Bikes to Watch Out For: How Not to Die on the Road

This is you, if you were Evan Rachel Wood Bisexual (or Jamie Bell) on a bicycle.

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This is an SUV.

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You might notice a couple of things offhand, like say, how SUVs are basically giant speeding hunks of metal, how humans are soft, squishy bags of water and organs in comparison, and wow, does anyone look bad in a p/leather jacket? (You might be thinking of how soft and squishy Evan Rachel Wood Bisexual looks, I don’t know, maybe, it’s your brain.) Now if we were to pit soft-squishy-you-on-bicycle against giant-hulking-metal-SUV, you would probably lose. I’m sorry! I’m rooting for you! But you would.

Balanced on a thin frame on a road shared with much larger and hardier vehicles, cycling puts you in a pretty vulnerable position. It is risky, unfortunately — crashes and other accidents are a normal part of the experience, and this is true whether you’re a velodrome veteran or only brush the dust off your bike a couple of times a year. Safer cycling is a thing though, and it’s easier to master than dental dams, so this week let’s look into ways to make commuting by bike less intimidating.

1. Know the Traffic Rules…

Look up where you can or cannot cycle: cyclists aren’t allowed on most expressways, but may be permitted on pedestrianised streets. Don’t cycle on pavements and always give way to pedestrians. Bike lanes are great but remember that you’re still vulnerable to the usual road hazards when you’re on them, especially if they’re just painted lines on the road.

You funny, road planner.
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Don’t ignore road signs! They’re meant to give you information that you can’t get from observation alone.

Well. Mostly.
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Finally, it’s useful to know who gets right of way. As a general rule, vehicles on the major road (on which you don’t see stop lines at junctions) get to go first, and at roundabouts, give way to those on your right (left in the US). Always slow down at stop signs/lines even if the coast seems clear from afar.

2. …but Don’t Expect Them to Protect You

Plenty of motorists aren’t fans of cyclists, and traffic police aren’t exceptions to this. I’ve seen a van reverse out into a busy major lane without warning, almost knocking a cyclist over a process — so naturally a passing police car stopped the cyclist for being reckless.

Abiding by traffic laws isn’t always going to be enough to keep you safe. Some drivers see bike lanes as prime parking spots, while others will corner you into dangerous positions when you’re stopped at red lights. Learn to ride defensively, i.e. anticipating potential problems and dangers above and beyond what road signs prepare you for, and know your rights for when you get harassed by road ragey drivers.

3. Be Aware of Your Surroundings

Possibly the only thing I miss about public transport commutes is catching up on reading or TRMS podcasts while I’m crammed into tube carriages — but this really isn’t the time to be listening to an audiobook for your next class. Check behind you frequently, especially before making a turn, even if it seems clear at first glance. (Electric cars and pedestrians can be really quiet!) If you encounter a hazard on a busy lane, brake instead of swerving into traffic.

Be especially wary when cycling alongside parked cars, lest you get “doored.”

Bad bike lane placement 101
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Don’t wear headphones! Especially on quiet routes – if you’re not expecting to run into anything/anyone, you won’t be looking out for them. If you really need to, get open-back headphones that don’t block sound.

4. Wear a Helmet…

Your head is full of lots of important things, like neurons and glia cells and hopes and dreams and feelings. Putting on a helmet decreases your risk of brain and head injury.

BIKE HELMETS MAKE ME REALLY HAPPY
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Wear a helmet no matter how short your journey is – fatal head injuries are possible even when colliding with pedestrians at slow speeds. Make sure your helmet fits well and securely, so it doesn’t move at all in a fall. Try to get one appropriate to the type of cycling that you do, too. Streamlined racing helmets look cool but might also twist or catch on the road if you fall on a regular commute.

Helmets are single-impact items! Get yours replaced after a fall even if there are no visible signs of damage, because it’s useless if the solid foam has been crushed internally.

5. …but Don’t Rely on It 100% Either

Helmets cannot protect you from body injuries (e.g. from being run over) and from high-speed collisions with vehicles. Research on the effectiveness of bike helmets is contentious, and in 2006 Dr Ian Walker showed that drivers go closer to cyclists wearing helmets than those who don’t. (The same study also revealed that drivers give more space to cyclists that they perceive as female.)

Helmets are not a substitute for safe riding (and driving). So don’t forget to put one on, but remember it’s not a panacea for all road dangers.

6. Make Yourself Seen

Wear bright, hi-vis clothing and use bike lights, especially at night.

This should probably do the job.
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Don’t sneak between cars, and don’t wait in their blind spots. At junctions, try to get ahead of waiting vehicles so you know they can see you – some will have space reserved at the front especially for cyclists.

Counterintuitively, if you’re feeling unsafe or unsteady, moving closer to the middle of the lane is safer than hugging the kerb. Cycling too close to the side encourages cars to overtake you dangerously, or you might brush against the kerb or skid on drainage covers. Most recommend keeping a distance of 0.5–1m from the kerb, or directly to the right of lane markings.

7. Learn Hand Signals

You are good with your hands, yes? Signalling tells drivers and other cyclists what you’re about to do so they can adjust their own paths accordingly.

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In text form:

• Turning left: point to the left with your left hand
• Turning right: point to the right with your right hand OR raise your left hand
• Stopping: point downwards

If you’re unsteady on your bike, it helps to practice one-handed cycling in safe environments before hitting the road. Don’t brake sharply while signalling – you will fall, and it won’t even make a cool story.

8. Know Your Cars

Get to know what cars can or cannot see (hint: not much). Back when I was a newer cyclist than I was a driver, I imagined that every driver on the road was like me – not very good and too small for the driver’s seat. After midnight, just assume that everyone on the road is drunk so avoid avoid avoid.

The blind spot is what you need to be especially wary of. Drivers can’t see what’s immediately beside their cars, which is why you should avoid squeezing between vehicles as far as possible.

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Familiarise yourself with what car rear lights mean, too:

• Single flashing light: car is about to turn right/left
• Two flashing lights: hazard signal (usually when car is stopped)
• Bright white light: car is reversing
• Red light: safety/visibility feature in the dark or inclement weather
• Brighter red light: car is braking

If you can’t get to the front of traffic, stop behind cars and large vehicles at junctions so you know what they’re planning to do.

9. Avoid Heavy Goods Vehicles

HGVs have really, really big blind spots and much slower reaction times.

