For the roses

A few cool updates..

2012-01-22T12:36:00.000+01:00

Here are a few updates of some of the cool web related stuff I've been busy with lately. First of all, there's a new Rainbow Duo cartoon out entitled Love is.. You can read all of our cartoons here. My awesome girlfriend also released her third iPhone app recently. How cool is that! It's called Recurring Tasks and it's, as the name already gives away, a handy gadget to keep track of all those

New Rainbow Duo comic: Coffee Lovers

2011-12-05T15:52:00.001+01:00

Check out our latest Rainbow Duo comic about favourite coffee moments...

50 books I want: My book wishlist of 2012

2011-11-28T09:54:00.001+01:00

Even though I still have quite a big pile of unread books to go through, there are many, many more books I would like to have. Here are 50 books I want to buy/read in 2012: 01. Robin Alexander - Devil in disguise (2011, romance, lesbian) 02. Anthony Bidulka - Amuse Bouche (2003, mystery, lgbt) 03. Jacqueline Carey - Santa Olivia (2009, fantasy) 04. Cassandra Clare - City of Bones (the Mortal

New fall TV shows I'm watching

2011-10-23T10:04:00.001+02:00

The new fall TV season saw the return of many of my favourite shows, including House, Dexter, Fringe, Grey's Anatomy and Lost Girl. Like every season, there were also plenty of new shows and I tried to give many of them a chance. Now that we are a few weeks into the season, there's only 3 new TV shows left I'm still watching. Those I couldn't be bothered to continue watching were: Free

Book after book book review: Edge by Jeffery Deaver

2011-10-06T10:47:00.000+02:00

My latest book review has been posted on Book after Book: Book review: Edge By Jeffery DeaverReviewed by NatazzzJeffery Deaver is an international bestselling author of crime novels, having written over 25 books in the last 20 years. Yet somehow I'd never read any of his novels, let alone heard of him. After finishing Edge (2010), I wish I'd discovered him sooner. Edge is a crime

Living together

2011-09-25T10:00:00.000+02:00

I used to say I didn't think I could live together with someone. The idea of being in a relationship and sharing a house, being together all the time, didn't seem very appealing. In fact, I used to be known for saying I didn't want anything alive in my apartment besides me, including other people, pets or flowers/plants. I used to say a lot of things... It's interesting how things change or how

Book after book review: Faitful place by Tana French

2011-07-29T09:11:00.000+02:00

My latest book review for book after book is online: Book review: Faithful Place By Tana FrenchReviewed by NatazzzThere are crime novels that you read to pass the time and crime novels that you truly enjoy. Faithful Place (2011) by Tana French is one of the latter. Having already read her previous two novels - In the Woods and The Likeness - which I thought were both great, I was eager

Book after book book review: Why girls are weird by Pamela Ribon

2011-06-30T12:17:00.000+02:00

My latest book review has been posted on Book after Book: Book review: Why Girls Are Weird By Pamela RibonReviewed by NatazzzA few years ago I discovered the blog Pamie.com by writer Pamela Ribon, which I have been reading ever since. Here she shares personal accounts of her life as a writer, as well as what she gets up to in her spare time. The blog is quite popular and was already

Rereading Pages for you by Sylvia Brownrigg

2011-06-02T10:50:00.002+02:00

"An uninformed, innocent student in her first semester at university, Flannery Jansen initially encounters her lover in a local diner. But her tentative overtures - a look, a blush - are dismissed and Flannery retreats, humiliated. Future chance meetings discourage Flannery even more, for Anne arden is sophisticated and poised; in Flannery's eyes almost impossibly beautiful. Until, one day, she

New Rainbow Duo Comic: How not to tidy up

2011-05-09T20:31:00.000+02:00

The latest Rainbow Duo Comic is out! This time it's all about tidying up. Like many couples, the Rainbow Duo both have very different ideas about how to clean up the apartment. Check out the entire comic here.

