In 1991, Bendinger directed a music video for
Queen Latifah's song "Fly Girl." Bendinger's first novel,
The Seven Rays, was published in 2009 by
Simon & Schuster. The story follows 17-year-old Beth Michaels, who uncovers elements of the supernatural on her journey of self-discovery. In 2011, the
Writers Guild of America filed an injunction against the creators of
Bring It On: The Musical, arguing that Bendinger had rights in the licensing of the theater production. "In a complaint..., the Writers Guild of America accused the producers of the movie of exploiting the screenwriter’s rights by producing a new musical based on the story." They said they would allow the musical to proceed if Bendinger were properly credited and compensated. In 2011, Bendinger co-wrote "Hurts to Think", a track on
Miranda Lambert's album
Four the Record; and "Mostly Grey", co-written with
Emerson Hart, which appears on his 2014 album
Beauty in Disrepair. In 2019 Bendinger, alongside her friend Michael Seligman, a writer for ''
RuPaul's Drag Race, hosted the podcast Mob Queens'', uncovering the forgotten history of
Anna Genovese, wife of mobster
Vito Genovese, who testified against him in court and ran drag clubs in
Greenwich Village. == Awards and acknowledgments ==