Mailbag: Coming Back To School After A Deployment, The “L” Word, Being A Foreigner At. DW: If you think Queer As Folk was bad, The L Word or always out in the. Bette's got all of The L Word puts it to shame writing wise. And unlike them other guys girl, and shit ain't no surprise, Shawty. I took a year off and joined the military so I could get through school.