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October
DVDs
This month's lesbians on DVD include a museum director
and her pregnant ex-girlfriend, a surgeon and a ballet
dancer, soccer moms, teens looking for trouble, and
Janeane Garofalo. |
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The
D Word's Tongue-in-Cheek Take on The L Word
The
D Word spoofs the characters, storylines, and upscale
setting of The L Word through mock episodes about
a group of lesbians in New York City. |
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The
Best and Worst of The L Word Season 2
Our take on the high and low moments of the season,
including Best Kiss, Worst Hair, Best Villain, Worst
Seduction, and Best Use of a Prop (no, it's not Bette's
cell phone). |
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Carmen
Redefines Family on The L Word The
Latina lesbian character diversifies and complicates
the series. |
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Through
Mark's Lenses The character of Mark
on The L Word reinforces many of the worst stereotypes
about straight men, but perhaps that's the point. |
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A
Taylor Made Career Prolific TV and
film actress Holland Taylor, currently starring in the
CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men and the movie D.E.B.S.,
talks about her career, roles for women in Hollywood,
and what she plans to do next. |
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The
Reinvention of Jenny Schecter This
season on The L Word, the writers seem intent
on making Jenny a more popular character--and so far,
it's working. |
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Review
of The L Word Season 2 Soundtrack
A
fine collection of melancholy chill-out music to accompany
the second season of The L Word. |
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News
Brief: L Word Premiere
Hollywoodturns
out for the L Word Season Two premiere and after-party. |
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The
L Word Season 2 Review New
characters, love triangles, and more drama than you
can shake a lesbian stick at: our take on the second
season of The L Word. |
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Longing
for The L Word: My Fantasies for Season 2
Malinda
Lo dissects the promo for Season 2 and shares her hopes
for Shane's new haircut, a better storyline for Jenny,
Dana and Alice's burgeoning relationship, and Tina's
new fiery attitude. |
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Interview
with Guinevere Turner On
the day of the release of The L Word on DVD,
writer Guinevere Turner answers our questions about
Season 1, drops some hints about Season 2 and gives
us the latest on what she's up to. |
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Interview
with Jane Lynch The
actress who played Jennifer Coolidge's lesbian lover in
Best in Show (and guest-stars on the next season
of The L Word) talks to us about her
career, why she thinks comedy is more challenging than
drama, the changes she sees in roles for women, and why
there aren't more lesbian movies. |
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Hollywood
Comes Out for POWER UP Premiere
Stars, fans, and industry execs turned out to support
gay women in entertainment at the gala event, where Jane
Lynch rocked, Jennifer Beals inspired, and the future
of lesbians in entertainment never looked brighter. |
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Diary
of an L Word Marathon
On
the last day of L Word week, our
intrepid L Word recapper attempts to watch
a marathon session of the first season--and gives you
a front-row seat to her harrowing, hilarious, and heartbreaking
experience. |
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Review
of The L Word Season 1 DVD
There is little
on this DVD that will be new to avid L Word
fans, but let's be honest: we're not really buying this
DVD for the extras. |
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All-Girls'
Camp: Playful Exaggeration of Lesbianism in
The L Word
The L Word loosens up the ideas of what is “lesbian,”
and plays with dyke stereotypes to create a positive
niche in primetime television that’s more inclusive
than not. |
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More
Actresses Willing to Play Gay These Days The
increasing success of movies and TV shows with lesbian
characters has diminished the stigma of playing a lesbian
character to such a degree that directors who even a
few years ago couldn't convince well-known actresses
to look at lesbian roles are now turning them away in
droves. |
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Review
of The L Word Soundtrack
The
L Word Soundtrack, released today, is a diverse
mix of music from the first season of the series. From
the refrain of the opening song to the last song's jazzy
ode to bisexuality, listeners are treated to an album
that is enjoyable whether you're a fan of the show or
not. |
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Loss
of The L Word's Lara Leaves Viewers Longing
The
character of Lara was our way into The L Word's
unattainable world of the rich and beautiful, and her
enduring
popularity is a testament to the audience's hunger for
self-confident, positive gay characters to whom they
can relate. |
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It's
All About the Hair: Butch Identity and Drag on The
L Word As the
first season progressed, The L Word made significant
strides toward including butch women in the cast. But
these positive developments do not come without problems,
most of which comes down to the hair. |
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Too
Much Otherness: Femininity on The L Word Given
all the obstacles The L Word had to tackle on
top of the ones that every new show faces, is it any wonder
that the characters on the series were generally written
to conform to traditional norms of femininity? |
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The
L Word's First Season Thrills, Frustrates For
