The L Word's huge success
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Part of a meditation on the success of The L Word:
The No. 1 obsession: Jennifer Beals (yes, that Jennifer Beals) as alpha lesbian Bette Porter, who is all about Jill Sander suits and Stella McCartney pumps. Let’s not even get started about that thong. Bette had it all, including a perfect wife pregnant by a perfect sperm donor. But then the wife had a miscarriage and Bette unraveled, ultimately paying the karmic price of a steamy affair with a carpenter named Candace.
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