Let's talk about the baggage that all these girls have. Last night's episode of Girls "All Adventurous Women Do" dealt with all things personal and not so personal. You know, the usual. We followed Hannah through her HPV diagnosis, Marnie with her estrogenly focused boyfriend, Shoshannah and that pesky virginity and Jessa with the fact that she just may not be a good babysitter.
Let's start off with some statistics about HPV because not a lot of people know the whole deal about this kind of new STD. Apparently 5.5 million new cases of HPV are reported every year, though it's estimated that the real number is closer to 6.2 million. Also, and this is some nightmare fuel, about 50 percent of sexually active men and women get HPV in their lifetime. And no, there's no current test of men. So good luck with that ladies.
It's not really a death sentence, but it is something that Hannah should rightfully investigate. That of course leads to perhaps what is the most terrifying/inevitable realization- that your ex-boyfriend is gay. Of course, instead of Hannah having a new gay BFF that all silly girls dream about having, Elijah gets defensive, calls Hannah out on her bullshit and then accuses her father of being gay.
Basically everything thematically was summed up in the scene between Shoshannah and Hannah while watching a show called Baggage. What's your baggage? What do you put in the small suitcase, the medium and large? First of all, the baggage that the girls share seem (to me at least) wildly out of ranking. Hannah puts her lack of a job in her smallest bag? I'd probably put that in at least a medium bag.
Poor Marnie's baggage is that she's actually kind of a huge bitch to her boyfriend. He's so cute! He's so sweet! How could she do that to him? I have to say, I think that her relationship is so chock full of baggage it needs to end pronto. I think when your psyche ends up making you masturbating in a bathroom after one of the guys from Lonely Planet plants a line on you, you need to reevaluate your life. I'd put that whole incident in a medium suitcase most definitely.
As far as Jessa, she needs to get over her baggage (is it baggage) by being this travelling siren, muse to all older gentlemen who go through midlife crisis. While there's a bit of me that appreciates her babysitting flaire, this is going to be nothing but trouble.
SumOlogy: Get yourselves tested and then dance it out to Robyn.
What did you guys think about last night? Talk about it. You can even shit on the show if you want.
Songs in this episode: Robyn "Dancing On My Own."
LCD Soundsystem "I Can Change"
Gang Gang Dance "MindKilla"
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