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Lesbian author Sarah Waters has been shortlisted for the prestigious Man Booker Prize. Waters joins six other authors in contention for the prize with her novel The Little Stranger. She has famously penned Tipping the Velvet, Fingersmith and Affinity.

Waters talks with SheWired about her sensuous and riveting new novel.

While SheWired covers American and Canadian series that feature lesbian characters, we’re not always privvie to the gay ladies of UK television. But UK-based writer Steph Mann has devised a quick and handy list of the UKs five must-watch, Netflix, Hulu or YouTube shows with lesbians.

This week's installment in our series on women you should know: a novelist who writes both 'lesbo Victorian romps' and great spooky stories, and who's glad her work got her mother to use the word 'dildo.'

As I nurse my third major hangover of the season, I've been thinking about what I, as a lesbian, could not possibly live without, and in the spirit of the holidays compiled Top 10 Things Every Lesbian Should Be Thankful For. I'm trying to stay as far away from stereotypes as possible so flannels, Birkenstocks, mullets, Tevas, cats, Katherine Moennig, and women's basketball are not on my list. Included are Sarah Waters, South of Nowhere, beer, high heels and Facebook.

Summer popcorn flicks and thoughtful lesbian-themed cinema don't typically collide, When it comes to lesbians -- or women in general for that matter -- seeking representation on the big screen, the summer blockbuster season is fairly slim pickings next to the testosterone-laden superhero scenario on endless redux and the paean to the poor shlubby guy who always gets the hot girl comedies that apparently never get old in Hollywood. Girl Most Likely, Passion, Hot Flashes, Red 2.

It's the holiday film season, which means Oscar bait! Here's a round up of films that feature strong female roles, just plain amazing actresses, groundbreaking female directors and at least two films with lesbian under and overtones. Highlights include Naomi Watts as Valerie Plame, Mila Kunis and Natalie Portman in a lesbian ballet tryst, the heavy but important For Colored Girls, Dreya Weber as a lesbian discharged under DADT, Sally Hawkins and Miranda Richardson in the proto feminist Made in Dagenham and, of course, Cher and Christina Aguilera in what promises to become this generation's Showgirls. Angelina Jolie in the Tourist and more...