#ivan aycock

[radiocity]

The L Word: Lookbook ↳ 1.12, Locked Up

#the l word #jennifer schecter #mia kirshner #bette porter #jennifer beals #leisha hailey #kate moennig #shane mccutcheon #alice pieszecki #tina kennard #laurel holloman #marina ferrer #karina lombard #kit porter #pam grier #kelly lynch #ivan aycock #Candace Jewell #Ion Overman #OK IS THAT ALL THE FUCKING NAMES #2 really nice outfits in this are jennys one at the aquarium with the cross hairpins and #the secondone is one alice wore at the bar but there was not a good shot long enough of it so possible alice solo post coming up #also jennys really cute date outfit #i kind of like the prison garb for how funny it is and also that is probably one of my favourite scenes in the show just ugh everything #also i really like kit and tinas all blakc work outfit situations except tina is wearing a skirt for some reason in it like a pencil skirt #which is just not that nice (bette powersuit is not giffed but did exist) but kits ruffled long skirt i love it #also these are downloaded in shaky quality which is why the ivan firsy gif looks so bad but i did want itin there #one of the very few instances of actual play with gender in the show LOL and the scene u see some butches and such #count your blessings... #tlwlb

[queerbauten]

Looking for het fic from the lesbian show :') aaa

#The L Word #all I want is a Kit/Ivan fix fic where they reconcile and all is well #I just want good things for them #[Eldena Doubleca5t voice] and really who wouldn't? #(aside from the showrunners apparently >:|) #like if I have to write the fic myself I guess I will #but... it's been over 15 years... there must be something right? ... right? #🥺 #Kit Porter #Ivan Aycock

[farminglesbian]

update, *actual wailing*

couldn’t you have given me at least this ONE THING, show [angry cat emoji] i’m forever mad about the incredibly poor handling of ivan’s character and storyline all while kit would’ve been so into him and open to explore her sexuality. major kudos to kit for explaining gender to bette porter but ivan will be gone after the next episode and you’ve given me all this build-up and amazing chemistry for nothing? WHYYYYYYY

#the l word rewatch #'she may be a contessa but kit you're a queen' #<- you can't just hand me a thing like that and then immediately take it away from me :( #kit porter #ivan aycock #thinking back on i'm your man and feeling wounded

[allmykindsofthings]

Rewatching the L word and seeing Ivan again... I am back in my 20s and I am still so confused... Why, Yvan, why?! I know I’m a lesbian, but damn! 

#the l word #ivan aycock

[thecinephale]

Even though it ended less than a decade ago, The L Word was made on a different planet. That’s because the last ten years have seen changes in the LGBTQIA community that could fill decades. The show is endlessly fascinating and I’m sure I’ll write about it again once I finish (I’m currently two seasons in), but I quickly wanted to touch upon the two probably trans characters introduced in the first season. I say probably trans because the characters on the show don’t seem to have any grasp on the complexities of gender (hell, they can barely handle Alice being bisexual) so the word “transgender” is almost never used.

The first character is named Lisa and they identify as a male lesbian. The main cast of characters doesn’t really know what to do with Lisa but they’re fairly welcoming. Alice dates them briefly and there’s a scene that at the time may have been intended as humorous but now reads as really tragic. Alice and Lisa are having sex at a party and Lisa wants to use a strap-on. Alice gets annoyed saying that he has the real thing and that he needs to accept he’s a man. They break up soon after.

The other character is Ivan. First introduced as a drag king, it becomes increasingly clear that he prefers to present as male full time. He and Kit, who is straight, have a really touching relationship that ultimately doesn’t work out not because Kit isn’t open to Ivan as a man, but because Ivan is embarrassed when Kit walks in on him before he’s gotten dressed.

My girlfriend started watching the show before me and warned that the show was backwards enough about gender that it may be more upsetting than fun. But I haven’t found that to be the case at all. The reason why these two dated portrayals of transness still work is because the show treats both characters as people. There is certainly a lot of transphobia among the other characters, but the show doesn’t make any commentary. It just presents these people that feel real and grounded and gives them real emotional moments. When Alice tells Lisa they’re a man, the look on Lisa’s face is heartbreaking. Ivan’s embarrassment feels equally understandable and misguided. Kit isn’t judging, but that can’t be said for the rest of this world. So while characters may make comments that sting, it feels very honest to the time, and Lisa and Ivan are never the butt of any jokes.

When The L Word comes back this year or next I hope they add a trans lesbian to the main cast of characters. But even in the original show it’s clear that trans people have always been around. We maybe weren’t talked about explicitly but we were present enough to have two storylines in the first season of a 2004 lesbian-focused show. 

#The L Word #Lisa #Ivan Aycock #queer representation #transgender #LGBTQIA

[wild-neko]

I am VERY queer for IVAN AYCOCK

#im watching the L Word for the first time #and oh #IVAN AYCOCK has awakened things in me

[htgaw-walkers]

well r.i.p kivan

#the l word #ivan aycock

[butchspace]

Idk if any of the mods watched The L Word (it def has plenty of problematic elements, but Netflix's pickings are pretty slim), anyway I'm just looking for some insight as to whether the character Ivan Aycock (the Drag King that Kit dates) is coded as butch or maybe a trans man or what, cause I've never been so in love with a character in anything before and it's got me pretty unexpectedly confused about myself, I mean I ID as bi/polysexual, but pretty sure I'm really just attracted to nb women

I don’t think you can base your sexuality on which fictional characters you’re attracted ro because they’re not real. I mean Ivan was definitely coded more as a trans man but that doesn’t mean anything for your sexuality.

