Media Bisexuality

1 media

1.1 film
1.2 literature
1.3 music
1.4 television
1.5 webseries

media

bisexuality tends associated negative media portrayals; references made stereotypes or mental disorders. in article regarding 2005 film brokeback mountain, sex educator amy andre argued in films, bisexuals depicted negatively:

i movies bisexuals come out each other , fall in love, because these tend few , far between; recent example 2002 s lovely romantic comedy, kissing jessica stein. movies bi characters paint stereotypical picture.... bi love interest deceptive (mulholland drive), over-sexed (sex monster), unfaithful (high art), , fickle (three of hearts), , might serial killer, sharon stone in basic instinct. in other words, bisexual cause of conflict in film.

using content analysis of more 170 articles written between 2001 , 2006, sociologist richard n. pitt, jr. concluded media pathologized black bisexual men s behavior while either ignoring or sympathizing white bisexual men s similar actions. argued black bisexual described duplicitous heterosexual man spreading hiv/aids virus. alternatively, brokeback white bisexual described in pitying language victimized homosexual man forced closet heterosexist society around him.

film

angelina jolie openly bisexual american actress.

in 1914 first documented appearance of bisexual characters (female , male) in american motion picture occurred in florida enchantment, sidney drew. however, due censorship legally required hays code, word bisexual not mentioned , no bisexual characters appeared in american film 1934 until 1968.

notable portrayals of bisexuality can found throughout mainstream media in movies such black swan, frida, showgirls, pillow book, alexander, rocky horror picture show, henry , june, chasing amy, velvet goldmine, kissing jessica stein, fourth man, basic instinct, mulholland drive, sunday bloody sunday, everyone, rules of attraction, , brokeback mountain.

literature

virginia woolf s orlando: biography (1928) example of bisexuality in literature. story, of man changes woman without second thought, based on life of woolf s lover vita sackville-west. woolf used gender switch avoid book being banned homosexual content. pronouns switch male female orlando s gender changes. woolf s lack of definite pronouns allows ambiguity , lack of emphasis on gender labels. 1925 book mrs dalloway focused on bisexual man , bisexual woman in sexually unfulfilled heterosexual marriages in later life. following sackille-west s death, son nigel nicolson published portrait of marriage, 1 of diaries recounting affair woman during marriage harold nicolson. other examples include works of d.h. lawrence, such women in love (1920), , colette s claudine (1900–1903) series.

the main character in patrick white s novel, twyborn affair (1979), bisexual. contemporary novelist bret easton ellis novels, such less 0 (1985) , rules of attraction (1987) feature bisexual male characters; casual approach bisexual characters recurs throughout ellis work.

music

rock musician david bowie famously declared himself bisexual in interview melody maker in january 1972, move coinciding first shots in campaign stardom ziggy stardust. in september 1976 interview playboy, bowie said, s true—i bisexual. can t deny ve used fact well. suppose s best thing ever happened me. in 1983 interview, said biggest mistake ever made , elaborating in 2002 explained don t think mistake in europe, lot tougher in america. had no problem people knowing bisexual. had no inclination hold banners or representative of group of people. knew wanted be, songwriter , performer [...] america puritanical place, , think stood in way of wanted do.

queen singer freddie mercury open bisexuality, though did not publicly discuss relationships.

in 1995, jill sobule sang bi-curiosity in song kissed girl , video alternated images of sobule , boyfriend along images of girlfriend. song same name katy perry hints @ same theme. activists suggest song merely reinforces stereotype of bisexuals experimenting , of bisexuality not being real sexual preference. lady gaga has stated bisexual, , has acknowledged song poker face fantasizing woman while being man.

brian molko, lead singer of placebo openly bisexual. green day frontman billie joe armstrong has identified himself bisexual, saying in 1995 interview advocate, think ve been bisexual. mean, s ve been interested in. think people born bisexual, , s our parents , society kind of veer off feeling of oh, can t. s taboo. s ingrained in our heads s bad, when s not bad @ all. s beautiful thing. in 2014 armstrong discussed songs such coming clean stating, song questioning myself. there these other feelings may have same sex, opposite sex, being in berkeley , san francisco then. people acting out re feeling: gay, bisexual, transgender, whatever. , opens in society becomes more acceptable. have gay marriage becoming recognized... think s process of discovery. willing try anything.

television

in netflix original series orange new black main character, piper chapman, played actress taylor schilling, bisexual female inmate shown having relationships both men , women. in season one, before entering prison, piper engaged male fiance larry bloom, played actor jason biggs. then, upon entering prison, reconnects former lover (and fellow inmate), alex vause, played laura prepon. character portrayed bisexual in show inmate named lorna morello, played actress yael stone. has intimate relationship fellow inmate nicky nichols, played natasha lyonne, while still yearning male “fiance”, christopher maclaren, played stephen o reilly.

the fox television series house features bisexual female doctor, remy thirteen hadley, played olivia wilde, season 4 onwards. same network had earlier aired television series o.c., time featured bisexual alex kelly (also played olivia wilde), local rebellious hangout spot s manager, love interest of marissa cooper. in hbo drama oz, chris keller bisexual serial killer tortured , raped various men , women. other films in bisexual characters conceal murderous neuroses include black widow, blue velvet, cruising, single white female, , girl, interrupted.

beginning 2009 season, mtv s real world series featured 2 bisexual characters, emily schromm, , mike manning.

the showcase supernatural crime drama, lost girl, creatures called fae live secretly among humans, features bisexual protagonist, bo, played anna silk. in story arc involved in love triangle between dyson, wolf-shapeshifter (played kris holden-ried), , lauren lewis, human doctor (played zoie palmer) in servitude leader of light fae clan.

in bbc tv science fiction show torchwood, several of main characters appear have fluid sexuality. prominent among these captain jack harkness, pansexual lead character , otherwise conventional science fiction action hero. within logic of show, characters can interact alien species, producers use term omnisexual describe him. jack s ex, captain john hart bisexual. of female exes, @ least 1 ex-wife , @ least 1 woman whom has had child have been indicated. critics draw conclusion series more shows jack men women. creator russell t davies says 1 of pitfalls of writing bisexual character fall trap of having them sleep men describes of show s fourth series, ll see full range of appetites, in done way. preoccupation bisexuality has been seen critics complementary other aspects of show s themes. heterosexual character gwen cooper, whom jack harbors romantic feelings, new experiences confronts @ torchwood, in form of affairs , homosexuality , threat of death , connote not other missing side self. under influence of alien pheromone, gwen kisses woman in episode 2 of series. in episode 1, heterosexual owen harper kisses man escape fight when take man s girlfriend. quiet toshiko sato in love owen, has had brief romantic relationships female alien , male human. british newspaper sun ran headline dr ooh gets 4 gay pals prior first series, describing of torchwood s cast being bisexual.

webseries

in october 2009, rose other name released webisode series on youtube. directed bisexual rights advocate kyle schickner, plot centers around lesbian-identified woman falls in love straight man , discovers bisexual.