A Zillennial's guide to the lesbian world in media – Martlet

A brief look at the evolution of modern lesbian representation in Film and TV Netflix’s First Kill, screenshot via IMDb. I’m a Zillennial. On the Millennial and Generation Z cusp, this means I remember when the Jonas Brothers all wore matching purity rings, and when Miley Cyrus’s song “Can’t Be Tamed” was the biggest scandal of her time. I also remember when the only lesbian representation was limited to HBO’s The L Word and when Hillary Duff  “ended homophobia” with her 2008 Think Before You Speak PSA, where the Lizzie McGuire star iconically said, “When you say ‘That’s so gay,’ do you realize what you say? Knock it off.”  Because of this, I have witnessed a huge cultural shift toward queer representation in TV and film. Now, LGBTQ+ shows like Heartstopper are making Netflix’s top 10 list, but it was only a few years ago when we had to hunt for queer representation.    Age of Tumblr I joined the social media app Tumblr in 2013, when I was 15 years old. This small act of downloading a social media app sparked my coming out journey. Sure, before the age of 15, I had a few gay experiences — the most
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