"In love with a woman - must society reject me?" That's the real thing, the tagline from one of Ann Bannon's famous "Beebo Brinker" titles, a series that followed young lesbians in the big city, all featuring the dashing Beebo:
Pulp Fiction Doesn't Need A Laugh Track
There was never really any danger of hit 90s film Pulp Fiction being adapted into a cheesy sitcom, but the clip at left should ensure that network executives won't get any ideas. [Buzzfeed]
"Ruthless. Amoral. Insatiable."
I think we can all agree that this needs to be a T-shirt. Right. Now. [Pacocamino]
Case Closed
Meet Bertha Cool, lady-sleuth with attitude. "Bertha begins as a straight-talking, sardonic ball-buster. The widowed proprietor of the B. Cool agency, she is a woman of cosmic heft who sends weaker men fleeing before her-literally." [XX]
Vintage Commercials Show Smoking As A Feminist Act
The 1969 Virginia Slims commercials, embedded after the jump, focus on how women have "won" their rights, at last. This means they can smoke cigarettes "slimmer" than the "fat" cigarettes for men.
Nicole & Christina Are Mommies; Britney's On Wedding Watch
- As reported late Friday, Nicole Richie gave birth to her baby on January 11, a daughter she named Harlow Winter Kate Madden. (6 lbs., 7oz.) Ooh, pretty name! Er, names, that is. [People]
- And the next day, just down the hall in Cedars Sinai's maternity ward, Christina Aguilera gave birth to a baby boy, Max Liron…
Lindsay Lohan Wears Other People's Pants
- A detailed, blow-by-blow (ha!) description of the events leading up to Lindsay Lohan's arrest! "There were definitely two people in the car with Lindsay that night." Who, who? "The cocaine was not Lindsay's; she was wearing someone else's pants." Riiiight. Also, one of the reasons Dina Lohan is not with her daughter? She…
