Comments on: TV helped me realise I was a lesbian http://imaginativewomen.wordpress.com/2008/03/29/tv-helped-me-realise-i-was-a-lesbian/ Exploration Blog of Lesbian Fiction, Lesbian Drama and Opinion. Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:10:13 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: eshne http://imaginativewomen.wordpress.com/2008/03/29/tv-helped-me-realise-i-was-a-lesbian/#comment-6 eshne Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:06:47 +0000 http://imaginativewomen.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-6 You are probably right about the L word influence - tv definitely has a massive power. (Though recently I think Tasha has added an edge of masculinity that the show was missing). Speaking for myself I was already way into femmes before I discovered the L word (I am also femme) - but I think mainstream society is more accepting of femme/femme relationships so it can be an easier first outing into gay life. The more comfortable I've become with my sexuality the more I've found myself attracted to masculine women. Maybe that will happen with the L word and similar TV series - they start with the most mainstream acceptable characters then gradually challenge the boundaries by adding a richer mix.... would certainly work for me. You are probably right about the L word influence – tv definitely has a massive power. (Though recently I think Tasha has added an edge of masculinity that the show was missing).

Speaking for myself I was already way into femmes before I discovered the L word (I am also femme) – but I think mainstream society is more accepting of femme/femme relationships so it can be an easier first outing into gay life.

The more comfortable I’ve become with my sexuality the more I’ve found myself attracted to masculine women. Maybe that will happen with the L word and similar TV series – they start with the most mainstream acceptable characters then gradually challenge the boundaries by adding a richer mix…. would certainly work for me.

]]> By: dylan http://imaginativewomen.wordpress.com/2008/03/29/tv-helped-me-realise-i-was-a-lesbian/#comment-3 dylan Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:23:11 +0000 http://imaginativewomen.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-3 I never saw gay people like myself on TV, but I always looked up to the rare tomboyish character on TV and was so overwhelmingly disappointed when she got a boyfriend, found her box of make up and never looked back at her soccer ball again. We were just talking in class today about how popular images of lesbians from things like The L Word are being consumed by newly coming out generations and how that is shaping their identities. I can't help but think the surge of lipstick lesbians and so much femme/femme has to do with the consumption of things like The L Word. I never saw gay people like myself on TV, but I always looked up to the rare tomboyish character on TV and was so overwhelmingly disappointed when she got a boyfriend, found her box of make up and never looked back at her soccer ball again.

We were just talking in class today about how popular images of lesbians from things like The L Word are being consumed by newly coming out generations and how that is shaping their identities. I can’t help but think the surge of lipstick lesbians and so much femme/femme has to do with the consumption of things like The L Word.

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