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Undertaking refers to passing the vehicle on the side away from where the driver is, and doing this at junctions (as in the picture above) can be fatal. Just take it as given that HGV drivers can’t see sh*t. Buses have slightly better visibility due to wider windows and drivers more thinkingly looking out for cyclists, but as a general rule, if it’s a hundred times bigger than you and could possibly crush you to death, avoid it.

10. Make Eye Contact

When you’re passing drivers or jaywalking pedestrians, make eye contact so you know they see you. People are less likely to do mean things to you on the road if they remember that you’re human. (This should go both ways!)

This has been the fifth installment of Autostraddle’s bike column, where we discuss the joys and perils of getting in (okay, on) the saddle. Here we talk how-tos, gear guides, history, travelling and anything else that comes to mind. The title “Bikes to Watch Out For” was inspired by the iconic lesbian webcomic, Dykes to Watch Out Forby Alison Bechdel.

What Do You Do With A Problem Like Romi Klinger: On Bisexuality, Biphobia and Media Representation

Recently, GO Magazine published an interview with Romi Klinger of The Real L Word regarding the current state of her relationships, her career, and the controversy surrounding her sexuality. In the interview, Romi reveals that she and and her husband Dusty Ray (of dubious Tumblr fame) have separated and are moving forward with divorce proceedings. The interviewer then pushed Romi to declare her sexuality as an absolute percentage, and Klinger actually went as far as to partially blame her marriage’s collapse on her bisexuality. “I would say that half of the divorce is because it wasn’t working out and we weren’t happy. And the other half is because I want to go back to women,” she explains.

Look, I haven’t eaten an animal product in nearly a decade, but when I see PETA campaigns that make all vegetarians look petty and insane, it embarrasses me on a personal level.  As I read Romi’s explanation of her current situation and her incredulity at the public’s reaction to her prior relationship drama, I couldn’t help feeling personally betrayed in some (possibly unrealistic) way.  I’m an actively queer woman who does not identify as a lesbian, and I date people of all genders without worrying too much about giving myself a label.  It would be easy to gloss over all the difficulties I had in reaching this level of acceptance with my sexuality, but the truth is that from time to time, non-monosexuality can be a pretty lonely place to be.  Ever since I found my predilections  shifting towards this current state of affairs, I’ve been very keen to find others who understand my point of view, and it can be enormously upsetting to see someone who has a major international platform making us all look crazy.

Obviously nobody is denying anybody the right to love who they want – that’s sort of the whole point of this community, right? It’s what we’re here for! However, Romi’s comments about the role her sexual fluidity has played in both her on-screen vilification and her ever-changing relationship status left a bad taste in my mouth.  According to the Advocate, who named “bisexuals” (all of them, apparently) as one of their 10 choices for 2013’s Person of the Year, there’s never been a better time to be open about one’s “in-between sexuality” in the media… So why does it still feel so distinctly uncomfortable?  Romi’s often branded herself as a representative of the bisexual community, but her statements about what it means to be a sexually fluid person do nothing to paint her as any sort of role model – in fact, she drives home a number of unfortunate stereotypes.

In the beginning of Season 3 of The Real L Word (a real television show that actually exists), Romi is shown “coming out” to her friends as dating a man. She is frightened of the reception she may receive from her lesbian friends, and this is a valid fear that many non-monosexual women know all too well. The risk of being judged or excommunicated for “going straight” or somehow betraying one’s community is a very real issue among bisexual women involved with male-identified partners, as though these relationships somehow invalidate one’s queer identity. However, Romi laughs to her friends that she started dating a guy because she “got tired of [her] strap-on not working,” and it’s here that she began to lose me. I watched the rest of the season with my jaw on the floor, aghast at one of the worst and most disappointing representations of bisexuality I have ever seen on television – which is really quite a distinction.

In terms of media visibility, our options have been pretty limited for quite some time. Remember all the way back in season 1 of The L Word, when Alice was portrayed as the only bisexual in The Planet, not to mention the whole wide world? By the end of season three, her awkward journey along the Kinsey scale was unceremoniously concluded with her admission that “bisexuality is gross. I see it now.” As Maria San Filippo explains in her book The B Word: Bisexuality in Contemporary Film and Television, Ilene Chaiken’s decision to abandon this aspect of Alice’s storyline squandered the opportunity to tell stories that a significant chunk of her audience could relate to, leaving behind a world where the most outspokenly bisexual woman left on television was Megan Mullally’s character Karen Walker on Will & Grace. Bisexual visibility in media has long been a touchy subject, with many characters hesitant to openly refer to themselves as bi (see: Chasing Amy, Piper from Orange is the New Black). Our other options tend to be poorly-developed, problematic representations like A Shot At Love With Tila Tequila. These murky examples don’t do very much to demystify or enhance public perception of those of us who fall somewhere in-between. It would have been lovely to see a sympathetic portrayal of a complex bisexual woman on television, but instead Ilene Chaiken did it again – we got Romi, who threw temper tantrums about not receiving the treatment she felt entitled to as a “celesbian” and lied to her girlfriend about her obvious attraction to her ex-boyfriend before unceremoniously ditching her to marry him.

Any criticism of her behavior, even when valid, was written off by Romi as biphobia, and while I don’t doubt that much of it was rooted in biphobia, the problem of biphobia in the lesbian community is too pervasive and important to be dubiously employed on national television. Like other forms of oppression, biphobia and monosexism are systemic and institutional, propped up and perpetuated by larger systems that have a vested interest in maintaining rigid narratives about sexual orientation. Biphobia and monosexism aren’t just feeling dismissed by lesbian friends; they’re why bisexual women have disproportionately high rates of mental illness, substance abuse, sexual violence, intimate partner violence, and poverty when compared to both straight and lesbian women, just for starters. What Romi experiences is interpersonal; the feeling of someone being mean to her. While it’s undoubtedly hurtful for her, and would be hurtful for anyone who had to experience it, it’s only the tip of the iceberg when talking about biphobia. A refusal to look beyond Romi’s experiences — whether that refusal is Romi’s or the media’s  — helps us avoid looking at the institutional ways in which bisexual women are disadvantaged, and encourages us instead to continue bickering about whether bisexual women are “slutty” or “greedy.” Focusing the discussion in this way means that all that gets discussed is Romi as an individual. Even if Romi is a bisexual or sexually fluid individual, there’s an invitation to imagine Romi’s personal life as representative of what bisexuality is, and even worse, the negative experiences Romi complains about as representative of what biphobia is. And that’s just objectively incorrect.

