lesbian and bi women are both grossly underrepresented in the media so can we pls stop acting like the very rare representation of one is oppressive to the other
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30 movies and miniseries about women loving women that have happy endings, from this list by sapphostication
when night is falling (1995), show me love (1998), better than chocolate (1999), the secret diaries of miss anne lister (2010), fire (1996), bound (1996), bye bye blondie (2011), d.e.b.s. (2004), room in rome (2010), gray matters (2006), puccini for beginners (2006), the incredibly true adventure of two girls in love (1995), the four faced liar (2010), desert hearts (1985), spider lilies (2007)
concussion (2013), imagine me & you (2005), nina’s heavenly delights (2006), yes or no (2012), itty bitty titty committee (2007), but i’m a cheerleader (1999), saving face (2004), elena undone (2010), if these walls could talk 2 (2000), love my life (2006), tipping the velvet (2002), girl play (2004), fingersmith (2005), kiss me (2011), i can’t think straight (2008)
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YES
I JUST AWED OUT LOUD I LOVE THIS VERSION
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This is a list I made for YALSA’s The Hub on the wide range of YA literature featuring LGBTQ characters. See the full post and a downloadable pdf here.
I’m just going to say it. I’m not directing it at any one person, merely at the fact that it exists:
“Homosexuality” should never, ever be included in a “content warning” section of a review.
I keep typing up paragraphs of explanation and deleting them. This does not need to be qualified or explained. I’ll simply repeat it:
“Homosexuality” should never, ever be included in a “content warning” section of a review.
Amen.
the word ‘bisexuality’ is a taboo
it isn’t said on tv. orange is the new black, for example, features a bisexual protagonist who points out the biphobia at one point in assuming she can’t be attracted to multiple genders, but no one Ever says the word and she is ignored and referred to as a straight girl or a lesbian depending on the situation
other bisexual characters later turn out to have been Really Monosexual All Along. or are attractive, promiscuous women with commitment issues
this isn’t a coincidence.
people who are attracted to multiple genders, when asked about it, often describe themselves as “Fluid”. “I’d rather not label it.” “I don’t need to define it.” “It’s just whatever.” as if people are afraid of even implying the b word
this isn’t a coincidence.
the word ‘bisexual’ gets you different reactions in different places. straight people think you’re either faking for attention or a deviant. straight men are afraid of bi men and think bi women are just particularly promiscuous straight girls who want to have threesomes with them
gay men accuse bi men of being in the closet. lesbians accuse bi women of being straight girls going through a phase. and the ones who don’t do either of these things still often assume bisexuals are promiscuous, indecisive, and can’t settle down.
the theme throughout is that bisexually is illegitimate, deceptive, and always a front for something else.
this isn’t a coincidence
people are constantly encouraged to ‘settle down’, to ‘just pick one’, to ‘not be greedy’. abandon bisexuality. you’re really gay. you’re really straight. you’re too young. how can you know you’re bisexual at 16? 18? 20? 25?
this isn’t a coincidence
the word ‘bisexuality’ is constantly, persistently manipulated, by people who aren’t bisexual at all. the meaning twisted on shallow rationale. accused of being transphobic, or of being exclusionary. this has been happening for over 20 years now despite the existence of outspoken trans and/or non-binary bisexuals. whatever they can do to make you not say the word. pick a different one.
this isn’t a coincidence
bisexual people - whether implied or literally, deliberately saying they are bisexual using the word - are constantly rewritten as gay or as straight. gay icon. he was never interested in men. bi actor comes out? headlines say ‘came out as gay’, or articles outright ignore it
it’s never, ever a coincidence. bi erasure is a constant, ongoing thing.
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That magical time has come where I start deciding what to put on my syllabus for next semester.
There are a lot of things to consider in the making of a syllabus but I’m right now at that stage of brainstorming where I want to compile a list as long as possible of texts to be candidates for inclusion.
The course is on queer lit (with a dash of queer theory for garnish), and I want to try to stick to 20th and 21st century, mostly (if not exclusively) works by queer authors.
I’ve got a ton of things written down already but would love to consider also any suggestions people may have. You can reply, or reblog this with the names of works, or send me an ask or email me (platoapproved @ gmail). Graphic novels, film, novels, biographies, short stories, poetry - I’m pretty flexible when it comes to genre, and want to try to include a good mix of things if I can.
So, thoughts?
Some random thoughts: Maurice by E.M. Forster (written in the 1910s, published posthumously, written as a positive story about homosexuality). Also, The Line of Beauty (a book about beauty, love and death in Thatcherite Britain) and The Stranger’s Child (the legacy of one summer before the First World War, from when it happens to the present) by Alan Hollinghurst. I recently read Torka Aldrig Tårar Utan Handskar (“Never Wipe Tears without Gloves”) by Jonas Gardell, which is a trilogy about the AIDS epidemic in Sweden. It hasn’t been translated into English, unfortunately, but the TV series, which Gardell was heavily involved in and which was aired at the same time as the books were published, seems to be available with English subtitles. The English title is Don’t Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves. It might be interesting as a fairly modern, non-Anglophone example.
IM CRYING BC THE ACCURACY HITS DEEP
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