"Tara's a fag-hag?" Amber Benson's new movie might be gay, but is it good?

Amber Benson, who captured our hearts as lesbian witch Tara Maclay in Buffy The Vampire Slayer, is once more in the limelight as her new movie has just been released stateside.

In Race You To The Bottom, Benson co-stars as Maggie (the role for which she won best actress honors at L.A.'s Outfest film festival), the best friend of bisexual journalist Nathan(played by Cole Williams).

Despite both being in relationships with other men, the depths of their relationship are explored, and the boundaries of their friendship tested, when Nathan is assigned to write a travel article on romantic hotspots in Napa Valley, and the film studies how their increasingly complex feelings develop.

Ms Benson seems to be carving a niche for herself in playing the straight best friend character in queer romantic comedies, such as Latter Days and the upcoming Kiss The Bride, in which she co-stars with little rich girl extraordinaire, Tori Spelling,and while it's nice to see Amber enjoy continuing success, especially in queer-themed and gay-friendly films, the word is going round that she's the best thing about Race You To The Bottom.

The New York Times bemoans the poor casting, saying that while "Ms. Benson is a lovely actress with a vulnerability that can be extremely touching...she enjoyed more chemistry with Alyson Hannigan on Buffy the Vampire Slayer than she does with Mr. [Cole] Williams."

But hey, when Amber's looking this good, who cares who's in the rest of the movie?

Lacey Online!

Tammy Lynn Micheals (The L Word's Lacey and Mrs Melissa Etheridge) has her very own blog right here on Blogspot!

http://hollywoodfarmgirl.blogspot.com/

It's mostly written in Haiku form, which is...interesting.

I love how she lists Melissa Etheridge as one of her favourite musicians!

Also, I found this quote from Teen Vogue - Spring 2001, which really backs up Tammy Lynn Micheals' Dykon status:

"It was only the fourth or fifth episode of Popular, and I was in the hair-and-makeup trailer, going over my lines for the next scene."You have to lose weight," Betty ordered, rolling up the tape measure. "You've gotten very heavy, Tammy."
My jaw dropped. My heart raced. I began to sweat icicles. ...
Even though I had heard about Hollywood's obsession with thinness, I never though I'd be seeing the issue face-to-face --- especially at size 4.
So instead of dutifully striving to meet those unrealistic standards, I challenged them. I spoke to one of our producers, a woman who was visibly angry.She told me not to lose the weight and to forget Betty's remarks. Betty didn't come back after the first season. I got support. It was so great."

DO YOUR PART FOR FREEDOM!

The UK Government wishes to pass a law to prohibit discrimination in the provision of goods, services and facilities on the grounds of sexual orientation .

Which seems quite fair, I mean, after all, why should anyone be refused service because of their sexuality? That would be just as bad as racism.

However, the Catholic church is trying to bully the state about the new anti-discrimination laws.
The Catholic Church are saying if the government passes this law they'll shut down their orphanages.

So, they'd rather children and babies were homeless than living with a gay couple.(Bizzarely, they will let single straight people, and single gay people adopt,
just not gay couples)

Yeah, so, making kids homeless, thats REALLY Christian

Its like, they hate homosexuals more than they care about the welfare of babies and children.

they've got a petition on the Downing Street website with 8000 signatures

But you can do your part for freedom by signing this counter-petition http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/GSFRegs/

If the government doesn't pass this bill then they are saying that the Catholic church is above the law.

She's hot, but she's not THAT hot...

I came across this quite cute wallpaper that someone had constructed of the very lovely Ms Moennig.And then I read the poem.Now, you probably can't make it out on the picture, so I have typed it out (removing the author's name):

“To Kate Moennig,

I would say you are the one to change the world entirely.
Looking at you, I mean, is there any man more woman than you?
Or is there any woman more man than you?

You are the one and you know it.

Someone in between genders and cannot be captured completely by either definition of them.
I am sorry for being so worldless because there is no single word in my dictionary has the capacity to hold the whole you in.”

Okay, first off, pretty poem, nice wallpaper.And if you've read any of this site, you probably know that I have a slight obsession with Kate.And thats normal.What red-blooded queer girl doesn't ?

However, am I the only person who finds that poem a little bit stalkery?

Top Eleven Lesbian Fashion Accessories

I found this article quite funny
http://www.afterellen.com/node/4520

I've no idea why there are eleven items on this list rather than the usual ten, but hey, it works(probably something to do with there being eleven items on it.)Hmm, "Top Eleven Lesbian Fashion Accessories", I can see that in next month's Vogue! It was quite funny reading it and ticking off the ones I'm guilty of...

Flannel: check (although I only wear my flannel shirt when I'm ill, or channelling the spirit of Kurt Cobain).

Guitars...I've lusted over them, but never bought one.

Motorcycle jacket:check. Black leather, cummon!

Vest, hmm, thats a waistcoat to us proper English speakers, what we call a vest is number two on the list, a ribbed tanktop.And yes I own both of these, but Kate Moss does have a similar one to me, and my ribbed tanktop is saved by being pink.Not so butch now, huh?

Tattoos, hmm, does a henna addiction count?

Oh, and ties. I do like my ties, but they've gotta be skinny! I have the basic black, and one that I just could not resist, black with hot pink slashes and the legend "girls rock!" How queercore is that?!

