Who Am I?
I'm Veronica Holmes (aka NancyAmazon - unmasked at last!) and I am the writer and webmistress of this site. I live in Sydney, Australia, have a BA in Communications, a Masters in English Literature, an unhealthy addiction to the work of Lars Von Trier, work in IT Marketing, and someday hope to make money from either becoming a bestselling novelist or film reviewing and becoming the lesbian Roger Ebert (yeah right!). In the past I have also contributed film reviews and articles to sites such as The Sydney Morning Herald, theLWordOnline.com and AfterEllen.com.

Why did I call this site "Kissing Fingertips"?
I once wrote a paper for a film class entitled "kissing fingertips: queer erotica (or lack thereof) in mainstream cinema". The joke began with my disgusted response to how Antonio Banderas passionately kissed Tom Hanks' fingertips in Jonathan Demme's Philadelphia right before he was about to die. The idea grew and I realised that much lesbian desire on film and TV is often expressed through the kissing of hands or fingertips. While the situation is a lot better now than it was then (longer ago than I care to admit), the joke remains, and hence the name of this website.

What on earth is "sweeps lesbianism"?
In 2004, Liz Friedman (ex-Xena writer/exec producer and all-round hilarious lesbian) coined the term "sweeps lesbianism" in the Bravo documentary TV Revolution: Out of the Closet. She described it as the phenomenon of TV shows presenting otherwise heterosexual women kissing women during the American sweeps TV months in order to attract higher ratings and generate noteriety for the shows. The episodes are usually highly publicised, and the women all magically snap back to being perfectly straight once the show's regular season resumes. The women they kiss are often hastily dispatched.

the Kissing Fingertips rating system
= Awesome. Sell your soul to see this.
= Excellently done!
= Entertaining and worthwhile.
= Has some OK moments.
= Drivel. Avoid! Avoid!

The sexual content ratings
– Soft Porn, actual sex.
– Full-frontal nudity and/or extended simulated sex scenes.
– Artistic or medium level simulated sex scenes, no full nudity.
– Erotic kissing only.
– Non-erotic, short kissing scenes.
0 stars – Nada. You could happily show this to your grandmother

Shout out
Thanks to the ewok for help with site design. Much love as usual.

Links
Just a few links to some organisations and websites that have supported my efforts here.