SBG 131: The Golden Girls
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This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with Stacey Powell (@bookslovejoy), later-in-life lesbian and co-host of the Lez Go Travel Show! on Tello Films, to talk about why The Golden Girls Should’ve Been Gay. Let’s be honest, if this show were made today, at the very least Dorothy would be a lesbian.
Even though The Golden Girls was first released in 1985, it was quite progressive in its handling of many prominent social and political issues for the time period. A ragtag group of single, older/middle-aged women live together and somehow it isn’t supposed to be the gay commune of our dreams?
Blanche may be the butt of a lot of sexist jokes for her “promiscuity”, but she’s also incredibly sex-positive for the 80s. We think Blanche has chaotic bisexual energy and if you don’t see it, you’re lying. Dorothy has all the hallmarks of a late in life lesbian, and Rose? That’s a closeted lesbian dealing with so much comphet she can’t even see through it. Honestly, we think everyone in this show is gay (except for Sophia, our token straight).
We know one thing for sure, The Golden Girls Should’ve Been Gay.
Stacey and her fiancée Christin want you to heal your heartache and find your soulmate just like they did. Check out all their love course offerings to start your healing journey today. Their co-authored ebook Get Off the Dating Apps- Journal to Find Your Soulmate is available now.
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