I’m especially excited to talk about this topic, because they concern two of my favorite shows, which are criminally underrated and underwatched. Yet in recent years, and particularly in the wake of 2016, as Gen Z has become ascendant, we’ve seen more positive and nuanced portrayals of bisexuality.
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One of those stereotypes is that lesbianism and bisexuality among women exists for the sole purpose of titillating men, a stereotype that was alive and well during the mid-aughts “I Kissed a Girl” phase of bisexual representation on TV (see “The O.C.” and “How I Met Your Mother.”) Then there was the “ depraved bisexua l” trope embodied by Alison in “Pretty Little Liars,” (and a deeply offensive portrayal of a trans person) despite the show’s positive portrayal of a lesbian character, Emily.
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Broadly speaking, the late ‘90s and early aughts years of “Sex and the City” and “Friends,” and even “Will and Grace,” were chock full of offensive bi stereotypes and erasure. Though marriage equality and LGBTQ rights are of course not the same thing, the legalization of gay marriage does attest to a monumental shift in the perception of queerness over the course of one generation.īi representation specifically has also come a long way, and in television that journey has been a rocky one. Indeed, the fight for marriage equality is often cited among organizers as one of the fastest, most effective shifts in public opinions in social movement history.
Today, at least among the progressive crowd, this kind of thinking feels completely backwards, a testament to how far the LGBTQ movement has come over the last two decades. For a show allegedly about sex positivity among women, that sure is closed-minded. The implication here is that bisexuality is shameful, slutty, threatening, and simply, not real. Bisexuality, Carrie quips, “is just a layover on the way to Gaytown.” Charlotte adds, “pick a side, and stay there.” Samantha, bless her heart, is the only one who doesn’t have a problem with it.Īs my friend (who is bi herself) texted, “They named every bi stereotype in one brunch.” “Of course it’s a problem,” pipes up Miranda. Yesterday my friend texted me about one episode of the show I’d forgotten about, in which Carrie is disgusted by the fact that a younger man she is seeing is, in her words, “ a bisexual.” Her friends back her up at a classic biphobic brunch with the gals. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the show, which I’d expected to feel much more outdated than it did-with some important digressions. She plans to hold Sterling captive to demand ransom from the Wesley’s.I first watched the show in 2015, long after it stopped airing in 2004, thanks to a roommate who had a box set that I devoured during the depressive seven months I lived in DC, pining for New York City. And now, Dana has kidnapped Sterling, with the help of her criminal boyfriend. She had been pestering the Wesley’s for money for years. Sterling’s suspicions begin to increase when, Debbie doesn’t remember the name of Sterling’s boyfriend, Luke, and even forget the name of the family dog. In the next few scenes, it is shown that the real Debbie, who’s back at home with Blair, reveals that she has a twin. It is Debbie’s identical twin Dana, who had set the abortion clinic on fire. Her usually perfectly-appointed mother looked a bit unkempt. Once Sterling gets in the car she notices something strange in Debbie’s appearance. One day Debbie pulls up outside the school to pick Sterling up. Read | Hasan Minhaj announces end of 'Patriot Act', expresses gratitude to Netflix The Wesley Family secrets are revealed She reveals that no one was hurt and she regrets her actions now.
Hence, she had burned the abortion clinic down. After being pestered by them Debbie reveals, that back in the days she used to be a Christian extremist. The girls arrive back home soon and demand their mother to tell them the truth. Upon reaching Nandina after a fun road trip, the girls uncover that their mother, Debbie is wanted for burning down an abortion clinic. Read | Chris Evans, Ryan Gosling's Netflix film 'Gray Man' gets $20 Million California Tax Credit A post shared by Virginia Williams on at 11:49am PDT
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