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The L Word

The L Word and “But Not Too Bi”: Flipping The Script Is Not Much Better

With how it played into the “But Not Too Bi” trope – bi characters who have a bias toward one gender or the other – The L Word flipped a common heterosexist script in media. But in doing so, it still excluded actual bi people from its world.

By Rose| February 25, 2014 | 61 Comments
The L Word

Latin Lovers and Spicy Bombshells: What “The L Word” Got Wrong About Latinas

The truth is that Carmen and Papi are Latina characters who perpetuated sweeping generalizations about Latin@ Folks and ultimately made matters worse.

By Yvonne| February 3, 2014 | 37 Comments
The L Word

How “L Word” Internet Fandom Built Autostraddle Dot Com: The Oral History

“Laneia, that was our first official interaction in the world — you seeing a link to my blog on The Planet Boards and wanting to delete it.”

By Riese| January 28, 2014 | 93 Comments
The L Word

The L Word Episode 112 Recap: Looking Back By Recapping “Looking Back”

Let’s take a little trip down memory lane by retro-recapping the Dinah Shore episode, in which the lesbians also take a trip down memory lane, which makes this recap very meta.

By Riese| January 24, 2014 | 20 Comments
The L Word

More Than L-Words: Top 10 Fake L-Word Episodes I Just Made Up

There are so many great L-words they didn’t get to use.

By Cara| January 24, 2014 | 47 Comments
Food and Drink The L Word

Liquor In the L Word: A Cocktail Recipe Round-Up

I couldn’t find a drink called “The Power Suit” and I kind of want to invent that now?

By A.E. Osworth| January 23, 2014 | 17 Comments
Music The L Word

Playlist: Jenny Schecter

When I think about Jenny Schecter, those thoughts are a little dark and a little sad. She is dead now, after all. Therefore this music is a little dark and sad too.

By Crystal| January 22, 2014 | 17 Comments
The L Word

Go Ask Alice: Smoking With The L Word

I’ve compiled a list of your favorite L Word characters and the strains I think they would smoke. See if any of these apply to you; who knows, you could be smoking very Shane today.

By Chelsea| January 21, 2014 | 22 Comments
The L Word

Listling Without Commentary: Conversations I Had While Watching the L Word for the First Time

Carmen: i lost my life
Carmen: i’ve lost my life

By Carmen| January 21, 2014 | 58 Comments
First Person The L Word

Schecter 3:16 (Or How Jenny Schecter Saved My Life)

“I was angry. Really fucking angry. Angry because Jenny Schecter was right.”

By Heather Hogan| January 20, 2014 | 71 Comments
The L Word

Listling With Minimal Commentary: How We Watched The L Word In Secret

Turns out that when you create the first ever show with a cast of almost all queer women, and do it on a cable channel that allows multiple scenes of what just barely misses qualifying as porn in every episode, we gays get resourceful.

By Maddie| January 19, 2014 | 67 Comments
The L Word

The L Word Premiered Ten Years Ago Today: It’s L Word Week on Autostraddle

Welcome to L Word Week on Autostraddle!

By Riese| January 18, 2014 | 47 Comments
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