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'''''Lizzy the Lezzy''''' is an [[cartoon series|animated]] [[stand-up comedy]] [[web series]] about a woman called Lizzy who talks mostly about [[lesbian]] interests.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Farber |first1=Alona |title='The Mideast’s Biggest Lesbian’ Battles the Homophobes, One Facebook Like at a Time |website=[[Haaretz]] |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/travel/the-mideasts-biggest-lesbian-1.5250829 |accessdate=July 10, 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710132614/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/travel/the-mideasts-biggest-lesbian-1.5250829 |archivedate=July 10, 2020 |date=October 4, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> The sketches contain graphical sexual material but not graphic imagery.


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''Lizzy the Lezzy'' was created in October 2006 by the [[Israelis|Israeli]] cartoonist Ruth Selwyn. This is the first animated stand-up material of its kind,<ref name="Sing">Raphael Ahren, [http://www.haaretz.com/lizzy-the-lezzy-invites-you-to-sing-with-her-1.252884 "Lizzy the Lezzy invites you to sing with her"], ''Haaretz'', August 29, 2008</ref> and the videos have had over 4 million views online.<ref>[http://www.tubemogul.com/marketplace/profile/Lizzy%20the%20Lezzy "Lizzy the Lezzy - Lesbian Stand up Comedy Animation"], TubeMogul statistics {{dead link}}</ref> The first episode was uploaded to ''Myspace'' and was soon spotted by [[Arlan Hamilton]]<ref>[http://yourdailylesbianmoment.blogspot.com/ ''Your Daily Lesbian Moment'' website]</ref> who writes one of the most popular lesbian blogs on the internet. The publicity from Hamilton's article led to ''The L Word Online'' suggesting to Selwyn that she make a funny stand-up video about ''[[The L Word]]''. Lizzy then made fun of other lesbians and the resulting video was posted on ''AfterEllen''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.afterellen.com/node/4373?page=0%2C2 |title=Best. Lesbian. Week. Ever.|website=AfterEllen|date=January 12, 2007|accessdate=March 26, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325013913/http://www.afterellen.com/node/4373?page=0%2C2 |archivedate=March 25, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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'''''Lizzy the Lezzy''''' is an [[cartoon series|animated]] [[stand-up comedy]] [[web series]] about a woman called Lizzy who talks mostly about [[lesbian]] interests.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Farber |first1=Alona |title='The Mideast’s Biggest Lesbian’ Battles the Homophobes, One Facebook Like at a Time |website=[[Haaretz]] |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/travel/the-mideasts-biggest-lesbian-1.5250829 |accessdate=July 10, 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710132614/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/travel/the-mideasts-biggest-lesbian-1.5250829 |archivedate=July 10, 2020 |date=October 4, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> The sketches contain graphical sexual material, however they do not contain graphic imagery.

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Lizzy the Lezzy was created in October 2006 by [[Israelis|Israeli]] cartoonist [[Ruth Selwyn]]. This is the first animated stand up material of its kind,<ref name="Sing">Raphael Ahren, [http://www.haaretz.com/lizzy-the-lezzy-invites-you-to-sing-with-her-1.252884 “Lizzy the Lezzy invites you to sing with her”], [http://www.haaretz.com ''Haaretz''], August 29, 2008</ref> and the videos have garnered over 4 million views online.<ref>[http://www.tubemogul.com/marketplace/profile/Lizzy%20the%20Lezzy "Lizzy the Lezzy - Lesbian Stand up Comedy Animation" - TubeMogul Stats]</ref> The first episode was uploaded to Myspace.com and was soon spotted by [[Arlan Hamilton]]<ref>[http://yourdailylesbianmoment.blogspot.com/ Your Daily Lesbian Moment Website]</ref> who writes one of the most popular lesbian blogs on the internet. The publicity from Hamilton's article led to The L Word Online suggesting to Selwyn that she make a funny stand up video about ''[[The L Word]]''. Lizzy then made fun of other lesbian people and the resulting video was posted on AfterEllen.com.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.afterellen.com/node/4373?page=0%2C2 |title="Best. Lesbian. Week. Ever." - AfterEllen.com |access-date=2010-03-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325013913/http://www.afterellen.com/node/4373?page=0%2C2 |archive-date=2010-03-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


