The REAL L Word..

[theoddz]

I've refused to ever watch that show and will continue to refuse to watch any reincarnation of it, too.

It's just Not. Real.

None of my lesbian friends ever looked like any of these women.

They don't even include a woman with the andro look.

Whassup with that??

~Theo~

[Jess]

Originally Posted by theoddz

I've refused to ever watch that show and will continue to refuse to watch any reincarnation of it, too.

It's just Not. Real.

None of my lesbian friends ever looked like any of these women.

They don't even include a woman with the andro look.

Whassup with that??

~Theo~

Actually, I have friends who looked a lot like these folks ( in their 20's LOL), and I have friends who live in the triple digits ( or at least before they lost their asses in the stock crisis). They aren't "Hollywood" however, and don't live the glamorous ( read: way too much drama) life.

I would think that this is "real" for these characters/ people. Most of America's real dykes however, don't cruise the Rodeo drive circuit.

Hell for me, because this lifestyle is so far removed from my own, this makes for a high drama series. It's a lot like watching Housewives of whatthehellever county, just so removed from reality ( mine) that I HAVE to watch it! ( ok, besides, the wife holds the remote during those shows!)

[AtLast]

I don't have premium channels... just the basics, so I miss a lot of these shows. maybe this is a good thing..... But, it means I can't join in the convo! Phooey!!!

[Queerasfck]

Saw the ad for it the other night. Nice stick figures. They look just like the women from the old L Word.

[Jess]

Originally Posted by AtLastHome

I don't have premium channels... just the basics, so I miss a lot of these shows. maybe this is a good thing..... But, it means I can't join in the convo! Phooey!!!

Thinking about joining the "fan" list to keep up with nationwide scuttlebutt on this show. It will be interesting to see differing viewpoints from all kinds of dykes.

[Toughy]

And why are they all femmes?

They are most definitely feminine looking lesbians, but that doesn't make any of them a femme!

We just canceled our Showtime subscription so I won't be missing this.

How could you do that??????? You will be missing Nurse Jackie and The United States of Tara which are on now. Then there is Dexter

(I will confess I cancel my Showtime and add HBO when TruBlood starts and cancel HBO when it's over.......laughin.... and then when Dexter starts it's back to Showtime until TruBlood starts again...........that way I am paying very little for those premium channels)

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There are plenty o lesbians here in the Bay Area that look pretty much like them..........and LA is full of them....I have often thought of going looking for a sugarmamma....laughin....I do clean up pretty good but I am a bit too butch for most of them......

[Rockinonahigh]

I watch some of the L word and wasnt all that hot over it,im mean come on ..yeah some of us know ppl who could play these parts with more realism than the ones on the original show.I know some lesbians who make 6 figures in income and u bet they wouldnt be doing some of the things that happened on the L word...most folks I know are just regular working folks trying to get by..

[Waldo]

I always get a chuckle out of the outrage queers, butches, femmes, andro dykes, etc. through toward shows like this because they don't portray "reality".

If I'm going to plop myself in front of a television the last thing that I want to see is reality.

They are REAL lesbians. Just because they are not like you or people you know doesn't make them less real. Just like The Real Housewives of X are real. I don't know people like that but I don't rail against the show because it doesn't portray the housewives that I know. Granted, I might rail against it for innumerable other reasons - just not that one.

Watch it, don't watch it... but complaining about it because you don't identify with the women who are on it just doesn't make a whole heaping lot of sense. You want to watch people like you? Grab a camera and cajole your friends into starring in your YouTube videos.

[Sachita]

Originally Posted by theoddz

I've refused to ever watch that show and will continue to refuse to watch any reincarnation of it, too.

It's just Not. Real.

None of my lesbian friends ever looked like any of these women.

They don't even include a woman with the andro look.

Whassup with that??

~Theo~

I use to think that and also felt that way when Shirley Mcclaine (spelling) wrote a book on metaphysics when so many people had already published so many wonderful books. While talking with straight friends, my sisters, etc. I learned that so many people watched it and although it wasnt "real" they at least could wrap their heads around it enough to pay attention and look closer into the lives of queers. Its not perfect but the more acceptable gay is in the media, the more we'll see and the more conscious the public is.