WWWeird Wednesday: Don't call me, I'll call you

Apparently lesbians are the source of great mirth and amusement when it comes to prank phone calls. A US company, LesbianPhoneCall.com, charges $10 to have one of their ‘authentic lesbians’ call your friends and family for giggles.

Choose from:
Lipstick Lesbian

Bull Dyke (Militant Lesbian) - '...often a tad brutal and don't put up with shit.'

Regular Lesbian - 'Our popular good ol' fashioned 'regular' lesbians talk the crooked walk'

Lesbian-on-the-fence - 'The coveted on-the-fence lesbians are a bit wishy-washy...'

Transgender lesbian - 'Like to talk about football in a husky voice.'

Catholic Lesbian - '...our Catholic lesbian is even more conflicted (we only have one)...'

Lesbian Film Critic 

Stoner Lesbian - 'Stoner lesbians say, "Dude" and "Man" a lot...'

Lesbian-on-the-fence? Lesbian film critic? I’m chuckling already. Oh, no wait, that’s a dry heave.

News Tuesday: Library libel

Speaking as someone whose local library's lesbian stock begins and ends with a battered copy of an old KD Laing CD, it's with considerable chagrin that I read about Bentonville, Arkansas.

It seems that not only has this small outpost of the American dream been receiving the latest orders of lesbian erotica, but the locals have actually been complaining about this piece of good fortune. People like this man who is suing the city for $20,000 after his two teenage sons found a book on lesbian sex, The Whole Lesbian Sex Book, by Felice Newman, on a library bookshelf.

Earl Adams says his sons were "greatly disturbed" after finding the book, which, he claims, caused "many sleepless nights in our house." Indeed.

Movie Monday: The hard sell

Ah, I thought as I began watching this little clip, I love hearing about tales of lesbian fumbling from yesteryear. But it's actually an advert from sex toy emporium Coco de Mer. See if you can guess what it's for before the elderly narrator gets to the last line of her wanderings down memory lane.

Foto Friday: Biblical billboards

Drivers in the US are in for some eye-catching images. A pro-gay Christian organisation called Would Jesus discriminate? has erected billboards with messages like: Jesus said some are born gay, Jesus affirmed a gay couple and, as shown below, Ruth loved Naomi as Adam loved Eve.

Strong stuff, and it predictably got a whole lot of right-wing christians all hot under the collar. Some of the billboards have been defaced with anti-gay slogans, and other have been damaged.

Flirty Thursday: Date, shag or block

Living with four gaydar addicted boys can be a real insight into the gender divide when it comes to using the net to hook up. Now, I'm not saying that girls don't cruise sites like gaydargirls or girlsweb for 'no strings' fun, however the boys take it to a whole different level.

As one of my friends told me, 'you've got to use the criteria: Could I date him? Would I shag him? Should I block him (from sending any more messages)?' It seems so harsh, but maybe it's a lot more honest than the 'let's be friends' messages we send to girls we have no intention of either befriending or bedding.

WWWeird Wednesday: Now isn't that ironic?

How much do we love Alanis Morissette? In the music video for her hit Crazy she played an angsty lesbian ex, and now she's gone and done a nice little cover version of My Humps by the Black Eyed Peas. And when I say nice, I mean complete piss-take. It may be a witty, subtle comment on the sad state of women in the music industry and Fergie's souless, misogynist lyrics - but how freakin' bizarre is it seeing Morissette grinding?

News Tuesday: Come out, come out, wherever you are

In last Tuesday’s blog, it was revealed that a US mag has been outing celebrities it considers to be living in the ‘glass closet’ i.e. stars who are gay and don’t hide it but haven’t actually announced the fact.
Now it seems the media has swapped the stick for the carrot and is trying to cajole closeted celebs to out themselves.

According to 247gay.com, New York graphic design shop Mr. Wonderful recently announced that it created, shot, edited and finished three breaking public service announcement for Out in TV & Film, a non-profit organisation that encourages gay and lesbians in the entertainment industry - from grips to A-List stars – to come out of the closet, and provides the support for them when they do.

US celebrities starring in the clips, including a US Big Brother contestant and an Emmy award winning writer, will talk about coming out and urging others to do the same.