This post has spoilers for
The L Word Generation Q
.
It is strongly suggested which you watch the show before reading.
Welcome to my personal weekly report about period 2 of
The L Word Generation Q
. Every week, I’ll look at the characters’ narrative arcs and choose parts that suit my agenda. I’m not unfortunately that these will all be thinly veiled pro-communist rants. You can read
my personal applying for grants period 1 and its central story things
, and my personal recaps of attacks
one,
two
,
three
,
four
, and
five
if you want refreshers.
Season 2, Episode 6: Love Shack
Because i have been in locky-d for so many many years, i am thinking of my personal sweaty, half-naked human body massaging up against different sweaty, half-naked figures on a dancefloor for a while today. In these goals I’m additionally cooked, the speakers tend to be working down Britney (#FreeBritney), and all of my personal friends tend to be cheerful and screaming “I favor gay!”
In lieu of becoming allowed to log off my settee â get vaxxed if you’re able to, queers! â I’m remaining to trawl YouTube for gay celebration scenes, and this few days’s occurrence was actually a welcome rest from that.
Nevertheless, I nevertheless suggest the celebration views from
Touring
. LOL.
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asically, this entire episode involved one drama-filled night at Dana’s.
Viewing all of those queers at a club made me feel just like I happened to be back in that magical land of homosexual, enclosed by everyone. Even if Dana’s appears nothing can beat my typical crusty queer haunts.
And, to tell the truth, I detest karaoke. I Realize I Will Be shot down because of this opinion, very moving swiftly onâ¦
But very first, first and foremost: Gigi.
Ended up being she wearing a jumper? Was just about it a shirt? Could it being a scarf?
Just What
was
that?
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he program opens up with Micah and Dani choosing a jog.
Side note: everyone else about this tv show is actually slim and beautiful, and it is actually needs to grate on me personally. Show us different varieties of remarkable queer figures, please.
Micah tells Dani about Maribel. Dani says to Micah about Gigi. They choose to head to Dana’s with each other that evening for karaoke.
Today, most people are at Dana’s, and crisis is just about to make. Dani’s there, and are also Finley and Sophie. Gigi’s there, and therefore is Bette.
Juicy.
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inley and Sophie are having some major dyke crisis. First of all, Finley turns up to get results without deodorant, and she’s stressed regarding it.
Babe, don’t get worried about this. The organic crystal deodorant does not do just about anything in any event. Allow those pungent pits run cost-free.
As it happens Finley’s largely stressed and exhausted because Sophie has begun being odd. This is certainly understandably already confusing for Finley, following Sophie starts flirting together with her too? Just what hell?
Ultimately, Finley says to this lady to end. She has a minute of realisation that Sophie will eventually never ever pick the lady. She storms down, but the drama isn’t really over yet. Sophie will get on level and starts singing Tegan and Sara to Finley, and even though Dani is still there.
I mean, I’m not probably lie; I love Tegan and Sara. We saw all of them stay when during the Palais Theatre. You’re most likely here too?
All I’m claiming is, if Sophie sang Tegan and Sara at myself, I would personally be stoked, and I also’d forgive her for all the games she was playing.
Plainly Finley seems in the same way i actually do, simply because they find yourself straight back from the house starting up.
It’s a fairly sweet sex scene, though I made one observance that people needs thought about should they planned to make it a lot more believable: whenever Finley draws down the woman shirt, she actually is dressed in a recreations bra. Next second, she’s whipped it well.
No recreations bra will come off that easy, friends. It certainly is challenging, specifically if you’re sweaty.
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ack to Dana’s.
Dani and Gigi? They’re going to smash. That about amounts upwards their unique plotline for all the few days.
Alice is actually dangling with Shane and Bette, having a gossip. Damn, i’d destroy to-be seated in a gay club having a goss now.
Alice next decides to invite the woman guide editor. Frankly, i am aware i will lookup his title, but I hold considering he’ll keep the program.
He and Alice have no biochemistry. NONE. The faux âquirky’ feeling between the two is awful to look at.
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t this time, i will include that tv series has historically done a truly bad job of symbolizing bi+ men and women.
Bear in mind how they addressed Tina when she installed with that cis dude? Yikes. Or when Alice ended up being online dating that lesbian man? I can not review at the method they framed that whole thing without experiencing some severe distress.
But, let’s be honest, bi+ representation into the media has been terrible as a whole.
Outside of queer media, you will find essentially no bi+ cis men, trans, or non-binary characters i will think about. The only example which comes close is actually David in
Schitt’s Creek
, who’s pansexual.
However, there are many representations of bi+ cis females â except they’re usually depicted as a imitation bi+ personality. They have a tendency becoming presented as lonely, intimately unfulfilled women that only need guys to create all of them right, and when they do get together with ladies it typically looks as though it happens just because the experts believe it is hot.
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lice is just one of the very first figures I am able to remember exactly who really identify as bi+. The writers of this tv show ought to know regarding the history of biphobic representation (including from inside the L keyword), and that I ended up being wanting they would regard this storyline with lots of care.
