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Posts tagged Jennifer Beals
Quote of the Week - Gay Issues Are...
April 29, 2009
“Gay issues are also women’s issues because homophobia is a form of misogyny.” -Jennifer Beals, New York Times Talk This statement might be a no-brainer for some. The most obvious example is when flamboyant homosexual men are hated on for their ‘femininity’ and labeled as ‘not men... [+]
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29Apr
Bidding Farewell to the L Word - The...
March 8, 2009
“I certainly hope that it leaves them wanting more. I’m not intending to wrap everything up with a neat little bow!” Finale Special (Not the episode) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Fans remain disgruntled with the poor storylines and choppy scenes of the last season (and especially the last... [+]
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08Mar
Quote of the Week - 'Politics is a...
November 20, 2008
Jennifer Beals at the L5 Convention in UK this past weekend said as one of her parting messages that politics is a lot like sex: “If you want something, you have to ask for it, If they’re not doing it right you’ve got to speak up and... [+]
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20Nov
The Last Season of the L Word But L...
November 19, 2008
This weekend at the L5 Convention, Jennifer Beals and Laurel Holloman announced that they would really like to see an L Word movie and we could bring it to fruition by flooding Amy Baer at CBS films with emails. Well, trust the loyal fans to... [+]
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19Nov
This Gay Marriage (Proposition 8)...
November 1, 2008
See your Halloween No on 8 pumpkin here! I am adamantly set against the idea of marriage. And the idea of my community co-opting the heteronormative institution of marriage and effectively saving it from ‘dying out,’ is a bit irritating. Let the straight people of the... [+]
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01Nov
If history is indeed written by...
May 13, 2008
I take great inspiration from this quote by Jennifer Beals at an NAACP event a few years ago: “It has been said, ‘History is written by the victors.’ I take this to mean we can make ourselves victorious by writing, and then rewriting our own stories.... [+]
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13May