Paranoid Kitten's Fanfiction

http://dress-fic.livejournal.com has some of the best slash fanfiction that I've ever read.Her Pieces are mostly short and sweet but she has the knack of really capturing the essence of the character, and of making the most unusual pairings seem possible. JD and Dr Cox from Scrubs, anyone? It might seem completely ridiculous now, but when you've read this... dress-fic.livejournal.com/103910.html


There's a plethora of Buffy and Angel ficlets too, with some Harry Potter femslash thrown in for good measure! There's some rather nice Danish (Dana/Alice) L Word femslash too, and a bucketload of other fic from pretty much every tv series imaginable.

It's well worth checking out, especially as Paranoid Kitten is so good at writing that she can make Black Books fic worth reading.Definitely one of my favourite fanfiction writers.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer Vs The L Word

http://logo-blogs.com/afterellen/2007/01/16/why-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-is-better-than-the-l-word/ pits two of my favourite shows against each other...

On the plus side, featuring Buffy and The L Word is a surefire way to get on this website!

WARNING: If you haven't seen the third season of The L Word, or you don't know why people are buying tshirts that say "Dana!? Why Not Jenny?" you probably don't want to read that article.

Lily Allen

Just a couple of pictures from a Lily Allen gig that I went to a few months back.I put them up because I wanted everyone to see the amazing dress that she's wearing!

This photo also shows off her amazing eye make-up! It's as if her eyelids are encrusted with jewels...

And here's the keyboardist from New Young Pony Club that I developed a girl-crush on.

The L Word Season Two Promo Video

This video is really quite adorable, it's a promo for Season Two of The L Word, and it just breaks my heart as Tina ignores Bette...But Carmen coming up from under the covers and snuggling with Shane is just too damn cute!

The F Word

As a young woman, and someone who has always felt "feminist", or at least liked the idea of feminism from a very early age, I decided that I wanted to know more about it,rather than just stamping the label "feminist" on my own opinions.

So I decided that I would do some research.I got "the classic feminist text" The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer out of the library, and I got on Google.
I didn't get on very well with the book, I must say.I found it quite dry and inaccessable to me.I felt that as most of the "classic" feminist books were written in the seventies, they would not neccessarily be relevant to me now, as developments have been made, and society has changed.

My research on the net showed me that there would be no easy place to start, because once you read "The Female Eunuch" (for instance) you then have to find out about the public reaction, the critique, the backlash, and the other books that it lead to!

I felt like every attempt I would make would just lead me down more different paths, and I could easily imagine myself getting tangled up and more confused than I was before.

My sexuality also complicated the matter, what with my research on the net throwing up "the lesbian sex wars", the idea of lesbianism as a political choice, and during the AIDS crisis (as if it ever went away!) gay women being labelled "the lavender menace" by feminist societies.

So basically, I gave up.The idea of learning more about feminism and exploring my own feelings about it fell by the wayside.

I just wished that I could find "Feminism Made Easy", something that would explain things to me in a way that I could understand, and that would be relevant to a young woman like me, without seeming too militant or "angry".
Then, whilst researching something entirely different, I stumbled across [URL=http://www.thefword.org.uk/index]The F Word[/URL].

Okay, so it's not the answer to my prayers, but it is written by young British women, about topics that are relevant and easy for teenage girls such as myself to relate to.

For instance, there is an article on the lack of women artists in Kerrang! Magazine, and another on the new Tampax scented tampons.

The articles don't go on forever, are written in non-fussy, everyday language (you wont need a dictionary!) and best of all represent a lot of young womens views at this time.

Sorry for writing a bloody essay, but I think it is an interesting little site, and well worth checking out.

Some Things You Probably Didn't Know About The L Word

Eric Mabius wasn't the original choice to play Tim.He was originally played by Scott Bairstow (pictured below).

The L Word:Welcome To Our Planet book states that Tim was originally an anthropologist, but after viewing the pilot, the Showtime executives said that they didn't like that, so the character was rewritten as a swim coach, and as Scott Bairstow wasn't very convincing due to his small frame, they recast Eric Mabius in the role.

However, http://thelwordonline.com/ states the Bairstow lost the role due to allegations of sexual assualt on a minor...Odd how they wanted to gloss over that fact...

Pam Grier's character, Kit, was written completely differently. In the first version of the pilot, she was a lesbian performance artist and videographer, and she had the chart tattooed on her back.

Is it just me, or is that idea just damn weird? The Chart, the massive, tangled web of relationships,shags and one night stands tattooed on her back?

Gravitation!

There are ten reasons why I am putting this up:

One: I'd rather watch youtube than work.

Two: I'm a sad slash freak who gets off on the Yaoi.

Three: I'm never gonna be able to afford Gravi on dvd, so I shall have to make to with the manga and fan-vids...

Four: Its the boys! In full colour! (see above)

Five: Songs about quasi-abusive relationships can be sexy.

Six: The split second shot of Hiro looking up from his yoghurt, to the lyrics "I toss and turn/I can't sleep at night".SEXY.Adds homoerotic undertones to the homoerotic overtones.

Seven: "Don't touch me please" as Yuki backs Shuichi into the corner...brings back all the confusion and frustration from the early tracks.

Eight: Bad Luck on stage! I must search around for that site where you can buy Bad Luck and Nittle Grasper t-shirts...

Nine: I need to get RJ to read the damn books so we can fangirl together.As of now, fangirl can officially be a noun and a verb.See "slag/to slag" and "scout/to be scouted".

Ten: I can't think of a tenth reason, but cummon, this video is great!

Lord Of The Rings-All The Subtext!