Category: 2018 Fall – Pop Culture
From the Editor: Pop Culture
Nov 1, 2018 | 2018 Fall - Pop Culture, Editor's Note
Dear Reader, The theme of this issue is “Pop Culture.” I came out as bi 42 years ago into...
Read MoreBi+ acceptance: From a Meme to A Tipping Point
Nov 1, 2018 | 2018 Fall - Pop Culture, Articles
By Alexandra Bolles The first place I ever came out as bisexual was in a chat room on Melanie Griffith’s website when I was in middle school. Yes, you heard me. Melanie Griffith, as far as I know, isn’t bisexual and I was...
Read MoreNobody Said the Word
Nov 1, 2018 | 2018 Fall - Pop Culture, Articles
By Anna Schmidt I was in my late 20s when the film Henry and June came out. I watched it for the...
Read MoreAround the World: Christine Gangstad Johansen, Oslo, Norway
Nov 1, 2018 | 2018 Fall - Pop Culture, Around the World, Articles
Interview by Robyn Ochs Christine Gandstad Johansen is a co-founder of Visible, a group for...
Read MoreI’ve Got 99 Problems but Brooklyn Ain’t One
Nov 1, 2018 | 2018 Fall - Pop Culture, Articles
By Casey Lawrence [NOTE: SPOILER ALERT] “Everyone on this show is bisexual,” I told my boyfriend...
Read MoreFake
Nov 1, 2018 | 2018 Fall - Pop Culture, Articles
By Theresa Tyree Queer content was hard to find when I was a kid. None of the characters ever...
Read MoreMy First Bi+ Role Model
Nov 1, 2018 | 2018 Fall - Pop Culture, Articles
By Gloria Jackson-Nefertiti My first bi+ role model was someone who didn’t necessarily identify as...
Read MoreThe First Time I Saw Myself…
Nov 1, 2018 | 2018 Fall - Pop Culture, Articles
… How Sara Ramirez’s Bisexual Characters are Making History… and a Difference By Shayna Maci...
Read MoreThe Truth in Fiction (Or, When Your Friend Starts Writing Bi Novels)
Nov 1, 2018 | 2018 Fall - Pop Culture, Articles
By Lain Mathers When I first came out as bisexual at the age of 21, it was 2011. I surprised even myself as the words fell off my lips ungracefully in the company of a friend. I was trying it on for size: Bisexual. A word I was...
Read MoreWhat pop culture hasn’t done for me
Nov 1, 2018 | 2018 Fall - Pop Culture, Articles
By NekoFirefoxy So far pop culture hasn’t done anything to make me feel better as a bisexual...
Read MoreThoughts on a Couple of Bi+ Heroes
Nov 1, 2018 | 2018 Fall - Pop Culture, Articles
By Diane Verrochi I frequently blame the lack of bi+ representation in media for the fact it took...
Read MoreLove In Novels: The Art Of Reading Bi (1966)
Nov 1, 2018 | 2018 Fall - Pop Culture, Articles, Poetry
By Jane Barnes Heidi and Nancy Drew smart girls like me gotinto trouble then saved the day but my...
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