Results for: orange is the new black
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“Orange Is the New Black” Season Seven: Everything Is Different Our Final Time Around
“There are few shows that I have loved with the ferocity that I loved Orange is the New Black, and there are exactly zero shows that have broken my heart the way this show did. So when it came to the final season, I was trying to prepare myself for anything.”
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“Orange Is the New Black” Changed Everything We Thought We Knew About Queer TV
As “Orange is the New Black” wraps up its seven-season run, our TV team weighs in on the show’s legacy — the good and the bad.
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Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin Is as Gay, Bloody, and Bananas as Its Predecessor
This Rosewood-adjacent teen drama knows exactly what it’s about: Teen girls doing slashings, teen girls getting slashed, mysterious notes and threats popping up in unlikely places in unhinged ways, and TWINS.
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Danielle Brooks’ Lesbian Character Is the Only Reason to Watch “Peacemaker”
In Danielle Brooks’ lesbian character Leota, Peacemaker finds the depth that it appears to be looking for in its star John Cena, and coming up short.
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Orange Is the New Black Season Six Went to the Max and Maybe Back Into Our Hearts
Carmen and Riese talk about the entirety of Season Six of “Orange is the New Black,” which they thought they were going to hate at first but then it actually turned out pretty okay.
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Attention Cocktail Queers! Netflix’s New Mixology Competition Series “Drink Masters” Is the Show for Us
Mixology entails a lot more than just drink-mixing. There’s science, gastronomy, artistry, and even storytelling involved here.
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Orange is the New Black Season Five: 16 Questions Driving Me Nuts About the Finale
I marathoned the entirety of Season 5 this weekend and I need to talk to somebody about it, pronto. SPOILERS AHEAD.
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The CW’s “Batwoman” Review: A Really Fun, Super Gay Romp — and Ruby Rose Is Great
It’s an excellent addition to both the cinematic Bat-universe and to The CW’s (already superqueer) superhero line-up, which is no small feat. It balances the fun and heart of Alex Danvers and Kelly Olson in National City, the cocky silliness of Sara Lance and Ava Sharpe in space-time, and the drama and grit of Anissa Pierce and Grace Choi in Freeland.
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“The L Word: Generation Q” Review: Something Old, Something New, as Much Queer Sex as You Remember
I loved Generation Q. I don’t know why I’m so nervous to say that out loud? I suppose because it’s The L Word. And that means there’s so much on the line for so many of us, but damnit — I really did love it.
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“We Are Who We Are” Doesn’t Do Labels
Are they dating, are they in love, are they having sex, are they best friends? It’s one of We Are Who We Are ‘s queerest pleasures that it’s not about definition.
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“Clink” Hopes to Step Into the Women’s Prison Drama Gap Left by “Wentworth” and “OITNB”
If life’s taught me anything, it’s that even the straightest-seeming woman can shuffle into a fictional prison meek as a lamb, and five seasons later is striding the corridors as Top Dog with a hot blonde on her arm.
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“Tales of the City” Believes in the Power of Gay Love and LGBTQ Chosen Families
Tales of the City leans into some tropes, flips others on their head, makes plenty of jokes at its own expense, and — above all — believes in the power of LGBTQ people who come together to make their own family.
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Vida’s Season Two Is a Triumph of Unapologetically Queer and Latinx Storytelling
Tanya Saracho demands more from her characters, from her audience. She requires our discomfort, our willingness to bring all of our messy selves in front of the television.
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Ellen Page and Lauren Morelli’s “Tales of the City” Is Maybe the Gay Reboot We Actually Need in 2019
“It’s a world filled with wonderful, kind, queer people.”
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We Honestly Loved the Transparent Musicale Finale and Fondly Recall This Profoundly Jewish Queer TV Show
“Being out of the closet is really intense when you’re related to Shelly Pfefferman.”
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“Orange Is The New Black” Broke Everybody’s Heart To Teach Idiots A Lesson
If you’ve yet to watch Episode 412 of “Orange is the New Black,” be aware that this post contains epic spoilers.
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“Queen Sugar” Does Black Lives Matter Storytelling Right
Unlike Orange Is the New Black, Queen Sugar’s approach to Black Lives Matter storytelling works because it doesn’t resort to excessive violence or torture porn to make its point.
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“The Bold Type” Is Our Favorite Feel-Good Summer TV
It’s not perfect, and last week’s episode on Kat’s identity really missed the mark, but there’s a lot to love about this queer, feminist show.
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“Take My Wife” Season Two Is Everything And Everyone You Love
“Take My Wife” Season 2 is now available on iTunes and surprise, we loved it!
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We Lost One of TV’s Most Important Lesbian Characters When “Survivor’s Remorse” Got Axed
The conversation of multi-dimensional black thought, and questions of isolation or not feeling “black enough”, is one that a lot black people are familiar with. It’s smart and nuanced. It’s also a conversation that fundamentally could not be filtered through a white lens. It could not exist on a television show that wasn’t like this.