"THE WORLD TO COME," A Case for LGBT Sensitivity Viewers in Hollywood

For years, the lesbian community hoped for a similarly quietly epic, emotionally intricate opus—the lesbian “Brokeback Mountain.” 2021’s “The World to Come” should have been that movie.

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Why Lesbian Viewers are the TV Audience Every Show Should Want

In this article, we walk through five ways queer women are different as an audience, what that means for content makers, and why every TV show should be trying to attract them.

Lesbian Spoon Theory and the Clexa Effect

Per my spoon theory, there are three “spoon” types: big spoons, little spoons, and bispoonals. While the roles of big and little spoons are self-evident, “bispoonals” are more fluid. They can act as either a big spoon or a little spoon depending on the needs of their partner. For the most part—excepting bispoonals—two of the same spoon type seem unlikely to go well together in the long term.

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The Lesbian Unhappy Ending Problem

While 14% of queer female characters were killed internationally in 2016, by 2018 that number had dropped to only 3% (although still 8.6% in the US). But in some ways, the focus on Bury Your Gays was an identification of a symptom without recognizing the underlying illness: the lesbian unhappy ending problem. Per Autostraddle’s infographic, only 8% of queer female characters on US shows end well.

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Aria Bedmar Sobre el Futuro de "Maitino," la Vida Casada, y Derechos Civiles

En What About Dat? escribimos de Maitino. Ecribimos del mundo del fandom Maitiner, y por eso conversamos Ylenia Baglietto (Maite Zaldúa) pero, como se ha repetido hasta el cansancio estas últimas dos semanas, Maitino no es solo una actriz. Es por eso que no podíamos dejar pasar más tiempo sin traerles una mirada más cercana de Camino Pasamar y de la mujer que la le da vida, Aria Bedmar. En una amena conversación, nos ha contado sobre cómo ha sido interpretar este papel, sus deseos para el futuro del personaje y más o menos que se nos viene en las próximas semanas. ¡Asi que abróchese cinturones y disfruten el viaje!

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How One Argentinian Telenovela Quietly Became the Most Lesbian Thing on Spanish Language TV

The following article is a story about Argentinian telenovelas, Latin American societal attitudes towards homosexuality, and queer representation. It is also the story of how one awesome Argentinian telenovela, “Separadas,” quietly became the most lesbian thing on Spanish language television in 2020. Because the two stories, it turns out, are one and the same. How “Separadas” is Intentionally and Unintentionally the Gayest Thing on TV