(Guest post by Payal. Originally published here.) I am writing this because Bernie Wolfe is dead. Or at least the powers-that-be at Holby City want us to believe that she might be. So, this is not about promiscuous bisexuals, or about dead lesbians (well, it is, but not in that way), or the fact that […]
Testimony
Testimony: Au Revoir
Guest post by Kelly aka @inchhigh1971 I think it is safe to say I have been a bit late to the realisation of the true extent of hurt and the impact to the LGBT audience of the Berena storyline ending in Holby City back in December. We all mostly accept it was not the ending […]
Testimony: A good lesbian is still a dead lesbian
(Guest post by Isabelle Bats) My name is Isabelle Bats. I am 49 years old. I am a Belgian lesbian. I am a performance artist. I am going to be on stage in a play I wrote called: Girl/fille. It is about a woman who was once maybe a tennis talent, who was taught to […]
Testimony: Many strong feelings
(Guest post by Sarah) This was written straight after the last Leah episode, with anger being a major driving force. I haven’t really edited it, so apologies for errors and many strong feelings… Let me present a theory here. Holby and The Powers That Be create this fantastically flawed and gut-wrenchingly real lesbian called Bernie […]
Testimony: I feel played
(Guest post by Joanna) I’d never been in a fandom before, and as I stumbled on “Brave New World”, and then caught up with all the Berena scenes, I was all caught up. I wasn’t as invested as others, but I was certainly invested enough to care. Let’s face it when Elinor died it was […]
Testimony: None of this was necessary
(Guest post by Paula) What first attracted me to Berena was the depiction of them as educated, professional, and mature women. They oozed agency. In acknowledging their love for each other, they sidestepped the ‘coming out angst’ and simply embraced each other and their relationship. In June, they had arrived at a point wherein Serena […]