Book review: Martin Misunderstood by Karin Slaughter

2011-05-01T12:42:00.002+02:00

"Martin Reed is the proverbial butt of everyone's jokes. Working as a glorified accountant at Southern Toilet Supply and still living with his cantankerous mother, he has become resigned to the world in which he lives -- the school bullies now pick on him in the workplace, women still spurn him and his arch enemy is now his supervisor. So when he leaves home one morning to find his car

Book after book book review: Living on a Prayer by Sheila Quigley

2011-04-18T10:58:00.002+02:00

My latest book review was just posted over at Book after Book: Book review: Living on a prayer By Sheila Quigley Reviewed by Natazzz I'm a fan of crime novels, but picking the right one can sometimes be tricky. A good story combined with a nice paperback cover is sure to get my attention, but it's not until you actually start reading that you notice if it's any good. At that point

Lists are hot: Queer TV characters and storylines I obsessed about as a little lesbian

2011-04-12T10:42:00.002+02:00

Lists are hot is a monthly column for all those that love lists. This time I want to share with you some of the queer TV characters and storylines I loved when I was younger. These days lesBians seem to be on our TV screens everywhere (Grey's Anatomy, Coronation Street, Skins, Glee, Hand aufs Herz), but back in the day when I was a little (closeted) lesbian, lesBian storylines were few and far

Studying LesBians: Lesbians make housework fun

2011-04-06T14:28:00.002+02:00

Studying lesBians is a monthly column about recent (and not so recent) research involving lesbians. This time I want to talk about studies into lesbian households. A few weeks ago the results of a survey of part of the Australian population was published, which showed that same-sex couples (read lesbians, not enough male same-sex couples took part) are better at doing housework than straight

New Rainbow Duo Comic: iPhone obsession

2011-03-26T10:34:00.001+01:00

Our latest Rainbow Duo comic is out. This time it's all about obsessively using your iPhone, something that might be familiar to many of you. Go here to check it out!

Lists are hot: 8 Lesbian and bisexual authors you should know

2011-03-16T17:23:00.002+01:00

Lists are hot is a monthly column for all those who love lists. This time I've put together a list of 8 out authors I think you should know. I've always been an avid reader, reading pretty much anything and everything in the fiction category. I prefer good books (well written, with a good story) above anything else, but of course I appreciate if the novels are more relatable, especially if it

Book review: Kill Chain by Meg Gardiner

2011-03-09T16:15:00.002+01:00

I'm happy to announce I will be reviewing books for the great book blog Book after Book. Here's a preview of the first one: Book review: Kill Chain By Meg GardinerReviewed by NatazzzI'm a big fan of crime novels. In fact, it's one of my favourite genres when it comes to books. Over the years I must have read hundreds of crime novels and I have a pretty good idea of what they

Book review: The true deceiver by Tove Jansson

2011-03-02T11:25:00.001+01:00

"In the deep winter snows of a Swedish hamlet, a strange young woman fakes a break-in at the house of an elderly artist in order to persuade her that she needs companionship. But what does she hope to gain to gain by doing this? And who ultimately is deceiving whom?" (From the back cover). Background story: When I was in London last year, I visited the only gay bookstore there called Gay's

Studying LesBians: homophobia is bad for your health

2011-02-23T12:10:00.002+01:00

Studying Lesbians is a monthly column about recent (and not so recent) research about lesbians or the LGBT community as a whole. This time I want to talk to you about yet another very surprising and shocking research finding: homophobia is bad for you! More specially, several studies have recently linked having experienced homophobic incidents or being in a hostile, homophobic environment to

Happy Valentine's day from the Rainbow Duo

2011-02-14T12:29:00.001+01:00

Read the entire comic here.

2011-02-13T19:36:00.011+01:00

I love looking up at the sky. My favourite thing, next to sunsets are pretty clouds. Here are some of the pretty skies I captured on film the last few years. Groningen, the Netherlands (Summer 2009) Peer, Belgium (Spring, 2010) Maastricht, the Netherlands (Summer 2010)

Fiction-ish blogging from a kids' perspective: Young and Innocent

2011-02-09T13:10:00.001+01:00

Are you tired of just reading about lesbians and other gay stuff? Did you wish I would write about something else, perhaps even fictional? Then do check out one of my other blogs Young and Innocent. In Young and Innocent I delve into the mind of my kid self, and I blog about my thoughts and experiences as if I was still young and innocent. Because my childhood was rather boring, I tend to make a

10 European LesBian and LGBT websites you should be visiting

2011-02-07T16:00:00.002+01:00

Lists are hot is a monthly column for all those that love lists. This time I want to share with you some of the coolest European LesBian websites around. Obviously, when it comes to favourite European lesBian websites, eurOut is and should be on top of the list. But since you are already familiar with our site, let's have a look at some other great European lesBian and LGBT websites. During the

Book review: Rereading Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite

2011-02-03T16:53:00.002+01:00

"Nothing was born in horror and brought up in suburban Maryland. Even before he ran away to find his true home, he suspected he was different from other teenagers. And when he had his first taste of human blood, he knew he was right" (-from the back of the paperback). Backstory: When I was a teenager I went through a vampire phase. Not the Twilight kind of vampires, who seem rather boring to

