
- stuntdouble
5 Things We Learned from Ryan Murphy's Twitter Q&A
2 April 2013 8:01 AM, PDT
Tags: GLEERyan MurphyBrittanaIMDb
Last night Glee creator Ryan Murphy did a Twitter Q&A where he answered questions from fans. There wasn't anything about Quinn, but we did get some answers about Santana and Brittany, although not really about the two of them together.
1. He wants Kurt and Santana to duet.
@mscellophanes I love their friendship too. They need a duet.
— Ryan Murphy (@MrRPMurphy) April 2, 2013
2. He wants Santana to get a new girlfriend.
@ifranbianchi Wouldn't you rather see Santana singing to a hot together girl in NY who could emotionally give her a real relationship? I do.
— Ryan Murphy (@MrRPMurphy) April 2, 2013
3. We're going to be seeing a lot more of Santana in general quite soon.
@johannamason_ Doing an episode about that.
— Ryan Murphy (@MrRPMurphy) April 2, 2013
4. Brittany might be single again in the very near future.
@nayamarierivers How did you guess?
— Ryan Murphy (@MrRPMurphy) April 2, 2013
5. In fact, Brittany will be getting a graduation storyline, »
- trishbendix
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