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Season three, episode three of The L Word: Generation Q – Shane invites Finley to “break some shit” and a glorious montage of two of the show’s hottest butch characters follows. DIY famously being one of the cornerstones of butch culture (I’ll never forget the pure euphoria I felt the first time I assembled an IKEA clothes rack), this scene was a gift to butches everywhere. The pair, sporting tank tops that perfectly frame their ripped arms, smash up bits of drywall while taking breaks to ferociously grind, thrust and gyrate on their sledgehammers. It is butch joy in its purest form and what’s more, it is unapologetically sexy.