Best lesbian websites

2011-01-26T21:22:00.002+01:00

I used to do these website of the week posts over at eurOut every single week. Some weeks there were lots of great site to choose from and other weeks I had to search and search to find something halfway decent. Even though not all websites were that interesting or to everyone's tastes, together they make quite a nice collection of lesbian and LGBT websites. Here are some of those lesbian

Studying Lesbians: Studies show we are really all the same

2011-01-22T12:34:00.002+01:00

Studying Lesbians is a monthly column about recent (and not so recent) research involving lesbians or the LGBT community as a whole. This time I want to discuss two very different lines of research that both show a similar thing: We are all the same. The last few months there's been a lot of media attention about gay bullying, gay teens committing suicide, the It gets better project and lots of

Latest Rainbow Duo comic: New Year's Resolutions

2011-01-17T17:57:00.000+01:00

Our latest comic is out! If you want to find out what happened when the Rainbow Duo decided to get some exercise, go over to Rainbow Duo.com to check it out. I hope your New Year's resolutions are working out a little better...

Book review: The Mermaids singing by Val McDermid

2011-01-14T11:01:00.001+01:00

I'd already read a number of books by Scottish author Val McDermid, which I all enjoyed a lot. I'm a big fan of crime novels anyway, so there's already a lot to like about McDermid's books. Add to this the fact that I loved the Wire in the blood TV series, so when I came across The Mermaids singing (1995), the first book in the Wire in the blood series, I just had to read it. Reading a book

Lists are hot: Lesbians on YouTube

2011-01-12T13:41:00.002+01:00

Lists are hot is a monthly column for all those who love lists as much as me. This time I want to share with you some of the lesbians of YouTube. YouTube is not only a great place to find music videos and movie trailers, it's also a gay Mecca. Ok maybe not quite, but there's lesbians all over YouTube, trying to entertain you. However, because simply searching for things like "lesbians" usually

TV shows I can't wait to have new episodes

2011-01-07T14:03:00.020+01:00

I love watching good TV series, preferably in marathon fashion. If that's not possible, then at least a few in a row, without any commercials or other interuptions. Unfortunately, some of my favourite shows are on a break right now and I am in desperate need of some other good shows to watch. Any suggestions? I'll give you an idea of some of the stuff I've been watching lately: Dexter When I

The most popular Because you're hot posts

2011-01-05T14:01:00.068+01:00

It feels like forever since I used to do my Because you're hot posts, even though in reality it's only been a year or so. I find it interesting and amusing that despite the number of different topics I blog about, those Because you're hot posts remain the most popular ones (this is closely followed by any other kind of post featuring hot women or the L word). I guess people are just very

Making versus doing to-do lists

2011-01-01T14:00:00.077+01:00

I love making lists, regardless of whether they're to-do lists, lists of favourite things, or even grocery lists. It's such fun to do and it makes life easier. Fun and efficient, that's a combination I love. During last year's Christmas break I read The to-do list by Mike Gayle. I was so inspired by this story (it's fiction and the main character is a big slacker btw) I decided to make a to-do

New website launched: the Rainbow Duo

2010-12-30T16:50:00.000+01:00

My girlfriend and I have been working on our own comic for a while called Rainbow Duo - the adventures of 2 gay stick figures in love. I'd already posted two of the comics on here (Buying tropical fruit and Lost in Corn), but I am proud to announce that they now have their own website! The comics are loosely based on our own experiences, so if you want to know more about the silly, clumsy and

Being Happy

2010-12-28T14:14:00.000+01:00

I remember that when I was younger, and everyone was busy making lists of everything they wanted out of life, what they wanted to have and to achieve, I always used to say I just wanted to be happy. For me, the most important thing one ought to want, and hope for in life, is to enjoy it, to be content, to feel happy. I was never quite sure how to achieve it, or what exactly it would entail, I

LGBT reading challenge 2011

2010-12-24T14:50:00.002+01:00

I love to read and have been an avid reader ever since I mastered it when I was little. As a child I read everything I could get my hands on, and probably went through most of our local library's fiction selection. The speed at which I read these days isn't what it used to be when I was younger, but I still go through a number of books a month. I'm pleased to say that by now I've collected quite

Studying LesBians: Offences by lesbian teens are seen as more offensive

2010-12-24T10:59:00.002+01:00

Studying LesBians is a monthly column that discusses recent, and not so recent, research involving lesBians. This time I'll look into a study about the relation between sexual orientation and punishment. This month an article was published in the academic journal Pediatrics entitled Criminal-Justice and school sanctions against non-heterosexual youth: a national longitudinal study. The article

New blogs

2010-12-20T19:04:00.002+01:00

I just wanted to let everyone know I've been busy with two new blogs lately. The first one is called Young and Innocent (?), on which I write blog posts through the eyes of my fictional kid self. This means I re-write childhood memories and experiences, from the perspective of a child. To make it a little more exciting, I twist the truth a little bit or even add something completely fictional.