the past three months every Sunday night, my friends and
I gathered together in my living room to watch The
L Word along with many other lesbian and bisexual
women across the country. Now that the first season is
over, one of the few things we can all agree on is that
The L Word has titillated, frustrated, thrilled,
and provoked us all. |
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Candace
and Lesbians of Color on The L Word
With Ion Overman and the character of Candace, there is
a possibility not only of more fully developing another
three-dimensional lesbian of color on television, but
really engaging on the issues of race and class with the
character of Bette, and portraying, if only briefly, a
relationship between two lesbians of color. |
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The
L Word Finale Explores Darker Side of Lesbian Relationships
While woman-on-woman violence has been a staple of television
since Dynasty's legendary Alexis/Krystle
catfights, what is different about The L Word's
treatment of this topic in the finale is that they showed
explicitly sexualized violence between two women. |
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Coming
Out on The L Word
The
L Word from its very first episode has drawn us
into the world of lesbian and bisexual life beyond coming
out--a world we rarely see elsewhere on TV, where most
lesbian characters come out only to disappear. |
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Interview
with Erin Daniels
Actress Erin Daniels talks about her role as Dana on
Showtime's series The L Word in this lengthy
interview. |
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Does
The L Word Represent? Viewer Reactions Vary
Last Sunday night’s premiere of Showtime’s
The L Word was a significant event for lesbian
and bisexual women, and while reactions to the pilot
differ, viewers seem to agree that there was some good,
some bad, and some very ugly. |
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Review
of The L Word When
I sat down to watch the first five episodes of The
L Word last week, it was not without some trepidation:
would the show live up to its potential? By the time I
was halfway through, however, it was clear that when it
comes to lesbian visibility on TV, The L Word
is going to change everything. |
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Leisha
Hailey Says the "B" Word on The L Word
Leisha Hailey is one of the more intriguing actors on
Showtime’s new drama The L Word, both because
she is the only openly gay member of the cast, and because
her character explicitly identifies as bisexual.
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Jennifer
Beals Tackles Issues of Race, Sexuality on The L Word
As
a lesbian on Showtime's upcoming ensemble series The
L Word, Jennifer Beals hopes to "destroy certain
stereotypes that people have of the gay community."
But it is her character's biracial identity that makes
her truly unique. |
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Interview
with Guinevere Turner The
actress and writer talks about her work on The L Word,
what she likes about being on both sides of the camera,
and the challenges and benefits of being an out lesbian
in Hollywood. |
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Interview
with Katherine Moennig Actress
Katherine Moennig talks here about her role in Showtime's
upcoming lesbian ensemble series The L Word,
her experiences working on the series, and why she became
an actress.
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Interview with Angela Robinson A
former writer for The L Word who is now directing
the upcoming lesbian-friendly movie D.E.B.S.,
Angela Robinson talks about her experiences working on
both the show and the movie. |
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Sex
and The L Word Although
we're still several months away from the premiere of Showtime's
new lesbian series, at least one question
seems to be answered: unlike almost all other lesbian
characters on television, these women are actually going
to have sex on screen--a lot of it, in fact, if Showtime's
new promo is any indication. |
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Karina
Lombard First Native American to Play a Lesbian on TV
Although Lombard has a pivotal role in the pilot of
The L Word, the series does not appear to feature
Lombard's character prominently in the rest of the episodes,
which is unfortunate given the the invisibility of lesbian
Native Americans in Hollywood. |
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Sad
Sex, Sailor Hats, and Silly Phrases: Earthlings
Points to Ponder Most lesbians are
so delighted a show like Earthlings is finally
being produced, we're tempted just to accept whatever
characters or storylines they throw our way. But I have
to ask--what is up with that sailor hat? |
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No
More "Laurel Who?"Why I Can't Wait for Earthlings
to Begin In the upcoming series, Laurel
Holloman will play Tina, better half to Jennifer Beals'
Bette. I hope she’s a full-fledged character and
not just an appendage. I hope she's smart and sassy
and tough and tender and constantly surprising, like
Randy Dean, all grown up. |
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Why
Mia Kirshner is the New Face of Lesbian/Bi Women on TV
In the last two years, Kirshner has played more bisexual
characters on film and television than just about any
other Hollywood actress. And now she is set to star in
the upcoming Showtime series Earthlings, playing
yet another lesbian/bisexual character. |
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Will
Earthlings be the Lesbian Queer as Folk?
Like Queer as Folk, the cast of the new Showtime
lesbian ensemble series Earthlings is overwhelmingly
white, and at least some of the storyline focuses on a
lesbian couple's decision to have a child. As interesting
as that situation can be, God forbid we have a whole show
around Melanie and Lindsay! |
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