The Love Word

I never watched The L Word for a few reasons. I didn't get Showtime so even if I wanted to watch I couldn't, I had no freaking clue what the show was about/when it was on, and I had no clue was the the title meant. The L Word? What does that mean? Obviously, I was super naive. Not too long ago, I saw that one of my friends had a few seasons on DVD so I asked to barrow them. Boy was I in for a treat. I watched the entire first season and a few episodes into the second season and I had to stop. The show made me feel awful. These women were total bitches. They would cheat on each other and they would just do nasty things. Plus, there was way too much sex happening for my taste. It was like a porn. So I stopped and never wanted to go back.

A few weeks ago, I was looking up Jessica Capshaw on YouTube because she's cute and I saw that she was on a few episodes of The L Word. I watched the clips and it was alright. Those clips led me to more L Word clips and I saw something nice. I saw two people being nice to each other and loving each other. So I decided I should just skip all the crazy seasons and watch the last 2 seasons. I've been pleasantly surprised. The two main characters, Bette and Tina, love each other again. Yes, there was cheating to get them back together and there is of course a lot of drama, but they love each other again.

I think that was my main problem with the show from the beginning. No one was nice to anyone. Everyone was cheating and stabbing each other in the back and just being plain nasty. Why would I want to watch a show that's supposed to represent a minority who's trying not to be a minority and see nasty bitches doing nasty shit to each other? It didn't seem right to me. I may or may not go back and watch other seasons, but for now I'm satisfied with watching girls be nice to each other. I know a lot of lesbians watched the show out of sheer obligation. Did anyone ever enjoy watching the show? I highly doubt it. Plus, why would I want to watch a show that makes me hate Jennifer Beals? She's way too hot to hate.

LLLLove

I was recently introduced to the show The L Word. I have only seen one episode mostly because I didn’t have the channel the show was on, but also because it never really appealed to me. A show about dramatic lesbians? What’s so interesting about that? The lesbian community was happy the show was on the air because it represented them, but it actually represents them in a bad light. These women are evil, horrible people. I have only watched the pilot thus far and it was horrible. There are 2 married women and they are trying to find a sperm donor so they can have a baby. They find this one guy, but his sperm isn’t viable so they try looking around and everyone turns them down. I mean that’s a huge freaking thing. I would probably turn them down too. So they find this guy who thinks they are both so sexy so they take him back to their place to have a threesome with him so he can get them pregnant. They were planning on having sex with him and not telling him if/when they had a kid. The only reason he found out their plan was because he went to put on a condom and they told him not to so he stormed out. Good for him! That is not ok. Not only is that a horrible thing to do to someone, but I would not be able to watch my wife have sex with some man to get pregnant. Where is their conscience here?!?! It just made me want to puke. Apparently the show gets worse and the characters get worse. So yay for having lesbian shows, but freaking eh. Way to show lesbians in the worst light ever. Stereotypes exist for a reason, but why shine a light on them?

There is also news that The L Word is going to be made into a reality TV show. So now we are getting the opportunity to watch real lesbians do horrible things to each other? Count me out.

I will keep watching the show because I am semi interested to know what happens to these characters. I want to know how much better my life is because I don’t do horrible shit to people. I guess that’s what makes people watch….?