Leaving eurOut

2010-12-18T22:27:00.002+01:00

When I joined eurOut as a writer in September of 2008, it was one of my most exciting experiences ever. For the past year I had been writing this blog, as well as for various informational sites (Oh the joys of writing about things like The best way to clean your DVD player!). I was enjoying writing immensely and I had been dreaming of ways to write for other blogs and websites I liked to read.

Studying LesBians: LGBT research that wastes time and money showing the sky is blue (with a rainbow in it)

2010-12-16T21:29:00.002+01:00

Studying LesBians is a monthly column about recent and not so recent research on lesBians and the LGBT community. This column about obvious research being done and getting media attention was published on eurOut back in July, but I forgot to post it here as well. This month several LGBT related studies were reported in the media that had such obvious results you have to wonder why people think

Video of the week: Everybody loves a lesbian

2010-12-16T21:20:00.002+01:00

Have you heard of Mongrels? It's BBC 3's first urban, multi-species, adult puppet comedy. Yes, you read that correctly, adult puppet comedy. The series was created by Adam Miller and written by Jon Brown and Daniel Peak. In one of their scenes, a pigeon called Kali learns all about the joys of lesbianism from Cassandra the crow. The greatest part about this scene is the song they perform,

Lists Are Hot: 10 songs by European lesBians

2010-12-15T21:48:00.002+01:00

Lists are hot is a monthly column for those that love lists as much as I do. This month it's all about music. After many months of movies, TV and web series related Lists are hot columns, I thought it was time to devote one to music again. I have selected for you 10 songs by European lesBians that I thought you might like. These are not supposed to be the best songs and they also do not represent

Studying LesBians: Does having lesbian parents make you bisexual or just more open-minded?

2010-11-27T11:40:00.002+01:00

Studying Lesbians is a monthly column discussing recent (and not so recent) research involving lesbians. This time we look into another interesting study that had its results taken a little out of context. A study was published in the December issue of the Archives of Sexual Behaviour journal that looked into the sexual behaviour and identity of 17 year-olds raised by lesbian parents. The data

Snow, snow, snow

2010-11-26T09:44:00.002+01:00

Last night I was telling my girlfriend I'd seen a few snowflakes, but it didn't look like there was going to be much snow. She replied I'd probably wake up to the entire city being covered in snow. I told her to take it back, but to no avail, because this is what I woke up to: I took these pictures from my front window. I can't believe there's already snow, it's only November! Last year my

Lists Are Hot: 10 LesBian Web Series

2010-11-15T17:38:00.002+01:00

Lists Are Hot is a monthly column for all those who love lists. This time I want to share with you 10 lesBian web series I think you should check out. Ten years ago it was pretty hard to find lesBian content in anything but movies. These days, however, lesbians seem to be everywhere! To be fair, lesbian characters and storylines on television are still rather scarce, but luckily there's an

Cartoon: Rainbow Duo - 2 - Buying exciting tropical fruit

2010-11-09T18:33:00.000+01:00

This is the second in a series of cartoons created by my girlfriend and I. The Rainbow Duo shows the adventures of 2 gay stick figures in love, which is loosely inspired by our real life experiences. In this cartoon you can see what happened when we/they decided we wanted to try some new types of fruit. Check out the first cartoon here.

Studying LesBians: Fun with academia –The Dyke Diagnostic Manual

2010-10-30T21:10:00.002+02:00

Studying Lesbians is a monthly column in which I look at recent and not so recent research involving lesbians. This month I want to talk about an article I saw in the Journal of Lesbian studies. A few months back I told you about this awesome scientific journal, the Journal of Lesbian studies, in which real researchers and professors publish articles about lesbianism. As a researcher and a writer

Cartoon: Rainbow Duo - 1 - Lost in Corn

2010-10-25T12:58:00.001+02:00

This is the first in a series of cartoons created by my girlfriend and I. The Rainbow Duo shows the adventures of 2 gay stick figures in love, which is loosely inspired by our real life experiences. In the first cartoon you can see what happened when we/they decided to go for a walk a few weeks ago.