In 2007, [[Logo TV]] acquired the first ten Lizzy stand up comedy videos and broadcast them on their gay/lesbian animation show, ''[[Alien Boot Camp]]''. ''[[Curve (magazine)|Curve]]'' magazine included Lizzy in an article entitled "Networking Lesbians", and ''[[Lesbians on the Loose International]]'' featured Selwyn and Lizzy as well. Lizzy's stand up comedy videos were also featured on The Bilerico Project's "Sunday Funnies" and on [[Jewcy]] where she was described as "The funniest lesbian on Myspace".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jewcy.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/lizzy_lezzy_funniest_lesbian_myspace|title=Lizzy the Lezzy Is The Funniest Lesbian on MySpace|date=2008-02-28|website=Jewcy|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-19}}</ref>
In 2007, [[Logo TV]] acquired the first ten Lizzy stand-up comedy videos and broadcast them on its gay/lesbian animation show, ''Alien Boot Camp''. ''[[Curve (magazine)|Curve]]'' magazine included Lizzy in an article entitled "Networking Lesbians", and ''Lesbians on the Loose International'' featured Selwyn and Lizzy as well. Lizzy's stand-up comedy videos were also covered on The Bilerico Project's "Sunday Funnies" and on [[Jewcy]] where she was described as "the funniest lesbian on Myspace".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jewcy.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/lizzy_lezzy_funniest_lesbian_myspace|title=Lizzy the Lezzy Is The Funniest Lesbian on MySpace|date=February 28, 2008|website=Jewcy|accessdate=April 19, 2019}}</ref>


Lizzy videos were featured in many gay themed film festivals, such as the 2008 Israeli Gay and Lesbian Film Festival,<ref>[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=iw&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ynet.co.il%2Farticles%2F0%2C7340%2CL-3559196%2C00.html Ynet (Hebrew)]</ref> and the 2008 Lethal Lesbian 3 film event.<ref>[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=iw&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mouse.co.il%2FCM.articles_item%2C704%2C209%2C26103%2C.aspx "Blossoms the cultural wasteland" - Mouse.co.il (Hebrew)]</ref>
Lizzy videos were sgown in many gay-themed film festivals, such as the 2008 Israeli Gay and Lesbian Film Festival,<ref>[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=iw&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ynet.co.il%2Farticles%2F0%2C7340%2CL-3559196%2C00.html Ynet] (in Hebrew)</ref> and the 2008 Lethal Lesbian 3 film event.<ref>[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=iw&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mouse.co.il%2FCM.articles_item%2C704%2C209%2C26103%2C.aspx "Blossoms the cultural wasteland"], ''Mouse'' (in Hebrew) {{dead link}}</ref>


Each Lizzy video has a different theme. One has no sound (for deaf people); one praises abortion and tells viewers to get pregnant merely to have more abortions; one has almost no visuals (for blind people) and there are also episodes in French, German, Spanish and Hebrew, all of which contain English subtitles.<ref>[http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=153771 "Look who's talking" - Jerusalem Post]</ref> Most of the videos on YouTube now also have closed captions in English and Spanish.
Each Lizzy video has a different theme. One has no sound (for deaf people); one praises abortion and tells viewers to get pregnant merely to have more abortions; one has almost no visuals (for blind people) and there are episodes in French, German, Spanish and Hebrew, all of which contain English subtitles.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=153771|title=Look who's talking|author=Sam Ser|date=September 3, 2009|work=Jerusalem Post|accessdate=August 27, 2009}}</ref> Most of the videos on YouTube now also have closed captions in English and Spanish.


Selwyn decided to make a special Lizzy stand up video for [[National Coming Out Day]], which was featured on Lovegirls.co.uk along with Lizzy's funny "Coming Out Guide", and was spotted by the [[Human Rights Campaign]] who subsequently asked Ruth to create a special video for the ''L Word'' Season Five Premier Parties across the United States. In June 2009, Tegan & Sara posted a link to Lizzy's website on their [[Twitter]].
Selwyn decided to make a special Lizzy stand-up video for [[National Coming Out Day]], which was shown on ''Lovegirls'' with Lizzy's funny "Coming Out Guide", and was seen by the [[Human Rights Campaign]] which subsequently asked her to create a special video for the ''L Word'' season five premier parties across the United States. In June 2009, Tegan{{who}} and Selwyn posted a link to Lizzy's website on their ''[[Twitter]]'' page.


