With the naming of Carol Ann Duffy as the new British Poet Laureate, both Britain and the United States have lesbians holding the title. In July 2008, Kay Ryan was named by the Library of Congress as the 16th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. Ryan and her partner Carol Adair “married twice – once at […]
Today marks the traditional observance of Shakespeare’s birthday. In honor of the Bard, therefore, I give you two lesbianish quotes. The first is from his gender-mix-up comedy Twelfth Night. Viola, disguised as a man, comments upon the Countess Olivia: She made good view of me; indeed, so much That methought her eyes had lost her
I was dubious—nay, horrified—when I first heard of Disney’s new variation on the Winnie the Pooh story a couple of years ago. The show My Friends Tigger and Pooh would feature not the beloved Christopher Robin, but a newly created little girl, “Darby.” Darby, Pooh, and their friends would form a group called the “Super
For the third year in a row, Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell’s And Tango Makes Three, about two male penguins who care for an orphaned egg and raise a chick, tops the American Library Association’s (ALA) Top Ten list of the Most Frequently Challenged Books. This despite the fact that the book is based on
Author and mom Romi Lassally knows motherhood isn’t all smiling babies and roses. She’s compiled an entire bookful of funny, embarrassing, and outrageous admissions from moms all over the world, snack-sized bites of motherhood that may both help moms learn to laugh at themselves and send prospective parents running. Better yet, Romi’s friend Brett Berk,
Life & Style magazine is featuring a story about Iron Chef Cat Cora and her partner Jennifer Cora, complete with the cutest photo of the two of them simultaneously pregnant. (Jennifer in fact gave birth to the couple’s third son last week.) I haven’t read the whole article myself (not all of it is online),
In what seems like a propitious week, Iron Chef Cat Cora’s wife Jennifer gave birth to the couple’s third son last Saturday, After Ellen reports. Cat Cora is also pregnant, and due in July. After Ellen also notes that Chef Cora will be opening a restaurant in Disney World this fall. I’m kind of bummed
Children’s musicians Erin Lee and Marci bring us the next of their regular posts with thematic recommendations for kid-friendly music, plus activities to make the songs an interactive experience for the whole family. This month’s theme was particularly apt, as my own son lost his first tooth recently. We’d been belting out Erin Lee and
I’m sitting here just after the final moments of the final ER and realizing that Helen and I have been together longer than the show has been on, but only by a year. ER brought us some of the only images of lesbian moms on mainstream television, starting with Dr. Kerry Weaver and ending with
This week, Helen and I are celebrating 16 years together! We also discuss the joys of classic Disney films (with or without a young Angela Lansbury), and how children’s movies have changed over the years, not necessarily for the better. For bonus points, we demonstrate the fun fold-out action of the Panorama book I blogged
