River took some time away from the campaign to reflect on what this experience has taught her so far. Here’s what she’s learned When the cheating storyline aired in November/December and Berena broke up, I was devastated. It was an emotionally calamitous time for me. I was furious at yet
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Yesterday morning I woke up to a Twitter storm. Since December 2018, that’s been par for the course—someone associated with Holby City makes an ill-judged comment and the fandom rises up. This time, however, it was different. DIVA, the British magazine dedicated to LBT culture, seemed to be somehow involved
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By Fronia Rose Knott (@beforedesire) Content warning: mention of suicidal thoughts I have debated a long time about what to write about this topic. It’s something that has profoundly affected me, and I haven’t had the easiest time articulating why it’s been so difficult. I applaud all of the women
The Berena story, once a symbol of hope and positivity, turned toxic in a matter of minutes. But significant players in Holby City insisted that it was the fandom, instead, that had got it wrong, that it was in fact a mature and considered ending that we were unable to
Another edition of Conversations with Hogi, looking back on the whole Berena fiasco and featuring some difficult questions about where to go from here. [Please be aware, this is an emotional and difficult conversation.]
I first came across Berena while searching Youtube for something else. A compilation of Berena scenes from the (then recent) ‘Primum Non Nocere’ episodes came up in the results. I was already a fan of Jemma Redgrave, and knew of Catherine Russell, and I watched because I was curious. Forty-five
Today we met with Dr Georgina Turner at BBC Elstree as she attempted in vain to deliver a signed Open Letter to Simon Harper and Kate Oates, executive producer and senior executive producer of Holby City.
And here is Mama Koogs Arts yet again with an incisive and interesting conversation about what’s wrong with wlw representation on TV.
To all in the #Kana fandom we feel your pain. This week Bhavna Limbachia, the actor who plays Coronation Street’s Rana Nazir, took to social media with a video message to fans confirming that her journey on the soap will be coming to an end. In the same message she revealed
It’s about our stories I was 14 years old when I finally found words for why I felt different. It was 1991, and my sister (13) and I had procured a video recording (remember those?) of the previous Saturday night’s episode of LA Law, and surreptitiously watched it when we