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1. #THE L WORD GENERATION Q FULL#
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4. #THE L WORD GENERATION Q TV#

But what’s so important is the now and to appreciate the now as much as we think about the future. I think a lot of people, including myself, plan 5 to 10 years out. I had the opportunity to just stop and breathe during the pandemic. I never got to stop and enjoy the sunrise and the sunset. I never really took some time for myself. I was traveling a lot, like three times every month. My life before the pandemic was very hectic. On Instagram, you said you’ve learned a lot about yourself during the pandemic. I like to water my plants and look at how green they are and see the little baby leaves come out. If my friends call and want to come over, I can say, “Maybe tomorrow.” I’ve learned that sometimes solitude can be very powerful. Because I’ve been in a position before where I felt like, “Oh, my God, they’re going to fire me if I take a break.” I’m glad I now know to take a break when I need a break. And if I’m able to, I take five minutes and go to a space where I’m alone. The thing that helped me is acknowledging when those stressful times happen. Specifically with my disability, if I’m in a stressful environment, or anxious or scared, my muscles tend to really tighten up. But for me, I don’t do the “sit for 5 to 10 minutes every single day” because it feels like work to me. I’ve downloaded and deleted Headspace, and I almost bought the subscription. And I hope that they feel like they belong-because we all do.

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And there is another book with another story.” I hope when disabled people see me on this TV show, they have a moment of realization that they don’t have to change themselves to make other people feel comfortable.

You get rejected because that’s the human experience, but it’s important to lift yourself back up and say, “That was not my story.

I feel like if I had that representation on screen, I would have been a little bit more confident and a little bit more sure of myself and that I am capable of finding love.

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So I had to learn by trial and error during my whole youth.

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I can say from my personal experience that when I was younger, in full transparency, I did a Google search of “How to date someone if you have a disability” and “How to do sexual activities with somebody who has a disability.” You’re usually taught about sex and dating, or you see it on television, and that’s how you learn. How do you think that will affect viewers? Sure, I may have a disability, but that does not compute to me not having normal relationships and falling in love, you know? And I think that’s going to be very powerful for my character to show disabilities in a nonmedical, authentic kind of way. I was able to play around with that aspect of the human experience. Unfortunately a lot of people have this notion that people with disabilities don’t have relationships, that we don’t fall in love, and that we’re not sexually active. It’s The L Word, so there’s a lot of romance, and there’s a lot of love. I think it will give people a reeducation of what a person with a disability looks like. How do you hope Maribel’s character will change the way viewers think about people with disabilities? Although maybe the world wasn’t designed for someone with visible disabilities, my character still finds a way around it. She’s an immigration attorney, so she very much cares for her community. Here, Mercado tells SELF about her journey from modeling to acting, how she manages self-doubt, and why personal boundaries are so important to her. Now Mercado hopes that in addition to making for an overall delightful watch, her character helps to reeducate people about what it really means to have a physical disability. The actor, who has muscular dystrophy (the term is used for numerous conditions causing muscle loss), says people with disabilities often aren’t realistically portrayed in movies and TV. While growing up, Mercado never saw someone with physical disabilities playing a fully developed character who actually had a career and love life, she explains. This role in season two, which premiered Sunday, August 8, on Showtime, is a monumental milestone for Mercado.

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Some characters have even reprised their roles from the original series in the revival, which follows a new generation of close friends pursuing love and success in L.A. The show is a sequel to The L Word, Showtime’s iconic series that aired from 2004 to 2009 and focused mainly on a close-knit group of lesbian and bisexual women. Jillian Mercado was determined to give “200%” of herself to her role as immigration attorney Maribel Suarez on the second season of The L Word: Generation Q, she tells me over Zoom.