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In the Margin: Finding the Value of Lesbian Home Libraries
Every dyke's home is an archive.
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Trish Bendix
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July 2024

"Homegirl is Flawed:" A Q&A With Anna Dorn About Her Modern Lesbian Pulp Novel "Perfume and Pain"
"I think her rejection of lesbian culture mostly stems from internalized homophobia and being afraid of her own desire."
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Introducing "Bound" to Virgins
A few remarks before a showing of Lilly and Lana Wachowski's modern classic.
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June 2024

Alicia Silverstone and Liv Tyler Walk into a Strip Club
Aerosmith's 1994 music video for "Crazy" made me gay.
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Mothers of the Sexual Revolution: Early Queer Feminist Comedians
Uplifting the early dykes of stand-up (and sit-down) comedy: Madame Spivy, Moms Mabley, Frances Faye and Rusty Warren.
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Dyke Aching: A Decade of Chloé Caldwell's "Women"
"Nothing can hurt you like a woman can hurt you. It sucks, but it’s addictive."
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“Put All the Feminist Dyke Bands on Before the Sun Goes Down"
The long worn road to Sapphic Pop is slick with queer punk sweat.
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March 2024

Crossing the Line: On Heather Lewis's "Notice"
"I would give them all they need/Everything they know and read/But they must cross the line."
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January 2024

Stacking the Dyke Deck
Charting queer culture, one dyke at a time.
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December 2023

The Dead Lesbian Writers Project
If 30 is the end of everything, then 40 is when you begin once more, with feeling.
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November 2023

Missed Connections As Opportunities
Amber Hollibaugh's Dangerous Desires, Phranc's Butch Closet, and other preserved documents of dyke history.
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October 2023

Be Nobody's Darling
On reconciling Alice Walker.
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