It’s been such a long long time since I’ve written  anything on this blog, so long that I almost forgot my password! 

At the end of last season of THE L WORD, I’ve given myself the assignment of re-watching every episode from season one and picking out interesting terms for discussion here while waiting for season six.  Well, now season six will be on in just a few days’ time and, of course, I’ve totally slacked off after writing just a few episodes !    

Well, it’s not that THE L WORD no longer interests me, it sure does.  But in the past few months much of my attention has been directed to following the news of some ‘real’ celebrity lesbian couples, who continues to be an inspiration to all lesbians and makes us realize that real-life lesbian couples can be just as happy and sweet and beautiful, if not happier, sweeter and more beautiful than, those gals in the drama!

Anyway, here are some of my favorite fanvid picks on Youtube:

Ellen & Portia – YES, you can be a LESBIAN AND be FUNNY, RICH, INFLUENTIAL and be with a beautiful BLOND partner at your DREAM WEDDING at the same time! 

Lilo & Sam – You can be OUT and PROUD without the rainbow flag and the offical coming-out party!

Goo & Cho - Friends, lovers, whatever.  Both being top Cantopop singers, they are a living legend and an inspiration to us all!

同樣在L Word第一季第四集裡, Peggy Peabody 告訴Bette 她在1974年也曾是Lesbian, Bette 說這叫做“Hasbian”.

“Hasbian”是由“Has” (助動詞) 和 “-bian” (‘Lesbian’ 的後綴詞素)構成的新詞, 這個相信大家都很熟悉了. 性別/性向文化近年發展迅速, 所以構造新詞的情況也特別多. 除了上面的”Hasbian”之外, 還有以下形容各種女同志的英語新詞:

Celesbian : Celebrity (名人) + Lesbian

= 名人女同志 例子 – Ellen DeGeneres 和 Portia De Rossi, K D Lang 等

K. D. Lang

Mombian : Mom + Lesbian

= 育有兒女的女同志 例子 – The L Word 裡面的 Tibette (Tina + Bette)

Shouldbian: Should + Lesbian

= 還沒成為女同志但被認為應該成為同志 例子 HIlary Swank (不是我瞎說的, 是OurChart 的一篇文章提議的)

Hilary Swank in Boys don’t cry

Wannabian: Want-to-be (美語口語 = Wannabe) + Lesbian

= 希望成為女同志的人 例子 – TLW 第一季第五集裡出現了”Lisa”這個角色, 他說自己是Lesbian-identified man (認同自己身分為女同志的男人), 我想他壓根兒就是個 Wannabian吧!

當然上面介紹的新詞都只是從網上找來或者是從生活中聽到的, 辭典還沒有收錄, 但看來構造新詞還挺容易呢! 讓我也來泡製幾個”拉拉新詞”吧:

1. Flexbian: Flexible (靈活) + Lesbian

= 可以隨心所欲變成女同志的人 – 我想起TLW第五季Molly的名句: “Go Gay for Shane” (為Shane變孿)

2. Pleasbian: Pleasure (v) + Lesbian

= “逗自己開心”的女同志 (嘿嘿, 實解有自慰習慣的女同志!!)

3. Anorexian: Anorexia (厭食症) + Lesbian

= 患了厭食症/身材極瘦的女同志 – 到底有沒有極瘦的女同志呢? 我想男性化的Butches多數不屬這類! 美國醫學期刊的研究甚至發現女同志 比異性戀女性患上過胖 (overweight) 或 癡肥 (obese) 的風險高於兩倍! 不過研究亦指這結果代表女同志對自我身體形象的滿意度較高(所以不用時刻節食來滿足男權社會對女性胴體的審美指標)! 文章連結

3. Homebian: Home + Lesbian

= 足不出戶的自閉型女同志 – 我女友路過的建議, 可能是她潛意識埋怨我老在家打blog也不跟她上街吧…還是立刻收筆好了.