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The Julie Goldman Celesbian Interviews Special: JAMIE BABBIT

Julie and Kate talk to director Jamie Babbit about her latest movie, Itty Bitty Titty Committee; why lesbians use activist groups to pick up women; and what it's like to direct an episode of The L Word.

Plus, Jamie explains how she convinces actresses to take their clothes off for sex scenes. It's entertaining and educational!

The Julie Goldman Celesbian Interviews Special: Jamie Babbit

Tomorrow: Julie interviews Marnie Alton! Watch previous Celesbian episodes here.

 
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Romantic comedies, lighter coming-out stories and queer Asian women in film.

Carly Pope is one of the new popular gals on "24"

I’ve never watched 24. Not ever. Not even one clock tick. It’s just not my thing. And after six years of hearing our president mispronounce “terrorists,” I’ve pretty much lost all interest in the topic — real or pretend. So I had no intentions of watching the upcoming seventh season. Then, they started to announce the cast. And, well, things got interesting. The latest new installment, as mentioned in last week’s Best. Lesbian. Week. Ever., is Carly Pope.

You know Carly most recently as the lesbian drug dealer to the stars in Dirt; a CIA agent (the good kind, not the ones in black coats) in The Itty Bitty Titty Committee; and, of course, Sam from Popular. Well, now she will play Samantha Roth, the girlfriend of the president’s son who might be connected to his disappearance. I only watched Dirt on and off — it was a little too bleak and joyless for my taste — but I did catch Carly in a few choice scenes. Very choice. … continue reading

 

Malinda and Sarah's Women of Color Video Blog, No. 1: The Meet and Greet

Now that Sarah, Lori, Karman, Dara and Jill have made video blogging the Hot New Thing at AfterEllen.com, I broke down and gave in. Yes, I, too have gotten myself a camcorder and slapdashedly taught myself how to cobble edit together a video blog, co-hosted by me and my friend Sarah Pecora (who was also on my panel rating the Top 15 Hottest Butches), talking aimlessly (and hopefully, a bit humorously) about a subject we hold near and dear to our hearts: people like us of color in entertainment!

Sarah (left) and Malinda (right) explain themselves

Since this is our first video blog, please bear with us while we goof around with the technical details and learn how to light ourselves properly (yes, I see the huge shadow looming behind Sarah's head — oops!). We also do not yet have a name for our vlog, but we do have a suggestion for what we'd like to call it, and we hope you'll contribute your ideas, too.

For our inaugural episode, we offer you a wrap-up of some of the women of color we saw in TV and film this summer, namely: … continue reading

 
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Itty Bitty Titty Committee

Itty Bitty Titty Committee

WHAT: High School grad and all American gal, Anna finds her purpose and herself after she hooks up with the radical feminists in Itty Bitty Titty Committee.

The glossy new drama from FX delivers plenty of sex, lies and powerful female characters.


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