feel this. throughout the 90s the gay community started making at least baby steps. but when ellen came on the air there was no lgbt representation at all. not a big deal. oh, well, of course it s a big deal. that s a very big deal. ellen s show didn t start as a show about a gay woman. was that a cute dentist or was that a cute dentist? yeah, he is now my cutest healthcare provider. it was about this goofy, amiable bookstore owner and her friends and it was becoming a hit for abc, but ellen wanted to tell her truth and have the character also do so. ellen, are you coming out or not? yeah, ellen, quit jerking us around and come out already! come on! what is the big deal? i ve got a whole hour. i don t think you can overstate what was at stake for ellen degeneres in terms of coming out. she had had a fantastic career as a stand-up.
. i m reading a scroll. the emancipation of modern woman. what does it mean? jeannie, oh, you don t have to worry about things like that. but you have this character who is the absolute epitome of male fantasy. i want to understand your way of life so that i can please you. you please me very much. matter of fact, you re perfect. there s an episode called the americanization of jeannie where she dips a toe into the waters of female liberation. i have been studying the emancipation of modern woman. oh that. i guess you got so caught up in it you forgot to do the housework, huh? i did not forget. i decided to let you do it. what, me? i think there were female viewers and young girls who were watching at the time who were empowered by seeing jeannie. but tony doesn t find it attractive. he s turned off by it. a woman doesn t act the way you did tonight. but your behavior this evening was absolutely disgraceful.
the culture that shows like sex and the city and girls had nothing to do with. what that dick do? or do it don t do? oh, no, it do. it definitely do. for the first time maybe a lot of white people are learning that like there s a lot of different ways to be a black woman, there s a lot of different ways to be a millennial black woman. there are a lot of different ways to be. this is my favorite bit. playback was just a revelation. hi. hey. it felt dangerous. i ll be sure to treat you like a nasty little bitch. sitcoms don t usually feel dangerous. there s always a stage when someone s falling in love with you that they lose their erection. fleabag is intensely personal and intimate and raunchy. honestly, he made me come nine times. honestly?
george can t wait for eddie to come to town, his best friend. and when eddie comes to town, eddie is now edie and is a trans woman. take a good look. but the advancement of black queer stories is something that exists on a separate timeline from both lgbtq representation and black representation. representation matters because if you know and like this person that s fictional, how can you not know and like this person in your real life. when we were younger, i used to hate you. you used to steal my clothes. you had such nice things. soap i think was so raw. what do you people drink? you mean new yorkers? we drink. no, no, homos. we drink your basic heterosexual drinks. there was something very delicious about the gayness of billy crystal s character.
decided not to do the housework. i decided to let you view it. there were females month were empowered by genie. but tony doesn t find it attractive. had a woman doesn t act the way you did tonight. your behavior this evening was disgraceful. buncombe. there was a lot of comedy than genie and her master. there was a lot more going on. that will give all women an alternative to confinement in the home. you have this interesting moment because in the real world the women s liberation movement is pushing female equality further than it had ever been. these magical powers that