L Word Casting Call

By now, I'm sure you've heard about the reality show version of the L Word that's being put together. I mentioned it a few days ago on the blog, and I've seen it all OVUH the lesbian airwaves (or something). The initial reaction has been mostly negative, from what I've seen. But you know what? Guarantee you, you'll be watching that ish. I've said it before and I'll say it again, Ilene is a diabolical (and bi-abolical) GENIUS!

Here are the deets in case you wanna like...apply, or whatever. Oh and if you're going out for what you consider to be the *Helena* role, please email me first, so we can workshop it. And by "workshop it," I of course mean, "so that I may have sex with your body, face, and torso area, and film it, and then watch it with you while having more sex about your person."

**NOW CASTING**

“THE REAL L WORD: Los Angeles”

Are you and your friends proof the The L Word exists in real life?
The L Word was a runaway iconic hit, affecting millions of lives – imagine what the real life version will do!

From Showtime, Golden Globe winner Ilene Chaiken (The L Word) and Magical Elves (Peabody Award-winning Project Runway & Emmy-nominated Top Chef) comes a documentary series about the real lives of lesbians.

THE REAL L WORD: Los Angeles will follow a group of real-life, high-profile, left coast lesbians as they go about their daily lives, at work and play. The producing team plans to show viewers that the cast can be every bit as glamorous, fashionable, fabulous and even as cutthroat as their celebrated-but-fictional counterparts.

We are currently seeking ladies from all walks of life to be the pioneering voices in this important series. Must be based in Los Angeles or moving soon to the area.

We want all types, from the power of Bette to the mojo of Shane.

Are you and your partner about to adopt? Do all the bouncers in WeHo know your name? Do you consider your friends family? Are you coming out of the closet and want to help others by sharing your journey? Are you or someone you know moving out to the more Sapphic-ly welcoming culture of L.A.? Are you a card-carrying 'power lesbian'?

Whatever your story, whatever your situation - we want to hear from you!

Please email casting@magicalelves.com; tell us about yourself, and include a recent photo.
--Text taken from the horses mouf: www.sho.com

Are You Going?

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Leave a comment and let me know if you're going to Washington, D.C. for this. Please let me know why or why not. I'd love to get an idea of who I may see there when I go...and if there are any people not supporting this, what their reasoning behind that decision is. Thanks! -Arlan

UPDATE! Read what guest blogger (and my soon to be British lover--she just doesn't know it yet) Rachel has to say about why SHE is traveling from her college in Illinois to D.C. for the march:

...It seems to me that the LGBT crowd are still so marginalised that many people don't realise just how many of them there are, just how many people are being denied their civil rights. For this reason, I think that the Washington March on October 11th is incredibly important, if only to open the eyes of the general public to the passion that is behind those simple boxes on a ballot slip. Did voters realise the hurt they caused when they checked yes? I'm not so sure. Did they realise that there are couples that are proud to be in love, and want to share it with the world, only to be told that the world doesn't want it to be shared?

This isn't even about marriage, it's about equality, it's about those 38 states that will still allow a bigot to fire you for your sexual orientation; it's about couples that want and need to be able to share healthcare but can't because their love can't be legalised.

It's about standing up and telling the world that this is not enough. It's about the right to be more than just 'tolerated', the right to be accepted. It's about people that are sick of being told that their love is dirty, that their hearts aren't pure, that their sex is something to be ashamed of. It's for everyone that is too scared to hold hands or kiss in public.

It's for all those whose deaths were not important enough to be reported in the media. It's for all those who have been a victim of a hate crime that the police did not see as a hatecrime. All those who 'asked for it', who 'provoked it', who 'should have known better' than to be themselves. This march is for all those who are sick of being a second-class citizen, or having their friends and family treated as a second-class citizen.

That is why I will be marching. Will you?

Follow Rachel on twitter at www.twitter.com/rachellous.

Follow Arlan on twitter at www.twitter.com/dailyarlan

Get all the info about the march at EqualityAcrossAmerica.orgclick

Can I Getta Scoop...

My birthday is a few weeks away. Christmas is right around the corner. Someone--for the love of baby Jesus--get this for me as a gift please:


I want the wheel of GREAT fortune thing they've got going on, the vat of caramel, a silly co-host (Cat Deeley, please?) and a line of women who are willing to dip their goods in said caramel with me and said co-host watching.

I seriously will never be able to fully convey to you how much I love caramel, boobs and women who let me put caramel on their boobs.

Got an Extra Mil? Buy Laurel Holloman's House.

L Word/Girltrash director/writer Angela Robinson just tweeted this on her public twitter account:

If anybody's looking, Laurel Holloman's house for sale - $838000 - open house is oct 4th. 127 n hobart, LA, 90004 - check it out

That's cool, but I'd rather buy Bette & Tina's place. At last count, it had 14 kitchens, 3 locations, and 1 and half bedrooms. That's my kinda place. It does have that annoying habit of losing angelic kids though and returning them mysteriously 3 or 4 episodes months later.

Follow Angela at www.twitter.com/robinsonangela

I'm Sorry, I Cunt Hear You. I'm Too Busy Having My Mind Effin' Blown By Killola's New Video.

Say WHAT now??



BAD. ASS.

Get more at www.killola.com

Cause They're Lesbians: They're Dykey, Dykey

This was added to youtube almost 2 years ago, but I think its high time we made it our new themesong? Thanks Jennifer for sharing this with me on Facebook:-)

Prepare thine eyes/ears for jubilation :


Oh and if you listen closely to the beginning, they're saying something like they "look" like lesbians, as if they aren't. My lesbi-sense tells me there's fuckery afoot. Cause if they've never shared a naked embrace in some sort of wooded area, my name isn't Arlan Mcphee!

