Good morning!
Congrats to Abby Wambach and Sarah Huffman, WNY Flash teammates who made it official by getting married in Hawaii this week.
Kimberly Peirce looked dapper at the Carrie premiere in Los Angeles. The beautiful woman on her arm is her fiancee, Evren Savci.
Diana Nyad took on a new challenge yesterday, beginning her 48 hour swim in a New York City pool to raise money for the victims of Superstorm Sandy. Ryan Lochte joined in the fun and Diana posted this photo of them on her Facebook. Gay men are often assumed to have problems with monogamy but it appears lesbians are “twice as likely to end a civil partnership.”
Slate writes about Fun Home, asking if America is ready for a musical about a butch lesbian. America, get on board because I am very ready.
XXL magazine has a list of 11 rappers that support LGBT rights.
NYC lesbian bar The Dalloway is moving to a new location on the Lower East Side. It will be closed for two months during the transition.
Lily Tomlin hosted the Women’s Media Awards in New York last night. Attendees include Julie Burton, Robin Morgan, Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem and Christiane Amanpour (as seen in the photo with Lily below).
During a New Yorker Festival panel last week Shonda Rimes talked about why she included a lesbian couple on Grey’s. Her answer:
“I just write things that I think are interesting—what feels true and interesting to me. I have lesbian friends.”On the same panel The Good Wife creators Robert and Michelle King discussed keeping their cast as diverse as the city of Chicago, aka queers and people of color in existence!
Check out Evan Rachel Wood in a new trailer for her upcoming film Charlie Countryman.
Sci/fi site i09 has a review of Blue is the Warmest Color.
Tonight is the season premiere of American Horror Story: Coven, which is the most exciting Hump Day situation in a long time. Here’s some of the cast on the cover of The Hollywood Reporter.
If you’re a fan of the show and plan on watching, of even if you don’t but want to keep tabs with what’s going on with women on television, tune into Dana Piccoli‘s LadyTV podcast this weekend where I’ll join her in chatting about the episode.
This NSFW music video from the band TEef is “about negative discrimination and prejudice.” If you see that, can you please let me know where and how?
Today in Lesbianish TV: The Ellen DeGeneres Show, *Buffy (FX 7 a.m., 8 a.m.), *Ellen marathon (FX 9 a.m.), *Grey’s Anatomy (Lifetime 1 p.m., 2 p.m.), The Talk (CBS 2 p.m.), *Secrets of a Restaurant Chef (Food Network 2 p.m.), *Jersey Strong marathon (Pivot 2:30 p.m.), *Friends (TBS 2:30 p.m.), *Black Ink Crew (VH1 2:40 p.m.), Primary Colors (MoreMAX 2:45 p.m.), Notes on a Scandal (HBO Signature 2:55 p.m., 11 p.m.), She Hate Me (HBO Zone 3:10 p.m.), Iron Chef America (Cooking Channel 4 p.m.), *Will & Grace (Logo 6 p.m.), Real Housewives of New Jersey (Bravo 6:30 p.m.), Jane Velez-Mitchell (HLN 7 p.m.), The Cast of Roseanne: Where Are They Now? (TV Guide 8 p.m., 11 p.m.), The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC 9 p.m.), American Horror Story: Coven (FX 10 p.m.), Our Idiot Brother (TMC Xtra 10:05 p.m.), Jersey Strong (Pivot 10:30 p.m.), Rachel Maddow on Watch What Happens Live (Bravo 11 p.m.), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Starz 11:05 p.m.) (Thanks Roni!)
*Denotes a rerun
