“Orphan Black” Episode 505 Recap: Defy Them
Kiss the girls you wanna kiss.
“GLOW” Does a Lot of Things Right, Just Not Queer Representation
Ah, the 1980s, when clothes and hair and music were hella dope but women were given the same courtesy as plants in Hollywood. Then along came women’s wrestling to shake television and gender roles way the fuck up.
“Wynonna Earp” Episode 205 Recap: The Goo in Goodbye
The goo can’t make up its mind so Wynonna and Waverly decide for it.
Boob(s On Your) Tube: “Stitchers” Continues the Bisexual Revolution
Camille gets a kind of girlfriend on Stitchers, Maggie’s got her eyes on a barista on Younger, and The Bold Type kicks off with a lesbian subplot and a welcome dive into Feminism 101.
“Claws” Features a Butch Lesbian, a Bisexual Crime Boss and a Chance to Stop Talking About “Breaking Bad”
Claws is not Breaking Bad. Breaking Bad is not Breaking Bad if Walter White isn’t a white man cloaked in respectability. You share that narrative through the eyes of a struggling black woman, a recent parolee, a recovering addict, a lesbian and a former sex worker, and the story changes completely.
I Love That Heterosexual Show “GLOW”!
JK.
Naomi Watts’ New Netflix Show Is Hella Bananas and Extremely Gay
There have been a handful of women antiheroes on TV over the last few years, but what sets this show apart is the way it centers on three different queer experiences.
“Orphan Black” Episode 504 Recap: It’s Not A Bear
Cosima, you are the leading lesbian on this show! Stop stomping around in the dark looking for monsters!
“Danger & Eggs” Is The Greatest Weirdest Queer-and-Trans Inclusive Kids Show Ever
Co-creator, Shadi Petosky is a trans woman and the cast is absolutely packed with queer and trans voice actors like Stephanie Beatriz, Jasika Nicole, Angelica Ross, Cameron Esposito, Rhea Butcher, Tyler Ford, Jazz Jennings, Laura Zak and Petosky herself.
“Wynonna Earp” Episode 204 Recap: Tacos are Tasty!
Goo dammit!
Pretty Little Liars Episode 720 Recap: Act Hetero-Normal, Bitch!
Mona wins!
“Brown Girls” Shows Women of Color Coming of Age in a Way We Never Get to See on TV
Hollywood’s reluctance to tell the stories of brown girls has always been rooted in — well, racism; but more precisely— the myth that white stories are neutral and, as such, are more relatable to the broader audience. Brown Girls disproves that myth, creating an imminently relatable coming-of-age story.
It’s Time to Free Orange Is the New Black’s Stars
Never before have my distaste for a show and love for its cast been so at odds.
“Queen Sugar” Does Black Lives Matter Storytelling Right
Unlike Orange Is the New Black, Queen Sugar’s approach to Black Lives Matter storytelling works because it doesn’t resort to excessive violence or torture porn to make its point.
“Orphan Black” Episode 503 Recap: Welcome to the Trip, Alison
Orphan Black takes us back to the very beginning and introduces us to Alison all over again.
“Wynonna Earp” Episode 203 Recap: The One with the Cheerleading
Waverly, what in the bleeding heck is going on with you?!
Orange Is the New Black Episode 513 Review: Poussey Washington Was More Than a Martyr
“Thirteen hours of television later, and season five’s cliffhanger ends nearly exactly as season four: with women, many of whom are queer, many of whom are of color, in peril and facing an unknown future. Instead of grounding this season in a fight for social justice, they gleefully reveled in unnecessary violence and humiliation.”
Orange Is the New Black Episode 512 Review: Half-Baked Proposal
The SWAT team approaches and Larry returns. LARRY.
Pretty Little Liars Episode 719 Recap: You Know What They Say About Hope
You want to know what I learned from seven seasons of watching Pretty Little Liars? The best you can hope for as a woman in this world is to make yourself boring and docile and helpless enough that a man will ultimately intervene and save you from interesting women, and also from yourself.
Orange Is The New Black Episode 511 Review: It’s a Family Affair
After an episode of literal torture, OITNB focuses on the stories it tells best: the ones about family.