Drew Barrymore. Ellen Page. Kissing. 'Nuff Said.

(from the October 2009 issue of Marie Claire)

Um...

I'm really enjoying the creative promotion thats being done for this film. Get Drew Barrymore and Ellen Page to make out with each other in mainstream women's magazines. Brill.

The movie's called "Whip It!" This is the synopsis from imdb.com:

In Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin.

Drew Barrymore directed and stars in it. Ellen Page stars in it. My all-time favorite SNL actor Kristin Wiig is in it. There's roller derby and girl kisses. Don't know much more than that, but I tell you what: I WILL be in that theater on the first day, popcorn in hand, and a tear in my eye. That's for damn sure.

This Is Already Stuck in My Head

Hey wait a minute, I'm black...AND gay. Wonder if she means me;-) Look at the top of the sidebar for more details about this.

New Girltrash Vlog w/ Angela Robinson & Lisa Rieffel, YO!

Aahhh...I just can't WAIT to see this film when it comes out. They're supposed to start filming in December for a few weeks, so cross your fingers it comes out soon after. You KNOW I'll be all over the latest info as I get it. Shoutout to Lisa (aka "Daisy"), yo.

The coolest part is that there's a brand new GIRLTRASH! website (that's run by the creator/writer/cast, thank god...ahem) Peep it here: www.girltrashonline.com

Sponsored by...

(to advertise on YDLM, email me at interludemagazine@yahoo.com)

Guest Blogger Rachel - "What Makes a Woman?"

(This pic was taken moments after Rachel rejected my sexual advances for the nth time in 3 years. But do not fear: she is British, dreamy, and smarter than most people. Therefore, I will not give up. You can give it a try as well at twitter.com/rachellous)

As always, Rachel has provided us with an amazingly insightful post. This was written a couple of days ago before the latest results were publicized. Leave a comment and lend your opinion. I'll do the same.

What makes a woman? In the case of Caster Semenya, apparently nothing makes a woman, when you are trying to prove that you are one. In the vast history of gender repression, of homophobic tension, and of scientific rule, never has biology been so quickly thrown out of the window. For three years now Caster Semenya has been undergoing sex testing, because while apparently it takes nothing to make a woman, it takes nothing but a winner to make a man. A woman who is too good to be a woman; a woman who is so good at what she does, that the IAAF claim that she must be a man, and not only do they state this in private to each other, written on notes and whispered behind hands, but they are bold enough to come forward and argue their case to the world.

So what made them make this bold statement? Well, other than her incredible sporting power, she has…muscles… and a deep voice. Some say she even looks… ‘mannish’. Try your hardest to hold back the shudders…this is a woman who doesn’t wear make-up. After some speculation, science was eventually called in on the case, and so began the long trial of sex testing. First comes the visual physical test, which (imagine it now) most people would find mortifying, though it comes a close second to the embarrassment of having your gender so openly questioned and denied. She passed step one, she looked like a woman under her clothes, but as we all know, there are ways to get around being the sex you were born and so the next step was testosterone levels. Hers were high, higher than many, but not high enough to conclusively state that she is male. The next step? Oh, gather ‘evidence’ from her hometown, evidence of a tomboyish sense of fashion and a lack of boyfriends. Because if there is one thing we all know, it’s that a lack of men in your life, makes you a man. The issue here is not whether Caster Semenya is a man; the issue is the type of evidence being used to deny her womanhood. Not only do I find this offensive on behalf of women and men, but also on behalf of South Africa, whose females are being judged by a European idea of femininity. The idea that a different culture could cherish different traits in a gender seems to be lost on the IAAF.

This brings me to my original question; what makes a woman? At what point would her testosterone levels bypass female and become male? We are taught sex and gender as if it is all so concrete, so secure and final. At what point do the two genders merge, what is the exact count that would tip the scale and turn a person from one stereotype to the next? And if she did begin life as a man, and she had undergone a sex-change operation, what would that mean for her status now? If the IAAF discovers she was once male, does that mean she cheated? Then of course there is the question of intersex people, and which race should they participate in? To me, this whole fiasco outlines how ridiculous all these gender stereotypes are, the ideas that men and women are born so completely different, with their opposite interests and their gendered character traits. What makes a woman? Attraction to men? A penchant for skirts? A low level of testosterone? A certain body shape? Simone De Beauvoir famously stated ‘One is not born a woman, but rather, becomes one.’ So what do you want to become? Who do you want to become? A man? A woman? A stereotype that can only allow themselves certain talents and shortcomings? Personally, I’d rather just be me. I’d rather just live by what I believe is right and act upon my emotions and not worry about whether I’m meant to be good at something because of my sex, or whether it is strange that I have a knack for something ‘manly’. The huge barrier between what makes a man and what makes a woman is a combined product of society and our unwillingness to accept difference, and if the case of Caster Semenya has taught us anything, it should be that.

-Rachel

Agree? Disagree? Leave a comment and let us (and Rachel) know!

I've Been Wondering If There Was An App For That!

Who can relate? Anyone with an ex-girlfriend, I s'pose. Haha...love it!

The L Word Reality Show...Nope. Not Kidding.

Ok so surely by now you've heard the news (and if you haven't click below and BRACE yourself):

thelwordonline.com

Autostraddle.com

What do you guys think of this?? So far, I've heard about 90% negative feedback. But I'd like to hear what YOU think.

I'm kinda confused as to why this was greenlit on Showtime, and Angela Robinson's GIRLTRASH isn't a TV series. Thank GOD the movie is being filmed later this year! Watch the full 20 mins of footage of the web series that has been released so far...