You're going to need something stronger than a mojito if you have to review articles as asinine as Sarita's bulls***. Bottoms up, darling. And good luck.

 ~Lolita

"But to see her was to love her, love but her, and love forever."

Not to be wishy washy, but maybe both...In my opinion, you are totally right in having a negative overall reaction to this blog post. It goes to further the notion that people can 'choose' who they love and are attracted to and that all of a sudden, 'becoming' a lesbian could somehow simplify your life, when in reality, it's just as hard to have relationships either way. People are people and that doesn't change.

As for the overreacting - it's hard to say where this person is in their own life other than what's written on the page. You may be right when you note that perhaps this was a way to gauge acceptance/thoughts on this particular subject.

However, to the mainstream, I think most people would take it at face value which perpetuates the idea that we have the 'ability to choose' I mention above. Having girlfriends is not the same as having a girlfriend, no matter what a person might think regarding being 'tired of boys.' It doesn't make it easier.

Verdict - proper reaction.

I read this in Google News... I guess when it was published. My reaction was simply "huh?" 'cause I so don't get it.

But now that you've made me think about it...yeah, it is pretty insulting considering all the angst I went through coming out.

Maybe this is the reason I prefer to call myself gay. It seems like gay is treated more as an identity and culture. Lesbianism is something you practice. I mean, there's no "practicing" form of the word gay. There is only gay...no "gayism"

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Forget the possibility of this girl being gay or even being bisexual. Bisexual people are actually attracted to both sexes. This girl is just attracted to the idea of someone of the same sex being attracted to her. So much so that she would actually believe that she could "become" a lesbian, in order to seek that attraction. The only thing that she has become is stupid, and a whore. not that she is a whore for having sex with any of these girls, because lets face it, we know she would never have sex with any of the girls she would meet. No, she is a whore for using lesbians as a tool to give her what she feels is too hard or too easy to get from men....ATTENTION. 

though you wished you could get back the 2 mins you spent reading that article, i enjoyed my 4 mins reading yours!

fav line: Girls of course are made of butterfly kisses, Krispy Kreme donuts and unicorn wings.

I think you should write a collective reply from the lesbians to these poor, delusional girls. "Thanks for your application, but we don't want you."

I really want a Krispy Kreme and Mojito now!

"Having someone write an article like this just makes my struggles seem so trivial, like it’s something you can change as easily as an outfit.

For some reason, there’s a large part of me that really doesn’t want to get upset by this article. You tell me, am I overreacting? Am I underreacting?"

i don't think you're underreacting, because this "trend" of gay as something you can put on and take off whether it is fashionable or not, is completely offensive and idiotic.

don't take this the wrong way, but i don't agree with you're opinion that the article is bad because it makes the horrible struggles of coming out seem trivial. i actually thought it was the only cool aspect i could find in the article: that at least pictures being gay as something natural and trivial that everyone accepts. let's all hope for a future like that. sans the "VOGUE Special: after a very straight winter, this summer gay is tottaly in!"

see I need to 'technically' change my sexuality this summer as Im going to a country where it isn't accepted but that doesn't mean that i'm going to go around sleeping with boys but i will need to say im straight all im going to do is just not have sex. why can't she just not have sex instead of trying to recruit a summer girlfriend?

but whatever! Let her go for it! Im not holding on to the lesbian brand so tightly that it really bothers me,  if she wants to experiment then go for I guess. As long as whoever it is she hooks up with knows the situation. IDEA!  why doesn't she just hook up with her mate? problem solved.

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Exactly. Bicurious types are so tiresome. I don't care if they experiment but why do they have to tell the world about it and why do they have to use the word lesbian? 

all i gotta say is...

f*****g straight whorish girls, why dont they turn to vegetables or animals if they're bored of guys?!

we suffer a lifetime, for the likes of her to 'choose' it as a fad over the summer.

I agree with everything said before. The article is just offensive and plain stupid by both, the girls having this "fantastic" idea and the one writing it. I'm glad I was warned it would be a waste of life time so I could prepare for it. It's because of articles like these that people still think homosexuality is a choice and something to be cured!!!

The blog really complete ignores the struggles that come along with coming out and so on. It took me a long time to figure out why I was disappointed by my mom's reaction when I came out to her (which was quite positive and accepting) but now I know that it was because I felt like she didn't acknowledge how hard it was for me and that it was really a sign of trust! 

If you don't wanna dance w/ boys, let'em know you can kick their ass or take along someone where they don't even dare coming near you, that's why I love going out w/ my fellow basketball girls, most boys won't mess with a 6'4 girl!!

those girls order a drink, yet refuse to pay the bill, let alone finish their drink.

