February 2012
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December 2011
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Vintage Lesbian: Vintage Butch of the Week - Betty... →
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[K] For a long time I have been convinced that no Vintage Butch would ever be able to compete with Mercedes de Acosta’s impressive combination of luck, timing, and lady-lovin’-talent. (Affairs with both Marlene and Greta - Not bad, right?) Then, however, this…
“Take, for instance, “The Man of Law’s Tale,” the fifth of the Canterbury Tales...”
– Inseparable: Desire Between Women in Literature by Emma Donoghue
(or: How All the Authors You’ve Ever Heard of Wrote Lesbian Love Stories and No One Told You)
November 2011
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“The holiday season frightens me. It is the time of year our homeless kids are...”
– Carl Siciliano
Executive Director
Ali Forney Center
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Dorothy Arzner, “Hollywood’s Only Woman Director”
[K] From the trailer for The Bride Wore Red (starring Joan Crawford): A rare ‘moving image’ of one of our favorite Vintage Butches, director Dorothy Arzner.
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Barbara Grier, Pioneer of Lesbian Literature,... →
dogwatch:
Barbara Grier died on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, at the age of 78. That the vast majority of people reading this will not recognize that name is a sad reflection of the isolation of lesbian literature from the cultural mainstream. As Victoria Brownworth put it in a lovely remembrance at Lambda Literary, “Grier built the lesbian book industry.”
Although she was never active in the...
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History to Herstory: Yorkshire Women's lives... →
History to Herstory began in 2003, funded by the Big Lottery Fund, West Yorkshire Archive Service and its partners, the University of Huddersfield, The Bronte Society, Hull Local Studies Library, and Leeds City Council Libraries. Together we’ve selected over 80,000 archive pages illustrating women’s lives over 800 years. In 2011, The University of Huddersfield and WYAS successfully bid to...
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Sophisticated Lady: Lilyan Tashman and Sapphic... →
butch-in-progress:
[K] I meant to write about Lilyan Tashman for quite some time - yet like another actress from Hollywood’s Golden era who was well-known for her affairs with women as well as for being a fashion icon, Kay Francis (whom she starred next to in Girls About Town), she doesn’t fit the category of Vintage Butch, hence I struggled to find a way to include her into our blog smoothly…
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WatchFrom Colorlines:
by Channing Kennedy Thursday, November 10 2011
If you’re reading this, you’re probably interested in the history of racebending and POC representation in cinema — and that means you need to get familiar with Anna May Wong, the black-and-white-era film star who made a career out of smashing barriers in Hollywood. A new documentary by filmmaker Yunah Hong, Anna May...
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August 2011
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July 2011
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Interview with Dorothy Arzner →
butch-in-progress:
[K] As you might already know, I have a soft spot for Hollywood’s only major female director during its classic era: Dorothy Arzner. Her films often centered on unconventional female characters, their relationship to each other, as well as their way of dealing with the world at large. In addition to a talent for choosing intersting plots, Arzner - trained as an editor, and...
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Newsworthy →
jyoguez:
California will become the first state to require public schools to teach gay and lesbian history.
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Before Stonewall...
butch-in-progress:
[K] …. there was The Ladder:
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In 1957, Althea Gibson won the Wimbledon...
fywomenshistory:
todayinwomenshistory:
Read more about Althea on the recently relaunched Today in Women’s History.
Can anyone tell me if Gibson was gay or bi? Wikipedia (that trusty source) lists two marriages, but AfterEllen has a piece on her “Breaking Boundaries” celebration. However, they often feature cool women, not just cool queer women. Hmm.
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The Gay Bar: Alison Bechdel, Radclyffe, Val... →
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"Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives" (1977) →
likeiknewiwould:
I downloaded this movie a few weeks back and am just starting to watch it now.
The following are two of the plot summaries on IMDb for “Word Is Out”:
More than two dozen men and women of various backgrounds, ages, and races talk to the camera about being gay or lesbian. Their stories are arranged in loose chronology: early years, fitting in (which for some meant...
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Activist Jean Harris Dies | advocate.com →
projectqueer:
By Trudy Ring
Jean Harris, a longtime lesbian activist who helped elect gay candidates as well as establish domestic partnerships in California and defeat an antigay ballot measure in Oregon, has died at age 66, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Harris was found dead at her Palm Springs, Calif., home June 25 by her partner, Denise Penn. Harris had several serious health...
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June 2011
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Written In The Stars
knowhomo:
Lesbian Star Symbols
The Blue Star: used by lesbians in the mid-twentieth century.
Lesbians would often sport a blue star tattoo (five-pointed and often on their bicep). It was easily covered from certain passers-by and could be shown to others in-the-know.
The Gold Star: used within the lesbian community to symbolize a lesbian who has never had sexual relations with someone...
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Adventures in Feministory: Sappho →
kaylacheri:
“For all of the respect and notoriety tied up in the name “Sappho of Lesbos,” little about the Greek poet’s life is known for sure. Born around the year 615 B.C., Sappho was a teacher at an academy for unmarried women who became well-known for her wide collection of emotion-laden poetry….”
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Tell FIFA: Red Card to Homophobia →
FIFA: Call Out this Foul Play
Even before the Women’s World Cup kicks off this Sunday, June 26, the rules have already been broken. For the past two years the Nigerian Football Federation has conducted a witch-hunt to kick women off the national team who were suspected of being gay. And the team’s coach just bragged to the New York Times that she has dealt with “the big problem”...
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Hi followers! Same-sex marriage is now legal in...
fyeahhistorymajorheraldicbeast:
(This is a historical event and is thus relevant for this blog. Deal with it.)
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BREAKING NEWS: New York Legislature Legalizes Gay... →
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