-Mod Q

#ask #anon #advice #questioning tag

[365daysoflesbians]

JANUARY 18: The L-word premieres! LBPQ women in media (1/2)

This is the first part of a two-part article we’ll be publishing today on the evolution of the representation of lesbian, bi, pan, and more broadly queer women in media & pop culture, on the occasion of the premieres of two TV series: The L-word, which premiered in 2004 and ran for 6 seasons, and Her Story, which premiered in 2016, one year ago. The two share similarities, and present several significant differences. Taken together, they may represent an evolution in the way queer women are portrayed in media.

Regardless of whether you liked The L-word (or even bothered watching it at all), no one can deny it had a major impact on a whole generation of women growing up queer in the US in the early 2000s. Let me quickly remind you of the premise, if you’ve never watched it, or got into it: Jenny Schecter moves to LA to be with her boyfriend, meets a group of friends – all lesbian or bi women – and subsequently & promptly heads to the dark side discovers a few truths about herself (namely, that she’s an awful person she’s absolutely of the lesbian persuasion).

For many, watching The L-word was the first time they saw lesbians on TV, and moreover, lesbians who were actually acknowledged as such, whose lesbian-ness was not subsumed under euphemisms and queercoding, and still more revolutionary – lesbians who were just kind of… doing stuff. You know, being portrayed as regular people. Hanging out, talking, going to work, quarreling, expressing doubts and emotions. There were plenty of sex scenes, but these were usually filmed in a way that attempted to normalize lesbian sex (it’s not that complicated! scissoring is a boring trope!) but also tried to avoid catering to a male audience that would (and continues to) fetishize lesbians. More or less subconsciously, it codes lesbian sexuality as more adventurous and fulfilling, in opposition, notably, to mainstream (and representations that see lesbian sexuality as something opaque, mysterious, and fundamentally incomplete. There were also healthy and unhealthy relationships, showing the complexity of lesbian and bisexual relationships for women.  

However, as numerous critics and articles have pointed, this representation is highly flawed and restrictive. The portrayal of two Latina characters (who aren’t even played by Latina actresses!) as mostly props to advance the narrative and emotional development of the white characters reprises stereotypes generally associated to Latina women (hyper-sexual, exotic). More generally, whiteness seems to be the norm on the show, even though we’re in LA and the idea that all lesbians, in LA or elsewhere, are white and relatively well-off seems just plain ridiculous. The depiction of trans characters was also a glaring failure, in particular with Max’s transition (from butch lesbian Moira to straight male Max) being ridiculed, and equated to a desire to assimilate within heterosexual culture. Even the portrayal of gender-non-conforming woman is ambiguous – their perceived butchness is apparently a clear indicator of their sexuality; yet most of the main characters tend to be associative with feminine normativity. Gender keeps being represented in an essentialist manner, even when characters like drag king Ivan Aycock or androgynous Shane shake up gender presentation categories. And when it comes to the portrayal of femininity, it seems the show privileged the portrayal of femme women, or “lipstick lesbians” whose femininity corresponds to contemporary beauty norms and whose bodies are often sexualized, whether on the show or in promo material. This begs the question: doesn’t this overwhelming representation of femininity correspond to certain marketing imperatives that still submit to the patriarchal gaze? In short, why so many ‘beautiful’ femmes, if not to, subconsciously, conform & appeal to straight norms?

Obviously, there’s economic reasons to this. Had this been a show with more accurate/realistic/authentic representation, it may not have benefited from such a following, because of market diktats. All in all, this is a complex, heterogeneous show. It’s far from perfect, but it did help create a kind of ‘lesbian gaze’ by striving to put the audience in the lesbian characters’ shoes – the result was meant to be, if not identification, at least acknowledgment and revelation of the lesbian experience(s) within society. But this was back in 2004-2010. What has changed, within a decade?

- AK

#365daysoflesbians #l word #lesbian #lesbian culture #lesbian history #tv #tv series #tv show #l word premiere #21st century #2000s #shane mccutcheon #wlw #lgbt #queer #queer women #ilene chaiken #pop culture

[galesautismdiagnosis]

semitics replied to your post: @ilene chaiken why is everyone on this show a bad...

Dana did nothing wrong and that’s why they killed her

im still in season two and im trying to convince myself she doesn’t die bc of all of them why did it have to be dana 

but seriously no ones good, not even Ivan “Mr. Perfect” Aycock

#semitics #mine #text

[odemin]

Mood: Ivan Aycock lipsynching I'm Your Man for Kit in the l word

#that was probably one of my fave scenes

[farminglesbian]

remember when it turned out that ivan had had a girlfriend for five years and “hadn’t yet gotten to the stage of telling kit of his non monogamy”

which, suuuuuure...

#rolling my eyes emoji #writers being writers #the l word rewatch #ivan aycock

[temporaryusername2015]

#i'm your man #leonard cohen #the l word #kit porter #ivan aycock #music

[jacensolodjo]

It’s been 12 years and I am still mad about Ivan Aycock.

They didn’t deserve that and I didn’t deserve to see them treated that way. 

I am also still mad about Max Sweeney.

#текст #the l word #ivan aycock #Max sweeney

[rikkipoynter]

I’m so mad. I went to look up Ivan to find the correct pronouns to use when talking about him and ended up finding out a major spoiler. Major, major, major. I’m sure you L Word people know exactly what I’m talking about. I may not like the woman the spoiler is about but holy shit. I don’t know any other info besides the fact that the thing happened, but holy shit.

#the l word #ivan aycock #jenny schecter