“I don’t know if I properly stressed how awesome Nurse Jackie is when I wrote about the pilot last time, so let me clarify: THIS SHOW IS AWESOME. It’s amazing, seriously. The 2nd episode was even better than the first! Jackie is another example of a strong female role from a network who seems to specialize in strong female roles lately.”
“What I believe hurts our case a bit, from a PR (and strategic) perspective, is that we’ve seen few LGBT people of color on-air as the movement faces off against the first black President and his administration.” – Pam Spaulding
“When time came for them to watch Top Model, which they did, I think they started seeing gayness in a normal and great light, because people liked me for that on the show. That was an attractive part of me on the show, it wasn’t anything embarrassing or perverted, and it was just a great thing. I think they started seeing me through the eyes of all the accepting people.”
We interview Kim, Hijacking Glambert, Alice in Wonderland, John & Kate Who, Women Sort Yourselves, Women War Protesters, Lady GaGa, to be honest with you I already wrote this and wordpress erased it and I’m gonna scream!
“We want to write honestly, interact genuinely with as many of our readers as possible and only work with businesses & businesspeople who share our ethics & ideals and promote similar community values.”
“Bookworm? Tomboy? Rule-Breaker? Felt like a changeling in your family? Women who answer yes to any of the above may feel instantly comfortable with the outsider status that more readily comes with that lesbian territory.”
“It’s a tiny tiny tiny fraction of our population, one or two percent has this particular orientation and they dominate, dominate, dominate the news, it’s amazing.”
” I’m not sick of lesbian jokes, I think they’re all true, and I love them. I love that if I wanted to walk around and not shave my legs and have a bad attitude, wear a belt buckle the size of a burrito, I could. I could, and that would be okay because people expect that of me, and I like that people expect that of me.”
“I don’t judge people, but at the same time, if they believe in what they believe, they have to accept me and what I believe. But I accept anybody as they come. That’s my character and my personality.”
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All Tegan & Sara have eaten today is a plum! That’s it! Just one plum!
Guess what day it is? Okay, I’ll tell you, it’s BLOOMSDAY! It’s also Lewis Bernard’s Birthday. You should email him today, send a copy of your email to autostraddle@gmail.com, and then you’ll win a copy of the FUTURE IS BRIGHT CD with a custom-made CD cover by Laneia
“Happy Monday, my beauties! Its me, Robin, your resident photoblogger, here to enchant you with a delightful gaze into some iconic imagery of our lesbionic history.”
Banksy’s biggest exhibit installed in secret at the Bristol Museum, Hey Hey Pride Party Contest Giveaway, Obama’s big plan, D-Sea speaks out, Kelly’s “lesbian hell” and Fairytales without happy endings.
These handmade CD sleeves are reminiscent of classic album covers. Easy to make and easy to personalize.
“I write about what I know: sex, pornography, art, fame obsession, drugs, and alcohol. I mean, why would anyone care to listen to me if I wasn’t an expert in what I write about?”
There are women here who’ve founded their own companies and nailed funding from VCs and women who want to find the intersection of fashion and technology via embedded circuits. All of this is incredibly inspiring, but also in one small way problematic: when you’re confronted with super ambitious, brilliant women changing our technical landscape, how the hell do you behave yourself?
Ilene continues to talk about writing The L Word movie while speaking to large audiences in public, hoping to retain her small bulb of power, maintain our attention. Kate Moennig says Season Two is her favorite. Also she loves True Blood and has a new movie in November.
Riese & A;ex hit the red carpet with one functional microphone and a lot of spunk. Interviews include Erin Foley, model Jessica Clark & trainer Lacey Stone, Kate McKinnon, Nicol Paone, Jeffery & Cole (The Very Good Looking Gay Boys), Del Marquis of the Scissor Sisters and the um, Paradiso Girls.
Is writing harder for women? What’s Shane doing in Monte Carlo? Will the gays win the dream wedding contest? How much money will Connecticut make from New York’s anti-equality legislation? Why are gay women segregated in jail? Why ask why? Go to SamRo’s!