I go to gay bars to NOT fall for straight girls - so girls craving my attention and possibly my lust, yet turning straight when it comes to actual feelings, play with my pride and my heart. don't need that.

Gee, I wonder, can I be heterosexual this summer, girls are just too boobey.  

Some people just amaze me. But while it is oh so cute and funny when they say stuff like that, I have to argue on a regular basis, that I am really gay and it is not a ridiculous phase and/or a fashion, like ... mmm.... UGGs for instance. 

I am changing my drink to Mint Julep this summer. I am dying to find out what it tastes like, but do they only have it in Kentucky? Very curious ... 

Articles like that don't surprise me anymore, since being gay always brought attention to everyone. Should i remind you how many times "i kissed a girl" stayed #1 on music charts? Not to mention that the girls that were singing it the most...were in fact straight XD

Moving on..i don't care if straight girls want to have a taste of the gay life..as long as lesbians don't get hurt in the process..by being used as lab rats.. Sadly it happens more than you think.

I pity people that write these kind of articles, because they're obviously so dumb that they can't see beyond what being with a girl is..im pretty sure they just think of it as a turn on for the guys..which is sad.

These guys are the reason why many people think that being gay can be "Cured"(how pathetic is that?) 

So anyway you're totally not overreacting..

Lots of love.

xoxo

Once again the jingle comes to mind:

Stay away from straight girls, stay away from straight girls,
they'll only break your heart
can't finnish what they start...

What happens at the end of the summer when Sarita goes back to her Mamita and tells her: "oh yeah, by the way mom, i tried being a Lesbian this summer and i think i kinda liked it" -?

Now Sarita is no longer an equal member of her family. Her dad wants to disown her, her siblings stop talking to her, her mother goes to church for a 40 day fast in hopes that la virgencita hears her prayers and changes her daughter back to normal.

Yes, I know I'm assuming Sarita's family is exactly like the Latino stereotype. But if she can triviallize my lifestile, I can take on hers. A LARGE percentage of Latinos are homophobic - trust me, I know. URGH! Who do you think helped push Prop 8?

I totally agree with you. This article was very annoying and asinine.

If anything they're creating stereotypes, not  doing us any favours. Twits like them have no interest in "helping us".

I'm not from the U.S.  

Strange but in a way I feel like it’s what we’ve been asking for all along; total acceptance.

I mean if shallow straight girls feel like they can idealize being lesbian enough to think they can pull it off for the summer then being gay has gained enough acceptance to be a non-issue. 

Granted I’m very offended at the idea in general. I do feel in some way that my experience is being mocked and resent the disrespect. But at the same time I see it as progress; shallow minor progress, but progress none the less. 

Also it kind of reminds me of a BBC mini I saw called “Dawn goes Les" or something to that effect. Dawn decides to go Lez for a month to see if sexuality can be influenced by outside factors. I had low hopes but it actually turned into a decent conversation about sexual fluidity; especially in women. Let’s hope Sarita and Angie can pull off something similar.

(Still will shoot steel cold glares of hatred at loud drunk straight girls acting Lez for boys or kicks)

From my own bicurious/confused standpoint...
yes this seems incredible odd, at least the way it's written and discussed.

but when i think about the actually person...let's assume that the impending lesbian experience is not in the Katy Perry spirit. I can't actually imagine a person who isn't at least somewhat attracted to women actually persuing a 'lesbian lifestyle'. And well, I think everyone has there right to figure what is best for them. Relationships, love, sex are complicated for everyone, and getting confused, hurt is just part of the game for everyone.

that bit about girls being made of butterfly kisses etc. made me LMAO! I was laughing for ages, that was amazing, ha ha! 

and secondly I dont think you are over reacting, its morons like that that make it harder for gay people to be understood and accepted, they make people think that being gay is a choice and for most its not, that really annoys me.

also, why the hell do half my comments keep turing red!?!

This sort of phenomenon is not new. There's even a term for it: Tourists.

Don't think for a minute they will actually come out. They just want to get out of the hot links, pizza and lite beer line because the krispy kreme, butterfly kisses and unicorn wings line is shorter.

It's just a cute little attention getting scheme. Because life for them, is a series of food concessions in their own private lalapalooza.

the website contact address & asked that they forward my email on to the author. She has posted a comment on the blog webpage apologizing, but she didn't address the problems with the blogpost. The comment she made is basically one of those "i know some of those (fill-in-the-blank) people, so i am not prejudiced/bigoted/racist/fill-in-the-blank" statements.

Thus, I suspect, she has learned nothing. :0(