Results for: representation
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“Motherland: Fort Salem” Centers Women And Its Queer Relationship In Its Powerful First Season
Motherland casually and seamlessly put queer women at the center of its story.
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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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HBO Max’s “Love Life” Made Me Believe Love Isn’t a Lie and Also There’s a Lesbian
So often, when you’re single, especially if you’ve been single for a long time, people will give you the same empty platitudes. You just haven’t met the right person yet, you’ll find love when you’re not looking for it, you have to love yourself before anyone else can love you, etc. But this show takes those sentiments and clicks a new lens into place over them.
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HBO Max’s “Equal” Celebrates the Deviants of Pre-Stonewall LGBT Activism
In HBO Max’s LGBTQ documentary “Equal”; Samira Wiley, Jamie Clayton, Isis King, Shannon Purser, Heather Matarazzo, Theo Germaine and more embody key historical figures in the pre-Stonewall fight for LGBTQ rights and visibility.
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The Amazing Race: One Million Miles, 32 Seasons, 653 Contestants, 373 Episodes, 5 Out Lesbians
I fell in love with “The Amazing Race” and now I would like to ask “The Amazing Race” to fall in love with queer women.
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“Work in Progress” Is a Hilarious Triumph of Specificity
Allowing someone as funny and weird as McEnany to make a show that opens itself up to all the facets of herself is such a gift to us all.
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Netflix’s “The Circle” Is The Bisexual Chaos You’re Looking For
“It’s not a fair comparison because Are You The One? was entirely queer and went on all summer and sooo many people I know were watching. However, I will say no one on AYTO was as crushable as Sammie.”
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“Tommy” Review: Edie Falco’s Los Angeles’ Lesbian Police Chief Steps Into a Complicated Legacy
Her sexuality, it seems, has been something of a personal and career liability, and part of the series will see her grappling to turn it into something empowering.
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Fortune Feimster’s “Sweet and Salty” Is a Love Letter to Lesbian Tomboys
Fortune Feimster’s long-overdue solo hour-long stand-up special is even gayer than you hoped it would be.
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“Better Things” Tells an Important Trans Story — By Not Telling a Trans Story
It can feel like the only responsible story is one where a trans teen is certain of their identity and is allowed to transition. But that’s not the experience of so many kids both trans and cis.
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“GLOW” Does a Lot of Things Right, Just Not Queer Representation
Ah, the 1980s, when clothes and hair and music were hella dope but women were given the same courtesy as plants in Hollywood. Then along came women’s wrestling to shake television and gender roles way the fuck up.
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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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I Love “Euphoria” and I Hate It
We can debate the actual quality of Euphoria, but what’s undeniable is Sam Levinson is writing about people most of the film and television world has ignored. After two failed movies focusing on cis white people and one mediocre HBO movie about an old cis white guy, Levinson discovered what Hollywood at large still hasn’t.
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“Razor Tongue” Web Series Review: Rain Valdez is Here to Save the Romcom
Valdez is attempting to radically change the industry. She’s also making a compelling case that she should be to 2019 what Julia Roberts was to 1999.
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“Grey’s Anatomy” Did a “Charmed” Reunion and It Was Magical
Fanservice at its finest!
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I Loved “Sex Education” Season Two — I Wish It Loved Me Back
What’s incredible about Sex Education, and especially this second season, is its ambition is to include everybody.
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We Watched MTV’s “Sexually Fluid” Dating Show “Are You The One”? and Unfortunately We… Love It?
Find out whether Amber and Nour adopt a pet together, and the exciting potential future of Justin the tattooed vet and Max, who Stef lovingly describes as a “sex idiot.”
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MTV’s “True Love and True Lies” Is Gay, Indulges Your Secret Hobby of Judging Which Couples are Actually in Love
I assume all the straight couples are fake because I can’t believe that anyone would choose that lifestyle unless there was a cash prize.
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A Gay Television History of “Jane the Virgin”
A definitive look back on the greatest, gayest show about a heterosexual romance of our time.
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“Trinkets” Is a Queer Teen Drama That Will Steal Your Heart (Literally. They’re Shoplifters.)
All but one of the episodes were written by women. All but two were directed by women as well.