Queer is the New Black

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08/06/13 • 72 min

Orange is the New Black is a really great show that we immediately start criticizing the worst parts. And then we criticize ourselves for being harder on women-made media. And then we criticize Francis Ha. We also talk about how sexy Laura Prepon's Alex is, and how we forget every other character's name. Lots and lots of discussion on queerness. Our Living As A Feminist Question Of The Week is "Does being in a hetero relationship mean you are hetero?" As always, we provide interesting wishy-washy answers.

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