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Boobs on Your Tube: Kissing Witches in the Moonlight on “Motherland: Fort Salem”

Another jam packed week! Here’s more on (deep breath): 911, One Day at a Time, black-ish, God Friended Me, Boomerang, Station 19, In the Dark, Rosewell, S.W.A.T, The Baker and the Beauty, Tommy, Top Chef, Vagrant Queen, and yes — Motherland: Fort Salem!

By The TV Team| May 1, 2020 | 8 Comments
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16 Feel-Good TV Shows to Kick Off 2019 With a Little Hope

Listen, we all know queer women love a good TV show about serial killing or Satan worship or ghosts — but did you know sometimes it feels good to just feel good?

By Heather Hogan| January 8, 2019 | 23 Comments
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15 Times Your Favorite TV Characters Dressed as Your Favorite Feminist Icons for Halloween

Nakias and Supergirls and Wonder Women, oh my!

By Heather Hogan| October 31, 2018 | 7 Comments
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“Grown-ish” Is Here, Queer and Even Better Than We Hoped

Somewhere between Zoey’s orientation visit to California University on black-ish and the debut of grown-ish last week on Freeform, the writers decided to make her imperfect — and that’s a good thing!

By Natalie| January 10, 2018 | 14 Comments
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Boob(s On Your) Tube: Root and Shaw Are Getting Ready To Rip Each Other’s Clothes Off

Person of Interest really, truly is going gay. Orphan Black’s fourth season continues to be spectacular. Brittani Nichols is in a new series on IFC. Raven-Symone returns to Black-ish. And even more queer TV!

By Heather Hogan| April 22, 2016 | 51 Comments
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Boob(s On Your) Tube: Dead Lesbians and Bisexual Psychos Dominate May Sweeps

Supernatural kills Charlie, Gotham tropes Barbara, Arrow marries Nyssa off to a man. But on the upside, Samira Wiley crushed it on Law & Order: SVU and Raven was amazing on Black-ish.

By Heather Hogan| May 12, 2015 | 65 Comments
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“One Big Happy” Gets Axed, Ilene Chaiken Gets Crowned: How Lesbian TV Fared This Renewal Season

We won a few, lost some promising ones, and where the hell is Renee Montoya?

By Heather Hogan| May 8, 2015 | 25 Comments
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Your Primer on TV Upfronts 2014: A Mixed Bag

ABC, NBC, and FOX have released their upfronts for this fall’s new shows and I have a lot of feelings.

By Brittani| May 15, 2014 | 40 Comments

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