One thing I could admire about Lynn's character was her carefree attitude. There was rarely a time when Lynn let anything bother her to the point of worry and frustration. On the surface it may look like Lynn simply avoided conflict and responsibility, but many could learn a lesson from this behavior. Never sweat the small stuff! But by all means, don't be like Lynn and create a conspiracy theory to excuse yourself from handling personal responsibilities.
Women are free to embrace their sexuality however they see fit. As I mentioned before, Lynn was seen as being the promiscuous one of the group. While Joan was busy implementing a three-month rule which meant no sex for the first three months of a relationship and Maya was often criticizing Lynn for embracing casual sex, Lynn viewed sex as another form of liberation.
She often shared her many trysts lightheartedly with her other girlfriends, as they gasped, shocked and appalled. Though I agreed that Lynn was a bit wild for my taste, I thought highly of her for owning her sexuality. Lynn embraced her sexuality as she saw fit, rather than using it as bait for another, or a way to control another, as many women have done over time.
I was even more impressed when she researched sexuality in society and thus completed a project involving AIDS in the African American female population. Sometimes the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
But they are not one in the same. In a quest to find inspiration while completing a documentary in which Lynn believes to be her life's work , Lynn makes plans to visit her estranged biological mother. In visiting Sandy, Lynn learns that her biological mother is much like she is-- overly sexual, flighty, and great at avoiding conflict or people, for that matter. As Lynn observes all of her mother's unfinished projects and abandoned bright ideas, she begins to think that she will never see her passions through either.