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Of course, all we can go by is what we’ve been shown of this person’s public life; we cannot know what happened when the cameras were off. The GO Magazine interviewer does push Romi to quantify her sexuality in a very specific way, and she expresses some frustration with the way viewers of the show received her shifting sexuality. After three persistent questions on the topic, Romi seems to submit to the pressure to identify as “90/10,” more attracted to women than to men. She qualifies with “I don’t care what you want to call me or where I am on the scale, if I’m gay or bi or a fucking idiot.”

She is disheartened by the reactions she’s received from the lesbian community, and rightfully offended by the notion that by opening herself up to dating women, she’s suddenly “back.”  Sexual fluidity is real and it can vary with time, especially with women – I’ve chronicled this within myself over the course of the last several years, and it’s certainly ebbed and flowed over time. For some reason, people do often tend to ask me to define my sexuality with percentages, as though it were a pie chart I could draw up in PowerPoint for them to use as a handy guide to my relationships. What feels right for a person today may not be the same thing that feels right a year or even a month from now, but this doesn’t decrease one’s ability to love or commit to another human being.  It’s frustrating that Romi’s reported experiences with a  fluid identity are being parlayed into a common misconception about non-monosexual people: that they can’t “make up their minds” about what gender they’d like to be with, and that any committed relationship represents a clear choice between hetero- or homosexuality. Undoubtedly, she should be able to pursue the kind of person who makes her happy, but the myth that bisexuals are unable to make a longterm commitment to a single person of any gender is both unfair and unnecessary.

The language that implies Romi has “returned” to an attraction to women (or that she “gave it up” when she married Dusty) is indicative of a larger problem with how bisexual women are perceived in relationships. Regardless of however one personally identifies, we do tend to be defined to an extent by our current relationships.  A pair of female-presenting individuals holding hands will almost always be perceived as a homosexual couple, and both members of a heterosexual-appearing couple are generally assumed to be 100% straight. It’s upsetting to have to explain time and time again that an individual’s sexuality is not always defined by the gender of one’s present partner, and the nagging perception that long-term monogamous relationships can somehow erase one’s sexual preference. To use a pair of famous examples, compare the media’s reactions to Cynthia Nixon’s marriage to Christine Marinoni with the reaction to Evan Rachel Wood’s marriage to Jamie Bell. Whereas Cynthia Nixon found herself forced to explain her sexuality in great depth to a public convinced that she had suddenly become a lesbian, Evan Rachel Wood was criticized for marrying a man, as though her previously much-discussed bisexuality was no longer accurate or valid. “Bisexuality immediately doubles your chances for a date on Saturday night,” Woody Allen once quipped, but he’s not necessarily correct. The misconception that sexually fluid people are able to move effortlessly between the queer and heterosexual worlds seems awfully rosy, but it’s rarely accurate. Bisexuals often report feeling alienated by both sides of the coin. In straight society, bisexual women are often seen as promiscuous, sexually indiscriminate, up for anything; sexual relationships with women are portrayed as being almost entirely performed with the male gaze in mind (see: Katy Perry’s debut single, most mainstream girl-on-girl porn). On the other hand, there’s also a widespread misconception that bisexuals are all insatiable, inevitable cheaters who use so-called “bisexual passing privilege” to allow themselves access to heterosexual privilege without having to commit to life as fully-fledged lesbians.

This idea of the bisexual as part-time queers or somehow not fully committed also lends itself to the perception that non-monosexuals are less qualified to be active in LGBTQ organizations, that they are traitors, merely allies, or have less of a right to feel strongly about causes directly affecting their own lives. It’s unfair, and it’s terribly discouraging. Rubyfruit Jungle author Rita Mae Brown spoke for a lot of people who reject bisexual women when she said, “You can’t have your cake and eat it too. You can’t be tied to male privileges with the right hand while clutching to your sister with your left.” In Sex and Sensibility: Stories of a Lesbian Generation, Arlene Stein explains that early bisexual feminists were seen as “undermin(ing) the struggle against compulsory heterosexuality” and as “an inherently sexual category, while lesbians, feminists suggested, transcended sexuality.” This dismissive attitude creates a hostile environment for bisexuals seeking to form a queer political identity, or even to establish an inclusive community outside of the heterosexual world.

This is not to suggest that Romi or anyone is doing bisexuality incorrectly; obviously as long as nobody’s getting hurt, there’s certainly no right or wrong way to pursue sexuality. Even if Romi does in real life fulfill every stereotype of bisexual women, that doesn’t make her any less of a “real” bisexual, or a person whose sexuality isn’t valid and deserving of respect. That said, when we see sexually fluid individuals in film or television, they’re often unfortunately edited to fit the mold of the clichéd “bad bisexual,” a promiscuous, greedy person who is inconsistent and selfish with partners. Newsflash, guys – there are bisexual people who behave this way, but there are also people of every sexual orientation who behave this way, and if we had more nuanced, fleshed out characters representing non-monosexuals, these characteristics could be seen simply as individual personality traits and not representative of an entire community.  To pretend otherwise is wearisome at best, and biphobic at worst.

This may be the time to wonder why Romi is a primary person we are paying attention to when we talk about bisexuality in the first place.  Why are these kinds of stories that are so often amplified to reach us, instead of more nuanced, empathetic accounts of bisexual life?  As a queer woman who does not exclusively date women, it would be enormously validating to see something even vaguely resembling my story told in film or television. Instead, bisexuality has mostly been shown as a cry for attention, a phase, or an excuse to dodge commitments and treat partners badly – which is bad for business no matter how you identify.   The character of Romi who exists in front of reality TV cameras is indecisive, flighty and impulsive.  When she enters into a new relationship, she makes broad statements about how her new partner’s gender is the gender that’s been truly right for her along, and then often backtracks when said relationship doesn’t work out. Here we have a person whose public persona seemingly defines all the misconceptions that the non-monosexual community are tired of, and yet it’s a story we’re told all too often.

Bisexual women have been doing and saying wonderful things for a long time, and certainly there are far better examples to be found out there. Recently, Maria Bello’s beautiful coming out piece in the New York Times’ Modern Love column discussed her past and current loves in a matter-of-fact, straightforward manner, being clear about relationships with people of different genders without invalidating any of them or making essentialist claims about gender in the process.  She certainly isn’t the first sane, secure person on Earth who’s ever been capable of loving more than one gender, and yet her article’s wonderful reception was a pleasant surprise – finally, someone was getting it right (sort of — the number of headlines that claimed she was “coming out as gay” were disheartening, but not surprising).  These are the kinds of stories we need to be telling. I hope that Romi Klinger finds someone who makes her happy (Instagram suggests that this person is currently Kelsey again, so mazel tov, you two!), but we also need to start presenting more three-dimensional and simply MORE examples of sexually fluid humans — so that one complex, flawed, vulnerable woman doesn’t have be our most visible public understanding of that community. I am hopeful that perhaps in 2014, we can begin to make positive changes necessary to start seeing  a more balanced representation of the bisexual community in mainstream media.

