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Hello, I am very proud to announce the publication of my friend and colleague Jennifer Beals’ photographic memoir of her experience on a show that we both were on for six years, The L Word. Jennifer has kindly decided to donate the proceeds from the book to charity. Among the recipients, I Live Here. Jennifer is a talented photographer and has a unique and terribly intimate view that has never been seen before. The book contains interviews with the cast and carefully preserved ephemera that she saved over the years. I hope you all will proudly support Jennifer’s very first book that documents years of working on a show that has meaning for so many around the world. Check out the book on line: http://lwordbook.com/ Hugs, Mia Kirshner A NOTE FROM JENNIFER BEALS Somewhere in the first season of The L Word, the show became synonymous not only with representation, sexuality and fashion but also with giving. We, as a cast, were invited to take part in numerous fundraisers for the gay community. The L Word was a catalyst for giving and we were happy to take part. Now that the show is over, I wanted this book to continue the tradition of giving that had become such a significant part of The L Word. I wanted to benefit ILH because like The L Word at its best, ILH is about the transformative nature of community and of art, or self-expression. Though the communities I Live Here supports may be eons away from the small community that was our L Word cast, we are still joined in our shared need to express ourselves and strengthened by the clarity and purpose that comes from doing so. I hope you will join me in my efforts to support the amazing work of ILH. .

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