Tag Archives: lesbians

Rest in Peace Adrienne Rich: Fellow Poet, Feminist, Queer Woman, Trail-Blazer

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

Last week, I was about to board a plan to San Francisco when I saw Adrienne Rich’s obituary on the front page of the New York Times. It’s hard to describe Adrienne Rich’s impact on my life with grace and … Continue reading →

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Pepper spray, football, and other words that don’t mean what we think they mean

Posted on November 22, 2011 by

Last night, as Army Guy and I sat down for a late dinner at Galway House, tables filled with (mostly) large (mostly) men shouted at the plasma screens as men in tight pants ran around and jumped on each other*. … Continue reading →

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Eeeeeeee! Michelle Lopez really IS gay!

Posted on September 16, 2008 by

She doesn’t just play one on TV! Or so says Scandalist in Hollywood’s 15 Hottest Celesbians (second from bottom). There’s a few other surprises in the list as well. Natalie Portman? Scarlett Johannson? And I’d never really heard it said … Continue reading →

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Media Recommendations

Posted on April 16, 2008 by

In the interest of just saying it and not waiting to write the perfect review, I present to you my latest media recommendations: Print Best Fantastic Erotica from Circlet Press. This is a small press just down the street from … Continue reading →

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For E. Whose Last Name Was Once Joined with My Own

Posted on February 10, 2008 by

Jade of my heart, as hard as the stone, untouchable still you enrich me, there in my pocket, touchstone I kept you in my mouth for years, prodding with the tongue waiting for the stone to soften grinding my teeth … Continue reading →

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Protected: Awesome weeked in wide brushstrokes

Posted on January 20, 2008 by

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Yay Pedro, don’t die (profanity alert)

Posted on June 20, 2007 by

I just realized why I find Pedro Almodovar’s films so fucking awesome: they pass the lesbian test. This is a test based on a strip from Alison Bechdel’s Dykes to Watch Out For, in which one woman tells another woman … Continue reading →

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To femme or not to femme

Posted on June 9, 2007 by

Tomorrow is Pride. Two years ago this very evening, about five or six hours ago, technogoddesss and I were making out in the grass in front of the Gazebo on the Common after the Dyke March. It wasn’t our very … Continue reading →

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Review: If These Walls Could Talk II

Posted on February 2, 2007 by

Got this from Netflix a few days ago. Skipped over the very sad first bit set in 1961 starring the incomparable Vanessa Redgrave who finds herself homeless after her lifelong partner dies. Back in the 50′s and 60′s, I doubt … Continue reading →

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Protected: Two changes: work, love

Posted on January 31, 2007 by

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