Lists Are Hot: 11 Great lesBian movies you should watch

2010-10-19T21:10:00.002+02:00

Lists Are Hot is a monthly column for all those that love lists. This month I want to share with you some of my favourite lesBian movies. After talking about the worst lesBian movies last month, I thought I'd look on the positive side this time and tell you which lesBian movies I think are really great. Over the years I have seen many, many lesBian movies and even though some might have been

People are shallow: most popular blog posts

2010-10-12T17:03:00.002+02:00

Since a few months Blogger offers you some stats about your blog. This includes how many visitors, page views etc. you receive in a given day, week or month. It also tells you where those visitors are from and how they found your blog. It's quite a nifty tool, and one I admit to looking at quite regularly. Over the years I have blogged about tons of different subjects, serious topics, LGBT

Studying LesBians: how many of us are really out there?

2010-10-05T20:28:00.002+02:00

Studying LesBians is a monthly column about recent and not so recent research into lesBians and the LGBT community as a whole. This time I want to talk about a British study saying much fewer people identify as gay than originally thought. Last week a British study was published which showed that only 1,5 % of the UK population identifies as gay. Immediately all the online (LGBT) news outlets

Lists are Hot: 10 Bad lesBian movies you shouldn't watch

2010-09-17T14:25:00.002+02:00

Lists Are Hot is a monthly column for all those of you that love lists. This time I want to talk about a topic we all love to hate, or hate to love: bad lesBian movies. In the time between I realised I was into girls until after the first two years of coming out, I watched pretty much any movie with lesbian content I could get my hands on. Needless to say, not all of those films were very good

Road trip through Ireland Part 5: From Galway to Dublin

2010-09-03T12:31:00.002+02:00

This is the final part of my posts about our road trip through Ireland. Like all good things, this series also has to come to its end. We arrived in Galway in the evening, and only had one night there, so we really didn't have a chance to see much of the city. What was supposed to be a hotel turned out to be a Bed & Breakfast. After our Cork experience we were a little worried, but luckily

Road trip through Ireland Part 4: From Limerick to Galway

2010-09-01T12:36:00.002+02:00

Once we left Cork, everything started to get a little better again. After the Crag Cave we drove on to Limerick, a charming little town in the West of Ireland. When we arrived at the hotel, a wedding reception was in full swing in the bar and most of the lobby. We made our way up to our room, which smelled badly of smoke. We went back down to complain and we had to wait for about 10 minutes

Road trip through Ireland Part 3: From Cork to Limerick

2010-08-30T09:09:00.002+02:00

As I warned you in my previous post, this is going to be a post full of complaining. Why? Because our time in Cork was definitely the low point of our holiday. We left for Cork in the rain, and it was still pouring down by the time we arrived there. Up until now we had been staying in nice hotels, but for Cork we had picked a Guesthouse. That was a bad idea. A REALLY bad idea. When we got to

Studying LesBians: Are we happy to be single and/or hoping to find true love online?

2010-08-27T13:29:00.002+02:00

Studying LesBians is a monthly column in which I discuss recent and not so recent research involving LesBians or the LGBT community as a whole. This month I want to talk about a study that was published this week that shows lesbians and gay men are happy to be single. At least, that's what the headlines in the queer media say. Qoud.TV a website that offers queer TV channels and movies on

Take That 20 years later: Shame by Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow

2010-08-26T19:55:00.001+02:00

It's interesting to see how time changes people, yet part of us always remains the same. When I was a little teen, I went through quite the boy band phase. It lasted for a few years, during which I did many embarrassing things in the name of fandom. I was mainly into Bros and New kids on the block (I can never quite decide which is worse or more sad), but around 1991 I was also quite taken

Road trip through Ireland Part 2: From Waterford to Cork

2010-08-23T12:55:00.002+02:00

Our first night in Waterford we left the hotel to explore the city. Little did we know that the city centre of Waterford is so tiny it only takes about an hour to see everything. It was quite enjoyable though to walk around there in the drizzle. Some of the highlights? Well, we discovered an actual sand marina. I didn't even know such a thing existed, but I guess sometimes you need to have a

Road trip through Ireland Part 1: From Dublin to Waterford

2010-08-16T16:01:00.002+02:00

Last month my girlfriend and I set off for a little 10-day road trip through Ireland. More precisely, we covered everything south of Dublin starting out there and travelling clockwise until Galway, after which we headed back to Dublin again. We started our holiday just as there was a heat wave in the Netherlands/Belgium, with temperatures being above 30 degrees Celsius for a week or two. This

