In the mid-’90s I went to Catholic high school and lived in rural New Jersey.
Monday through Friday I wore a gray pleated skirt, white button-down, and a blue V-neck sweater.
I was on the track team and edited our literary magazine.
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I wasn’t popular, but the other girls didn’t make my life a living hell either.
I was also worried I might be a lesbian.
Somewhere in between my first kiss with a boy and diving into fervent debates about Team Dylan vs.
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But within the first three minutes of theFriendspilot, the L-word came rolling off Joey’sa.k.a.
She always drank it out of the can.
I should have known."
Cue more laughter because the only thing funnier than a lesbian is one who fits stereotypes.
In that same episode, Ross mistakes a picture of Carol and Susan’s friend for Huey Lewis.
What do you say we just put that aside for now?"
Certainly, theFriends' lesbian story line was groundbreaking in many ways.
It was a barely perceptible yet arguably monumental sleight of hand to pull off for web connection television.
They may as well have said they were body positive forfeaturing “Fat Monica.”
The lesbian jokes didn’t ease up over the rest of the series' 10-season run.
“She plays for both teams,” he says to a chuckling audience.
It was Kristen played by Gabrielle Union.
