‘True Blood’ Recap: Ryan Kwanten Deals With A Bad Break-Up in ‘Karma …

Hepatitis V continues to spread in True Blood and the unforgiving virus shows no mercy to anyone, whether they happen to be human or vampire. Everyone gets what’s coming to them in the episode, ‘Karma.’

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After the attack at the Republican fundraiser, Eric (Alexander Skarsgard) is still holding the yakuza’s mouth in his hand. All of a sudden, more gangsters arrive and Northman has to fight them all. Though he is strong, the infected vampire gets tired too quickly. The standoff ends when Pam (Kirsten Van Straten) gets captured.

Bill (Stephen Moyer) is in shock that he’s infected with Hepatitis V. When Compton calls his lawyer, Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) overhears his conversation. As their exchanges get pretty awkward, Bill lies and pretends to be fine.

Jason (Ryan Kwanten) knows he has cheated on Violet. When Stackhouse arrives home, he notices the floor is covered in rose petals. Violet shows up in black lingerie, seduces her boy toy, and goes down on him. The steamy sex doesn’t matter later when Jessica calls him.

While Bill waits in a room full of infected vampires, Mister Gus Jr (Will Yun Lee) shows up to confront the chained-up Eric and Pam. Gus wants revenge against Sarah Newlin for the death of his sister. In their deal, Eric delivers the deathblow and Gus can keep the dead body afterwards.

While Sarah (Anna Camp) hides out at her sister’s place, Jason discovers Sookie (Anna Paquin) still sleeping in her bed. As Jason brings Sookie to Jessica, Sheriff Andy (Chris Bauer) discovers his daughter Adilyn (Bailey Noble) having sex with his fiancee’s son.

After Jessica explains what she has overheard, Sookie realizes she may be infected too. She has to go to the hospital and get her blood tested. While the siblings talk about love and Violet, the call comes in and the results are bad news for everyone.

While in the waiting room, Bill realizes his infection has spread quickly than normal. During their discussion, Bill’s lawyer reveals that he cannot leave his property to Jessica. Filled with rage, Bill stabs her with a knife and murders her bodyguard.

Sarah tells her vampire sister that she is a changed person. The antidote for Hepatitis V is inside her bloodstream. To prove that she is the cure, Sarah lets her sister drink from her.

Bill arrives home to find Jessica and Sookie drenched in tears. Elsewhere, Jason discovers a breakup note in his home. Because their relationship is over, Violet can go after Adilyn and drink her faery blood.

Though Bill and Sookie are infected, is there still hope now that Sarah holds the cure? Readers, what did you think of ‘Karma?’

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Fashion industry, retailers and the gender binary – Brush News

Click photo to enlargeFILE – This Jan. 10, 2014 file photo shows Laura Jane Grace, formerly known as Tom Gabel, of the band Against Me!, in New York. Grace, 33, publicly came out as transgender in 2012. She was born Tom Gabel and performed with the Florida-based band since 1997. At 6-2, with a mostly black wardrobe worthy of a rocker, Grace recalls the days before she was “out” and on the hunt for women’s clothes. Grace said she usually shops online, shares a shoe size with her wife (a women’s 10) and picks up specialty pieces in boutiques during road trips with the band that last for weeks. (Photo by Brian Ach/Invision/AP, File)

NEW YORK (AP) — As a transgender woman who began her transition about a year ago, Kylie Jack is still figuring out her fashion style, but she wanted one thing right away: well-fitting bras.

Friends recommended Petticoat Fair in Austin, Texas, where she lives. The lingerie shop is known for one-on-one fittings, but Jack was denied access to the area where professionals work privately with customers after being asked if she was an anatomical female.

Jack, 39, a computer interaction designer, left empty-handed and angry. She took to social media to protest.

“It was unclear whether they had a consistent policy and I didn’t know what to make of it,” Jack said.

The owner later apologized.