Lists Are Hot: The women from the Independent's Pink List

2010-08-13T11:04:00.002+02:00

Lists are hot is a monthly column for all those of you that love lists. This time I want to share with you the women from the Independent's Pink List. Last week the Independent published its annual list of what they thought were the 101 most influential gays and lesbians in Britain. These people were selected by a jury consisting of well known and unknown Brits, including TV presenter Clare

Song of the month: Skunk Anansie – My Ugly Boy

2010-07-24T11:05:00.003+02:00

Skunk Anansie are back with a new single My Ugly Boy (followed by a brand new album in September). I have fond memories of watching Skunk Anansie live in the previous century (I know, it makes me sound really old!). And what can I say, there music is still fun…

Studying Lesbians: Gaydar really does exist

2010-06-29T21:25:00.002+02:00

Studying lesBians is a monthly column about recent and not so recent research on lesbians and the LGBT community as a whole. This month I want to discuss a study published a few weeks ago about the existence of Gaydar. When I was much younger and I first started to realize I was into women, I tried desperately to spot other girls in my surroundings who felt the same way. I failed miserably and

Lists Are Hot: 8 European LesBian TV and Movie Characters

2010-06-18T23:06:00.002+02:00

Lists are hot is a monthly column for all those who love lists. This month I want to talk about some of our favourite European lesBian TV and movie characters. LesBian characters on TV and in movies are few and far between. Cool and/or interesting characters are even more scarce. Here are some lesBian characters from the recent past who I though were worthy of our viewing time. 8. Carla on

Studying LesBians: Dutch study looks into whether a gay friendly work environment is profitable

2010-06-02T00:53:00.002+02:00

Studying lesBians is a monthly column about recent and not so recent research on lesbians and the LGBT community as a whole. This month I want to discuss a recent study into profitable effects of a gay friendly work environment. I am very lucky to work at university, where in general the work environment is very gay friendly. I have always been surrounded by out colleagues and I've never

Lists Are Hot: 10 European lesbian and bisexual singers

2010-05-18T00:59:00.002+02:00

This month in Lists Are Hot I want to highlight 10 lesbian and bisexual singers from 10 different European countries. Some you might already be very familiar with and others might be new for you. In any case, I hope this list can contribute to your iTunes library or at least make you appreciate some of the great out performers that are out there. Here are 10 queer singers worthy of checking

Studying LesBians: Are we born lesbians or do we choose to be?

2010-05-06T10:25:00.002+02:00

Studying LesBians is a monthly column about current and not so current research about lesbians and bisexual women. This month I want to talk about genetic and social influences on sexual orientation. One of those things that always seems to come up whenever people (read: straight people) discuss sexual orientation is the question whether sexual orientation is something genetic, that you are born

Concert review: K's Choice's Echo Mountain tour

2010-05-05T11:28:00.002+02:00

Last week I went to see K's Choice in concert in the Vredenburg, in Utrecht, the Netherlands. It had been 14 years since I'd first seen them live and they were just as great as then, if not better. The first time I saw a performance by K's Choice was at the Pinkpop Festival back in 1996. I remember being quite impressed by them and I bought their album Paradise in Me shortly after. Over the

Lists Are Hot: 10 European movie actresses who have played gay or should

2010-04-21T10:19:00.002+02:00

Lists Are Hot this month is about movie actresses who have played gay or bisexual characters. Plus we added some actresses who haven't played gay yet, but who we think should. 10. Lena Heady (UK) Who doesn't like Lena Heady? Besides being awesome as Luce the florist in Imagine me and you (one of those good lesbian movies), she's also played a lot of other interesting characters, including

Studying LesBians: Being ignored or even excluded in non targeted research

2010-04-07T10:40:00.002+02:00

Studying LesBians is a monthly column that discusses current and not so current research about lesbians and bisexual women. This month I want to talk about how lesbians are ignored in general research. When I was an undergrad, I used to participate in many research studies to make some extra cash. These were mainly from the psychology department and apart from the weird experiment now and then

Skins Season 4 finale – A happy ending to an awfully bad season

2010-03-25T14:08:00.002+01:00

To say the season finale of Skins wasn't very good is an understatement. It was a badly written, unbelievable, random and rushed ending to an already badly written, unbelievable, random season, so at least in that way it was very fitting. Perhaps the writers got lazy, perhaps 8 episodes just isn't enough to tell any stories properly or perhaps I'm just old and I expect too much from a teen

Skins Season 4 recap – Episodes 6 and 7: Searching for Naomily in a messed up Skins world

