Tonight we have another guest blogger, a very good friend of mine, Char, who has
something she wants to get off her chest.....please make her feel welcome by leaving
many comments!
Defending The “L” – Negative, Negative, Negativity
I am new to blogging and writing. Hopefully my friend Penny will catch any misspellings!
Opps I see I’ve started already! When Penny started posting her blog she
told many of her friends about it (and a few strangers I might add). I have
followed her blog ever since the first day. I have also followed some of the
other blogs linked from her site. Since the arrival of The L Word last year
I have read many posts concerning the show. Most are about the negative aspects
of the show and some of the characters. So I want to write about what I find
to be positive about The L Word and one particular character.
We must remember we FINALLY do have a show which for the most part IS about
Lesbians. This alone is positive--a show largely devoted to a minority population
in our society. Not to mention the HOT women and sex scenes in pools!! By the
way did I mention I have a pool? Remember the first year of QAF? I for one didn’t
like the show and didn’t watch it regularly. Why you ask? For the same
reason I don’t like male strippers. Too much DICK!!! They showed it over
and over!! Dancing in those little G strings with “IT” flopping
all around! Not to mention the “Back Room” at Babylon. Opps, I think
I have strayed from my topic. This writing thing is much harder than I thought.
My point is that now I love QAF because it has grown in its five seasons to
a show which portrays many important issues in the gay community. So stay tuned
and see The "L" grow also.
Jenny. I saw you cringe at the mention of her name. I think the character Jenny
already shows how the show and one character have grown since the first season.
Last year she was a totally self-centered b-i-t-c-h. This season she has stopped
sleeping with men. Yeah!!! She has shown she is not as self-centered as we think.
How you ask? She was honest with Diane for one. Even though she hurt Diane it
could have been worse if she continued to lead her on, which is something I
see in the real world every day. She also decided to step aside for the sake
of true love between Shane and Carmen--NOT something you see every day in the
real world–to give up someone you are with so they can move on to something
even greater. In my eyes you could not have a more admirable quality. How many
of you readers could have watched “The Tape”, go on a cruise without
saying a word, and then step out of the picture without even one curse word?
Even I would have to curse a few times to make myself feel better! All the while
making Mark stay and face up to his indiscretions, forcing him to see firsthand
the results that stem from his actions, instead of giving him the easy cop out.
To one comment I read recently about Jenny’s haircut. Not all femmes have
long hair, not all lesbians or butches have short hair. We all do things out
of character wanting to be accepted. But most importantly I think the haircut
was her second cry for help. She was obviously abused and raped in her childhood.
Thus the weird visions and strange things she chooses to write about. Her first
cry for help!!
This is just some of what I get from watching the show. I’m an Aquarian
and one of the aspects of my sign is the belief in humanity and finding good
where sometimes it is not that evident.
--Char
9:18:38 PM 
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