Sapphic Salon
Sapphic Salon: "Law & Order: SVU" to feature Kathy Griffin as a lesbian
Next week's episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit will feature Kathy Griffin playing a lesbian activist named Babs Duffy. The comedian and self-professed friend of the gays has been talking up... Read more »
Sapphic Salon: Does Drew Barrymore Deserve the Vanguard Award?
2010 has been pretty good to Drew Barrymore thus far. The birthday girl (yesterday was the big 35) has a major ad campaign as one of the faces of Cover Girl and she won both a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film for... Read more »
Sapphic Salon: The Rachel Maddow Backlash
For a while, it really seemed like Rachel Maddow was respected. While conservatives surely disagreed with her, most of them would give her an interview on her show, or seem to acknowledge her as someone to watch out for. She had an educated opinion, and she was eerily intelligent... Read more »
Sapphic Salon: Ellen and Portia are American idols
Last night, Ellen DeGeneres made her debut as a judge on American Idol and ratings soared. Also this week, her wife Portia de Rossi... Read more »
Sapphic Salon: Rosie on Oprah
When Rosie O'Donnell was on The Oprah Winfrey Show yesterday, one of the main topic of conversations (and probably reasons for Rosie's appearance in the first place) was... Read more »
Sapphic Salon: Lady Sovereign and other celebrities who come out, despite their publicists
This week on the UK's Celebrity Big Brother, MC Lady Sovereign was evicted from the competition. However, she was on the show long enough to finally talk about something fans have been waiting for: Her sexuality.... Read more »
Sapphic Salon: The Death of An Heiress, The Milking of the Press
If you weren't aware of Casey Johnson while she was alive, you've most likely heard of her posthumously this week. The heiress to the Johnson & Johnson company passed away over the weekend, allegedly due to diabetes-related complications. She was 30-years-old, a mother of her... Read more »
Sapphic Salon: Sex and Misogyny in the Publishing World
There's a great piece in this Sunday's New York Times Book Review by Katie Roiphe regarding the inclusion of sex in novels by American male writers over time. Roiphe... Read more »
Sapphic Salon: The lesbian low-blow
If you're a famous face, the easiest way to get a scandal going is to get someone to say you're a lesbian. It doesn't even have to be true, no proof is needed — as long as you're willing to respond negatively about the situation and make being a lesbian sound like the worst thing ever.
The latest... Read more »
Sapphic Salon: Lesbian-penned "How to Sew a Button" is a perfect holiday gift
If you're in need of a gift for a friend who is interested in learning crafty basics, pick up a copy of Erin Bried's How to Sew a Button: And Other Nifty Things Your Grandmother Knew. The out lesbian author (and... Read more »
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