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Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies and Lowell House Master Diana L. Eck commented specifically on the increasing acceptance of gay and lesbian couples, a personal concern for Eck as a recently married lesbian, and applauded Stone’s work in If These Walls Could Talk, a “powerful movie about lesbianism...
...often compared to soap operas, which can often be code for "too girly." Says Cherry, whose writing staff has five gays and six straights: "We push the boundaries in our lives by being gay. When we write, we are perfectly willing to write extreme behavior." Ilene Chaiken, the lesbian writer and creator of The L Word, theorizes that gay men and women inevitably experience love as heightened drama. "One of the things that always make for a great love story is the obstacles," she says. "These writers are bringing to these stories not only their experiences of illicit love...
Housewives' suburban hotties, like Sex and the City's urban ones, are unabashed straight stereotypes: the frazzled mom, the girl next door, the spicy Latina, the uptight homemaker. But, notes Paul Colichman, co-founder and CEO of Here! TV, a gay and lesbian premium channel, "Gay men have always loved sexy, ultrafeminine, exaggerated women like Marilyn Monroe. The women in Desperate Housewives are caricatures and larger than life. That's why it works...
...chairs of the Harvard Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA), we were perplexed and frustrated after seeing “Pinkett Smith’s Remarks Debated” (News, Mar. 2) and the ensuing comment “A Jaded Perspective” (Mar. 3). We feel that clarification to your readership is necessary...
...problem is not with the topics we are debating; the problem is how we are debating them. It’s not that the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA) was offended by Pinkett Smith’s comments and wanted to further a discussion about sensitivity to issues of sexuality. The problem is that they then demanded a letter of apology from the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations. I support Harvard students voicing their opinions against Summers’ comments, but the recent motion to censure Summers goes...