Lizzy is sometimes joined by her best friend Gary the Gay and they often talk to each other about the problems they have with being [[homosexual]]s. Lizzy also has friends called Kate the [[heterosexuality|Straight]], Nic the [[Bisexuality|Bi]]-Chick, and Stan the Macho Man, and these characters all appear in a book written and produced by Selwyn entitled "Lizzy the Lezzy Gets Laid". The book contains similar style humour to the animated cartoons.
Lizzy is sometimes joined by her best friend Gary the Gay and they often talk to each other about the problems they have with being [[homosexual]]s. Lizzy also has friends called Kate the [[heterosexuality|Straight]], Nic the [[Bisexuality|Bi]]-Chick and Stan the Macho Man, and these characters all appear in a book written and produced by Selwyn entitled ''Lizzy the Lezzy Gets Laid''. The book contains a similar style of humour to the animated cartoons.


Lizzy's lesbian comedy videos have been seen by more than 2 million people.<ref>[http://international.lotl.com/default.aspx?iid=5394&startpage=page0000009&xml=lotlin.xml "Lesbian Animation" - LOTL International] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100326050125/http://international.lotl.com/default.aspx?iid=5394&startpage=page0000009&xml=lotlin.xml |date=2010-03-26 }}.</ref>
Lizzy's lesbian comedy videos have been seen by more than 2 million people.<ref>[http://international.lotl.com/default.aspx?iid=5394&startpage=page0000009&xml=lotlin.xml "Lesbian Animation"], LOTL International {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100326050125/http://international.lotl.com/default.aspx?iid=5394&startpage=page0000009&xml=lotlin.xml |date=March 26, 2010}}.</ref>


In 2015, scholars Haneen Maikey and Mikki Stelder criticized the series for [[pinkwashing]] Israel's treatment of Palestinians, eroticizing "colonial power dynamics," and argued that the series offers insight as to how the "Israeli LGBT community advances Israel's Zionist logic."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Maikey |first1=Haneen |last2=Stelder |first2=Mikki |editor1-last=Tellis |editor1-first=Ashley |editor2-last=Bala |editor2-first=Sruti |date=2015 |title=The Global Trajectories of Queerness: Re-thinking Same-Sex Politics in the Global South |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1wlRDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA96 |location=[[Leiden]] |publisher=[[Brill Publishers]] |page=96-97 |chapter=Dismantling the Pink Door in the Apartheid Wall: Towards a Decolonized Palestinian Queer Politics |isbn=978-9004309333}}</ref>
In 2015, the scholars Haneen Maikey and Mikki Stelder criticised the series for "[[pinkwashing]]" Israel's treatment of Palestinians, eroticising "colonial power dynamics", and argued that the series offers insight as to how the "Israeli LGBT community advances Israel's Zionist logic".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Maikey |first1=Haneen |last2=Stelder |first2=Mikki |editor1-last=Tellis |editor1-first=Ashley |editor2-last=Bala |editor2-first=Sruti |date=2015 |title=The Global Trajectories of Queerness: Re-thinking Same-Sex Politics in the Global South |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1wlRDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA96 |location=[[Leiden]] |publisher=[[Brill Publishers]] |page=96-97 |chapter=Dismantling the Pink Door in the Apartheid Wall: Towards a Decolonized Palestinian Queer Politics |isbn=978-9004309333}}</ref>


In late August 2018, the official Lizzy the Lezzy Facebook page was hacked by a [[trolling|troll]] who uploaded videos and images of [[transsexual]] [[pornography]] as well as images that contain the word “[[faggot (slang)|faggot]]”. The page had over 2 million likes.
In late August 2018, the official Lizzy the Lezzy Facebook page was hacked by a [[trolling|troll]] who uploaded videos and images of [[transsexual]] [[pornography]] as well as images that contain the word "[[faggot (slang)|faggot]]". The page had over 2 million likes.


==References==
==References==
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* {{Official website|http://www.lizzythelezzy.com}}
* {{YouTube|user=lizzythelezzy}}
* {{YouTube|user=lizzythelezzy}}
* [http://www.metroweekly.com/news/?ak=3016 "Out On the Web" - Metroweekly]
* [http://www.metroweekly.com/news/?ak=3016 "Out On the Web"], ''Metroweekly''
* [http://www.whof.net/lizzythelezzy.htm]
* [http://www.whof.net/lizzythelezzy.htm]


Revision as of 07:36, 27 August 2020

Lizzy the Lezzy
GenreStand-up comedy
Animation
Created byRuth Selwyn
Original languagesEnglish, German, Spanish and Hebrew

Lizzy the Lezzy is an animated stand-up comedy web series about a woman called Lizzy who talks mostly about lesbian interests.[1] The sketches contain graphical sexual material but not graphic imagery.

