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Tampa Baes, USA lesbian reality show11/8/2021 Tampa Baes (USA, 2021-) I watched the reality lesbian show Tampa Baes, a group of lesbian friends and two couples from Tampa, Florida. Tampa Baes follows the proven reality show formula of following an already existing friend group. This means we’re dropped into relationships between girlfriends that have already existed for years and feuds that have a history almost just as long. But first, let me introduce the 'contestants': Cuppie Bragg (traveling nurse, also runs fitness training program), Jordan Whitley (traveling nurse), Olivia Mullins (high school drop out), Melanie Posner (muralist, painter), Mack McKenzie (has podcast called Mackin N' Florida), Shiva Pishdad (business analyst) and three long-terms couples Brianna Murphy (real estate investor) and Haley Grable, Marrisa Gialousis (nurse) and Summer Mithell (YouTuber with channel Her and I) and Ali Myers and Nelly Ramirez (make-up artist). The group of friends and girlfriends either hard work, party or relax by doing all sorts of sportive and outdoor activities. Through eight episodes we learn that a group of women are like a second family to each other. They spend free time together, they support each other emotionally (console, encourage and sometimes criticize), mentally (helping to overcome obstacles with advices), and financially when needed. And sometimes they also argue, yell at and clash with each other, especially when power and alliances are at stake. Thus we learn about their misunderstandings, misconceptions, and insecurities but also connectedness, understanding and self-confidence and even arrogance. But besides being a reality show about friendships and love it is also evidently a show about their original families and the relationship between mothers, fathers and daughters and what struggle, pain and rifts caused in some families (Summer's, Nelly's) when they learned about their daughter's sexual orientation and how many years it took them to be accepted and loved. The prevailing cause for the non-acceptance was religious. In most cases, family relations are now good, supportive, inclusive and loving and yet in one case, Haley's family has still not spoken to her. Even Jordan who has a loving family feared of not being accepted by her grandparents and it took her ten years to gather the courage to tell them because she didn't want to lose them due to her sexual orientation but in the end, everything went great with her grandparents. All those women are lucky they have such accepting and loving families although it took them a while to get there but all the others who don't are prone to solitude and loneliness, poverty and ignorance. Therefore when people think about how time has progressed towards a more inclusive, loving, and accepting society many families in the reality show proved that most families still struggle to love and accept their daughters and it takes many years to fully embrace them and their lifestyle. As I mentioned the dominant cause of non-acceptance is Christianity which is odd since as Haley beautifully puts it, Christianity preaches about love and good God but all she has gotten from her strict religious family was she was going to hell for being a lesbian. Mack is also struggling with her faith and homosexuality. That tells all and that is why I have been an atheist my whole life despite having a good knowledge of most religions and spiritual schools. You obviously can not keep telling yourself and the others something and then doing the opposite, it's mildly put hypocritical behavior if not delusional or even worse. It tells everything about Christianity as a misogynist and homophobic religion that does not accept the free will and love to women and even more to women who love other women. I like the fact that all are feminine women although I am not into make up and some of them wore too much make up to my taste and obviously I am not a sportive woman and all these women care a lot about sport, hanging out, drinking and occasionally having a drama around who has more power and influence over who's friend. Not my cap of tea. I would prefer a bit more intellectual and creative women. But what I like are that they are all in fact good, caring people who try their best in the area of love, friendship, family and work. I wish for Haley to find a better, understanding and emotionally supportive girlfriend because Brianna is the least likable, cold, domineering and aloof person who thinks she can buy everything with money and Nelly and Ali are the most likable couple with their kind, supportive and calm personalities and loving attitude towards each other and to the others.
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