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Wrap Up Show

Lesbians On Screen

Season 1 Episode 39

Today we are talking about Juliantina, a lesbian couple featured in the show Amar A Muerte - A Mexican soap opera and they fast gained global popularity.

We look at:


Unanswered Questions

What did Eva Do?
Who’s child did Eva carry?
Is Chivis Psychic


Overriding themes

Meant to be / destiny
Overcoming homophobia


The Queer rep they chose to show

I don’t like labels.
Women judge more harshly than men.
Questioning your sexuality and sleeping with a man.


What would a perfect ending look like for the two of them?
Where to from here?

Recommendations

Books

The Flaw In Our Design by Monica McCallan

The Road To Madison by Elle Spencer

Strawberry Summer by Melissa Brayden

Poppy Jenkins by Clare Ashton 

Back to the Start by Monica McCallan

Movies

Saving Face



About the hosts

Sheena

Sheena has an honours degree in film and a passion for watching movies that started in her early teens. She is never far from her kindle or her netflix and is a super fan of content that specifically features lesbians or women loving women couples.

Monica McCallan

Monica McCallan was an enthusiastic fan of romance novels before she began writing them. Her first novel, Better than a Dream, was released in late December, 2017.

She lives with her partner and two tiny dogs, cannot parallel park to save her life, enjoys playing pool a few times a week, and has enjoyed every second of the craft beer explosion these last few years.

Links to Monica’s Lists of Juliantina stuff

https://medium.com/morning-boo/the-evolution-of-obsesi%C3%B3n-how-a-mexican-telenovela-is-taking-over-the-lesbian-world-bd75527c7e66

https://medium.com/morning-boo/part-ii-of-the-evolution-of-obsesi%C3%B3n-the-fantastic-world-of-the-juliantina-fandom-c815b664ffe2

Find Monica Online

Website https://www.monicamccallan.com/

Twitter https://twitter.com/monicamccallan

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MonicaMcCallan

Deleted Scenes pt 2

Lesbians On Screen

Season 1 Episode 38

Today we are talking about Juliantina, a lesbian couple featured in the show Amar A Muerte - A Mexican soap opera and they fast gained global popularity.

We look at:


Val’s interview - too overt or just right?
Jules and Lupe coming full circle to where Lupe is now being supportive
After Val’s TV interview - The scene that really should have be aired
The extended fashion show

About the hosts

Sheena

Sheena has an honours degree in film and a passion for watching movies that started in her early teens. She is never far from her kindle or her netflix and is a super fan of content that specifically features lesbians or women loving women couples.

Monica McCallan

Monica McCallan was an enthusiastic fan of romance novels before she began writing them. Her first novel, Better than a Dream, was released in late December, 2017.

She lives with her partner and two tiny dogs, cannot parallel park to save her life, enjoys playing pool a few times a week, and has enjoyed every second of the craft beer explosion these last few years.

Links to Monica’s Lists of Juliantina stuff

https://medium.com/morning-boo/the-evolution-of-obsesi%C3%B3n-how-a-mexican-telenovela-is-taking-over-the-lesbian-world-bd75527c7e66

https://medium.com/morning-boo/part-ii-of-the-evolution-of-obsesi%C3%B3n-the-fantastic-world-of-the-juliantina-fandom-c815b664ffe2

Find Monica Online

Website https://www.monicamccallan.com/

Twitter https://twitter.com/monicamccallan

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MonicaMcCallan

Deleted Scenes part 1 of 2

Lesbians On Screen

Season 1 Episode 37

Today we are talking about Juliantina, a lesbian couple featured in the show Amar A Muerte - A Mexican soap opera and they fast gained global popularity.

We look at these deleted scenes:


Entering Val’s house for the first time
Dancing in the park
Dress shopping
Undressing after the party
Their first night being intimate
Extended conversation from ep 86 - our fathers are back

About the hosts

Sheena

Sheena has an honours degree in film and a passion for watching movies that started in her early teens. She is never far from her kindle or her netflix and is a super fan of content that specifically features lesbians or women loving women couples.

Monica McCallan

Monica McCallan was an enthusiastic fan of romance novels before she began writing them. Her first novel, Better than a Dream, was released in late December, 2017.

She lives with her partner and two tiny dogs, cannot parallel park to save her life, enjoys playing pool a few times a week, and has enjoyed every second of the craft beer explosion these last few years.

Links to Monica’s Lists of Juliantina stuff

https://medium.com/morning-boo/the-evolution-of-obsesi%C3%B3n-how-a-mexican-telenovela-is-taking-over-the-lesbian-world-bd75527c7e66

https://medium.com/morning-boo/part-ii-of-the-evolution-of-obsesi%C3%B3n-the-fantastic-world-of-the-juliantina-fandom-c815b664ffe2

Find Monica Online

Website https://www.monicamccallan.com/

Twitter https://twitter.com/monicamccallan

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MonicaMcCallan

Val Comes Out On TV

Lesbians On Screen

Season 1 Episode 36

Today we are talking about Juliantina, a lesbian couple featured in the show Amar A Muerte - A Mexican soap opera and they fast gained global popularity.