In order to make sure that the comments section on this article is a healthy and welcoming place for our bisexual readers, please note that any comments that question the validity of bisexuality or sexual fluidity as a sexual orientation, question Autostraddle’s decision to publish pieces discussing bisexuality, or make essentialist claims about bisexual people (ex. bisexuals are cheaters, bisexuals turn out to be gay) will be swiftly deleted. 

Evan Rachel Wood Bisexual and Nikki Reed were Two Girls in Love During ‘Thirteen’

January marks the tenth anniversary of Thirteen, the Nikki Reed and Evan Rachel Wood film based loosely on Reed’s life. IMDb has the film’s synopsis as “A thirteen-year-old girl’s relationship with her mother is put to the test as she discovers drugs, sex, and petty crime in the company of her cool but troubled best friend.” My little gay fourteen-year old brain had the film’s synopsis as “two girls make out.” At the time, Thirteen was being buzzed about because of the self-harm, drug use, and sexualization of underage girls present in the film. Since I was just a gay babe that didn’t realize I was such, I was CERTAIN that if I ever tried to rent this movie at Blockbuster, everyone would think I was gay. Because straight people are super paranoid about that kind of thing, right? So I didn’t.

This is all to say that Nikki Reed and Evan Rachel Wood Bisexual live streamed a Q&A session in honor of the movie’s 10th anniversary. Even if you’ve never seen it, this is worth checking out solely because of Wood’s backwards hat and suspenders situation. When someone asked the question that’s apparently been tumbling around their head since Evan Rachel Wood Bisexual came out as bisexual, if she had a crush on Reed during the movie, the feed cut out. And just when they started wrapping up the session and you thought all hope was lost, someone off camera reminds them that the viewers never actually heard the full answer to that question. Blessed be that person. There are three parts to the session but the part we’ll be discussing happens around the 11 minute mark of this one.

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Now I’m no stranger to filling in someone years after the fact that I had a crush on them back in the day, even if I couldn’t identify it as such at the time. I know how awkward that moment can be and so I feel for Wood because she had to do it TWICE. Wood, the champ that she is, gets back into the topic with a joke. “When it cut out we were making out the whole time. I’m so sorry that you missed it.”

Apparently they’d never discussed whether Wood had a crush on Reed during filming before. They’ve only rekindled their friendship over the past year (thanks to Twitter) so I’m not too surprised that two married women haven’t discussed a childhood crush. Once Wood gets going, Reed temporarily curls into a little ball which made me have a crush on her for a hot second. She seems bashful and flattered even though they’re speaking about events that transpired over ten years ago. It’s pretty cute. Wood fesses up to her crush:

I did have a crush on Nikki. I don’t think I realized at the time that it was like a full blown crush but I definitely remember having feelings and thinking she was so beautiful. I thought you were so gorgeous and fun and there was something about you. The relationships you have with girls when you’re a teenager–there’s a part of you that wants to be them, there’s a part of you that kind of hates them, and there’s a part of you that’s kind of in love with them.

Reed chimes in and notes that she doesn’t meant to devalue Evan Rachel Wood Bisexual’s very bisexual feelings but that she thinks feelings of curiosity and confusion are very common with teenage girls.

Your first girl friend kind of represents your first time exploring love and what it means to love someone like that outside of your family and it’s not necessarily sexual although your body’s going through all these crazy things. The most making out I’d done up to that point in my life was with Evan in this movie and that was my first time experiencing what that was like and so you have all these crazy feelings and things that are happening–it is all mixed into one.

Wood goes on to state that she thinks a lot of girls get crushes on their best friends. They then talk about how they practiced for the kissing scene and are only now realizing that in some ways, their real lives began mirroring the movie. Both of them agree that this revelation changes how they interpret that experience and makes them reflect back on their own motivations. The video ends with Reed jokingly, but poignantly asserting that while making Thirteen they were “just two girls in love.” If a time machine is ever invented, do not go back in time and tell little Brittani this information. Her brain WILL explode.

20 Tweets That Made Me LOL in 2013

You know what’s annoying? When people call things the “best of” when really it’s just things they liked. People have terrible taste, ya know. No one knows what they’re talking about, including me. So here’s a list of some of my favorite tweets from the past year. It is extremely informed by who I follow and what I personally find funny. Feel free to weigh in with your favorites from this year in the comments.

1. @RealTomHankz Noël Wells, SNL Player

2. @momowelch, Mo Welch, Comedian

3. @RheaButcher Rhea Butcher, Comedian

4. @JenStatsky Jen Statsky, Comedy Writer

5. @LaurenLapkus Lauren Lapkus, Improviser/Actress

6. @heavenrants Heben Nigatu, Associate Editor

7. @ChelseaVPeretti Chelsea Peretti, Comedian/Writer/Actress

8. @TheSofiya Sofiya Alexandra, Comedian

9. @GraceHelbig Grace Helbig, YouTuber

10. @MaryLambertSing Mary Lambert, Musician

11. @QuirkyRican Gabrielle Rivera, Writer/Filmmaker

12. @Jenny_Wade Jenny Wade, Actress

13. @cameronesposito Cameron Esposito, Comedian

14. @jennyslate Jenny Slate, Comedian/Writer/Actress

15. @PerlaPell Paula Pell, SNL Writer

16. @campsucks Jenni Konner, TV Writer/Producer

17. @mindykaling Mindy Kaling, Comedy Writer/Actress

18. @bethstelling Beth Stelling, Comedian

19. @evanrachelwood Evan Rachel Wood Bisexual, Actress

20. @DeAnne_Smith DeAnne Smith, Comedian

Feature image via Shutterstock

Evan Rachel Wood Bisexual Lays A Twitter Smackdown On The Patriarchy, MPAA

Evan Rachel Wood Bisexual is starring in a new movie called Charlie Countryman, but before most of the nation has even had a chance to see it, the patriarchy is already trying to get in the way. Keeping in line with its long history of censoring sex (and specifically sex being enjoyed primarily by women) above all else, the Motion Picture Association of America put pressure on the film’s director Fredrik Bond to edit a sex scene in the film in order to get the film’s rating down to an R instead of NC-17. Wood wasn’t having any part of that, and on Wednesday she took to twitter to let the world know how screwed up the MPAA really is.

