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Who Am I?
I'm Veronica Holmes and I am the writer and webmistress of this
site. I live in Sydney, Australia, have a BA in Communications
and someday hope to be the lesbian Roger
Ebert. I'm currently undertaking a Masters in English Literature
and am also a sometimes-contributor to 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.
This idea grew when I realised that an awful lot of lesbian desire
on film and TV was being expressed through longing looks and the
kissing of hands or fingertips. While the situation is a lot better
now than it was then, 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 scandal. The episodes are
usually highly publicised, and the women all magically snap back
to being straight once the show's regular season resumes.
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.
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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.
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