bisexuality

“Love Is Blind” Shows There’s No Bisexual Boom for Black Men

Carlton Morton, a Black man, wears a suit and a bow tie. He is bald and wears a serious expression while sitting on a couch.
by Rachel Charlene Lewis
February 27, 2020 at 12:12pm
Televison’s “bisexual boom” hasn’t yet reached Black men.
Three teenagers, one white boy, one white girl, and one woman of color, lay together in a bed. The white girl is the only one awake; the other two sleep. They are all cuddled.

5 Underrated Messy Bisexual Characters Blessing Our Televisions

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
November 15, 2019 at 2:24pm
Most importantly, none of these characters are “perfect.” Read more »
Miley Cyrus, a thin white woman, wears a black blouse and black cowboy hat.

Miley Cyrus Might Be Pansexual, but That Doesn’t Mean She Cares about Queer People

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
October 22, 2019 at 2:09pm
It’s clear that Miley Cyrus’s intention of protecting the LGBTQ community only goes as far as it protects her personally.  Read more »
A woman of color in a sky blue blazer, pantsuit, and bunny slippers sits with her legs up on a desk.

“A Little Late with Lilly Singh” Has a Code-switching Problem

by Sezin Koehler
October 21, 2019 at 12:50pm
Lilly Singh is trailblazing as a South Asian woman on late night TV while also dismantling that good work by continuing to perform a Blackness that isn’t hers. Read more »
A preteen girl with light skin and black hair stands in front of a classroom with her teacher. She has on glasses and is gesturing with her hands.

“Big Mouth” Endlessly Explores Sexuality, but Still Stumbles on Queerness

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
October 8, 2019 at 9:18am
It’s not that I’m surprised a television show failed to accurately represent bisexuality and pansexuality. It’s that I’m surprised Big Mouth was one of those shows. Read more »
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From Online Discourse to IRL: 4 Bisexual People Define Bisexuality for Themselves

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
October 7, 2019 at 6:39pm
Bitch is lucky to have multiple bisexual employees, so we’re using this roundtable to parse out our own experiences as bisexuals. Read more »
Miley Cyrus, a white woman wearing a white tank top with tattoos, is on stage singing into a microphone.

Knee-Jerk Biphobia: What Responses to Miley Cyrus’s Breakup Say about Queer Erasure

by Elly Belle
August 19, 2019 at 8:59am
Miley Cyrus isn’t “back” just because she’s dating a woman. She’s always been queer. Read more »
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BitchReads: 15 Books Feminists Should Read In April

by Evette Dionne
April 11, 2018 at 12:50pm
This list has it all. Read more »
Kristen Bell as Eleanor Shellstrop and Jameela Jamil as Tahani Al-Jamil on  The Good Place, Stephanie Beatriz as Rosa Diaz on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Aya Cash as Gretchen Cutler on You're The Worst, Ilana and Abbi on Broad City

Free Yourself: The Rise of Bisexual TV Characters

by Rachel Klein
February 21, 2018 at 2:07pm
Television is reversing misconceptions about bisexual women—one character at a time. Read more »
DeWanda Wise as Nola and Ilfenesh Hadera as Opal on She's Gotta Have It

Nova, Nola, and Annalise: Queer Black Women and the Arc of Representation

by Jordan McDonald
January 3, 2018 at 9:12am
Nola, Nova, and Annalise are the queer-coded villains of their own stories. Read more »

The Pleasure Dome: On Nonmonogamy and Casual Sex

by adrienne maree brown
June 21, 2017 at 2:36pm
With time, I’ve learned that under the layers of socialization—and jealousy—there’s deeper wiring that says yes to one, or yes to two, or yes to many. Read more »

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by Sara Century
November 13, 2014 at 10:52am
Lez face it: when you’re a ladygay like myself, cruising the internet for something to watch, you realize very quickly that there are a whole... Read more »