2010-03-24T16:31:00.002+01:00

Episode 6 and 7 of Skins saw some happy times and very messed up storytelling respectively. Emily and Naomi, however, were hardly there at all. Previously on Skins: Emily moved in with Naomi and then she found out Naomi had been cheating on her with Sophia, who ended up committing suicide. Then Emily got back at Naomi by doing some drugs and making out with a random girl at a BBQ they were

Lists are hot: 10 Dead TV and movie lesBians

2010-03-15T16:42:00.002+01:00

Lists Are Hot is a monthly column for all those that love lists. This time I want to talk about some of the lovely queer TV and movie characters that were killed off. Over the years, we have seen so many TV and movie lesBians die on our TV and movie screens, that I thought they were worthy of being compiled in a list. And not just because there were enough of them. Lesbians have died in series

Skins Season 4 recap – Episode 5: Freddie

2010-03-09T21:01:00.002+01:00

Episode 5 of Skins focused on the destructive downward spiral that is the Freddie and Effy relationship. Previously on Skins: Emily moved in with Naomi and then she found out Naomi had been cheating on her with Sophia, who ended up committing suicide. Then Emily got back at Naomi by doing some drugs and making out with a random girl at a BBQ they were throwing. This episode of Skins was all

Check out the awesome new Lambda Literary website

2010-03-02T21:07:00.001+01:00

Lambda Literary Foundation from Word Is Up on Vimeo.

Studying LesBians: the Journal of Lesbian studies looks into lesbian youth

2010-03-02T20:18:00.002+01:00

Studying LesBians is a monthly column that discusses current and not so current research about lesbians and bisexual women. This month I want to talk about the Journal of Lesbian studies. Did you have any idea such a scientific journal existed? Neither did I, but when Saskia pointed it out to me a while back it got me really excited. Yes, I'm a research geek, so finding out there's actually an

Skins Season 4 recap – Episode 4: Katie

2010-02-24T16:33:00.002+01:00

Episode 4 of Skins focused on the Fitch family and saw Emily and Naomi mess up their relationship some more. Previously on Skins: Emily moved in with Naomi and then she found out Naomi had been cheating on her with Sophia, who ended up committing suicide. This is Katie's episode, which means we see a lot of drama, as well as just what is wrong with the Fitch family. Unlike the previous

Skins Season 4 recap – Episode 3: Cook

2010-02-22T16:30:00.002+01:00

Episode 3 of Skins was all about Cook, which means a lot of stupid, pointless and aggressive behaviour and very little screen time for our favourite couple Naomily. Previously on Skins: Emily and Naomi were allowed to be happy and in love for about an episode, before all was destroyed when Emily found out Naomi had been cheating on her with Sophia, who ended up committing suicide. Those of you

Lists Are Hot: 10 LesBian books you should read

2010-02-17T10:38:00.002+01:00

I've always been an avid reader of anything and everything fictional, and sometimes non-fictional. From the moment I realised I was into women, I started reading books with lesBian content. Over the years I have read a lot of rubbish, but luckily also some gems. Here's my selection of 10 lesBian books I think you should read. 10. The price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith The price of salt by

Skins Season 4 recap - Episodes 1 and 2:

2010-02-15T16:39:00.002+01:00

Skins is back with a fourth Season. After a great third Season in which cuties Emily and Naomi realised they were in love, expectations were high for this season. However, if you thought the girls would get a chance to enjoy being happy and in love for a little while, you're wrong. Very wrong. Only continue reading if you don't need Naomily to be happy and/or if you like drama. Episode one:

Song of the week: Come live the life by K's Choice

2010-02-12T18:51:00.003+01:00

It's their first song in 7 years and I love it...especially the video is just too cute.

Awesome new German lesbian web series: Emma Stahl

2010-01-28T12:46:00.002+01:00

Just in case you've missed it, new German web series Emma Stahl launched the teaser of their web series this Wednesday. What's it all about? Well, it's a web series, with lesbians and lesbian action, it's about a bad ass Special Agent and it's German. The latter is very important, because Germans are very good at producing quality crime shows. This web series is no exception. Just a few minutes

Studying LesBians: LesBians and cancer screening

2010-01-27T17:24:00.002+01:00

Studying LesBians is a monthly column that discusses current and not so current research about lesbians and bisexual women. This month I want to discuss research on lesBians and cancer screening. Researchers have looked at the lives of lesbians and bisexual women from many different perspectives. Often this is from a sociological perspective, or a more psychological one. A whole other area of

Stonewall educates schools the cool way

2010-01-25T13:34:00.006+01:00

Stonewall is sending all UK secondary schools a free anti-homophobia DVD. It's a full feature movie called FIT. What's so great about this, is that the DVD is actually cool.At least, from the look of these trailers, it's done in a way that teens can relate to. You know, it looks good, like it wasn't made for little money and it looks a little like Skins meets Glee. Sort of.Watch the trailers here

Change is good (?)

