Girl-on-girl pop culture queen, Dorothy Snarker, takes on the difficult subject of how lesbian audiences react to bisexual female characters in an article for AfterEllen. Here’s a snippet and a link. The portrayal of bisexual and sexual fluidity (which, mind you, are not the same and not necessarily interchangeable) on the large and small screen… [Read more…]
April 29, 2011 by DeconstructingGlee
*headdesk* *headdesk* *headdesk* *headdesk* Right, now that I have that out of the way, it was Brittany who was saying it. She made a t-shirt for Santana that said “Lebanese” instead of “lesbian” so I guess I can’t be too picky about the words that come out of her mouth. But, just ARGH. She’s not… [Read more…]
April 11, 2011 by DeconstructingGlee
This is part 2. In part 1, we talked about Blaine and his exploration of his possible bisexuality. Now, for Santana, who has definitely had sex with both girls and boys in the show, but BUT who The Powers That Be have said is a lesbian. This is going to be a bit personal for… [Read more…]
April 8, 2011 by DeconstructingGlee
A lot of people seem unhappy with the portrayal of bisexual characters in Glee. The characters that seem most often discussed are Santana, Brittany and Blaine. Only Brittany is played as bisexual, but Santana certainly has been with both girls and boys and Blaine explores his attraction to Rachel in “Blame it on the Alcohol”.… [Read more…]
August 11, 2011 by DeconstructingGlee
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