Love, sweet love

Right, so remember when I watched “The Real L Word” because I downloaded the wrong episode “True Love.” Well, mischief managed! I managed to get my hands on the right copy (and for those still wanting to do the same, I believe you’ll find some help in the comments here). And now that my curiosity has finally been satisfied, let’s discuss our BIG LESBIAN FEELINGS about the episode.

First things first, a little background. “True Love” is a BBC five-part miniseries where each 30-minute episode is a snapshot of love in all of its highs and lows. The third episode, titled “Holly,” revolved around a school teacher (played by Billie Piper) who starts a relationship with one of her 16-year-old students (played by Kaya Scodelario). Yes, I know – it’s the student-teacher taboo again. Yes, I know – we also saw this in “Mädchen in Uniform” and “Loving Annabelle” and “Bloomington.” And, I know – it’s kinda icky.

What I will say about the episode is that Billie and Kaya are simply lovely. They say so much without saying hardly anything at all. Which is good, because the episode is sparse at best. It asks viewers to fill in football-field sized gaps in the storyline for themselves. The framework is simple. An unhappy is woman having an affair with a married man and finds comfort with a student. The details of what exactly made them fall in love are largely left to our imaginations. Art? Loneliness? Kaya’s ridiculously mesmerizing saucer-sized baby blues?

But the connection between the two, well, that actually works. Yes, sure, clearly – there is the ohmygodsheissixteenyuck factor. While the age of consent in England is actually 16, there is still the very troubling teacher-student dynamic at play. But that aside (which, granted, is a very big aside), what I liked about the episode was its hopefulness. Yes, these are two people who are probably not right for each other for a multitude of reasons. But they still get to have (spoiler alert) some sort of happy ending. Or, at the very least, hope of a happy ending. Because in the end that’s really what love is – hope. It’s a hope that someone else will understand you, accept your flaws, see your worth and love you for all of it.

And then there’s the shallow bit where I like seeing Billie and Kaya kiss. See it for yourself as long as YouTube will allow it.

Tank Top Tuesday

Oh, man. Is that a sight for sore eyes. You know how some ladies were kind of made to wear a tank top. And were also made to be on TV. So, how about celebrating some of TV’s best tank top wearers, past and present. Most of these ladies will be coming to a TV near you soon. And for those who aren’t, well, may they will be back in tank tops, I mean, TV where they belong.

Jaime MurrayShe’s coming back to TV in a new show for SyFy, and with Julie Benz. They probably won’t make out on it, but we can dream.

Lena HeadeyShe’ll be back on “Game of Thrones” starting April 1. I still don’t love the blonde hair. But, you know, I’ll cope.

Padma LakshmiEvery time “Top Chef” ends, I feel my TV get sad because she’ll be gone until the next season. Sighhhh.

Janina GavankarShe’ll return to “True Blood” this summer. And as Luna she doesn’t wear stupid hats.

Kaya ScodelarioShe’ll be back on the BBC this spring in a show where she makes out with Billie Piper. “Skins” and Naomily clearly wore off on her.

Summer GlauShe doesn’t have a show she’s coming back to. Seriously. Why has no one put her on another TV show?*
*Apparently she is guesting on Grey's, and filming a pilot. So, huzzah!

Linda HamiltonYeah. Mostly this is an excuse to post Linda and her guns again. But, you know, she was on “Weeds” there for a season. Now don’t bother me, I’m drooling.

Fuck Mondays

Let’s be frank, Mondays fucking suck. They can go fuck themselves. They can go take a flying fuck. They can go fuck off. Seriously, they fucking suck. And they really, really fucking suck in the doldrums of January. Ugh. January. It’s not December, with its promise of the holidays. It’s not the spring, with its flowers and showers. It’s not summer, with its summery summerness. And it’s not fall, with leaves showing off one last time. Nope, it’s January. Which fucking sucks. But you know what? We don’t have to just sit and take sucky Mondays in January. We can fight back. We can fight back the only way we can on a sucky Monday in January. By giving them a big, hearty fuck you. Like our friend M-Rod is doing.

Heidi KlumWell, it is Monday, so why not have a little Naked Lady as well?

Kristen StewartI feel like Kristen is always flipping us the bird, even when she isn’t.

Kaya ScodelarioThe middle finger is Effy Stonem’s permanent state of mind.

PinkShe somehow manages to be badass and adorable, all at once. I think it’s the overalls.

Paget BrewsterI’m only slightly distracted by the fact that the towel means she just got out of the shower.

Lucy LiuAlso slightly distracted, but this time by the freckles and hint of lower back.

Amy PoehlerYou always knew Amy would know how to expertly deploy the double bird.

Lily AllenWhereas this is the cutest double bird ever.

Joan JettAnd this, this is the sexiest double bird ever.

There, now don’t you feel better – for a Monday?