Wood first pointed out that the MPAA has a long history of doing this and that their actions are rife with hypocrisy.

She also highlighted the fact that this problem isn’t limited to just the movie industry. Society as a whole often seems to have a problem with women’s sexuality.

If you’ve seen the documentary This Film is Not Yet Rated (available to stream on Netflix), all of this might seem familiar to you. Many of the decisions made by the ratings committee seem flawed, arbitrary and without oversight. For example, when director Jamie Babbit submitted But I’m a Cheerleader to the board, they initially gave her film an NC-17 rating. This would have not only meant that many of the most popular theater chains wouldn’t show her movie and the most popular stores wouldn’t sell it, but the production company might not have even released it. She was able to get the film down to an R only after editing a scene where Natasha Lyonne’s character masturbates, over her underwear and while fully clothed. Babbit points out that this was at the same time that the preview for the far raunchier film American Pie showed Jason Biggs’ character (a man) masturbating into a pie, and that movie had no trouble getting an R rating. Other films were threatened with the NC-17 rating for reasons ranging from “a woman’s orgasm lasting too long,” “a glimpse of a woman’s pubic hair” and a three-way sex scene in a movie that also featured gruesome ax and chainsaw murders (those violent scenes weren’t seen as being as objectionable as the sex).

This current situation is also calls to mind to the outcry after Blue Valentine was originally stamped with the dreaded NC-17 rating back in 2010 because of an emotionally intimate scene where Ryan Gosling’s character performs oral sex on Michelle Williams’ character, who is his wife. In the case of that movie, the filmmakers appealed the rating and eventually got it overturned without having to make any edits. At the time, Gosling (in true Feminist Ryan Gosling style) called out the MPAA in much the same way as Wood.

You have to question a cinematic culture which preaches artistic expression, and yet would support a decision that is clearly a product of a patriarchy-dominant society, which tries to control how women are depicted on screen. The MPAA is okay supporting scenes that portray women in scenarios of sexual torture and violence for entertainment purposes, but they are trying to force us to look away from a scene that shows a woman in a sexual scenario, which is both complicit and complex. It’s misogynistic in nature to try and control a woman’s sexual presentation of self. I consider this an issue that is bigger than this film.

So, while it looks like the MPAA is going to keep on propping up the patriarchy in this respect, some actresses and actors are willing to stand up and speak truth to power. If more people are willing to call out the ratings board like Wood did, hopefully we’ll see a change in the system sometime soon. By going after the MPAA like this, she’s letting them know that women have it just about up to here with their patriarchal and arbitrary double standards. And to top it all off, even while standing up to this storm of sexism, Wood was able to remain eternally gracious.

Scientists Make Progress Engineering Artificial Blood In Lab; Sexy Vampires Imminent

On Monday, October 28. a team of researchers in Romania announced that they had created a new type of artificial blood that could one day be used in humans without negative side effects. By Thursday, hordes of sexy vampires worldwide had came “out of the coffin,” revealing their existence on the basis that they no longer need to feed on humans to survive.

…Okay, just kidding about the vampires. Probably. But the blood thing is true!

I wanna do real bad things with you, even/especially if you are a 500 year old vampire queen. Via True Blood Wikia.

Created by researchers at the Babeş-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, the artificial blood (not Tru Blood, but you can think about it that way if you want to) is made of water, salt, albumin and a special protein – hemerythrin – extracted from marine worms. This stress resistant protein is unique to the research and has been key in creating a stable product that can be used in transfusions. According to lead researcher Dr. Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu, previous attempts at artificial blood have ended in failure because the blood has been unable to withstand mechanical and chemical stress, often creating toxic byproducts under real life conditions.

So far, the hemerythrin-based artificial blood has had very encouraging results in tests with laboratory mice. “Mice treated with this ‘Made in Cluj’ artificial blood did not experience any side effects, and this is precisely what we want, not to display signs of inflammation or disease,” said Silaghi-Dumitrescu. Although human testing is “a very delicate topic,” the team is committed to further exploration of the possibilities, with the ultimate goal of creating artificial blood that will be accepted by the human body in a state of shock (such as surgery). In time, they hope to create “instant blood,” a mixture of salts and protein that can easily be transported and which will turn into artificial blood when water is added.

Dr. Florina Deac, one of the chemists on the research team. In her right hand she holds a vial containing the marine worm protein; in her right hand, hemoglobin derived from cow’s blood. Via Adevarul.

The biggest hurdle for the team right now, Silaghi-Dumitrescu explained to Adevarul, is “administrative predictability.” Since the project’s start in 2007, he has found that even when funding is approved “on paper,” bureaucratic impediments can get in the way of actually purchasing equipment necessary to continue experiments. However, the team remains optimistic about the prospects. Silaghi-Dumitrescu estimates that it will take one to two more years of research with animals before they can move on to human trials, which would take another two to three years minimum. From there it would be passed to a manufacturer and undergo further testing before potentially going to market.

If everything goes as planned, Silaghi-Dumitrescu and his team would almost certainly be in the running for a Nobel. Today’s human blood donation system is plagued with supply chain issues, not to mention the persistent and sensitive questions regarding who is and is not allowed to donate. Gay people are often excluded, for reasons rooted in legitimate concern about the spread of HIV, but complicated by ignorance, homophobia and inefficient screening techniques. An artificial blood supply could remove many of these issues from the equation and ensure a steady supply of life-saving blood for humans and vampires alike.

(Again, just kidding about the vampires! …Probably.)

Evan Rachel Wood Bisexual Sings Karaoke to Lesbian Justin Bieber’s “U Smile”

Riese’s Team Pick:

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True Blood Characters Who Still Haven’t Had Sex (and Why They Should)

by Meredith Woerner

How in Fern Gully porno heaven will True Blood top last year’s neck-snapping sex sessions and vampire TV broadcasts? By mixing up the sextation on this show. It’s time for Andy Bellefleur to get his! But with whom?
Here’s our list of hookups we’re hoping take place in the new fourth season. Your move, True Blood.

