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From mourning the loss of Marilyn Chambers, the porn star who fearlessly tackled lesbian and interracial sex scenes back in the early seventies, to Padma Lakshmi naked in Allure, newly single Lindsay Lohan on the prowl for a girl or a boy or a job to Brittany Murphy saving her career in a Lifetime flick, SheWired's Tracy E. Gilchrist and Advocate.com's Ross von Metzke tackle it all.  

Who's your favorite Final Girl?

The 67the Annual Golden Globes Awards were live on NBC Sunday night and there were some very clear winners including lesbian favorites Glee, Precious and Big Love. Winners included Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side, Meryl Streepfor Julie & Julia, Mo'Nique for Precious, Julianna Margulies for The Good Wife, Toni Collette for United States of Tara, Drew Barrymore for Grey Gardens and Chloe Sevigny.

Scream Queens don’t always make it to the final frame of a horror flick but the “Final Girls” always do. They’re the resilient, badasses who do battle with slasher-film psychos and live to tell about it – albeit they’re likely psychologically damaged once it’s over.

Lesbians will love the ladies making headlines in this week's Hollywood round up: Gwyneth Paltrow, Wanda Sykes, Winona Ryder, The L Word's Kelly Lynch, Marti Noxon and country cutie Carrie Underwood.

Bad Santas, earnestly charming boyish elves, Scrooge, the whole Jesus is the Son of God thing... Holiday movies are notoriously devoid of strong women, let alone lesbians. But we at SheWired scoured the archives of holiday films, including Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's, to find the ones that offer snappy women, gay girl eye candy or in the very rare instance, a lesbian character.  Enjoy Holly Hunter, Judy Davis, Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Keira Knightley, Judy Garland, Barbara Stanwyck, Kyra Sedgwick, Julianna Margulies, Martha Plimpton and more.

To herald that transitional time of year that is the end of summer and the beginning of the school year, we’ve compiled a list of our favorite school-themed TV shows, many of which feature lesbians, or at least strong female characters – whether they are the outcasts or the popular and/or mean girls. Update your Netflix queue to include a few of these queer-friendly favorite series that compliment the back to school spirit just right.