Comments on: Autostraddle Roundtable: Our Fantasy Gay Mommies

By: asher

asher — Sun, 10 May 2009 16:07:07 +0000

i think i would have to go with Tender Forvever (aka Melanie Valera) and Margaret Cho. Tender Forever is a mostly unknown French musician/hot weirdo out of the Olympia music scene signed to K records. From watching videos of her on youtube I’m convinced she is a Michel Gondry character come to life. And she appears to be a pretty uninhibited free-spirit. And Margaret Cho is just an awesome, hilarious, uncooth musician who would totes raise me to believe I’m beautiful. Right?

And I’d be half-French/half-Korean, 100% rad.

By: Laura

Laura — Sun, 10 May 2009 13:33:52 +0000

My fantasy grandparents are Shirley Bassey & Utah Phillips.

By: foist

foist — Sun, 10 May 2009 05:39:16 +0000

Emy Storey and Sara Quin

By: sam

sam — Sat, 09 May 2009 21:33:41 +0000

Do think Ilenn Chaiken would be my mom and she could give me the 2.2 million dollar house she has for sale in LA? Nooo – okay, I didn’t meant make you all scream.
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then I pick: Sarah Waern and Tracy Chapman.

By: Noah

Noah — Sat, 09 May 2009 09:36:15 +0000

There are so many lovely fantasy moms. Maura Tierney, Marisa McHugh, Jane Krakowski, Debra Messing, Rachel Shelley, Laurel Holloman. i can go on forever.

For now I pick McHugh and Krakowski. They’re fun but not too fun so they have still time to love you and care for you.

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By: Kimbit

Kimbit — Sat, 09 May 2009 03:14:56 +0000

all of these are so good! I think I would want my two moms to be Nico circa Chelsea Girl and Cyndi Lauper circa Hat Full of Stars. Amazing.

By: brooke

brooke — Sat, 09 May 2009 02:12:53 +0000

alex, i love your choices.

By: Intern JK

Intern JK — Sat, 09 May 2009 02:01:54 +0000

Know how I got out of my mom forcing me to wear dresses to church/funerals/dinners/etc.? By not sitting “lady-like”. Of course, I stumbled upon this fantastic idea simply by being lazy as a little girl, and sitting how I was most comfortable – feet on the floor, thighs relaxed allowing my knees to separate. When scolded, I could only concentrate long enough to sit “like a lady” for a few seconds; then, I was back to being comfortable. It only took a couple outings and public scoldings for me to realize I’d hit the jackpot, and she’d likely relent if I seemed unable to sit like a lady, I would be allowed to wear pants.

It worked. And backfired.

All of the “nice” outfits she then purchased for me for years were pantsuits (score!)… with shoulderpads (in the mid-late 90′s). *sigh* Shoulderpads, in a time when it was “sooooo lame” to sport them… and she wouldn’t let me cut them out. I blame having to purposefully drop my shoulders (to not appear as if I had some bangin’, steroid-fueled shoulder muscles) for my poor posture. Mm-hmm.

By: riese

riese — Sat, 09 May 2009 01:15:50 +0000

Also Ellen and The Lynch sometimes have the same haircut!

My Mom raised me gender neutral. But I sometimes had to wear dresses for fancy parties and I cried. And fought it off.

By: a;ex

a;ex — Sat, 09 May 2009 00:30:46 +0000

omg Michelle Obama! That’s a good one.

By: asdf

asdf — Fri, 08 May 2009 23:32:30 +0000

Neil Gaiman effectively ruined Lucy Ricardo for me in American Gods…… not very motherly, not very motherly at all….