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Survivor Vanuatu and The Women’s Alliance that Could Have Been

... As much as I love the show, watching Survivor episodes from the early 2000s sometimes feels like getting a shock to the system. In older seasons, misogyny was the order of the day, and overt homophobia and racism from individual castmates often went unchecked. So imagine my surprise when a powerful women’s alliance emerged in Survivor Vanuatu, which aired back in 2004. Imagine how delighted I was to learn that Ami Cusack, the leader of the women’s alliance, had a girlfriend, and Scout Cloud Lee, another alliance-member had a female life partner. I had high hopes for the women that season. I really did.

On Vanuatu (season 9), the contestants were split along gender lines from the start. One tribe consisted of nine women and the other consisted of nine men. The tribes competed against each other in physical challenges, and as is customary on Survivor, the members of the losing tribe had to vote one of their own out. The women won the first immunity challenge, and brought both the men’s numbers and their gigantic egos down a peg. Most of the guys had come in thinking they would easily defeat the women in challenges, but they were quickly proven wrong. At the merge (which signifies the beginning of the individual portion of the game), the women outnumbered the men six to four. Although it wasn’t all sunshine and roses among the women, they banded together to vote three more men off, making Chris Daugherty the last man standing. In a game that is largely about having the numbers to pull off votes, the six women could and should have overcome their differences long enough to vote Chris off, thereby cementing themselves in Survivor history as the first and only final six that comprised of all women.

Ami Cusack’s goal in the game was simple– get a group of women to the final four. She was a strong physical player who did well in challenges, had a positive attitude, and was generally liked by her tribemates. Post-merge, she arguably spearheaded three of the successful vote-offs that sent men home. Her chances of winning seemed relatively high. This is one of the reasons why Twila Tanner felt that Ami had to go.

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Ami Cusack

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Queer/no label

DOB: 25 January 1973

Ethnicity: White

Occupation: Reality star, model

Note: In a 2008 interview with AfterEllen, Cusack also said: "Oh gosh, I don't know. I don't know if I would put a specific label on any of it. I mean, if I met the woman of my dreams and fell in love, I would stay with her, and if I met the man of my dreams and fell in love, I would stay with him. Like, I don't know. "Bisexual" doesn't really seem to fit me, and "lesbian" doesn't really fit. I don't know. I don't know what I would classify myself as.

[heartsoulrocknroll]

Ozzy's head is empty. This man knows nothing but swimming and climbing a tree. That ridiculous fake idol that looks like nothing more than a stick is the smartest thing he's done in his life, huh? And he's an arrogant son of a bitch, to top it all off. I wish to god that Ami and Erik would have taken their one chance to vote him out before it was too late for Ami to save herself.

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Why hasn't Probst brought back Ami Cusack?