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Why Grey’s Anatomy’s New Story Arc Is A Pretty Big Deal

Because lesbian and bisexual characters now have longer shelf lives, network TV is beginning to go beyond the same trope-tastic story arcs.

fonseca May 16, 2013 46 Comments
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I Just Now Saw: Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Welcome to “I Just Now Saw,” a new column in which I attempt to conduct conversations about television shows you watched ten years ago and I just now saw for the first time. First up: BUFFY!

Riese April 25, 2013 132 Comments
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Why I Think Glee’s “Shooting Star” Missed The Mark On Gun Violence

“It’s not just ableist, it’s lazy writing.”

Lizz April 12, 2013 67 Comments
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American Horror Story’s Lesbian Is The Last Man Standing When Madness Ends (Which Is Awesome)

In which “American Horror Story” and the intrepid lesbian Lana Winters end with a bang.

Riese January 24, 2013 27 Comments
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Queer Lead Sophia Swanson Makes MTV’s “Underemployed” Worth Watching

MTV’s post-college dramedy “Underemployed” features a lesbian at the center of the action, and she’s pretty fucking cute.

Riese December 14, 2012 17 Comments
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6 Reasons To Watch Season One Of Gay Teevee Show DTLA

Dana Fairbanks, Julie Goldman, and four other reasons to watch the entire season of DTLA in one day.

Riese December 12, 2012 6 Comments
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The Lesbians of American Horror Story: For Us, The Scary Parts Are Real

“What is so difficult and simultaneously interesting about this narrative is that it is not a far-fetched horror story.”

Kate November 27, 2012 41 Comments
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Real Life Lesbian Jessica Clark Gets Naked For True Blood

Don’t tell me this wasn’t the highlight of your week.

Gabrielle Korn July 25, 2012 14 Comments
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Pretty Little Liars Recap 306: The Remains of “A” Freak Out and Leave

In this episode of Pretty Little Liars, everyone loses it and bolts out of the room dramatically. Also Emily wears the hottest blue dress.

Lizz July 21, 2012 21 Comments
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The Trials, Tribulations & Turning of True Blood’s Tara Thornton

How “True Blood” blew its chance to respectfully write a queer woman of color, and how maybe just maybe they are about to make up for it.

Gabrielle Korn July 12, 2012 21 Comments
TV Reviews

Awkward Black Girl is Back, Still Awkward

Did you see the second season premiere of “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl”? Yes? Good for you. No? Get with it, bub.

Brittani June 20, 2012 19 Comments
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Did “Secret Life Of The American Teenager” Just Pull Off A Decent Gay-Themed Episode?

“The Secret Life of the American Teenager” had an episode in which everyone is on a path that may or may not lead to gay and everybody needs to talk about it a lot.

Riese June 5, 2012 33 Comments
TV Reviews

Glee 322 Recap: Goodbye,You Strange Singing Creatures

It’s graduation week at McKinley High, and boy are the boys excited about it!

Riese May 25, 2012 71 Comments
TV Reviews

It’s True, Lena Dunham’s “Girls” is Funny

Here’s another show with the word ‘girl’ in the title which is an unfortunate coicidence rather than an indication of how good this show is.

Brittani April 12, 2012 30 Comments
TV Reviews

The Peculiar Kind Episode Two: ‘The Abstract’ Negotiates Gender Roles

“As soon as a woman steps out of the norm of what she’s supposed to be all of the sudden she’s a butch.. she’s a bitch…”

Jamie J. Hagen March 23, 2012 8 Comments
TV Reviews

“Super Best Friends Forever” is Weird, Wonderful, Relevant To Your Interests

Intern Grace’s Team Pick: At last, a cartoon about Wonder Girl and Batgirl and Supergirl and the invisible jet and burritos!

Intern Grace March 20, 2012 19 Comments
TV Reviews

Troian Bellisario Plays a Teenaged Lesbian in “Unspoken,” Your Spencer Fantasies Come True

Did you know that a young Troian Bellisario starred in a lesbian short about teenaged girlfriends? Me neither! Anyhow, you can watch it right now if you want to.

Riese March 15, 2012 28 Comments
TV Reviews

New Lesbian Webseries “Newtown Girls” Premieres And I Liked It

Features cute Australian girls with cute Australian accents.

Crystal March 12, 2012 31 Comments
TV Reviews

“Skins” Gets Axed, Just Like Franky

“Skins” will end next year forever, says Channel 4, because everything I touch turns to shit.

Riese March 8, 2012 64 Comments
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“Wastelander Panda” is Created by Gay Women and Also About a Panda

We can give the world this gift together, y’know.

Carmen March 7, 2012 13 Comments
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