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By magdalune • 15 years ago

Too Close to Decide

***non-important Fringe spoilers***

Normally, I’m kind of pissed when a show that isn’t Buffy brings in the chaste girl-on-girl action for titillation and show-stimulation. Buffy has an excuse – it started the lesbian kiss on the television screen. It was revolutionary.

But I was pissed when Grey’s Anatomy did it, even though I liked the actresses. And Sara Ramirez is a lesbian favorite on AfterEllen.com, so the show has a significant lesbian following. But it still felt less like a lesbian shout out and more like something to attract more male viewers (or keep them interested).

I was pissed when they did it on Bones , even though I can see why it fits Angela’s character, and I still love the show (and Bones’s philosophy on relationships … I hope they don’t change it … there have been suggestions).

It just seemed like the shows were trying to make themselves edgy by implementing a socially acceptable form of gayness (not very many men kissing in mainstream television). The men will be interested. The lesbian and female bisexual fans will be appeased, although most of the female viewership is going to roll its eyes and think "boys will be boys." But the viewership of Grey’s Anatomy is probably primarily female. Bones probably has pretty equal viewership between men and women. But it still always seems to be the whole "girl-on-girl-for-guy" kind of vibe. It doesn’t help that every lesbian ...
By magdalune • 15 years ago

Amazon censors erotica and GLBT books

Over the Easter weekend, Amazon decided to derank GLBT adult and erotic fiction as well as straight erotica in addition to removing them from some searches. But get this: not all straight adult fiction with explicit sex scenes or suggestions of heterosexual relationships are included, while all but some YA (primarily lesbian) GLBT fiction without sex scenes at all were included in this deranking.

Why is this such a big deal? Aside from the policing, moralizing, narrow-mindedness of it (all queer fiction is bad, all erotica is bad), it is terrible for these companies and the writers from a business point of view. Rankings lists help give books exposure in searches and best seller lists. And we all need search ...

Over the Easter weekend, Amazon decided to derank GLBT adult and erotic fiction as well as straight erotica in addition to removing them from some searches. But get this: not all straight adult fiction with explicit sex ...
By magdalune • 15 years ago

Why you should vote YES on Prop 8

…the state amendment to ban gay marriage if you live in California.
1. Because America is a Christian nation. That’s why Hindus and Muslims aren’t allowed to marry.
2. Because marriage is an intrinsically religious legal ceremony. That’s why atheists can’t get married and why you can’t have a non-religious ceremony.
3. Because gay marriage will undermine traditional marriages. That’s why traditional marriages always work.
4. Because gay marriage is disgusting and we don’t want to think about what they’re doing in the marriage bed. That’s why we never let ugly people or morbidly obese people or old people marry.
5. Because marriage is for procreation. That’s why ...

…the state amendment to ban gay marriage if you live in California.
1. Because America is a Christian nation. That’s why Hindus and Muslims aren’t allowed to marry.
2. Because marriage is an ...
By magdalune • 15 years ago

Just Another Image

Transsexuals are an abomination. They mock God, for we are made in his image and transsexuals pervert this.

If you saw Bones last night, something like this was said by the preacher’s wife – the same preacher that became a post-op MtF transsexual in Thailand and was declared dead in order to separate herself from her old life.

Transsexuals are an abomination. They mock God, for we are made in his image and transsexuals pervert this.

If you saw Bones last night, something like this was said by the preacher’s wife – the ...
By magdalune • 15 years ago

Childhood Memories: Counterintuitive Playtime

Bro went back to college today, so for the first time, I’m the one at home while my brother is the one at school. It’s the perfect time to reminisce (while making a tiny bit of a point).

When Bro and I were little, we often shared our toys. They were either gender-specific or gender-neutral, rarely items intended for the opposite gender. But we used them in quite creative ways.

my blog.

Bro went back to college today, so for the first time, I’m the one at home while my brother is the one at school. It’s the perfect time to reminisce (while making a tiny bit of a ...
By magdalune • 15 years ago

Fetch: Beyond Butch and Femme

“Gretchen, stop trying to make fetch happen. It’s never going to happen!”

They don’t really have a proper name for what I am. Labels are good, labels are fun, but sometimes they leave the less extreme without a name. In our lesbian subculture, it’s the old standbys of butch and femme. We both hate them and love them, hate how they cage us into strict dichotomies and expectations, love them for the identity that they can provide. We all talk about how we should avoid labeling ourselves – it’s a symptom of heteronomativity and the threat that the queer community places on their way of engaging in romantic and sexual activity, and it’s a product of the heteronormative way of ...

“Gretchen, stop trying to make fetch happen. It’s never going to happen!”

They don’t really have a proper name for what I am. Labels are good, labels are fun, but sometimes they leave the less extreme without ...