2010-01-18T15:59:00.003+01:00

I've never been a big fan of change. I'm not as bad as Dr. House, but I do usually prefer for things to stay just the way they are, especially if they aren't too bad or in direct need of changing. At least, I used to think change was a bad thing. Or put differently, I always thought there was no need for disruption of one's life, and I frequently could be heard saying, "Why can't things just

Lists Are Hot: 10 European Out Sports women

2010-01-15T21:47:00.002+01:00

This month Lists are hot–our column for those who love lists–is about sports. As regular readers know, I know very little about sports. In fact, I hardly watch or play sports (does the Wii count?). However, I do like looking at fit women, so the sports world is a good place to look. Besides being hotties, athletes tend to be rather determined and it takes some guts to compete at such a high

Pretty Picture Tuesday: Snow snow snow

2010-01-12T08:56:00.007+01:00

Thanks to Unfolder for making the prettiest of these photos.

Lists are Hot: 10 European LesBian TV couples

2010-01-11T14:55:00.002+01:00

It's been a while, but Lists are Hot -eurOut's column for all those who love lists, whether it's making them or just reading them – is back. This time my column is all about European LesBian TV couples. Even though we might complain a lot about lesBian visibility on television, we cannot ignore the fact that over the past year we have seen quite a number of girl-girl couples on TV shows across

Best and worst of 2009 in European LesBian Entertainment

2010-01-07T14:44:00.002+01:00

At the end of the year it's always time for the annual overviews of what took place this year, and here at eurOut we couldn't ignore this tradition. Especially not me, who loves overviews or any kinds of lists really. Instead of giving you the usual detailed overview of what exactly happened in European lesBian entertainment in 2009, I thought I'd share with you some of the highs and lows

Studying LesBians: lesBian representation on television and its influence on lesBians

2010-01-05T18:34:00.002+01:00

Studying Lesbians is a new monthly column that discusses current and not so current research about lesbians and bisexual women. A while back I told you all about my new research column and what great topics related to lesbians and bisexual women I would be covering. Well, I let you wait some time for it (good things are worth the wait, right?), but now it's time to give you the first proper

Song of the week: Beautiful freak by Eels

2009-12-13T08:03:00.003+01:00

Home for Christmas - a Coming out story

2009-12-01T11:23:00.000+01:00

Home for Christmas (Hjem til jul)Atom.com: Funny Videos | Short Films | Dysfunctional Family Values

Song of the week: Calling you by Blue October

2009-11-08T08:11:00.002+01:00

for Unfolder <3

Song of the week: Free falling by Elli Erl and Katie Marie

2009-11-01T08:24:00.001+01:00

YouTube Thursday: Awesome live performances

2009-10-29T16:53:00.003+01:00

Radiohead - CreepFiona Apple - I want youSarah Bettens - Follow meCounting Crows - Round here

Pretty Picture Tuesday: The Dutch Sea Side in Autumn

2009-10-27T08:51:00.009+01:00

Song of the week: Precious things (live) by Tori Amos

2009-10-25T08:14:00.002+01:00

Because you're hot: Sports ladies

2009-10-23T12:41:00.009+02:00

I might not care at all about most sports, let alone about watching them, but what I do like is to watch women athletes, whether they play soccer, tennis or are swimmers.Here are some lovely ladies I’d almost watch sports for. Almost.

YouTube Thursday: Favorite movies to watch over and over again

2009-10-22T08:30:00.002+02:00

These are some of the movies I can and have watched over and over again. The fact that I like them so much doesn’t always correspond with how good they are. They are not even my all time favourites, but I have watched all of these more than 10 times.Gone in 60 secondsGuys stealing cars…Yeah, I know. But it used to be my favourite hang over movie. It doesn’t require much brain activity to follow

I miss my blog

2009-10-21T08:53:00.001+02:00

As I mentioned in a previous post, I haven’t been such a good blogger lately. What used to be a daily event has turned into a weekly one at best. I didn’t mind for a while, but lately I’ve started to really miss my blog.I miss my blog and I miss writing. I used to write all the time, but these days all I seem to write is work stuff or email. I mean, Tweets don’t count as writing, right?Not sure

Song of the week: Yellowcake by Kaki King

2009-10-18T08:10:00.002+02:00

Billie Myers at the National Equality March in Washington, DC

2009-10-14T13:47:00.001+02:00