Lizzy the Lezzy was created in October 2006 by the Israeli cartoonist Ruth Selwyn. This is the first animated stand-up material of its kind,[2] and the videos have had over 4 million views online.[3] The first episode was uploaded to Myspace and was soon spotted by Arlan Hamilton[4] who writes one of the most popular lesbian blogs on the internet. The publicity from Hamilton's article led to The L Word Online suggesting to Selwyn that she make a funny stand-up video about The L Word. Lizzy then made fun of other lesbians and the resulting video was posted on AfterEllen.[5]

In 2007, Logo TV acquired the first ten Lizzy stand-up comedy videos and broadcast them on its gay/lesbian animation show, Alien Boot Camp. Curve magazine included Lizzy in an article entitled "Networking Lesbians", and Lesbians on the Loose International featured Selwyn and Lizzy as well. Lizzy's stand-up comedy videos were also covered on The Bilerico Project's "Sunday Funnies" and on Jewcy where she was described as "the funniest lesbian on Myspace".[6]

Lizzy videos were sgown in many gay-themed film festivals, such as the 2008 Israeli Gay and Lesbian Film Festival,[7] and the 2008 Lethal Lesbian 3 film event.[8]

Each Lizzy video has a different theme. One has no sound (for deaf people); one praises abortion and tells viewers to get pregnant merely to have more abortions; one has almost no visuals (for blind people) and there are episodes in French, German, Spanish and Hebrew, all of which contain English subtitles.[9] Most of the videos on YouTube now also have closed captions in English and Spanish.

Selwyn decided to make a special Lizzy stand-up video for National Coming Out Day, which was shown on Lovegirls with Lizzy's funny "Coming Out Guide", and was seen by the Human Rights Campaign which subsequently asked her to create a special video for the L Word season five premier parties across the United States. In June 2009, Tegan[who?] and Selwyn posted a link to Lizzy's website on their Twitter page.

Lizzy is sometimes joined by her best friend Gary the Gay and they often talk to each other about the problems they have with being homosexuals. Lizzy also has friends called Kate the Straight, Nic the Bi-Chick and Stan the Macho Man, and these characters all appear in a book written and produced by Selwyn entitled Lizzy the Lezzy Gets Laid. The book contains a similar style of humour to the animated cartoons.

Lizzy's lesbian comedy videos have been seen by more than 2 million people.[10]

In 2015, the scholars Haneen Maikey and Mikki Stelder criticised the series for "pinkwashing" Israel's treatment of Palestinians, eroticising "colonial power dynamics", and argued that the series offers insight as to how the "Israeli LGBT community advances Israel's Zionist logic".[11]

In late August 2018, the official Lizzy the Lezzy Facebook page was hacked by a troll who uploaded videos and images of transsexual pornography as well as images that contain the word "faggot". The page had over 2 million likes.

References

  1. ^ Farber, Alona (October 4, 2018). "'The Mideast's Biggest Lesbian' Battles the Homophobes, One Facebook Like at a Time". Haaretz. Archived from the original on July 10, 2020. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  2. ^ Raphael Ahren, "Lizzy the Lezzy invites you to sing with her", Haaretz, August 29, 2008
  3. ^ "Lizzy the Lezzy - Lesbian Stand up Comedy Animation", TubeMogul statistics [dead link‍]
  4. ^ Your Daily Lesbian Moment website
  5. ^ "Best. Lesbian. Week. Ever". AfterEllen. January 12, 2007. Archived from the original on March 25, 2010. Retrieved March 26, 2010.
  6. ^ "Lizzy the Lezzy Is The Funniest Lesbian on MySpace". Jewcy. February 28, 2008. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
  7. ^ Ynet (in Hebrew)
  8. ^ "Blossoms the cultural wasteland", Mouse (in Hebrew) [dead link‍]
  9. ^ Sam Ser (September 3, 2009). "Look who's talking". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved August 27, 2009.
  10. ^ "Lesbian Animation", LOTL International Archived March 26, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  11. ^ Maikey, Haneen; Stelder, Mikki (2015). "Dismantling the Pink Door in the Apartheid Wall: Towards a Decolonized Palestinian Queer Politics". In Tellis, Ashley; Bala, Sruti (eds.). The Global Trajectories of Queerness: Re-thinking Same-Sex Politics in the Global South. Leiden: Brill Publishers. p. 96-97. ISBN 978-9004309333.
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