where are the gay women?

[escritoireazul]

You know, I'm loving some shows right now, and fandoms and such, and okay mostly my flist, but still, there is love. Except. Except where are all the gay women? Where are all the bisexual women? Even the new buddy cop show (which, I admit, I enjoy) has gay male subtext, but where is the gay women subtext? Or, better yet, text? Why do I fear ever getting the novel published because it has gay female main characters in a supernatural setting? (And also, not first person, because I hate that shit. Almost no one can do it well, and I have yet to read an author who does it well most of the time. Except almost everything else is in first person.)

You know, it's possible I a) did not spend enough time with the weights today working off frustration and b) am ready to bitch about anything. I'm about a day away from my period, I think, which is just something else to hate and bitch.

However, Roseanne is something to watch and enjoy. I need a diet Dr. Pepper and then I'm going to curl up in bed and watch it for awhile.




Supernatural was fun, though.

Comments

[grey-bard.livejournal.com]

The Wire is a *damn* incredible crime show. I would say cop show, but 50% of it is devoted to the criminals and they're just as complicated and interesting. It's by the same guy who made Homicide: Life on the Streets.

Kima Greggs is one of the two lead detective characters on the show, and she's a lesbian. A lesbian in an actual relationship that we see as much of as we see of the personal lives of the other characters. She's a seriously cool character and in no way shape or form a cliche, and since she's one of the leads, she gets plenty of screentime. She isn't a shiny Buffy stereotype or a hyperbutch lesbian cliche or even a prettified NYPD Blue female cop - she just looks and dresses and acts like a reasonably good looking lesbian who could easily be a cop. It really works.

The idea of the show is that each season follows one long wiretap investigation from beginning to end, instead of skipping over all the interesting bits in order to fit a case into an hour. Even if it weren't for Kima, it would still be a rocking good show. It airs on HBO, but the first and best season is out on dvd, and has been out long enough to be available on Netflix and so on, not to mention available used for cheaper.

[escritoireazul.livejournal.com]

The Wire sounds excellent. I'm a fan of crime shows/cop shows, but I always want to see the missing details, so even on top of the realistic lesbian main character, the fact that the season covers one long investigation makes me very happy.

Kima sounds interesting, and cool, and fun, and I can't wait to see a lesbian character not all prettied up or butched up, just existing.

Thank you for the synopsis, I'm adding it to my Netflix queue right now!