Ilene Chaiken, executive producer of The L Word, will be launching a new social network “for lesbians and their friends” this January, in conjunction with the fourth season of the show. A sort of My Space for lesbians, OurChart.com will feature original as well as user-generated content, along with exclusive material from The L Word. […]
The PBS Kids show Postcards from Buster is back with ten new episodes, notes Hillary at MotherTalkers. She highlights an article from today’s New York Times that describes the show’s funding troubles after the right wing and Secretary of Education castigated it for an episode about lesbian moms. (Well, not exactly about lesbian moms. The
Melissa Etheridge, Tammy Lynn Michaels, and their new twins have done a photo shoot for US Weekly, in which they talk about IVF, baby names, being out as parents, and crunchy tacos. I want to offer my suggested changes to some of Melissa’s classic songs now that she’s taking care of babies again: “Somebody Bring
Last night’s episode of ER showed doctor and lesbian mom Kerry Weaver (portrayed by actor Laura Innes), starting a new relationship after a long drought. That’s one more lesbian kiss for network television. In what could be a first for a network show, however, the episode featured not one, but two LGBT storylines, as Dr.
As both the mother of a train-obsessed child and a refugee from grad school in history, I was delighted to find a Wikipedia article on the history and geography of the Island of Sodor, home of Thomas the Tank Engine. It’s not quite world-building on the Tolkien scale, but it’s a step in that direction,
Last weekend’s Saturday Night Live show featured a skit about Olivia Cruises. It’s crude and obvious, revolving around the ship captain’s prurient thoughts regarding lesbians. Still, the women get the final word, and Olivia itself is promoting the skit via its e-mail list. I figure that being made fun of on SNL connotes a certain
Showtime’s Web site is now stating that the new season of The L Word will premiere January 7, 2007, making me ask once again “Where did the summer go?” Still, I’ll be happy to see the gals soon. I’ve had enough wallowing in LGBT politics and I want some pure escapism, dammit. New cast members
Americans under 30 voted in the largest numbers for midterm elections in at least 20 years, and may have made a difference in the many close races. Young people favored Democrats by 22 points, nearly three times the Democratic margin among other age groups. Some say this indicates a rising Democratic bloc that could be
Sesame Street today featured one of its human characters, Gina the Veterinarian, adopting a baby from Guatemala. The amazing thing wasn’t just that they covered adoption, but that they also chose a single mom for the adoptive mother. (We’ll see if the right wing jumps all over this like they jumped on Murphy Brown, or
If you’re looking for some new kids’ music that won’t drive you crazy with squeaky voices or repetitive catch-phrases, try Choo Choo Boogaloo by Buckwheat Zydeco. Best known for his Grammy-nominated zydeco music for adults, Buckwheat and his band have put out an engaging children’s album that manages to be fun without being cutesy. It’s
