Results for: representation
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Lena Waithe’s “Boomerang” Has a Black Lesbian, Bisexual Representation and a Lot of Heart
Tia’s a complete scene stealer. She’s defies so many boxes or tropes of what we’ve been programmed to expect from a black lesbian on TV.
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Lena Waithe’s “Master of None” Could’ve Settled for Being Black and Beautiful, But It Chose Complicated Instead
The third season Master of None eschews any clean, simple picture. When a happy love story about Black lesbians in love would have been easier, instead it holds up a mirror of what we don’t like to see.
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Lena Waithe on “Master of None” and Making Messy Beautiful Black Lesbian Art
“I wasn’t afraid to make myself the villain. I wasn’t afraid to make Denise not likable at times, because even in doing that, my hope is that you will see yourself.”
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Sunday Funday Says F*CK Them Cops, I’ll Hang With Lena Waithe and Jonica Gibbs Instead
Here’s some good news: me and all my friends hate the cops! Also, a FREE Be Steadwell concert, Hawa Hassan is making lamb burgers, and Utah is celebrating women’s suffrage. Happy Sunday!
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“Twenties” Review: Lena Waithe Writes Herself Into Her Groundbreaking New BET Series To Mixed Results
Lena Waithe’s “Twenties” on BET is historic — the first black butch lesbian to ever serve as the protagonist of a comedy in TV history! Carmen and Natalie got together to talk about the show, what’s next for black queer representation, and yes that really great sex scene.
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Anatomy of a Power Lesbian
I don’t think there was a specific cultural inception, but rather a percolation of various feminist ideals that bubbled over during the 1980s, the decade that female masculinity went mainstream.
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Lena Waithe’s “Boomerang” Is Bringing a Gay Reckoning to BET
Not only has Boomerang proven itself to be one of the most cutting edge black voices on television, it’s also invested in showcasing a full spectrum of young blackness, including sexuality.
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Announcing the Winners of Autostraddle’s Inaugural Queer TV Awards!
Ten thousand reader votes later…
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The 2018 NAACP Image Awards Included a Major Moment for Feminists and LGBT Black Women
With Angela Robinson, Lena Waithe, and Laverne Cox donning the stage, three of the six women represented were out queer and trans black women. In the middle of this already big moment, these three women broke another glass ceiling.
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Pop Culture Fix: Lena Waithe Blesses Us All as OUT 100’s “Artist of the Year” and Other Inspirational Tales
Topics include The Out 100 starring Lena Waithe and Chelsea Manning, Anna Paquin’s lesbian turn in “Electric Dreams,”a horror film about lesbian love, wild powers & sexuality and so much more!
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Autostraddle’s Very Scientific and Unbiased 2017 Emmy Predictions
Vote for your favorites and then join us for our Emmys liveblog on Sunday night!
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“Master of None” Sets New Standard For Diversity, Overall Awesomeness
There has never been a show like this on television, one that moves with warm precision from scene to scene, self-assuredly asking questions about race, immigration, sexism, modern love, and (brilliantly) minority media representation.