Lesbians on Screen: Recent Episodes
Lesbians On Screen
Each season we cover one show or movie with lesbian main characters and discuss it.
Season 1 - Sheena and Monica McCallan watch Juliantina - the lesbian relationship in the Mexican tele novella Amar a Muerte.
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
The Final Relationship Hurdle (aka Beltran/El Chino interferes)
Lesbians On Screen
Season 1 Episode 33
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:
- Leon discusses where the family is at and takes charge
- Juls and Lupe see the Eva scandal on TV
- Panchito proposes to Lupe and she feels confused
- Val is reeling with the fact that her father is back
- Val tries to reach out to Lucia but Lucia seems distant
- Sergio wants to protect Juls from El Chino
- Beltran/El Chino confronts Juls about her relationship with Val. He wants her to stop
- Juls vs Val in terms of their belief in soulmates
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
Who’s Your Daddy?
Lesbians On Screen
Season 1 Episode 32
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 and Juls catch up and reconnect
- Val admits to saying stupid things when she said she didn’t want to be with Juliana
- Val and Juls flirt a lot
- Val’s relationship with Lupe now and how it’s changed and yet it kind of hasn’t changed
- We still don’t know what Eva did but she is blaming Mateo
- No one believes Eva that Mateo is in the wrong
- Val’s father reveals who he really is with the help of Guille
- Monica apologises to Guille for doubting his usefulness
- Monica slips a Mean Girls mention in (because why wouldn’t you?)
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
Val Finds Juls Again
Lesbians On Screen
Season 1 Episode 31
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:
- Is Juliana sweet?
- Juls walks in to find Lupe sitting on the couch covered by a blanket but not wearing much else
- Sergio and Val decide to find a medium so they can talk to Lucho
- Val peddles more of the transmigration books onto her friends
- Death intervenes with the medium and Val finds closure about Lucho
- Lupe tells Juls about a sex dream she had
- Val doesn’t know where Juls is and Sergio helps
- Val and Juls are FINALLY able to talk and catch up and we talk about this scene a lot
- Monica wanted a kiss :(
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
Val and Juls don’t even speak in this episode!
Lesbians On Screen
Season 1 Episode 30
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:
- Eva is upset and we don’t know why
- Val desperately wants to talk to Juls
- Lucia finds out about Jacobo being in el Chino’s body
- Renata stands up to Maya - whoo hoo!
- Juls is convinced that Beltran is her father and tells Lucia this
- Lucia gets caught up with what Juls and Lupe know about the transmigration
- Val tells Guille to take care of his family first and we discuss why she does that
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
Val and Juls Finally Talk
Lesbians On Screen
Season 1 Episode 29
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:
- Juls and Val after the funeral - will they or won’t they
- Rocking the middle parting
- Is Juls staying in town?
- Lupe is attacked by Chino and Juls saves her
- Chino acknowledges Juls as his daughter
- Lupe finally comes around to Juls being with Val
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
Juls and Val Finally Talk About Sergio
Lesbians On Screen
Season 1 Episode 28
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 devastated after Lucho’s death
- Juls tries to reach out but Val doesn’t answer
- Juls comes to Val’s house and they finally talk about Juls and Sergio’s night together
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
Juls Gets Rescued
Lesbians On Screen
Season 1 Episode 27
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:
- Lucho can track phones
- Lupe on a rescue mission
- Beltran and Jacobo to the rescue
- Juls gets away
- Lucho dies
- Lupe and Val come to terms with one another
- Lupe stands up to Beltran
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
Val Discovers Juls is kidnapped
Lesbians On Screen
Season 1 Episode 26
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:
- Sergio tells Val that Juls was kidnapped
- Sheena asks Monica if there is ever a time in the show when she doesn’t like Val
- Val refuses to talk to Sergio about him sleeping with Juls
- Juls starts to crack under pressure
- Lupe accuses Val of being responsible for Juls being kidnapped
- Val introduces Sergio as Juliana’s boyfriend to Lupe and it’s super awkward
- Val the superhero!
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
Val Discovers Juls Slept With Sergio
Lesbians On Screen
Season 1 Episode 25
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 trying to contact Juls but not getting through.
- Is Val being hypocritical by insisting Juls talks to her and not doing it herself when she is going through stuff?
- Panchito confronts Beltran and asks where El Chino is.
- Lucho drops the bomb that Juls slept with Sergio and Val is devastated.
- Even though Val is devastated she still helps Renata to see Guille.
- Lupe and Beltran plotting to save Juls.
- Juls is being held by the cartel and it’s not fun.
- Val’s promises - if only wishes could fix the world.
- Sergio discovers that Juls has been kidnapped.