Andy Bellefleur and Nan Flanagan

At first, I was tempted to wish for a sordid past between Andy and Hoyt Fortenberry’s Mama, Maxine. Thus planting the seeds of a potential Andy and Hoyt father-and-son, on-the-road episode (perhaps Maxine could blurt out the truth while juiced up by the dirt sex goblin?). But I just couldn’t do that to Andy — he deserves better. And even though Maxine and I can both get down in a muumuu to Claudine Clark’s “Party Lights,” she’s still a horrible lump of flesh and a rotten excuse for a human being.

Andy needs someone stronger, someone dangerous, someone who’s able to lift him up and physically twirl about his farmer’s-tanned limbs mid-coitus. Someone like Nan Flanigan. Bad ass vampire representative, with a mean shade of lipstick and a bitchy haircut. Sure, Nan may not be that into human men (last time we checked in her limo). But this no-nonsense missus could really turn around our beer-bellied law dog from Bon Temps. Andy needs someone with a little structure, who’s slightly scary (so he’ll actually listen to her). We’re tired of sad sack Andy. Nan, it’s time to cover Andy with your healing blood and vampiric lady-bits. For the good of the show.

Sookie Stackhouse and Alcide Herveaux

Two great tastes that taste great together? Perhaps. Look we all know this is bound to happen. And if Sookie doesn’t get on this soon it could be minutes until we see sneak a peek at Alcide’s muscled man-hiney. Also, if she’s sleeping with Alcide, this means she’s not sleeping with Eric. That’s a win for both my personal fantasy fodder and my rapidly depleting store of Sookie tolerance.

Steve Newlin and Jason Stackhouse

There is a real, carnal attraction here — whether it’s Jason looking for the role model he never had, or the Reverend searching for solace in the arms of the man he’ll never be. The second season was smothered in Steve and Jason’s sexual tension. This year, it’s time for the disgraced Reverend from the Fellowship of the Sun to step into the light of man-on-man sex.

Sophie-Anne Leclerq And Tara Thornton

Perhaps the only way we can save the two most despised characters of the True Blood ‘verse is to get them in bed together? They’re both at seemingly critical lows in their character’s journey. One is a broke, disgraced Queen. The other was kidnapped by a psychopathic vampire, and raped for most of last season (a bit of information that no other character on the show really seemed to care about). Maybe these two could kind find some sort of peace in between the sheets — or just Thelma and Louise themselves? (That’s a great idea as well.)

Barry Horowitz and Ginger

The vampires bellboy/fairy and the skin and bones vampire barback. Ginger and Barry are both such pathetic creatures, they almost deserve one another, don’t they? There’s no doubt that both could benefit from the deep, soft kisses that come from a life time of being the neglected one. But, then again, Barry could also be a delightful, if not slightly more neurotic, replacement for Russell Edgington’s consort Talbot. Still, I think someone needs to spend some serious time stroking both of these shivering, caricatures, reassuring them everything will be OK. Naked or not, that’s all just an HBO plus at this junction isn’t it? (Assuming Russell gets out of his cement prison).

Debbie Pelt and Pam

Coot got Old Yeller-ed. And Yvetta is Fangtasia’s day-old trash. So who will these two turn to for comfort in season four? What about each other? I’m not entirely sure Debbie’s mannerisms would attract Pam from the get-go, but this aged vampire seems to attract strays. This could be a mutually beneficial relationship for both — Debbie will need protection from those looking for revenge on Russell’s lackies, and Pam needs someone to keep her young.

Also on the table (for Pam specifically): Hoyt Fortenberry. Hear me out. I DO NOT think that Jessica and Hoyt should break up. I’m one bad decision away from tattooing this fake couple’s initials in a heart on my behind, that’s how much I love these two. HOWEVER. How great would a “this is how you have sex with a vampire” session between Pam and Hoyt be? Especially if Hoyt gets offended and turns out to be a lanky, yet respectable) demon in the sack? I can see it now: “Excuse me Pam, but I think I’ll take it from here.” (Cue the fast flippy-sex athletics.)

Eric Northman And Bill Compton

This has been a long time coming. Now’s the chance for Bill and Eric to get their sexual frustration towards each other out, and onto the small screen. It doesn’t even have to be pretty — it just has to happen. Although we would delight in a little Compton courting. Flowers, hand-holding, aggressive commands half-shouted in a terrible Southern accent. “Why Eric, I do believe your black heart has chained itself to my lonely soul. Let us retire in each others arms and borough in our pink flesh until the wee hours of daylight.” Huzzah!

Originally published on Io9. Republished WITH PERMISSION MOTHERF*CKERS.

100 Ridiculously Hot Lesbian & Bisexual Women

Due to Exec Editor Laneia & Editor-in-Chief Riese‘s personal preference for more masculine-leaning women and this website’s constant effort to promote gender presentation diversity in our imagery, we sometimes forget about people like Sarah Facepalmer/most of the world.

Sarah Jesus Christ P*lmer, a Contributing Editor here at Autostraddle, would describe herself as “a gay girl who likes gay girls who look like girls.” Now before you get offended about the “girls who look like girls” idea, take a deep breath and recognize that you know what we mean, and we’re not the enemy, and then exhale and move on.

Okay! Now as you may or may not know, we’re not into the habitual worshipping of straight models/actresses  over here — this is a queerlady site and we wanna talk about lesbians and bisexuals and other queer ladies!  Also we’d rather introduce you to a lesbian you’ve never heard of but sure would like to make out with than devote any screen-space to like, Megan Fox. Because come on really, Megan Fox? Really? Right?

So, basically we asked ourselves: what would happen if the Autostraddle Hot 100, the AfterEllen Hot 100, GO! Magazine’s Women We Love and the Maxim Hot 100 got together and had a baby?

Well — here you have it, as judged by the universally accepted standards of beauty, 100 SMOKINGLY HOT PHOTOGRAPHS OF SCORCHINGLY BEAUTIFUL HOT 100 LESBIAN AND BISEXUAL WOMEN OF THE WORLD … mostly femme-of-center but some fancy masculine-of-centers too.

Dear femmes — next time your uncle/ex-boyfriend/neighbor/barista says “you don’t LOOK like a lesbian” — just link them to this gallery. ((and maybe also to this roundtable.)))

This is what that baby will look like:

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Bisexual Lindsay Lohan “Still Likes Boys,” is Bisexual

LINDSAY LOHAN:

Lilo opened up big time in a new interview with Australian radio hosts Kyle and Jackie O, chatting about everything from the disses against her on Glee to rumors of being un-insurable, to her sexuality. She doesn’t watch the show but says she’d still allow them to use her music even though:

“…they’ve made a lot of snarky remarks about me. Which I don’t know why, they don’t need to do that. I think they’re all really talented though. And their work schedules are insane I’ve heard. It’s a lot, it’s like 7 days a week, which doesn’t sound legal.”

