Emily (Kathryn Prescott) and Naomi (Lily Loveless)
It’s been a difficult year for lesbians on television. When they haven’t been dying, they’ve been falling in line with the classic and highly offensive stereotype of hooking up with men.
So when the UK’s hugely popular Skins, a sometimes-far-fetched but always-racy teen drama, came along to portray a well-developed, realistic lesbian storyline that poignantly explores first love, it was like the Hallelujah Chorus blaring.
But then there was a record scratch and the jubilation stopped.
After being praised for the way it handled a gay male’s story previously, the show left many lesbians dumbfounded after Emily (Kathryn Prescott), a self-declared gay girl, helped social outcast Jj (Ollie Barbieri) lose his virginity in a “once-only charity event” — after making love to object of her affection Naomi (Lily Loveless) just one episode earlier.
While many viewers called it a...
It’s been a difficult year for lesbians on television. When they haven’t been dying, they’ve been falling in line with the classic and highly offensive stereotype of hooking up with men.
So when the UK’s hugely popular Skins, a sometimes-far-fetched but always-racy teen drama, came along to portray a well-developed, realistic lesbian storyline that poignantly explores first love, it was like the Hallelujah Chorus blaring.
But then there was a record scratch and the jubilation stopped.
After being praised for the way it handled a gay male’s story previously, the show left many lesbians dumbfounded after Emily (Kathryn Prescott), a self-declared gay girl, helped social outcast Jj (Ollie Barbieri) lose his virginity in a “once-only charity event” — after making love to object of her affection Naomi (Lily Loveless) just one episode earlier.
While many viewers called it a...
- 3/12/2009
- by sarahwarn
- AfterEllen.com
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