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
Juls Is Kidnapped!
Lesbians On Screen
Season 1 Episode 24
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:
- The aftermath of Juls and Sergio sleeping together
- Beltran has found out about Juls being gay and accuses Lupe of bad parenting
- Kidnapping 101 - park the vehicle close to the target
- Val’s going to be an aunt!
- Lupe discovers that Juls has been kidnapped and Beltran stops her from calling the cops
- Lucho finds out that Sergio slept with Juls
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
Sergio - Predator or Idiot?
Lesbians On Screen
Season 1 Episode 23
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:
- What happens when Juls sleeps with Sergio
- Whether or not Sergio was a predator
- Why Juls made this decision
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
Juls Sees Val Snuggled With Lucho
Lesbians On Screen
Season 1 Episode 22
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:
- Where is Val’s father’s body?
- Juls sees Val with Lucho
- About Val Monica says, “I don’t think she’s perfect, I just think she’s perfect for me.”
- Another confrontation between Juls and Lupe
- Juls ends up in an apartment that Sergio rented
- Is Sergio adding fuel to the fire about Val and Lucho to manipulate Juls or is he just ignorant?
- Does Lupe have a personality disorder?
- The dates when South Africa, Mexico and the United States legalised same sex marriage
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
A Mother’s Love
Lesbians On Screen
Season 1 Episode 21
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:
- Crying while still looking pretty.
- Taking the time to let coming out reactions be played out gives it a more realistic feel
- Bridging the exposition vs thoughts using flashbacks
- Our reaction to Lucho telling Val -“Your life is out of control since you broke up with me”
- The flicker of hope when Lupe says, “You’re my daughter, of course I accept you.”
- Guille is in jail
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
Kitchen Kisses
Lesbians On Screen
Season 1 Episode 20
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 and Juls go back to where Juls is staying
- They discuss being together in many lives
- They kiss in the kitchen
- Lupe sees them kissing
- Panchito stands up to Lupe
- “In what world is Valentina Carvahal, heir to the Carvahal media empire, loving your daughter a problem?” - Monica
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
Healing Val
Lesbians On Screen
Season 1 Episode 19
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:
- Eva wanting to medicate Val
- Val decides to confront Jules about Jacobo being her father
- Juls and Val in the same room again
- Val doesn’t believe that Jules didn’t know about Jacobo
- Val and Juls visit Camillo and he tells them that Jacobo is not the El Chino
- The scene where Val spends the whole time staring at Jules
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
Sad Val
Lesbians On Screen
Season 1 Episode 18
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 suffering from PTSD
- Eva and Chivis are struggling to help Val feel better
- Juls reaches out to Val and is rejected
- Juls visits Jacobo at the hospital and accuses him of being el Chino
- Hypocrisy and how it plays out on the 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.
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 Is Held Hostage
Lesbians On Screen
Season 1 Episode 17
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:
- Juls becomes a victim of Lucia’s bad choices
- Eva’s hypocrisy
- Jacobo to the rescue
- All denim as a fashion choice
- Juls runs through a rain of bullets to get to Val and then isn’t allowed in
- Juls sees Jacobo
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
Val Confronts Eva At Work
Lesbians On Screen
Season 1 Episode 16
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:
- Drunk Val confronts Eva at the office
- Sergio suggests Costa Rica to Juls who then brings it up to her mother
- Val is stopped on the way home by armed men
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
The Scene We Don’t Want To Talk About - they Breakup:(
Lesbians On Screen
Season 1 Episode 15
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:
- Juls and Val are still being apart
- Eva confronts Jules
- Juls breaks up with Val :_(
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
The Beginning Of The End
Lesbians On Screen
Season 1 Episode 14
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:
- How Val shuts Jules out while being bullied
- Juls reaching out to Val when she needs support but Val is not able to deal with her own stuff
- The threat to Lupe’s life is back
- Monica does Maths and Sheena is suitably impressed
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
Val’s Life Explodes
Lesbians On Screen
Season 1 Episode 13
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 life explodes as her family and friends find out about her and Juls
- Eva confronts Val
- How the sisters push all the buttons for one another
- Would Eva have reacted like this if Lucho didn’t find out?
- Lupe tells Juls she wants to protect her
- Val’s school friends find out
- Why does Val shut Juls out while she is going through the stuff with her friends? - we discuss
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
Val Is Outed
Lesbians On Screen
Season 1 Episode 12
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:
- The conversation after Lucho interrupted them
- The missed opportunity of a kiss
- How they could have softened Lucho’s story
- Val is drinking again - How do you prepare for something bad when you don’t know exactly what is coming?