A gender binary exists in fashion, and that’s a challenge for those who don’t conform. Masculine-presenting women are often destined for boys’ departments or bad fits, while people born male who transition or simply like to dress in femme clothes sometimes don’t know what to expect in sizing or from sales clerks.

“I was in Filene’s Basement in Chelsea, which is pretty much the gayest neighborhood in America, and I said, ‘Can I try on clothes here in the men’s department?’ and they said no. It’s not as bad as it used to be but it’s pretty persistent. There’s this radioactive line between the menswear department and the womenswear department,” said Susan Herr, founder of dapperQ, a site on masculine dressing for the LGBTQ community.

Online retailers catering to masculine presenters have proliferated as trans people enjoy a higher profile thanks to Laverne Cox of “Orange is the New Black” and other pioneers.

But mainstream fashion has done little to keep up with large-footed women, petite trans men, masculine-presenting lesbians or androgynous dressers in search of a decent, affordable suit.

At 5-foot-4 and 120 pounds, Gretchen Dukowitz is a lesbian who dresses on the boyish-androgynous side. Her style is casual and she doesn’t like shopping online. Her No. 1 go-to place is HM’s boys’ section.

“It’s always fun to see who will be there, whether it’s the moms buying for their kids or the lesbians,” she said. “But even in boys’ clothes, the fit is not right if you have any hips at all, which I kind of do. It pinches you in weird places. Even though you’re buying men’s clothing, you still have the shapes of a woman.”

Small designers are trying to fill the gap, but often at prices not everyone can afford.

In button-down shirting, for example, menswear is often oversized, tight in the chest or hips. Women’s tops may be too tight, too feminine or too short. The label Androgyny offers a signature fit with a “boob button” to minimize gaping, no darts, a slight hourglass curve at the bottom and a center box pleat in back for extra room through the chest and shoulders.

The cost? $125 and up to $150 for limited editions.

The toll is not always financial.

Laura Jane Grace, who fronts the punk band Against Me!, transitioned from male to female in dress onstage in 2012. At 6 foot 2, with a mostly black wardrobe worthy of a rocker, Grace recalls the days before she was “out” and on the hunt for women’s clothes.

“It was always kind of terrifying, going out and actually shopping for stuff,” said Grace, who lived in small-town Florida before moving to Chicago.

“I can’t remember an experience where someone either didn’t look at you like you were total scum or have some kind of comment to make,” she said, adding: “People look at me like I’m a thief. There’s that attention on you from the beginning that always makes for an uncomfortable experience. People watch me from the second I walk into a store that’s not specifically like a rock ‘n’ roll store because I’m covered in tattoos.”

Grace usually shops online, shares a women’s size 10 shoe with her wife and picks up specialty pieces in boutiques during band road trips.

 

Mary Going, a masculine-presenting lesbian who’s 5 foot 3 and 120 pounds, wanted a formal suit for her 2008 wedding. After fruitless trips to Nordstrom, Bloomingdale’s, Men’s Wearhouse, Banana Republic and Macy’s, she had one tailor-made for about $1,800.

“I’ve had cars that cost less than that,” said Going. “I loved that suit. I felt great in that suit in a way that I had never felt great in my clothes before. I felt taller. I felt like I got more respect and I don’t know if that’s because I presented more respectfully or because people really did see me differently.”

Going “wanted to offer that same feeling to other people, but without the $1,800 price tag” or the wait. So she founded Saint Harridan, which makes off-the-rack suits with sleek masculine looks for women and transmen.

This year the Oakland, Calif.-based entrepreneur took the brand on a pop-up tour so butch women, transmen and others can walk in and buy a reasonably priced suit. The tour has served 100 to 150 people daily on three-day stops in Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Seattle, New York, Philadelphia, Oakland and Minneapolis. It heads to Boston in August, followed by Detroit, Portland, Oregon, Provincetown, Massachusetts, Chicago and Los Angeles.

“We’ve had grown people stand in our store and cry because they have never experienced customer service like this,” Going said. “We’re telling them that they are valued and respected just the way they are.”

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