Like most queer people who went to high school in the early 2000s, I lived for the lesbian romance of But I’m A Cheerleader and combed through other women-led movies like Charlie’s Angels and Josie and the Pussycats for queer subtext. And yet somehow, I missed out completely on a lesbian spy comedy called DEBS, written and directed by Angela Robinson (The L Word, True Blood).
Please do not take away my gay card if you are reading this and you grew up watching DEBS over and over. I missed out, OK?? Pity me, but do not judge me. And for the rest........