Girlcrushes through the years, part I

This is basically nothing more than an excuse for me to post pictures of a bunch of hot girls. Enjoy, lesbos!

These fist four all occurred when I was about 12 or 13, before I had any idea that they were actually crushes.

Jewel Staite

I think I’ve talked about her enough, but let’s just say that I fell for her in this ridiculous rainbow wig, not when she was lookin' all cute like she does above. Also, I hate how rainbows are the symbols of gaiety. (That should probably be “gayness,” since gaiety means something entirely different, but I like that word, okay?) The rainbow thing had absolutely nothing to do with the girlcrush.

Melanie Chisholm
Sporty Spice made me proud to be a tomboy again when I was going through puberty and wondering if I had to be, like, girly and shit. I didn’t—and don’t. Also, she was hot—and how gay does she look in this picture?

Colombe Jacobsen (aka Julie “The Cat” Gaffney)

So I love the Mighty Ducks movies, and Julie Gaffney was totally awesome. Also cute in Rookie of the Year.

Kate Winslet
She had a small part in A Kid in King Arthur's Court, the older sister of Rookie of the Year’s love interest, but she was so pretty—I watched the movie over and over again for her. And! She dresses up as a knight to fight in the tournament that's supposed to decide who she marries, and she wins! So she gets to, like, choose who she wants to marry. Totally awesome. And, actually, this crush might be on its way to swinging around to the present day, because Kate is beautiful, people. Beautiful.

High school (ish):

Katherine Heigl
Thanks to Katherine Heigl (and gayass Ryan), I realized that the way I was feeling about pretty girls on tv was, um, gay. Thus, Katherine Heigl is the girl who made me gay. I'm kind of over her now, mostly because I've realized that Isabel Evans would have no patience for Isobel Stevens. Since she's Izzie now, I'm over her.

Alyson Hannigan
Once Katherine opened the gay floodgates, I started realizing the girls of Buffy were pretty cute too.

Charisma Carpenter

Eliza Dushku
Better than merely five by five. Also cute (and totally dykeadelic) in Bring It On.

Alexis Bledel & Lauren Graham
I know they were, like, mother and daughter and whatever, but they’re both so hot. Naturally, when I was in high school, I favored Alexis, but now it is clear that Lauren is the real babe.

Carly Pope
Okay, so I was one of about five people who watched Popular, but it was seriously the best show on the WB ever. And Sam, Carly's character, was pretty effn' gay--especially toward the end.

Part II, featuring more recent crushes, coming soon.