Thank You For Being Blanche Devereaux

(a completely biased essay on femslashy goodness by Sensei Riley LaShea) Once upon a time, the cheese stood alone. And the cheese was Xena. In the time before Xena, there existed in the universe relatively dull substances that occasionally joined together in a union somewhat resembling femslash, but the emergence of girl/girl pairings like fire…

DISCLAIMER: This is about the musical The Color Purple. If you have managed to remain unspoiled on the details, don’t let me ruin it for you. Just go see it. ***** I did a thing a few weeks ago I have done a hundred times before. I sat down in the dark with a thousand strangers,…

My nephew’s 8th grade graduation was last night. He went to a Catholic school, so it was in a Catholic church. And mass happened first… which no one warned us about. Though Shawna always enjoys the cardio workout – and comic relief – of a Catholic service. Up, down, up, down… chant, chant, chant. Anyway,…

Three weeks behind on Once Upon a Time recaps, which means: a) the subtext has been painfully non-existent b) the show has been so painful, I don’t want to relive it c) I’ve busy with more important things d) all of the above Answer: d, but mostly a (if there had been something truly worth…