‘Inside Amy Schumer’: Freeing the Pussy on Comedy Central by Inkoo Kang at Women and Hollywood
Michelle MacLaren In Talks to Direct ‘Wonder Woman’ Movie by Justin Kroll at Variety
Portia de Rossi, Norman Lear, Jesse Tyler Ferguson Salute TV’s Impact on LGBT Equality at Paley Center Gala by Andrea Seikaly at Variety
#FeministPrincessBride Is Your New Favorite Hashtag Game by Victoria McNally at The Mary Sue
Kim Kardashian doesn’t realize she’s the butt of an old racial joke by Blue Telusma at The Grio
TIME Magazine Faces Backlash for Attempting to Ban the Word Feminist at Ms.
One-Sentence Reviews of the Lesbian Netflix Canon by Sara Century at Bitch Media
15 Historical Queer Women Who Need Their Own Biopic Right Now by Ashley C. Ford at BuzzFeed
Is America Ready To Fall In Love With The Telenovela? by Brenda Salinas at NPR’s Code Switch
Why the Media Still Doesn’t Get Lesbianism Right by Allison Epstein at Adios Barbie
White People Don’t Get It Because They Never Had to by Tanya Steele at Shadow and Act
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Oh yes! I loved the one about the “One-sentence reviews of the lesbian netflix canon” at Bitch Media, and “Why the media still doesn’t get lesbianism right” from Adios Barbie. I’m glad that the first one for the reviews mentioned just how bad many of them are, especially “the kids are all right”, that film was of course just HORRIBLE for all of the many obvious reasons. And of course the article about the portrayals of lesbians in the media; I have NEVER in my life understood why the hell these film/tv makers make these women “gay” if they are just going to go out and have sex with a man anyway. It makes no sense! But Allison Epstein explained it perfectly that the main reason for that is because a lot of these are written by straight (and possibly bi) men, who are doing it for THEIR gaze only. It’s despicable! When will people wake up and realize that gay women are just like gay men. They are NOT attracted to the opposite sex AT ALL. They only like the same sex. Of course it’s the opposite with straight people, and BISEXUAL people like both. When will people get that?! And why do these actresses agree to play these roles? Why does no one ever speak up and say, “hey wait a minute, something is not right here!” And I hate to say it, but sometimes there have been portrayals of gay men having sex with a woman. It happened on Queer as Folk and Six Feet Under. It’s just as sad.