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FeedEase up on The L Word
Being a single lesbian mom, I wanted to say that I loved the May issue [Vol. 18 #4]. The stories and articles on parenting were great reads. I loved all the information that you guys provided for being greener, such as websites for ecofriendly pet items and more. And, I have to admit, seeing Rose Rollins on your cover was great because she is hot. A bit of criticism: Try not to refer to The L Word so much. I find that not all lesbians are like the actresses on there. It is a great show about our world, but it’s a show, not reality.
— Angelina Ojeda, New York City
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I'd have to agree, I enjoy reading Curve, but I'm tired of the L Word. I'm sure that other readers disagree and ask for more, but please, broaden your horizons. This is one show...one hour a week for a few months a year. Please think perspective...12 hours a year and it's the highlight of many of your covers and/or issues. Many of us have broader lives, reflect it please.
Dylan Simosko
Seattle, WA
I wholeheartedly agree. It's a show... not an incredibly great show, full of women that aren't gay. You dedicate so many issues and pages to this one show.
Granted it is a show and only a few episodes a year, it is ground-breaking for our community to stretch as far as it has with this show. The L Word is what brought me to this magazine in the first place. Not everyone can relate to parenting. And yes, I do agree that the horizons need to be stretched but theirs variety in the mag. The L Word is just one of the many varieties that I happen to relate to.
I WORK on "The L Word" - its shot here in Vancouver where I live. Though the crew and actors are all lovely folks, but its just a show, a composite of many different stories, condensed into one hour each week. As much as it might be wish fulfillment to think we all have that life, its A SHOW. A fantasy. A piece of fiction.
Please stop referring to it as if its an actual community of women that do these things and live that life each week. Lets get on with some of the other things that are part of our great open community. O Canada!
I live in San Diego, and am very new to The Community. I am in my 40's and have been in the process of determining I am a lesbian and coming out within the last year. "The L Word" has been a wonderfully surreal (if flawed) education for me. For a month I watched Seasons 1 & 2 every morning while my daughter was occupied in the bathroom before heading to work. Having very little exposure to Family, the show has been fun, funny, heartbreaking, and yes, at times, silly. The eye candy is delicious; the sex, HOT.
Do I think it's "real"? Hell, no. Do I think those singular experiences exist? Yep! I know, because I have lived some of them (as have most of you, I'm sure). "The L Word" is more than the sum of its parts, which is what makes it so alluring. After all, isn't that (mostly) why we watch television and film? To lift us out of the ordinary, if only for a few moments?
i think the l word rocks because it teaches young teens who have no idea about lesbian sex and lifestyle, though might be biased. i know for a fact that some of my lesbian friends find it like a refuge because they haven't came out. i don´t know how much was written about l word in that issue, i do think that the magazine should not turn repetitive, but still could mention the l word as the world revealing series it has became.
I have not felt the same about the L Word since they killed off Dana. When women hear the words "breast cancer", they sometimes assume, automatic death sentence. They really dropped the ball on this one. I have an ex who was in stage three of breast cancer, and survived. The L Word missed a terrific opportunity to educate the public rather than showing us again and AGAIN how afraid of commitment Shane is.
RealSoul9
L WORD makes a lot of difference in the world of lesbian , bisexual , transgender people. They embodied the possibilities that lesbians are highly respectable and well compelled in all folks of life.
Actually , this show makes me realized who I am ..... and makes me think of myself as well.
"full of women that aren't gay" well do i have to be a real life killer to play one on tv? NO... there actors...they act its there job. and it is a good show. ground-breaking show.
I totally understand San Diego - I'm in my early 30's and I too am very new to the community with children. I love the Lword it has helped me along my way of being a women who has hid and denied myself, myself - I have always known that I was gay, but was utterly afraid especially with children. Now that I have accepted myself I have never felt more relieved and less angry at the world. Thanks to shows like the Lword. And yes its just a show - but its a great one- that creates communication amongst all just like this Mag. Wonderful