Daily Fix: Save the Lesbian Cheerleader, the Lesbian Alcoholics & Montreal Pride!
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The entire team banded together for a very special episode of the Tuesday Televisionary. We cover two episodes of Intervention, Nurse Jackie, Weeds, True Blood, Gimme Sugar, Masterchef Australia, The 7 PM Project, My Life on the D-List and So You Think You Can Dance. And we all share stories of when we got fired, to make you feel better about getting fired, because we care.
DRINK LIKE A GIRL: Yesterday we reported on a new program for alcoholic gay men. Today, we report that the UIC College of Nursing has received a $3 million federal grant to continue research to identify risk factors for excessive drinking among lesbians. So far neither of these programs seem to be doing a deal with Intervention, blergh. No really though, I’m a dork for anything that looks, smells or tastes like a sociology-related study, I await the results on the edge of my seat with my vodka-tonic. (@wbb chicago)
IT TAKES A VILLAGE OF SMILING IDIOTS: I am breaking the “I am so over talking about Miss California” rule because she’s actually done something besides talk crazy. As you’ve heard, she has a book deal, because she is a star now, because this is 1950 and you can get famous just for being a pretty anti-Civil Rights speaker. All I can say is I hope her book has a lesbian reveal. (@ontop magazine)
MADDOW: I’m not the only one breaking rules — Rachel Maddow declared herself “done with Sarah Palin” … until last night, when Palin’s latest ethics violations required her immediate attention:
WORLD OF DOUCHEBAGCRAFT: New video game challenges you to shoot the gays before they fuck you in the ass. Seriously. I could make this stuff up, but in this case, I speak the truth. (@pamshouseblend)
TOP CHEF: Eveything’s coming up gay for the next season of Top Chef. (@dorothy surrenders)
WOMYN: Abortion Party – What’s in a name? (@bitchblogs)
UP THE BUTT: “Am I the only one to notice that President Obama’s angrier critics have a curious habit of associating him with an extremely unpleasant form of bodily invasion?”: Political Metaphors Hit Bottom. (@chicago tribune)
DOUBLE SHOT OF EX TO THE NO: I’m about a week late on seeing this, but tracie/slutmachine sums it all up right perfect in How One-out-of-Touch Woman is Hurting Women. (@one d at a time)
GAY PRIDE? Montreal was denied funding for its annual Pride Festivities. (@cbc)
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS ENOUGH: The British ask why are American television series more addicting than UK television series? (@telegraph uk)
GIRLDRIVE: What do twentysomething women care about? Girldrive tracks a conversation between the next generation, telling its story through photos, profiles and diary entries. It allows gutsy young women across the American cityscape to be seen and heard. It evaluates, trhough an intergenerational conversation, the current state of feminism and its many definitions. It’s about the promise of the open road and how young women grapple with the concepts of freedom, equality, joy, sex, ambition and love — whether they call it “feminism” or not.
WOMYN:: Young Feminist Julie Zeilinger Meets Gloria Steinem: Like most interviews with the oracle of feminism, it ends up illuminating the interviewer a little more than the interviewee. (@jezebel)
MILK: YouTube has posted The Life of Harvey Milk in its entirety! (@queersunited)
LEZ-TEEVEE?: More speculation about Claire the Cheerleader getting it on with a lady on the next season of Heroes, which makes way more sense than like, all of Season Two.
Any truth to the rumors about Heroes’ Claire becoming a lesbian?
According to Hayden Panettiere (Claire), the persistence of fans like you has paid off. “I think the writers are feeling a lot of pressure now to do it, because everyone’s talking about it,” she says. “And I certainly wouldn’t complain.” The non-alcohol induced action (“just a kiss,” says creator Tim Kring) will happen in Episode 5 between Claire and her new college roomie, Gretchen (Madeline Zima). Hayden describes Gretchen as “an odd duck who’s obsessed with death and shows like CSI.” “They’re really cute together,” Kring says. “If Gretchen reveals her sexual orientation to Claire, Claire might want to reveal her own secret.”
WATCH: Why haven’t I seen these girls from the “That’s What She Said Show” before? We should interview them, they’re gay and funny! Here’s a video:
To write Self-Made Man: One Woman’s Journey into Manhood and Back
Auto-Straddler of the Day
from Stef:
At long fucking last, Kid Sister’s album (now called “Ultraviolet”) has an official release date of October 6th. Check out this free MP3 of her new single “Right Hand Hi,” dance, enjoy, repeat. If ever there was a song tailor made for Autostraddle dance parties, this is the one – interns Katrina and Laura, I’m lookin’ at you. Kid Sister is one of my favourite rappers and we will share more feelings about her together at a later date.
from Crystal:
I’m fascinated by Things Marketing People Love. I’m in advertising, not marketing – but still slightly ashamed to admit that I’m guilty of 99% of the content, including wearing oversized headphones at my desk, creating “action items”, carrying messenger bags and IM’ing my co-workers when I sit right next to them.
from Alex:
I still need to try this, but I figured it was so damn cute I could share it with y’all anyway: how to make your very own homemade chocolate syrup.