10 Shows That Have Used Lesbian Love To Boost Ratings

Posted by: Annika Harris Filed in: entertainment, galleries
10:00AM, Tuesday November 3rd 2009

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In 1994, Roseanne (Roseanne Barr) shared a romantic kiss with Sharon (Mariel Hemingway) on “Roseanne.” Fox wanted to cancel the episode, but Roseanne, a gay rights advocate, fought to keep it. Sharon disappeared after two episodes, though.

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sparklestar
wrote on November 3 2009 @ 10:25 am: [report]

I miss the Willow and Tara plot. :( :(

I only read this article to find out which shows I need to be watching. =)

Don’t forget… THE L WORD.

Meg
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 07:57 pm: [report]

I think it’s kind of unfair to only cast lesbian relationships in that fleeting, 6-episodes or less light. Why can’t they have two women in a long-term committed relationship? Is that too frightening, too scary, too much for stupid American viewers? It totally makes women seem unstable, unpredictable and crazy, instead of real, strong and sure of what they want. It’s not right.

Meg
wrote on November 5 2009 @ 08:03 pm: [report]

It’s obvi who these scenes were created for. It’s stupid how easy it is to see through this trick— they throw in a kiss and a lesbian experience for the next few episodes, but then the characters always go back to men. So it’s reassuring the male viewers that this behavior in real life is just to get their attention and that women never develop strong lesbian relationships, because they ‘need men’ or something. And it casts lesbians and bis as people in some temporary phase or who are simply acting out for more attention.