From Bad Girls and Brookside to Sugar Rush and Skins, UK contributors Sarah and Lee review the television shows and characters that have mattered most to British lesbians.
A column in the The London Evening Standard asks why the public is obsessed with the love lives of rich and famous lesbians like Mary Portas, Jeanette Winterson and Sarah Waters.
![The perks of being a "power lesbian" in London](/sites/www.afterellen.com/files/portasrickey-block.jpg "The perks of being a "power lesbian" in London")
![Jeanette Winterson offers a "Hannah Montana" alternative](/sites/www.afterellen.com/files/JeanetteWintersonHomePage_0.jpg "Jeanette Winterson offers a "Hannah Montana" alternative")
![Jeanette Winterson requests "Dykes" for herself](/sites/www.afterellen.com/files/picresized_1232505427_jean.jpg "Jeanette Winterson requests "Dykes" for herself")
!["Shaggy Muses": No, it's not about mulleted girlfriends](/themes/afterellen2/img/default-thumb.jpg ""Shaggy Muses": No, it's not about mulleted girlfriends")
