The Sex Lives of College Girls

Main characters are a diverse lot; two of the characters that make up the central roommate foursome are actors of color playing a South Asian and a Black student; many students of color are in side roles; gay students are loud and proud about their sexuality; a female character interested in comedy is marginalized for her gender and race. Race and ethnicity is talked about freely, but characters are not stereotyped due to their background, except in moments when ignorance and bigotry is illuminated. Each character wants something, and these dreams and desires are mostly unaffected by the background of the character.

One plotline involves a male student using his position to sexually pressure female students physically and emotionally.

Sexual talk is frank, with references to sexual receptiveness (a character wants to "f--k," a man says that someone makes him "so hard"), body parts, sex work (as something an off-screen character was forced to do to maintain his drug habit). Characters are very interested in sex (one refers early on to wanting to "smash some d's"), and talk about it often. On-screen, we see characters having sex (from behind or the side), exposed breasts, kissing and in their underwear before or after having had sex. One episode focuses on a "naked party." Subplots concern sex, like one in which a woman talks about getting preferential treatment because she gave "hand jobs" while we see different men reacting happily as the woman's arms move up and down.

Language is frequent, and usually delivered casually amongst jokes: "f--k," "f--king," "assh--es," "s--t," "hell," "bitch" (generally a term women apply to themselves or each other). Expect frequent language referring to body parts: "d's" (meaning male genitalia), sex ("smash"), shame connected to sex (a woman is called a "slut").

Drinking is frequent, with scenes in which under-21 characters guzzle from red plastic cups, refer to getting "tanked," joke about drinking so much they vomit, and so on. Characters also use being drunk as an excuse for questionable behavior. There are references to other drugs, like cocaine.