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“Off the Chart” L Word podcast, Episode Eight: L to the Q

By Chelle Turingan, Erica Lenti, Eternity Martis, Rachel Giese • December 4, 2019 6:05 am EDT

“That hiatus felt really long. It felt like a decade, right?” — Alice Pieszecki

It’s finally here! This episode we look ahead at The L Word: Generation Q. No spoilers, we promise! We talk about what’s changed for queer women and trans people in politics and visibility in the 10 years since the original series wrapped in 2009. We share our hopes for Generation Q: Better trans representation! More racial diversity! Lots of queer drama! We offer our first impressions on the new series and get to know the new characters, Dani, Sophie, Finley and Micah. We pour one out for the Betty theme song and give love to the Gen Q music supervisor for Lizzo and Le Tigre. We plan to vote for Bette Porter, we want to be guests on Alice’s talk show and we still have concerns about Shane’s hair.

Episode notes and extras:

The L Word: Generation Q
Jennifer Beals in New York magazine on The L Word: Generation Q
GLAAD’s annual report on Where We Are On TV
“Brother” by The Organ
Shane and Carmen have sex on the set of The Organ video shoot

Featuring:

Rachel Giese @rachelagiese
Erica Lenti @ericalenti
Eternity Martis @eternitymartis
Michelle Turingan @chelleturingan

Special guest: Katie Sketch @KatieSketchBand

Producer and editor: Corey Misquita @coreymisquita
Senior producer: Rachel Matlow @rachelmatlow
Executive producer: Rachel Giese
Music: KidKulit

The L Word Generation Q

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Chelle Turingan is a video journalist and filmmaker based in Toronto, ON. Their work has appeared in Maclean’s, Chatelaine, and Today’s Parent. They are also co-director / producer / editor of Xtra’s documentary film, Small Town Pride.

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Erica Lenti is a deputy editor at Chatelaine and a former editor at Xtra.

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Eternity Martis is an award-winning journalist and editor who has worked at CBC, CTV and Xtra Magazine. She is the author of the bestselling 2020 memoir They Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus Life, and Growing Up, the course developer/instructor of "Reporting on Race: Black Communities in the Media" at Ryerson University and UBC's 2021 Journalist-in-Residence.

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Rachel Giese is a deputy national editor at The Globe and Mail and the former director of editorial at Xtra. She lives in Toronto and is an English speaker.

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