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News, Reviews & Commentary on Lesbian and Bisexual women in Entertainment and the Media

Notes & Queeries

Notes & Queeries: Best Friends Forever
, Jul 20, 2009
A new novel about college students and her own upcoming wedding has Malinda reflecting on the best gift of her undergrad experience — her friends.
Notes & Queeries: The Allure of the Lesbian Vampire
, Jun 24, 2009
The lesbian vampire is making a comeback in TV and film — what does that mean for queer women?
Notes & Queeries: The Trouble with "Bisexual"
, Apr 19, 2009
Malinda raises questions about the label of "bisexual" in light of Clementine Ford, Oprah, and her own coming-out story.
Notes & Queeries: Rachel Maddow, Butch Fatale
, Mar 16, 2009
Anxiety with butch lesbians is expressed in numerous mainstream articles about Rachel Maddow.
Notes & Queeries: Change Comes to "The L Word"
, Feb 23, 2009
The show reminds us that we all struggle to evolve — and that’s a good thing.
Notes & Queeries: The Truth About Lies
, Jan 29, 2009
Two young adult novels remind us that growing up is about telling the truth.
Notes & Queeries: Yes I Am
, Dec 24, 2008
The central strategy of Harvey Milk's campaign for equal rights — coming out — should still be our strategy today.
Notes & Queeries: Come Out, Again
, Nov 16, 2008
A recent episode of South of Nowhere reminds us of the need to come out to people of older generations.
Notes & Queeries: The Undiscovered Country
, Oct 20, 2008

Erica and Callie's relationship on Grey’s Anatomy reminds us of the wonder of our first lesbian relationship.

Notes & Queeries: A Wal-Mart Wedding
, Sep 22, 2008
Ellen and Portia's wedding is the talk of the checkout aisle in mainstream America.
Notes & Queeries: An Open Mind
, Aug 13, 2008
Buffy and Satsu's relationship in the Season Eight comic series of Buffy the Vampire Slayer suggests that sexual orientation is increasingly irrelevant.
Notes & Queeries: Returning to the Indigo Girls
, Jun 26, 2008
Malinda Lo discovers that the hardest to learn is the least complicated.
Notes & Queeries: The Wisdom of Exes
, May 20, 2008
"Exes & Ohs" shows that it's OK to be single and gay.
Notes & Queeries: Beauty and Margaret Cho
, Mar 19, 2008
The queer comedian's latest tour, Beautiful, is blunt, explicit and important.
Notes & Queeries: Friends and "The L Word"
, Feb 12, 2008
Malinda Lo's first monthly column about the personal side of pop culture.