- Sheena and Monica have a disagreement on whether or not Val and Juls are fighting
- Val’s romantic day is ruined
- Eva finds out and tells Val she wants to talk
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
Their Night Together
Lesbians On Screen
Season 1 Episode 11
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:
- Juls and Val sleep together for the first time
- The morning after and the choices the show made
- Lucho’s agression
- Sheena doesn’t want the magic to end
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
Val Comes Out
Lesbians On Screen
Season 1 Episode 10
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 Guille and how accurate this depiction is
- Val finally breaks up with Lucho but he does not take it well
- Monica - “This episode is sponsored by compulsory heterosexuality”
- Stalking Valentina - the Lucho and Sergio saga
- Jacobo’s chat with Val
- Lucho confronting Val aggressively and accusing her of sleeping with Jacobo
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
Val’s Father Finds Out
Lesbians On Screen
Season 1 Episode 9
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:
- Juls wants to put the breaks on
- Using the word Normal a lot to describe their relationship and the importance of using the world Normal
- How their intimacy becomes a forcing function of other people discovering their relationship
- The merits of single season shows vs ongoing shows
- “My daughter is not homosexual, she has had boyfriends” - an overused trope or a needed way to open the conversation about being gay and how it’s not a single experience fits all scenario
- Val becomes the girl lying on her bed thinking about her love interest
- The use of flashbacks and why it works
- Juls gets a message from Sergio asking if she wants to hang out
- Guille asks Val about what’s making her so happy
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
Kisses In Cars
Lesbians On Screen
Season 1 Episode 8
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:
- The Kiss in the car
- Am I gay
- For all the drama that Juls and Val go through they never waver in their feelings for one another
- Juliana questions Val about Lucho
- “Well, we’re in love”
- Lucho become suspicious that Val is cheating on him
- Juls and Val talk about the afterlife
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
Who Paid The Hospital Bill?
Lesbians On Screen
Season 1 Episode 7
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:
- Mateo warning Val off Juls and Val’s response
- Val looking up love between women
- Why the internet is the great equaliser for the queer community
- At the hospital - Juls thinks Val paid the hospital bill
- Juls sees her father and goes after him
- Val and Juls feel very differently about the idea of a guardian angel
- Juls confronts her father without realising it’s him
- Is Lucho the bad guy with a redemption arc or just the bad guy?
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
The Conversation After The Kiss
Lesbians On Screen
Season 1 Episode 6
Sheena and Monica sit down to look at the scenes after the kiss the in the pool.
We look at:
- Lupe is in hospital
- “Lesbians own the pinky swear now.” - Monica McCallan
- Floating “Gay” in the conversation to see what the reaction is
- Jacobo listens in to Val’s conversation with Juls
- We see Juliantina’s father for the first time in the body of Beltran
- Having the post kiss conversation and being interrupted - “How dare you, my boyfriend, interrupt me when I am talking to my girlfriend.” - Monica McCallan
- Convincing the
- “Maybe it’s BYOB, bring your own blood,” Monica McCallan
- Why hasn’t Val broken up with Lucho?
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
The First Kiss
Lesbians On Screen
Season 1 Episode 5
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:
- Juliana’s mother gets kidnapped
- Juliana drops the truth bomb about her father and Val’s reaction to the truth
- The rainbow shirt
- “Juliana, just let yourself be loved!”
- Juliana and Valentina kiss for the first time in the pool
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
The Clothing Montage And More Than Friends Sleepover
Lesbians On Screen - Juliantina
Season 1 Episode 4
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:
- The Clothing Montage
- When Val sees Juls with THE Dress on
- More than friends - the sleepover
- Realising there are feelings for one another
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
The First Dance
Lesbians On Screen
Season 1 Episode 3
We look at:
- The divide between Juls and Val is highlighted
- Juls tells Val she doesn’t want any more money thrown her way
- Val ditches the bodyguards as they share an afternoon in the park
- Their first dance
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
Juliantina and Valentina meet
Lesbians On Screen
Season 1 Episode 2
In this episode we talking about how Juliana and Valentina meet and why it’s an awesome meet cute.
Juliantina, a lesbian couple featured in the show Amar A Muerte - A Mexican soap opera and they fast gained global popularity.
We look at:
- Their meeting
- Becoming friends
- How we know it’s more than just friendship even this early on
- The first pool scene
- Val’s tendency to push things further
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
Why Juliantina Are The Best Kind Of Lesbians On Screen
Lesbians On Screen
Season 1 Episode 1
Today Sheena and Monica are 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:
- Why the rep is groundbreaking
- Why it's important to have a planned lesbian couple in a show
- Why having a coming out story like this is still important
- What makes Juliantina one of a kind
- Juliantina did what Clexa didn’t
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 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