Exactly what do they actually do? They will have Alice hook-up with a guy she’s no actual chemistry with. Then, if they have intercourse and he places his dick in, Alice says, “WOW.”
I’m seething over this. SEETHING.
First of all, I would ike to describe that there’s nothing at all wrong with being thrilled over another person’s genitals, or with all other part of the body. However, Alice features slept with a wide range of folks in a selection of ways, so it’s difficult see why she’s screwing losing it because she has a cis-man’s penis inside her while carrying out missionary.
No pity to missionary either though. That shit is useful. What is actually unhealthy? The fact that this world helps it be about some cis-man’s dick.
The theory that Alice would work that way looks rooted in homophobia, where intercourse without a cis-man’s dick is actually “not genuine sex”.
UGH.
Any person of any sex may have a really cock, skin or silicone, anyhow.
That is a demonstrate that states portray a varied variety of sexualities and sexes. But its writers plainly haven’t regarded as which they need mindful along with their representation of bi+ ladies in order not to risk perpetuating the myth they are actually just right women that need a cis-man’s dick.
I wish we’re able to see the right bi+ representation within this tv show. Because genuinely, this was a fucking waste.
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nother
major fail this week is Maribel; the authors do her dirty.
I was therefore thrilled to see in which Maribel and Micah would get. Especially after reading a thread on Twitter where the star which plays the lady, Jillian Mercado,
talks about representation of individuals with disabilities and gender scenes (or shortage thereof) in mass media
.
As an alternative, Maribel turns out to be this suggest jerk. Micah’s perplexed because Maribel features ghosted him. If they’re all at Dana’s, Micah covers to express hi, and Maribel is actually cool and remote. Micah requires if she really wants to hang out, but Maribel helps it be clear she doesn’t want to.
Micah’s nevertheless baffled, but the guy requires this as this lady wanting to remain alone and really does therefore. Fair sufficient, right? But later on, he’s emailing a man, and Maribel will come up to accuse him of simply using the lady. When he defends himself, she gaslights him.
This is actually unfair to Maribel’s figure. She is probably the most upfront person contained in this show. She’s usually mentioned her wishes and thoughts. Realistically, she’d have merely expected Micah that which was going on for him. She would have also comprehending concerning the proven fact that he was running his feelings on her behalf due to the fact, until recently, he thought of themselves as gay.
Just how Maribel yells at Micah for speaking with a man also results in as super biphobic. Micah hasn’t mentioned he or she is bi+, it seems like Maribel needs him to simply like ladies out of the blue, that will be thus odd.
Until recently, Maribel has become so cool. She’dn’t provide a crap just what genders Micah’s into. I am hoping they fix this plotline next week.
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the guy program is also continuing to ruin my personal beloved: Bette.
Gigi goes over to express hi to her and talk at Dana’s, but Bette merely indicate. She completely decimates Gigi with many awful remarks.
As I’ve said before, for the initial show, Bette ended up being very Bette. She ended up being difficult and, yeah, a bit mean, although not really dangerous suggest. Today she’s becoming mean to Gigi, and it is absolutely harmful mean. Its these bad behavior.
Hunt, i understand Gigi and Bette actually were not right for both often. And that I learn Gigi as a character is not fantastic either. She’s a realtor most likely, and real estate professionals unquestionably are one of my personal biggest types of suffering.
However, Bette is merely ordinary terrible to the woman right here, and it is in a fashion that’s false to the woman character. Oh Bette.
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hings may also be tense with Shane and Tess.
Cherie Jaffe concludes things with Tess via book.
Ouch.
Next Shane and Tess have actually a fight about any of it, and Tess departs the bar mid-shift. Shane decides to go after this lady, thus she asks Finley to maintain the bar.
Except Finley is, naturally, acquiring serenaded by Sophie. Initially they are sluggish dance together, chances are they’re straight back at home and Finley’s beating off her recreations bra.
Take A Look,
I’m sure
it is simply a TV program. But it really bothers myself that not one of these folks ever before frequently work. Plus, Shane, you’re having some financial difficulties. I believe you ought to really run your own bar.
Instead, Shane’s explaining to Tess that she informed Cherie Jaffe to back away. What Shane don’t inform Tess usually she enjoys her, which she plainly really does.
Easily’m sincere, those two will be a lovely collectively.
So, here the audience is: we’ve achieved event six!
Everything is still-continuing to-be challenging, therefore appears as if we aren’t getting quite the tv series we imagined. But, we’re strapped on/in your experience now.
Oh, one last thing: at one point, I swear Finley thought to Shane, “I have fed the rats individually.”
Did I notice that correctly? Seriously, just what made it happen imply?
Jess Ison is an aficionado of queer mass media and really loves every terrible lesbian film ever produced. Within her specialist existence she’s a researcher at La Trobe University. She lives together puppy on Wurundjeri land. Find the lady on
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