04.29.07
Posted in Entertainment at 6:59 pm by pleinelune
Read Part 1 and Part 2 here
Every season, the L Word gives us some completely unforgettable moments. Some of these scenes and dialogues are so strong, they have even made their way into lesbian lingo and culture. Who can forget one-liners like Tina’s “Did you f*** all night before you told her I was the love of your life?”, or “We are not faggots, we are dykes, you a******e” by Jenny? Or the scenes that are simply too emotional to put into words, like Bette and Tina having angry violent sex after discovering Bette’s infidelity. Whatever that caught your fancy this season, this is my personal best of the season: the scenes and lines that makes the agony worth it.
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- About: Pleinelune is obsessed with just two things: Harry Potter and The L Word
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04.26.07
Posted in Entertainment at 2:34 pm by pleinelune
Read Part 1 here.
As usual on the L Word, characters undergo personality transplants at the beginning of each season. Helena became the nicest person in the world in Season 3 after being a bitch in Season 2. Possibly calling on the same hypnotist that Helena did, Max suddenly became a righteous, gentle dude who started standing up for women’s rights, a complete turnaround from The Hulk he was in Season 3. He even became likeable, after he stopped saying, “You don’t understand!”. Read the rest of this entry »
- About: Pleinelune is obsessed with just two things: Harry Potter and The L Word
- Forum discussion: The L Word Season 4 discussion
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04.24.07
Posted in Entertainment at 1:11 pm by pleinelune
Another season over, another 12 episodes of drama come to an end. The fourth season of the groundbreaking lesbian drama series based in Los Angeles, USA has more ups and downs than all the rides in a Disney Theme Park put together, more drama than Bold and the Beautiful, and… less sex than Friends? Read the rest of this entry »
- About: Pleinelune is obsessed with just two things: Harry Potter and The L Word
- Forum discussion: The L Word Season 4 discussion
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04.17.07
Posted in Entertainment, Lesbian Scene at 11:12 pm by Irene Oh
And I am clubbing away, in one of the most happening gay clubs in town.
I have not visited many queer nightspots in Beijing, so I would not declare it as the most happening gay club in Beijing. However, it is rather popular with gay men, and sometimes with straight clients.
Destination is quietly tucked away on a side of Gongti Xi Road, a stark contrast from the brightly-lit signboards just opposite, enticing party-goers with the flashing neon lights. It is not exactly obsure, but yet not conspicuous either with the monochrome signboard. I managed to see it on the taxi simply because I kept my eye on that side of the road. Read the rest of this entry »
- About: Irene Oh is currently in Beijing and moonlighting for Sayoni as a foreign correspondent.
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04.10.07
Posted in Feminism, General, Identity at 4:29 pm by Irene Oh
Image from the documentary The Aggressives
For a woman
For every woman who is tired of acting weak when she knows she is strong, there is a man who is tired of appearing strong when he feels vulnerable.
For every woman who is tired of acting dumb, there is a man who is burdened with the constant expectation of “knowing everything.”
For every woman who is tired of being called “an emotional female,” there is a man who is denied the right to weep and to be gentle.
For every woman who is called unfeminine when she competes, there is a man for whom competition is the only way to prove his masculinity.
For every woman who is tired of being a sex object, there is a man who must worry about his potency.
For every woman who feels “tied down” by her children, there is a man who is denied the full pleasures of shared parenthood.
For every woman who is denied meaningful employment or equal pay, there is a man who must bear full financial responsibility for another human being.
For every woman who was not taught the intricacies of an automobile, there is a man who was not taught the satisfactions of cooking.
For every woman who takes a step toward her own liberation, there is a man who finds the way to freedom has been made a little easier.
– Nancy R. Smith
A friend of mine did a simple survey for his Sociology assignment. He asked many friends (about 20 of them) this question, “Would you feel more comfortable with a butch in your presence, or with an effeminate gay man?”
When he asked me this question, I replied, “Oh the gay man, of course.”
He was astonished to hear my response. Apparently, an overwhelming majority of the people he surveyed indicated that they would feel more comfortable hanging out with a butch. Most of the surveyees are straight men and women, and all of them felt more at ease with the idea of a woman behaving in a masculine way, than vice versa. Read the rest of this entry »
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- About: Irene Oh is a closeted sociologist, yet a blatant feminist in the making.
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04.05.07
Posted in Emotional Health, General, Psychology & Research, Relationships at 4:23 pm by AnJ
I was reading an article on psychology today. The author started with the alarming news: “Marriage is dead! [Alarming because if you are the average folk, you would think that marriage should be certain in a sea- life- of uncertainty. Certainty helps keep you sane.]
Briefly, the author wrote that the concept of having a soul mate has raisen our expectations of our partners, and thus aggravated divorce rates. The author compared this to the traditional model of “father who brings home the bacon” and “mother who bears and raises the kids”. In other words, people in the past marry for practical reasons; people of today marry for the impossible concept of perfect love. The article seemed to ring a whiny tone, lamenting the low divorce rates of the not-too-distant-past. Obviously advocating for something our government would like- the agenda is glaring in my face.
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- About: AnJ loves peanut butter wholemeal sandwiches and unsweetened soy milk for breakfast... Maybe mothers have the same effect as wives.
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