louise on the left (coast)

What?!   OMG!  How did I not know my favorite female comic was coming to town?  I have got to get a ticket to see her! So, how come this vanilla, married mother of two adores the outspoken, wicked Kathy Griffin so much?     Because Kathy's brave and funny and not afraid of taking on the school yard bully, that's why.  In this case, the school yard bully happens to be the shameful legislation known as "Prop 8."   In case you missed it before, I had the honor of guest blogging for The Bilerico Report regarding a particular  episode of Kathy Griffin's show  "My Life On The D-List" which aired, July 27th, on Bravo, (Episode 8, Season 5) when she took on a more serious tone than usual.   That particular show started off with a declaration of war on the California Supreme Court's decision on the constitutionality of Prop 8 and followed her as she marched to Sacramento on the eve of California Supreme Court's decision on this.

I was asked to do a guest blog post on the very cool LGBTQ website The Bilerico Experiment , about Kathy Griffin, in her endless quest to become an A-lister ending up becoming an activist – which is clearly an entirely different A-list – fighting alongside her many gay fans against California Proposition 8. And, so I'm hoping you visit me on Bilerico to read all about how much I love Kathy Griffin and how amazing I think it is that she's gotten behind (so to speak) our battle to repeal Prop 8 along side so many others who know Prop 8 is both antiquated and unconstitutional which should be repealed, "like, yesterday ." -- As my twelve-year-old would put it. Check out my post, "Kathy Griffin: Comedian and Activist" here. Given that you’re reading this on a site billed as "Louise on the Left," I’m guessing you’re well-versed in the history of California as a gay battleground state, but gays and lesbians aren’t the only Californians pissed off abou

I'm not proud. I'll admit it. One of the worst things about summer is that there is nothing on TV, anymore. I mean, it was bad enough when we started all that "Staycation!" B.S., but now, apparently we're still on that same tired "Staycation" and it's obvious that it's gonna be a long one. So, where the hell is the good stuff on TV? Oh, wait a minute, the shows are on "hiatus," too? No way. You gotta be kidding. Great. Thank you. So, this means, that even though there's no homework right now, or any of the usual distractions (including employment, for many.) to stand in the way of our love affair with the tube, suddenly there's also no more "quality" TV to watch? No Breaking Bad ? No Survivor ? Wife Swap ? No more Mad Men ? Californication ?! - No more...(gulp.) I can't believe I'm going to say this, but...no more of that that "other" show? You know, the one I said was wretched? (" I