Includes filmography: p. [232]-234.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-244) and index.

Sex and the clittie / Diane Anderson-Minshall -- The L word under-whelms the UK? / Paula Graham -- Interview with Guinevere Turner (November 2004) / Sarah Warn -- New queer cable? The L word, the small screen and the bigger picture / Michele Aaron -- The (in)visible lesbian: anxieties of representation in The L word / Susan J. Wolfe and Lee Ann Roripaugh -- How does a lesbian look? Stendhal's syndrome and The L word / Dana Heller -- Lipstick leviathans: demonologies of the lesbian body in The L word / Mark W. Bundy -- Heteronormativity and The L word: from a politics of representation to a politics of norms / Samuel A. Chambers -- Straight-up sex in The L word / Lorna Wheeler and Lara Raven Wheeler -- The chart / Kim Ficera -- "L" is for "long term": compulsory monogamy on The L word / Merri Lisa Johnson -- Why is The L word sexy? / Kathy Belge -- What is a straight girl to do? Ivan's serenade, Kit's dilemma / Janet McCabe and Kim Akass -- Is she man enough? female masculinities on The L word / Candace Moore and Kristen Schilt -- Interview with Katherine Moennig (March 2003) / Sarah Warn -- The other "L" word: representing a Latina identity / Shauna Swartz -- The glamour factor and the Fiji effect / Jennifer Vanasco -- Radical acts: biracial visibility and The L word / Sarah Warn -- Hot stuff: music as a language of lesbian culture / Zoë Gemelli -- Interview with Erin Daniels (January 2004) / Sarah Warn.