Tila Tequila: Good Or Bad For Bisexual Women?

In Radar's September issue, Sarah Horne dissects the recent hot, bisexual lady mania that is supposedly sweeping the nation. The article is not only about Samantha Ronson and Lindsay Lohan, who, by most accounts are having a loving relationship, it's also about what I've always referred to as "party lesbians," or what Marquette University sociologist Dawne Moon describes as "this kind of Maxim culture where it's all a performance. It's like, 'I'm being transgressive because I want men to want me more.'" Sarah Warne, the founder of the queer site afterellen.com, tells Radar that this "Playboy bisexual" meme is really just "total narcissism" masquerading as trend, and that Tila Tequila is the fad's burnt-orange poster girl. But is it better to have bisexuality represented in a not-so-perfect package than not discussed at all? More »