She states that she is single as of today and that boys “still have a chance” with her. When the female host asks if she has a chance Lilo’s response is priceless. To check out the whole interview, just let the player continue. It’s separated into smaller clips, but it’s all there.

Her statement regarding still liking boys was a huge deal in the media, which is confusing, because she’s more or less identified as bisexual, right? I feel like “bisexual” means that she likes boys and girls.

+ Single Lindsay Lohan reveals she’s still interested in men after two years

+ Lindsay Lohan on dating boys again — I’m available!

+ Lindsay Lohan hasn’t given up on men

+ Lindsay Lohan swings both ways

+ Lindsay Lohan admits she’s still into guys

+ Lindsay Lohan is still interested in men

+ Lindsay Lohan — I’m still into boys, too

Meanwhile, Fox News is really really really concerned about Lindsay’s breasts and the possibility that they are starting to sag. Because if Lindsay Lohan ages, the terrorists win.

I mean — WOW! Fox News interviewed bra EXPERTS for this. Unfortunate that it’s none of their fucking business.

ROSEANNE:

Roseanne offers one of the most insightful, funny and honest takes on fame, sexism and television industry I’ve ever come across in her article “And I Should Know” for New York Magazine. On the subject of fame and Charlie Sheen, Roseanne writes:

She details a history of how her old show, Roseanne, per her original vision, almost never came to be — and her sense of how it could never exist today: “Viewers now prefer their comedy dumb and sexist.” The show she cites to illustrate her point? Two and a Half Men.

KRISTIN CHENOWETH:

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Any interest in watching this? Check out a video promo.

LADY GAGA:

DVR alert! Gaga is the musical guest tomorrow night on Saturday Night Live with host Justin Timberlake. Speaking of Gaga, I’m sure we’re all aware by now that Born This Way has leaked (and is also streaming online for those in the UK).

HEATHER MORRIS:

Wanna stare at Brittany S. Pierce’s hot bod for a few hours? Heather Morris is the covergirl for the new issue of Women’s Health:

The Octopussy and Laid Stone Dildo Review

In honour of Earth Day, let’s take a look at a couple of eco-friendly dildo options from Babeland: the Octopussy and the Laid Stone.

The Octopussy

Description: Whether you’ve got a thing for sea creatures or you just love the wonderful sensations of textured glass, the Octopussy Dildo is waiting for you. Two rows of smoothly textured nubs run along the shaft for extra sensation during penetration; the looped handle makes the Octopussy easy to hold and maneuver (perfect for G-spot stimulation). And of course, boilable Pyrex holds temperature beautifully — pop it in the fridge or a bowl of warm water, then add some lube and enjoy unparalleled slickness. Put this compact, weighty wonder to good use, and your deep-sea adventures are sure to yield some very pleasurable results.

Review: The Octopussy looks almost exactly like an octopus tentacle, which has irrevocably changed the way I feel about sea life in general. It’s not overly large or heavy, and that, coupled with its pink tint, makes the Octopussy pretty friendly looking.

The tip of this toy is upturned, so getting to your G-spot is not a problem. Not at all. And the absolute best part of this dildo is the loopy finger grip at the end. Every dildo should have a loopy finger grip at the end! Whether you’re using the Octopussy alone or with a partner, that nifty little handle makes it almost effortless. Also clean-up is as easy as soap and water!

The Laid Stone Dildo

Description: Imagine the smooth, heavy sensation of glimmering, polished black Norwegian Moonstone against your G-spot: that’s the Laid Stone Dildo. This hand-held, perfectly weighted and stunning dildo is contoured on one end to hit the G-spot with just the right angle, crafted with your anatomy in mind. The other end, meanwhile, is narrower for a different penetrative feel. Place it in a bowl of warm or cool water to change its temperature. Makes a one-of-a-kind gift, and it’s great for couples; you’ll never again complain that your hand’s too tired to keep going. Brought to you by Laid, a new sex toy design company from Norway whose toys are at the cutting edge of form and pleasure.

Review: I don’t know what Norwegian Moonstone is, but I can say that this toy is not for the faint of heart. You know the brooding, mysterious, drop-dead sexy beast who’s been giving you fuck-me eyes all night but hasn’t said a word? That’s the Laid Stone dildo. It’s dark, heavy and slick, and there’s something mildly-to-extremely intimidating about it, but in a good way.

I don’t know, it’s just fucking sexy.

The Laid Stone starts out cool, temperature-wise, but warms up after a bit. I found it a little more fun to use with a partner and, as the giver, both ends fit comfortably in your hand. Because of its weight, there’s really no fear of the toy slipping out of either your partner or your grip.

I would still recommend the Laid Stone for solo use. Bonus: any future partners will instantly know what’s up when they see this baby in your nightstand.

Babeland is donating 10% of eco-friendly toy sales in April to Grist, an online magazine that’s been called “The Daily Show of the environment,” and I know how much you like the Daily Show.

If You’ve Heard That Evan Rachel Wood Is Bisexual, You Get A Comment Award!

Goooooood morning/afternoon/whatever time of day it is, young witches and wizards! So many special things have been happening at Hogwarts Autostraddle this week.

Firstly, we asked for help, and you gave it, and are still giving it, and we love you sososo much. Like, so much.

Then we’ve got 5 documentaries that you may want to watch, a new playlist for all your breakup needs, and Laneia did not write a mommy blog but she needs your gluten free advice.

If you believe in sexual fluidity and think you are sexually fluid, Nikki and Jill from The Real L Word want you! Riese recapped Glee in which nothing happened, and we’ve got a new fashion writer, Liz! She’s naked underneath her clothes.

On LISTEN: Lady Gaga’s Second Single “Judas” Premieres:

The EVAN RACHEL WOOD BISEXUAL Award to ash hole, yodelmachine:

On We Need Help:

The EVAN RACHEL WOOD BISEXUAL Award to terracottatoes, e:

On Delaware Makes Best Civil Unions Ever Happen:

The EVAN RACHEL WOOD BISEXUAL Award to e:
when i think delaware, i think of that picture of george washington crossing the delaware river in that boat with all those men. yup, pretty gay.