We look at:


Val comes out to the world and she does it in style
Juls watches Val come out
Coming out on TV as a queer person vs announcing your love as a heterosexual person
The deleted scene that should have been aired
The family meeting where Val’s father tells them he realises he needs to be a better father
Eva is arrested
The shirt Sheena doesn’t like
Missing the opportunity for Eva and Val to make up
Juls does a fashion show and Val is modelling
Next episode - deleted scenes

About the hosts

Sheena

Sheena has an honours degree in film and a passion for watching movies that started in her early teens. She is never far from her kindle or her netflix and is a super fan of content that specifically features lesbians or women loving women couples.

Monica McCallan

Monica McCallan was an enthusiastic fan of romance novels before she began writing them. Her first novel, Better than a Dream, was released in late December, 2017.

She lives with her partner and two tiny dogs, cannot parallel park to save her life, enjoys playing pool a few times a week, and has enjoyed every second of the craft beer explosion these last few years.

Links to Monica’s Lists of Juliantina stuff

https://medium.com/morning-boo/the-evolution-of-obsesi%C3%B3n-how-a-mexican-telenovela-is-taking-over-the-lesbian-world-bd75527c7e66

https://medium.com/morning-boo/part-ii-of-the-evolution-of-obsesi%C3%B3n-the-fantastic-world-of-the-juliantina-fandom-c815b664ffe2

Find Monica Online

Website https://www.monicamccallan.com/

Twitter https://twitter.com/monicamccallan

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MonicaMcCallan

Juls Gets A Happy Family Moment!

Lesbians On Screen

Season 1 Episode 35

Today we are talking about Juliantina, a lesbian couple featured in the show Amar A Muerte - A Mexican soap opera and they fast gained global popularity.

We look at:


Val is comforting Eva
Val is just a ball of light
Thinking about doing the wrong thing but then doing the right thing
Juls gets a family moment
Johny Corona shoots Lucia
There is an eclipse and Beltran (El Chino) has a realisation
Lucia dies and the funeral is had
We feel bad for the doves in the box
Eva is going to turn herself into the police
Beltrans two wives meet and he tells Juls she can be happy with whoever she wants
Beltran gives Jules and Lupe the money he stole

About the hosts

Sheena

Sheena has an honours degree in film and a passion for watching movies that started in her early teens. She is never far from her kindle or her netflix and is a super fan of content that specifically features lesbians or women loving women couples.

Monica McCallan

Monica McCallan was an enthusiastic fan of romance novels before she began writing them. Her first novel, Better than a Dream, was released in late December, 2017, and she's already hard at work on her second novel.

She lives with her partner and two tiny dogs, cannot parallel park to save her life, enjoys playing pool a few times a week, and has enjoyed every second of the craft beer explosion these last few years.

Links to Monica’s Lists of Juliantina stuff

https://medium.com/morning-boo/the-evolution-of-obsesi%C3%B3n-how-a-mexican-telenovela-is-taking-over-the-lesbian-world-bd75527c7e66

https://medium.com/morning-boo/part-ii-of-the-evolution-of-obsesi%C3%B3n-the-fantastic-world-of-the-juliantina-fandom-c815b664ffe2

Find Monica Online

Website https://www.monicamccallan.com/

Twitter https://twitter.com/monicamccallan

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MonicaMcCallan

It’s Too Dangerous To Be Together

Lesbians On Screen

Season 1 Episode 34

Today we are talking about Juliantina, a lesbian couple featured in the show Amar A Muerte - A Mexican soap opera and they fast gained global popularity.

We look at:


Ranata finds out that Val is about to be exposed
Val tells Juls about her dad’s transmigration -“boom”
“Talk about in-law problems,” - Monica
"They are so polar opposite and yet they are so beautifully matched," - Sheena
The roles are reversed - Juls wants to give it a go anyway and Val pulls away
Why wasn’t there a kiss when they were saying they couldn’t be together?
How the return of Val’s father plays a role in the relationship between Juls and Val
Renata tells Val that a competitor media empire has found out about Val and Juls and plan on spilling the beans

About the hosts

Sheena

Sheena has an honours degree in film and a passion for watching movies that started in her early teens. She is never far from her kindle or her netflix and is a super fan of content that specifically features lesbians or women loving women couples.

Monica McCallan

Monica McCallan was an enthusiastic fan of romance novels before she began writing them. 

She lives with her partner and two tiny dogs, cannot parallel park to save her life, enjoys playing pool a few times a week, and has enjoyed every second of the craft beer explosion these last few years.

Links to Monica’s Lists of Juliantina stuff

https://medium.com/morning-boo/the-evolution-of-obsesi%C3%B3n-how-a-mexican-telenovela-is-taking-over-the-lesbian-world-bd75527c7e66

https://medium.com/morning-boo/part-ii-of-the-evolution-of-obsesi%C3%B3n-the-fantastic-world-of-the-juliantina-fandom-c815b664ffe2

Find Monica Online

Website https://www.monicamccallan.com/

Twitter https://twitter.com/monicamccallan

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MonicaMcCallan