The Lesbo Club (Novel)

***The Lesbo Club*** is a novel by Shannon Tattersall that was published in seventh arc of *Sweet L.A. Life: The New Generation*. It was adapted into a film and the production of said film was a major storyline in season five.

The characters in *Lez Girls* are thinly veiled expys of Jenny and her friends

## History

Shannon's second novel was first published in a serialized format in *The New Yorker* beginning in "Lez Girls" (*TLW* 4x05), before it was published in full in "Literary License to Kill" (*TLW* 4x11).

The characters in *The Lesbo Club* are thinly veiled expys of Jenny Schecter ("Julie Barnes") and her friends, namely Bette ("Katie"), Tina ("Emily"), Shane ("Shaun"), Alice ("Alex"), Dana ("Gina"), Helena ("Ellie"), Kit ("Cori"), Marina ("Katrina"), and Tim ("Tod")).

The unflattering depictions initially caused fiction between Jenny and her friends, particularly Alice and Bette.

*Lez Girls* was later adapted into a film, with the production of the film being a major storyline in season five of *The L Word*. Ultimately, the *Lez Girls* film was never released as the film negatives were stolen by Niki Stevens.

## Characters

### Jessie Starr

The character of Jessie Starr is based on Jenny Schecter. Jessie is described as an "innocent but open-hearted photographer from the Midwest, who moved to Los Angeles to be with her boyfriend and is seduced by Karina, the proprietress of an Italian café."

Jessie is played by Niki Stevens in the *Lez Girls* film.

### Bev

The character of Bev is based on Bette Porter. Bev is a "power dyke in the publishing world," and is described as "sexually predatory, emotionally abusive...who uses her professional stature to bed every girl and woman who crosses her path." Bev cheats on Nina with a plumber.

Bev is played by Isabella Perkins in the *Lez Girls* film.

### Nina

The character of Nina is based on Tina Kennard. Nina is described as Bev's "mousy little housewife" and "a bi-curious straight girl, a girl who would waste eight years of someone else's life trying out an identity that was never going to fit her."

Nina is played by Gretchen in the *Lez Girls* film.

### Donna

The character of Donna is based on Dana Fairbanks. Donna is a professional soccer player.

Donna is played by Marci in the *Lez Girls* film.

### Alysse

The character of Alysse is based on Alice Pieszecki. Alysse is described as having "clung to the bisexual label not out of any genuine affection for men, she clung to it out of sheer fashion desperation ... Alysse was ground zero for rumor and hearsay and it was hard to imagine she had any time for actual romance, straight or bisexual or otherwise, because she spends so much time obsessing over other people's sexual comings and goings."

Alysse is Played by Susan in the *Lez Girls* film.

### Shaun

The character of Shaun is based on Shane McCutcheon. Shaun is a makeup artist who sleeps with a lot of girls.

Shaun is played by Cammie in the *Lez Girls* film.

### Tod/Jim

The character of Tod/Jim is based on Tim Haspel. The character was named "Tod" in the *Lez Girls* novel, but was renamed to "Jim" in the film.

Jim is played by Greg in the *Lez Girls* film