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Xena and Gabrielle are the standard bearers of lesbian badassery. Every other lesbian and bisexual badass in the world should aspire to their greatness. They should place Xena and Gabrielle’s badass photos beside their beds and worship Xena and Gabrielle’s badass DVDs on an alter each morning while eating Xena and Gabrielle’s badass cereal for breakfast each morning out of Xena and Garbrielle’s badass collectible bowls. Xena and Gabrielle will never be out-badassed. Ever.

Thank you, Heather Hogan!

Full article: 16 Lesbian and Bisexual Badasses We Love

I just uploaded my first ever cheesy fan music video to YouTube (embedded below, but I warn you, very cheesy and probably of interest to NO ONE I KNOW) and was struck by an idea as I carefully entered all my disclaimers about “I don’t own this content blah blah blah”.

Why doesn’t YouTube allow uploaders to enter in the video copyright holder and enter in the audio copyright holder? Then those copyright holders could be notified and approve or disapprove the use of their material. If they approve, they get a portion of the Google ads proceeds from the video or can place in their own ad eg “buy this video here” or “watch more of this here”.

YouTube sort of does this by automagically detecting songs and putting in the iTunes link (I was quite impressed that it correctly identified my soundtrack) but why not give the uploaders the opportunity to do the right thing and the copyright owners the chance to make some money and promote their products in new ways?

Just a thought… and now the cheesy video!

I’m proud to announce the birth of a new blog I’ve started called Lesbian Of The Day. The basic aim is to feature one famous lesbian a day in order to increase positive visibility of successful, interesting and happy lesbians out there. I know when I was a young dykeling, positive images of lesbians were few and far between and I would have loved a site like this (well, any site really since the internets weren’t around then). Don’t expect any fantastic writing or analysis, I’m just gonna put up a big picture and say a few words.

Here’s the lucky lesbians of the days so far:

Meredith Baxter

Amelie Mauresmo

Portia de Rossi

Mary Renault

Mary Glasspool

It’s that time of year! No, not the one day a year when I update the blog. Time to vote in the AfterEllen Top 100! If you are lesbian or bisexual, go and vote now.

Here are my top 20 most gorgeous female celebrities for 2009:

1. Jennifer Beals

2. Elizabeth Mitchell

3. Laurel Holloman

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With my summer holidays from uni only weeks away, I’m looking forward to seeing some great movies over the break and here are a few trailers of upcoming ones that look intriguing!

The Unborn looks like a truly freaky horror movie of old, has that Exorcist or Omen vibe, but with some lovely modern effects thrown in. Also it has Stringer Bell, aka Idris Elba, in it, though I only recognised his voice and not his face.

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afterellen are organising their own Top 100 Beautiful Women list after all the publicity that the Maxim one got last week. It will be interesting to see if the lesbian list differs greatly from the Maxim “men’s” list. (I can pretty much guarantee that Lindsay Lohan will not be number one!) After submitting my votes I thought it was a good time to give you my list of the top 10 most gorgeous women according to me! (Also I had a very hot dream about Katee Sackhoff last night).

So… here they are! NB: Jan would of course automatically top this list, but I am restricting it to famous people. Sorry Jan.

10. Famke Janssen

She was gorgeous as troubled heroine Jean Grey in X-Men.

9. Eliza Dushku

Mad, bad and dangerous to know on Buffy – no wonder I can’t resist!

8. Sarah Shahi

Ah, Carmen de la Pica Morales! No woman would ever really leave a brick house like you at the altar as Shane did in the L Word.

7. Jackie Warner

Star of reality tv show Work Out, she may be the fittest lesbian in the world. What’s the difference between a straight girl and a lesbian? Jackie Warner.

6. Amber Benson

As shy witch Tara on Buffy, she seemed like she has a lot of hidden depths, and absolutely gorgeous lips!

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Ha ha ha!

…a new gay girl tv show addiction! And yes folks, I’ve found a good one. It’s a new US cable teen show called South of Nowhere, and the main character is a teenage girl questioning her sexuality and having an intense relationship with her best friend. It’s great! I have downloaded all the episodes from here and am now completely hooked.

To celebrate, here is the Which South of Nowhere character are you? quiz!

Family insanity? Dramatic relationships? You’ve been through it all, and now you’ve stopped letting that stuff get to you. Your ultimate life goal, for this week at least, is to find people who appreciate you for you, not for who you’ve dated or how you dress. You’ll wear the mini-est of mini skirts without feeling self-conscious, but the thought of attending a school function gives you nightmares. You use sarcastic criticism as a way to keep people distant, because if they get close, they might discover you’re not as certain about everything as you pretend to be.