{"id":901,"date":"2016-02-18T22:34:37","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T03:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/everythinginbetween\/?p=901"},"modified":"2016-02-18T22:34:37","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T03:34:37","slug":"lgbtv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/everythinginbetween\/2016\/02\/18\/lgbtv\/","title":{"rendered":"LGBT(V)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/everythinginbetween\/files\/2016\/02\/tumblr_nqlnbjMHD21sml3g6o1_500.gif\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-908\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-908 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/everythinginbetween\/files\/2016\/02\/tumblr_nqlnbjMHD21sml3g6o1_500-300x122.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_nqlnbjMHD21sml3g6o1_500\" width=\"354\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/everythinginbetween\/files\/2016\/02\/tumblr_nqlnbjMHD21sml3g6o1_500-300x122.gif 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/everythinginbetween\/files\/2016\/02\/tumblr_nqlnbjMHD21sml3g6o1_500-250x102.gif 250w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/everythinginbetween\/files\/2016\/02\/tumblr_nqlnbjMHD21sml3g6o1_500-150x61.gif 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><\/a>The TV show, <em>Orphan Black<\/em>, utilizes several of the \u201cclones\u201d on the show to break down binaries. I would like to focus on one clone in particular. On the show, one of the clones Cosima, has several relationships with women, however, she never expressly defines her sexuality until Season 3. Aside from this, what is so great about her character is that she lives by statements like the one above. When asked if she was gay, she states that this is not the most interesting thing about her. Instead, she strives to save all of the other clones through her scientific genius. She dates other women, but this is perceived in a very normal and matter-of-fact way. In addition, one of the women she dates identifies as straight, however, when she fell in love with Cosima, she did not question or run from her feelings. Cosima is one of the most powerful LGBT characters on television in present day, for her sexuality is <em>not<\/em> what makes her interesting or important. Her worth comes from charm, wit, humor, and brilliance. Rather than view and portray this character as a \u201ctoken character\u201d or a \u201cnovelty,\u201d her character is depicted as \u201cnormal.\u201d Like queer time, this television shows strives to break down the walls of what is \u201cnormal\u201d and what is \u201cabnormal.\u201d Cosima is a woman with brown hair and glasses who likes science and women, just as another clone has brown hair and likes leather jackets and punk rock, just as another close is transgender. Despite their differences, <em>Orphan Black <\/em>views each of these characters, their lives, and their relationships the same. If society was capable of viewing all individuals the same, just as this show does, than there would be no need for \u201cqueer time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>P.S <em>Orphan Black<\/em> passes the Bechdel Test.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; The TV show, Orphan Black, utilizes several of the \u201cclones\u201d on the show to break down binaries. I would like to focus on one clone in particular. On the show, one of the clones Cosima, has several relationships with women, however, she never expressly defines her sexuality until Season 3. Aside from this, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/everythinginbetween\/2016\/02\/18\/lgbtv\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">LGBT(V)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2617,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[123782],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2016-blog-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/everythinginbetween\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/everythinginbetween\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/everythinginbetween\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/everythinginbetween\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2617"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/everythinginbetween\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/everythinginbetween\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/everythinginbetween\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/everythinginbetween\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/everythinginbetween\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}