"I'm a free bird!"

This new season of MTV's The Real World (can you believe the show is on it's 23rd season?!?) has been pretty much like all the others: just a drama-filled house stemming from the clash of strong-willed personalities...they're just like your own group of friends! You have the Lenny Kravitz look-a-like, the girl who dates Lenny Kravitz look-a-likes, the opinionated liberal who should probably stop talking, the guy who thinks he's funny but really is a virgin tool, the girl struggling with an eating disorder, the token black man with pent up anger found in a mortal combat of man versus self, the bi-sexual hot guy unwilling to admit that he's actually just gay, and my favorite- "the free bird." Now you may be asking, what is a "free bird?" Well, to Emily, this means being independent and she demonstrates this independence by having a tattoo of a bird and wearing a bird necklace. This naturally shows to all that she is a "free bird." I mean, come on, she has a necklace AND a tattoo. These things speak volumes.

I mean, I give props to the girl. She's doing whatever she wants to make up for the time lost in her cult-like religion. This of course means hooking up with whatever guy she wants. That's what a free bird does. I know why the caged bird sings...and this caged bird had to get out!  In one of the episodes, she references the guy in the house she had been "hooking up" with (for lack of a better term), Ty, in confessional, saying, "I'm not willing to put myself only in his arms, because I'm a free bird." At another point, Emily tells Ty to "suck his own dick." Would anyone other than a "free bird" say that? I think not.

Check out episodes of this season and find out about the cast and much more here!