All Our Happy Endings
There’s a reason all fairy tales end “…and they lived happily ever after.” The search for happiness – however we define that – is one of our most basic, fundamental drives. We therefore crave to see...
View ArticleOn Our Crewson
More evidence that things are better in Canada, actress Wendy Crewson (who you will recognize from several movies – including gay ones) reaffirmed her gay ladiness when she was inducted into the...
View ArticleOur Fight Is Not Over
I’m about to say something that seemed practically sacrilegious as of two weeks ago: I never really loved “The 100” all that much. Based on everyone’s enthusiastic recommendations, I sat down and...
View ArticleMy Weekend Crush
You guys, since this is my week of confessions I have another one to make. I didn’t start watching “Broad City” until this season. And now I’m kicking myself because I could had two whole other seasons...
View ArticleThe Walking Deadbians
[SPOILER ALERT: Major Walking Dead Spoilers Below]There TV goes again. Another day, another dead lesbian character. Never mind a bigger boat, we’re going to need a bigger graveyard to keep up with all...
View ArticleBury Your Tropes
Yesterday, I had the privilege of writing about the Bury Your Gays TV trope as a guest columnist for The Hollywood Reporter. It’s a credit to all the fans and supporters behind the LGBT Fans Deserve...
View ArticleSurrey With a Side-Mullet on Top
Well, I don’t know about you guys, but I could use a laugh. And a good lesbian laugh at that better. So please enjoy everyone’s favorite side-mulleted comedian, Cameron Esposito, performing on the...
View ArticleGotta Go, Gotta Go, Gotta Go Right Now
If you need to ask why our fictional happy endings matter, consider the fact that in real life our very existence still continues to be denied on the most basic human level. Yesterday, the North...
View ArticleVacation Vixen: Anna Silk
So, as you can see, I’m going on vacation for a bit. Or, more accurately, I’m going on a “vacation” – meaning I’m going back home to help my 70-something mom move out of the home she has lived in for...
View ArticleVacation Vixen: Cate Blanchett
Just a little something to make getting out of bed on a Monday morning that much more difficult.
View ArticleVacation Vixens: Danai Gurira & Lupita Nyong'o
“The Walking Dead” should give Michonne more to do. And “Star Wars” should show Lupita’s face. Other than that, these two are absolutely perfect.
View ArticleVacation Vixen: Gwendoline Christie
If they weren’t going to pick Lucy Lawless, then they should have picked Gwendoline for Wonder Woman. Come on, who is a better Amazon than this lady right here?
View ArticleVacation Vixen: Jennifer Beals & Jodie Foster
Thought I’d throw it back Thursday style with a little early aughts action. In my mind, Bette clearly dated Jodie briefly before she met Tina. But Jodie wasn’t out yet and, well, Bette was Bette.
View ArticleVacation Vixen: Tilda Swinton
I feel like it’s been ages since I’ve posted La Swinton. A thousand apologies, please allow me to hurl myself into the endless abyss of mist and fog that rise from the tears that have been planted by...
View ArticleVacation Vixen: Laura Prepon
Guess Vause survives to see Season 4. If she keeps wearing great suspenders and tank tops like this and stays out of the toxic Pipex vortex, I could not be more thrilled.
View ArticleVacation Vixen: Constance Wu
Are you watching “Fresh Off the Boat” yet? If you were, you’d know Constance’s Jessica Huang is one of the funniest female characters on television today.
View ArticleVacation Vixen: Uzo Aduba
If OITNB Season 4 isn’t at least 50 percent Crazy Eyes and her new girlfriend making out I will be very disappointed. The other 50 percent, of course, will be Poussey and Soso.
View ArticleAnother One Four Bite the Dust
So, wow, I was gone for two weeks and four (yes, FOUR) lesbian, bisexual (or as Ilene Chaiken likes to say “opportunist”) female characters were killed off. That’s two on “The Vampire Diaries” and two...
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