Comments on: There’s Something About Jenny[s] – Why Killing Jenny is Killing All of Us

By: dannielle

dannielle — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:34:17 +0000

I read this article called “defending Jenny Schecter” on http://ims0awesome.tumblr.com/ it pretty much sums up how i feel about jenny

By: Olivia

Olivia — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 01:02:49 +0000

I agree so badly with your article. Jenny Schecter was my favorite character and her character death was really painful, the way the writers felt that had to turn her into a one-dimensional ruthless villain. She was so complex, so painfully real, the parts of ourselves that we don’t always want to see.

Not to mention smokin’ hot ;p

I felt like what Chaiken did was a disrespect to the character that she had created, and completely unnecessary. I never watch past season 3 anymore because imo it all went downhill after Dana’s death and I just like to pretend Jenny is still awesome the way she is.

By: lucy

lucy — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:14:21 +0000

jenny could have been the best constructed character, but somewhere along she bcame what you said she did.
I think the writing sure got lost near the end, there was no need for this murder suspect, because if there ever is a film, I’m sure the solution given is that Jenny just drowned or killed herself, none of the characters killed her, none of them had that kind of profile, and we dont want the to.

By: melly

melly — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:48:47 +0000

i’ve never read anything by you or this site before, but i loved you as soon as you mentioned jenny in the taylor swift article. (no, like really, i yelled out loud “jenny shecter ohmygod!”) and then, of course, i had to follow the link and read this article and now i love you even more. maybe it’s just me being nostalgic for when i watched lword all the time and happy and excited for finding an article about it. but all your analyses were on point; you nailed jenny, and everyone’s reactions to her. season 1 she’s ok; she’s hot, not totally crazy or obnoxious or a huge bitch yet. after that, things start going downhill and everything she does or says or wears, you’re just like what? god jenny is so weird.
you also reminded me how much i love lword, which i still haven’t seen all of the last season of. i need to get on that. again, great article. you’re for sure a way better and less crazy writer than jenny.
(mmm shane.)

By: mekare

mekare — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:46:18 +0000

Didn’t understand a thing you mix too much things together, focus and learn to have an order!

By: Mary Ann

Mary Ann — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:25:46 +0000

test

By: whatev

whatev — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:35:31 +0000

Oh, and Riese, it’s simply amazing what you’re doing here with your lovely team!
This is the way we (all should) live

By: whatev

whatev — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:32:04 +0000

What about killing Jenny is killing the creators of this show? I’m having this strange idea of us, lesbian viewers, being the girls of the show wanting to kill… yes, Ilene, represented by Jenny. Because, you know, maybe she feels misunderstood, like Jenny, who loves everyone, wanted to be as good as can be, and doesn’t know why everyone is so mad at her
Just an idea

By: Laia

Laia — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:40:57 +0000

Yeah, this is a smart theory about the murder…but, me too, I am reluctant to think that Bette can kill anybody (and I was relieved to see that this was not necessarily the case).

I guess that we all will probably feel better if we just think that it was a suicide…

By: Teclo

Teclo — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:43:01 +0000

Ilene gave us Shenny. She spent five seasons and two episodes nurturing it, and then she completely ruined it. And that is one of the many reasons why I wish season six would be erased from history. Because I loved Shenny from the very beginning. And if this is how it was going to end, with Shane hating/abandoning Jenny (with good reason, unfortunately), then… what was the fucking point?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:30:00 +0000

I twentieth the motion – your analysis was very insightful. I’m a lazy thinker so thank you very much for laying out so well the thoughts I too have about Jenny…she’s already been so demonised on the show why turn us against her even further now, when if this were reality, she’d prolly be at her peak, not her nadir? Surely there was some other way to make the show go out with a bang than for us to turn on one of our own?

By: Linda

Linda — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:14:00 +0000

Dear Riese,

just another reader who never comments, but for this post I would like to make an exception. I’m not good at English so I’ll keep it short:
1. Thank you for all your recaps. I read them since season 4 and they are a thing I will absolutely miss when the show’s over. Thank you for making me connect even stronger to The L Word, even though season 6 is a disappointment. You’re brilliant.
2. Thank you for this post about Jenny. As many people here, I can relate to Jenny, and I care about her. It really warms my heart that I’m not the only one who cares.
3. That said, thank you for making able all these reactions on your post. It’s one thing to see that you and I care, but it’s even more heartwarming to see that so many people actually still care about Jenny.

You’re the best!