The Chart, I’m on it

OurChart finally has The Chart. That’s right, the endlessly plugged OurChart.com of L Word fame is up and running with Alice’s booty-call creation (thanks for the heads up, Les). Right now it’s less a hookups counter and more a lesbo MySpace where people can create profiles and add friends. Look, I have one! Yeah, it’s not nearly as exciting as it sounds. But, feel free to add me as a friend cause, gosh, who doesn’t like friends? I’ll admit, I haven’t been a regular visitor to OurChart since it’s January launch. Will the profiles make me mosey on over more often? We’ll see.

p.s. If you decide to join, don’t be alarmed when lisabang shows up as your friend. Apparently, she is to The Chart what Tom is to MySpace -- everybody’s friend.

p.p.s. I’ve had non-U.S. folks add me as a buddy, so I guess they’re not that strict about the whole “in country” thing. So, jump on in international friends, terms and conditions be damned.

She blogs, dear God, she blogs

So, OurChart is up in beta. The “L Word”-spinoff site hopes to position itself as a MySpace for Lesbians. So far, no profiles or hookups pages yet (which, admit it, is why you clicked over in the first place). What you will find are behind-the-scenes tidbits, big-name guestbian bloggers and even some exciting news (Leisha Hailey is starting a new band. Fucking-A, I LOVED The Murmurs). Then again, OurChart also bears possibly the most depressing news ever to hit the blogosphere: Jenny Schecter has a blog. Ahhh! Ahhhhhh!! Ahhhhhhhhh!!!

OK, now that the sheer terror has dulled to grim agony, let me horrify you further with the gory details. The blog is called “What Would Jenny Do?” (Wow, can’t wait until the Christian conservatives realize what the acronym spells out to be.) It is meant to be a tongue-in-cheek advice column. Thus Jenny tells a dateless lesbian to act depressed as a way to get laid. Begin banging your head on your keyboard right...about...now.

LesboSpace is coming

Lesbians gather round, we’re about to have a MySpace of own. The producers of “The L Word” are planning to bring Alice’s fabled “Chart” online. Dubbed OurChart.com, this new social-networking site for gay women is expected to go live in January. Producers said the site is not a “promotional stunt,” but will function as a real, stand-alone community.

Cast members Jennifer Beals, Katherine Moennig and Leisha Hailey will serve as OurChart founding partners. They will have their own personal pages, along with “L Word” creator and executive producer Ilene Chaiken, and develop content. As founding partners, the actresses will share in the revenue (cha-ching, ladies). OurChart will also have celebrity guest bloggers, interactive contests and podcasts. About 75% of the content will be user-generated and the rest will be show-related, said Chaiken.

“This will be the first site of its kind,” she said. “It will be the first site to marry the rich, beautiful content of an established media site with interactive user-generated content, but we think it's going to be the ultimate online destination for this vibrant and engaged community. This is a place where I will make myself available to our audience in a way that I never have before.”

Read the story here. Start thinking about your screenname now.