Wrap Up Show

Lesbians On Screen

Season 1 Episode 39

Today we are talking about Juliantina, a lesbian couple featured in the show Amar A Muerte - A Mexican soap opera and they fast gained global popularity.

We look at:

Unanswered Questions
- What did Eva Do?
- Who’s child did Eva carry?
- Is Chivis Psychic
Overriding themes
- Meant to be / destiny
- Overcoming homophobia
The Queer rep they chose to show
- I don’t like labels.
- Women judge more harshly than men.
- Questioning your sexuality and sleeping with a man.
What would a perfect ending look like for the two of them?
Where to from here?

Recommendations

Books

The Flaw In Our Design by Monica McCallan

The Road To Madison by Elle Spencer

Strawberry Summer by Melissa Brayden

Poppy Jenkins by Clare Ashton

Back to the Start by Monica McCallan

Movies

Saving Face

About the hosts

Sheena

Sheena has an honours degree in film and a passion for watching movies that started in her early teens. She is never far from her kindle or her netflix and is a super fan of content that specifically features lesbians or women loving women couples.

Monica McCallan

Monica McCallan was an enthusiastic fan of romance novels before she began writing them. Her first novel, Better than a Dream, was released in late December, 2017.

She lives with her partner and two tiny dogs, cannot parallel park to save her life, enjoys playing pool a few times a week, and has enjoyed every second of the craft beer explosion these last few years.

Links to Monica’s Lists of Juliantina stuff

https://medium.com/morning-boo/the-evolution-of-obsesi%C3%B3n-how-a-mexican-telenovela-is-taking-over-the-lesbian-world-bd75527c7e66

https://medium.com/morning-boo/part-ii-of-the-evolution-of-obsesi%C3%B3n-the-fantastic-world-of-the-juliantina-fandom-c815b664ffe2

Find Monica Online

Website https://www.monicamccallan.com/

Twitter https://twitter.com/monicamccallan

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MonicaMcCallan

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