TV Guide interviewed Shonda Rhimes in the article "The Humanist: Shonda Rhimes Hones In on Ethical, Moral Grey Areas".  She said the following about Callie/Erica and Callie/Arizona:

TVGuide.com: What did you learn from the fallout of the Callie-Erica story line that you might have incorporated into the Callie-Arizona story line?

Rhimes: I learned that we were in the awkward, strange, uncomfortable position of being the only network show with lesbian characters and when you're the only, everyone's staring at you and dissecting everything you do. Really we were just trying to find the most organic way for the characters to play out their relationships.

I didn't read or know about the feedback with Callie and Erica. What I was looking for with Arizona was a pediatric surgeon and then I noticed that there's really good chemistry [between Callie and Arizona]; they play really well together. There's a little spark there that feels interesting. Let's put them together romantically and see what happens. To me, the difference in the relationships is that Erica came out at the same time Callie was discovering she was bisexual and defining herself. Arizona is a character who's known who she is since she was a teenager and is very comfortable with who she is. She's not struggling at all; she already knows her place, which I liked. I felt like there was something about being a strong, confident lesbian character that was interesting.

In other news, Sara's one of TV Guide's Best Performances of the Year.

And finally, a couple of noteworthy tweets from Shonda today:

1. Um, NO ONE cuz they are women. RT @huongstah Who do you think is more of a man in Calzona's relationship?about 3 hours ago from web

1. They love to eat and they have no food allergies. RT @I_Am_Rita ..why choose JCap & Justin as your baking contest judges?about 7 hours ago from web

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Comments (5)

• 2009-12-07 19:19:19 | Bre

  That is a lot of information in one post. I always think they miss a little with those tiny write ups like the Best Performance one.

  They love to eat...

  Well, we would love to eat too if you would serve us some fantastic episodes after the break.

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• 2009-12-07 20:03:42 | Rach

  Originally I was angry about Erica leaving the show but now I see the chemistry between Callie and Arizona and think otherwise. Shonda may have had a point lol.

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• 2009-12-08 06:24:22 | raerae

  Ok this may be a little off topic for this post and i'm sorry but I just wanted to post a link here where Sara is speaking about Callie and Hahn's storyline in this clip.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaXcyWLruUo

  Anyway is it just me or does Sara' voice seem really different and high? It's freaking me out.

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• 2009-12-08 08:30:43 | raerae

  Actually, I just found another clip with the same footage and her voce is back to normal so I think it was just the audio being tweaked in the first clip. Oh well, never mind, carry on! Sorry.

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• 2009-12-10 18:37:37 | Chloe

  I love that Shonda says no one. She is completely right .

  It's kinda ironic too because I was just thinking today how people always pick a man in a lesbian relationship. I know that's kinda a random thing to think about, but yeah haha...The fact that there isn't a man is kinda one of the defining factors

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