I am screaming, I love this thread so much

For context, one of the characters in Hank Green's novels is a bi woman.

I have a website about bisexual books now! 💗💜💙

I'm covering books which usually don't make it onto lists of bi representation so if you're underwhelmed by YA or tired of reading exclusively US literature, this might be the site for you!

bisexual culture is "she's so smart. i want to fuck her" and "he's so dumb. i need to fuck him" coexisting peacefully

The reality of being a bisexual

Random rich lady at a gala: I think your just confused, I mean, aren’t you a little young to know that you like boys?

Tim: And aren’t you a little young to be on your third marriage Brenda?

Stephanie, Dick, & Jason: OOOOOOOOOOOOOH

Are you a bi with a bad back, a bi with weak ankles, or a bi with bad knees?

Bi Sky

Reseaching some stats on TV bi characters. A 2011 study by Stonewall UK showed that out of 126 hours, only 5 minutes and 9 seconds were devoted to depicting bisexual characters.

What happened since then, you ask? Seems like no one has bothered to check. This is bi erasure on a meta level.

(GLAAD's reports count characters, but don't specify screen time depicting bisexuality, so the data is really hard to rely on. They count Loki, for example, but his bisexuality is a literal blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment out of 10 hours. And he's not the only one.)

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!JIMINNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

he makes me smile every single day🫶🏾🫶🏾

(also i didn’t realize that his knuckles is bruised until now,, who was he fighting?? the wall..?😯😭)

‘00s Bisexual Chic

REPOST: 🗣️ bisexual men, LISTEN UP

Your sexuality is your greatest power. It's a blessing not a curse to be bi

For many years I carried self hatred, but isn't it funny how what you deem as your greatest 'weakness' is in fact your greatest strength?

when I stopped looking for acceptance from other people, I gained the most important thing acceptance from myself. Bro, accepting yourself and being confident in who you are is attractive af, others will see your light shining and come over to bask in in

TRUST ME.

$1.99 superhero/damsel-in-distress f/f, high-heat, happy ending

Hey! In case you didn’t know or found me through a different book, I have a spicy superhero f/f romance novella called Cinnamon Blade: Knife in Shining Armor! And the main character is bi and Jewish (like me) and can scale buildings without any magic powers (not like me.) The love interest is the kind of adorable hot nerd who has to make love on her sofa because her bed is too covered in books. (PDF)

The plot:  Every time Cinnamon Blade, crime fighter making up for a bad past, rescues the sweet and nerdy Soledad Castillo from bad guys, the two women's chemistry grows stronger. Now that she's finally asked Soledad out, sparks fly -- but is a normal date even possible in a city threatened by aliens and vampires on a regular basis?

The Bi Rep in HSMTMTS Season 4 Bothered Me...

Ok this might be a little ranty, but before I continue, I wanted to give a little disclaimer: This has very little to do with the actors in this show. I love Julia Lester and Larry Saperstien, and their willingness to put their identities on display is brave and appreciated. The problems in this show primarily come from the writing.

A little summary: Ashlyn and Big Red both come out as bi in the show. Which is great! But their discovery of their respective sexualities comes from both of them cheating on each other. Yes, the only two bi characters in the show BOTH cheat. They have a conversation with each other where they confess to their infidelity, and they're both really fine with it because apparently, cheating is fine if it's for self-discovery purposes. In a later scene, Big Red apologizes to Carlos for kissing his boyfriend, seemingly oblivious to the pain the action caused. And basically, it's left at that.

As a bi person, I find this upsetting, mainly because of how it reinforces negative stereotypes that already exist surrounding bi people. Many people have said that they wouldn't date a bi person because 'they're more likely to cheat' or 'they're not trustworthy'. Instead of taking the opportunity to potentially alter those perceptions and fill a gap in the film industry by displaying real, healthy bi representation, the show chooses to reinforce those stereotypes. They undermine bi identities by showing bisexuality as a 'path of self-discovery' rather than a destination in someone's journey. They show cheating as a valid option rather than depicting healthy communication between loving partners about developments in their identities. To make it worse, the choices that the characters make related to the cheating are very incongruent with their characterization. Essentially the writers went out of their way to make a harmful depiction of bisexuality, leaving bi viewers with nothing.

I'm mainly disheartened by this because I thought we were getting past this. I thought studios were more willing to listen to the voices of the people they represent and change negative narratives. Maybe I'm just spoiled by Heartstopper, which showed the beautiful arc of Nick Nelson, whose bisexuality served as a form of clarity and closure in his identity, and whose story was never shrouded by harmful stereotypes. Maybe I just wanted a little bi4bi representation... ;-;

Regardless, this season of the show just didn't do it for me. What did you think of the show? Am I overreacting? Is there something I missed? Please feel free to disagree or leave a comment. The comment box looks sad when it's empty :')

~Fenn <3

Are you a dumbass bi, or a dipshit bi?