Citations:Tibette

English citations of Tibette and TiBette

Proper noun: "(fandom slang) the ship of characters Tina Kennard and Bette Porter from the television series The L Word"

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• 2009, Becky Walker, "Imagining the future of lesbian community: The case of online lesbian communities and the issue of trans", Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, Volume 23, Number 6, December 2009, page 933:

  The assertion of Tibette as a couple could be read as a norm of the group, against which all other couples and pairings were judged.

• 2010, Danielle Carter, "The L Word", Official Guide to London Pride 2010, page 55:

  So what happens now? Well we obviously all wear out our DVDs and obsessively watch all the tributes on Youtube^[sic] to Tibette and Sharman.

• 2010, Becky Walker, "The L Word fan fiction reimagining intimate partner violence", Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, Volume 7, Issue 2, November 2010, page 385:

  There were many supporters of the Bette and Tina (Tibette) shipper^[sic] in The L Word Fan Site.

• 2015, anonymous, quoted in Sarah Cefai, "Love's Lesbian Refrain of Feeling: 'Bette and Tina' and the Subversion of Heterosexual Affect", Rhizomes: Cultural Studies In Emerging Knowledge, Issue 28 (2015):

  Bette is OMG! I love her ... I'm straight and somehow she manages to turn me on ... and Tibette is the ultimate great couple on The L Word! Go Tibette!

• 2018, Teresa Forde, "The L Word: 'Last Word'", Television Finales: From Howdy Doody to Girls (eds. Douglas L. Howard & David Bianculli), pages 195-196:

  Fanfiction focuses on particular relationships, such as the Tina and Bette, "TiBette," relationship (Walker 2010).