On We Love You:

The EVAN RACHEL WOOD BISEXUAL Award to dizzy, MJ:

The EVAN RACHEL WOOD BISEXUAL Award to Carmen SanDiego, maria:

On Carmen’s Team Pick: This Lemonade Stand:

The EVAN RACHEL WOOD BISEXUAL Award to chantaloupe:

On The Trouble With Counting The Gays:

The EVAN RACHEL WOOD BISEXUAL Award to Lizz:
I have a strong suspicion that there exists a genderqueer warrior who also deeply believes that she was created to bake the perfect roasted ham for her eight kids. That’s just plain yummy.

On EVAN RACHEL WOOD BISEXUAL:

The EVAN RACHEL WOOD BISEXUAL Award to EVAN RACHEL WOOD BISEXUAL:

On Playlist: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do:

The EVAN RACHEL WOOD BISEXUAL Award to doctormccoy:
adele bears so much relevance to this entire post. i will personally admit to belting out “melt my heart to stone” about ten minutes after i broke up with my boyfriend of three years. i was in a park. there were concerned parents nearby. it was like the climax to every meg ryan movie ever made.

The EVAN RACHEL WOOD BISEXUAL Award to JJules:
1. Tegan and Sara – Call It Off
2. Tegan and Sara – Call It Off
3. Tegan and Sara – Call It Off
4. Tegan and Sara – Call It Off
5. Tegan and Sara – Call It Off
6. Tegan and Sara – Call It Off
7. Tegan and Sara – Call It Off
8. Tegan and Sara – Call It Off

etc

On Sarah’s Team Pick: Don’t Fuck With Otters:

The EVAN RACHEL WOOD BISEXUAL Award to Kristy77:
Maybe he got pissed because he didn’t want to be “rescued”! If someone tried to “rescue” me from my “crisps” I’d go all Jackie Chan on their ass too (especially if they were Cheetos or Fritos…MMM)!

On Riese’s Team Pick: Yogamazing:

The EVAN RACHEL WOOD BISEXUAL Award to buffy summers:
I saw “yoga,” “Chaz,” and “gardening” and thought this post was about my ex-boyfriend. Somewhat relieved, somewhat disappointed.

On Dear Lizzie Thinks Bi-Questioning Teen Should Just Not Think About That Right Now:

The EVAN RACHEL WOOD BISEXUAL Award to Jenissuper, terracottatoes, AG, Paper0Flowers:

On Token Lesbian Friends Are The New Token Gay Friends:

The EVAN RACHEL WOOD BISEXUAL Award to Ka, Grace_B, dizzy, L:

On Conservative Group Fears Degrassi-Induced Transgender Plague Upon Your Children:

The EVAN RACHEL WOOD BISEXUAL Award to katiebug:
So, like, do Space and SyFy have to reevaluate their programming? Because in my general experience, time travel/alien invasions/wizards are way less common than relationships that don’t fit with heteronormativity and/or the gender binary, but from the way those channels get on, you’d think that there were just robot uprisings happening all over the place.

Evan Rachel Wood is Bisexual, Toppy, Romantic, Will Pay For Dinner

Evan Rachel Wood is bisexual. She told Esquire Magazine all about it very recently so it’s a super big deal. I mean just google “Evan Rachel Wood bisexual.” She’s like the new Anna Paquin! Im going to type “Evan Rachel Wood Bisexual” a few more times. Evan Rachel Wood Bisexual.

No but really — I think we all could deduce, at least, that Evan Rachel Wood Bisexual had a fairly progressive view of gender after her on-again off-again and passionate long-term relationship with Marilyn Manson, who she told the press she liked because he wore eyeliner.

From the oh-so-tastefully-and-not-remotely-objectifying titled article “Evan Rachel Wood: A Guided Tour of a Woman We Love”:

“I love [Oh! You Pretty Things!]! I grew up in love with David Bowie.*”

*PING

She has a tattoo on her upper thigh to prove it, a heart with an Aladdin Sane lightning bolt.) “So I was always into very androgynous things. Guys, girls … I’m into androgyny in general.” She says this helps explain the appeal of her ex Marilyn Manson.

Later on in the interview:

“I’m up for anything. Meet a nice guy, meet a nice girl…”

This is the third such hint in the conversation, after that androgyny comment and saying she’d “marry” her Mildred Pierce costar Kate Winslet if she could.

You date women?

“Yes,” she says proudly, as if she was waiting to be asked.

Do you look for different things in men than in women?

“Yeah, I’m more kind of like the guy when it comes to girls. I’m the dominant one.” It’s with women, she says, that her inner North Carolina gentleman comes out: “I’m opening the doors, I’m buying dinner. Yeah, I’m romantic.”

We spent most of the day scratching our heads thinking that surely this isn’t the first time Evan Rachel Wood has mentioned being Bisexual. Were we confusing Evan Rachel Wood with the plethora of lesbionic characters played by Evan Rachel Wood? I mean, Evan Rachel Wood is right up there with Mischa Barton, Piper Perabo and Olivia Wilde, among others, as a frequently kissing other girls on the screen/teevee.

See back in 2007, Evan Rachel Wood told YRB Magazine:

“I’m not a lesbian, but I don’t think it’s weird or gross or anything. I wouldn’t go so far as to say that I’m bisexual – I don’t sleep with women. But I definitely appreciate women and there have been times where I have been attracted to a woman,.”

“I’m not afraid of sexuality. I think too many people get called skanky or a whore just because they are sexual.”

She was 20 when she answered that question. Sometimes these celebrity self-outings — and our collective traceback to when they first broached the topic — are no different from our own stories. When we were younger many of us knew we were attracted to women but weren’t ready to let ourselves or the world know that we might sleep with them too. Then we broke up with our psychotic boyfriends and started looking for psychotic girlfriends. Evan Rachel Wood Bisexual is Just Like Us!

Clearly,here’s no day but today for an Evan Rachel Wood bisexual retrospective:

As straight but maybe bicurious teen Tracey Freeland in Thirteen (2003):
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As lesbian teen Jessie Samier in Once & Again (2000):

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As Kimberly Joyce in “Pretty Persuasion” (2005)

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As Sophie-Anne Leclerq in True Blood (2010):

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More importantly, Esquire reported that Evan Rachel Wood would like “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” played at her funeral, which is badass, but also somewhat alarming because I think Pink Floyd wrote that song for Syd Barret, who got really fucked up with drugs and was therefore much like a crazy diamond because he was like receding but also brilliant.

Anyhow hopefully Evan Rachel Wood will date a girl or something so we can become unnaturally obsessed with her every move. Ideally Lindsay Lohan, so we can multi-task.

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