Everybody loves or loves to hate a fictional writer — from Carrie Bradshaw to Khadijah James. But today we are focusing on a particular brand of fictional writer: THE GAY ONES. Whether you are or aren’t a writer in real life, you can take this quiz and learn a lot about yourself, just like how Bette Porter learned a lot about herself when Jenny wrote “Lez Girls.”
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Which Fictional Sapphic writer are you?
Riese is the 41-year-old Co-Founder of Autostraddle.com as well as an award-winning writer, video-maker, LGBTQ+ Marketing consultant and aspiring cyber-performance artist who grew up in Michigan, lost her mind in New York and now lives in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in nine books, magazines including Marie Claire and Curve, and all over the web including Nylon, Queerty, Nerve, Bitch, Emily Books and Jezebel. She had a very popular personal blog once upon a time, and then she recapped The L Word, and then she had the idea to make this place, and now here we all are! In 2016, she was nominated for a GLAAD Award for Outstanding Digital Journalism. She's Jewish and has a cute dog named Carol. Follow her on twitter and instagram.
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Oh god, I knew I’d get Ava from Hacks, just knew deep in my being. Sigh.
I did too. Real poet and novelist z— bi Hane Barnes. Google me. I’m not the Jane that does Mormons.
Woops typos. It’s a blue moon. Jane
I’m Alice from the L Word hahaha
“You’ve got your finger on the pulse of a lesbian generation and you’re not afraid to take that pulse and make it into a public chart!”
I’m Devon from I Love Dick! “ dreamy romantic playwright surrounded by a lot of very entitled artists who is really hot and also determined to make their own voice heard!” Love this for me
Despite my profile picture, I am once an Alice, always an Alice. Thank you for confirming
any time!
Gabrielle from Xena? Nice.
“You’ve got a lot going on to give you an edge over the competition as a writer: first of all, you know how to read and write. Secondly, you have a hot girlfriend who is always doing things worth writing about. Nice work!”
Pity only the first advantage is true, though.
i got hattie from twenties! cool quiz
I haven’t watched OITNB yet, but I fondly remember seeing that Suzanne quote in ads for it. Happy to get her.
Ha! Knew I’d get Suzanne somehow. Of course the whole time I was like ‘not Jenny, not Jenny, not Jenny’. Whew!
i was praying i’d get jenny LOL
Journalist and activist Nova Bordelon from Queen Sugar. (This was a fun quiz!)
“You’re Jenny from “The L Word!”
well yes!