Our theme week for September 2016 will be Bisexual Erasure and Representation.
People who identify as bisexual are part of an often maligned group. Both straight people and queer community members frequently express discomfort with the concept of bisexuality, feeling threatened by bisexuality’s refusal to fit cleanly into an either/or binary system of sexuality. As a result, bisexuality is often depicted as voracious (Lost Girl), respecting no boundaries, and having no limits (Basic Instinct).
Conversely, many mythologize bisexuality, claiming it doesn’t truly exist. They stubbornly label bisexual people as gay, lesbian, or straight based on their current partner, effectively erasing the sexual identity of an entire group of people (The Kids Are All Right, Chasing Amy).
However, some representations of bisexuality accept it as a normal iteration of human sexuality (The 100). These examples allow for exploration and fluidity without judging or demonizing their bisexual characters (The Fall, How to Get Away with Murder). We need to see more bi characters on-screen, especially bisexual women of color (Frida, Appropriate Behavior).
Show us the best of bisexual representation and the worst of bisexual erasure. Show us the bisexual characters who break the stereotypical mold and those who define it.
We’d like to avoid as much overlap as possible for this theme, so please get your proposals in early if you know which topic you would like to write about. We accept both original pieces and cross-posts, and we respond to queries within a week.
Most of our pieces are between 1,000 and 2,000 words, and include links and images. Please send your piece as a Microsoft Word document to btchflcks[at]gmail[dot]com, including links to all images, and include a 2- to 3-sentence bio.
If you have written for us before, please indicate that in your proposal, and if not, send a writing sample if possible.
Please be familiar with our publication and look over recent and popular posts to get an idea of Bitch Flicks’ style and purpose. We encourage writers to use our search function to see if your topic has been written about before, and link when appropriate (hyperlinks to sources are welcome, as well).
The final due date for these submissions is Friday, September 23, 2016 by midnight Eastern Time.
Here are some possible topic ideas:
Lost Girl
Appropriate Behavior
The Color Purple
Broad City
Chasing Amy
Degrassi: The Next Generation
Basic Instinct
The Fall
The 100
Orlando
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Kids Are All Right
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Frida
Orange Is the New Black
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The L Word
Puccini for Beginners
Prey for Rock n’ Roll
Y Tu Mamá También
Orphan Black
My Own Private Idaho
True Blood
De-Lovely
How to Get Away with Murder
Gigli
Horrible Bosses 2
Rent
Torchwood
Jennifer’s Body
House of Cards
Glee
Grey’s Anatomy
Bones
Kissing Jessica Stein
Game of Thrones
I’m kind of disappointed that you also didn’t mention that there also needs to be more representations of bisexual men and men of color. The media for some reason tends to show bi women more but there needs to be more bi men shown in media. Also more sexually fluid men in general.
You could talk about that. talk about oberon on game of thrones.