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How One Woman Inventor Revolutionized Ice Cream

Laura Mandanas

Sep 9, 2015
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Rebel Girls: Bessie Smith Was a Queer Pioneer, and We’re Finally Gonna Get to Talk About It

Carmen

Apr 1, 2015
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Notes From A Queer Engineer: On Comets and Caroline Herschel

Laura Mandanas

Nov 19, 2014
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Idol Worship: Brenda Howard, Bisexual Curmudgeon and Mother of Pride

Carmen

Jun 4, 2013
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Idol Worship: Zelda Fitzgerald, The First American Flapper

Carmen

May 7, 2013
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Idol Worship: Janis Joplin Rocks My World and Record Collection

Carmen

Apr 23, 2013
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Herstory Spotlight: Vita Sackville-West Wrote Words, Wooed Women, Wanted Woolf

Sawyer

Jun 7, 2012

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notes from a queer engineer

How One Woman Inventor Revolutionized Ice Cream

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How One Woman Inventor Revolutionized Ice Cream

I’ll be thinking of Nancy M. Johnson’s invention today as I eat ice cream with my lunch. And afternoon snack. And dinner.

Laura Mandanas —

Sep 9, 2015

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Rebel Girls: Bessie Smith Was a Queer Pioneer, and We’re Finally Gonna Get to Talk About It

lgbt history

Rebel Girls: Bessie Smith Was a Queer Pioneer, and We’re Finally Gonna Get to Talk About It

When HBO’s Bessie premieres May 16 to bring the Empress of Jazz back to life, nobody will be skirting the issue of Bessie Smith’s bisexuality.

Carmen —

Apr 1, 2015

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notes from a queer engineer

A cartoon poking fun at Caroline Herschel. It's a comet baby farting.

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Notes From A Queer Engineer: On Comets and Caroline Herschel

A Cinderella story, with less bibbidi bobbidi and a lot more astronomy.

Laura Mandanas —

Nov 19, 2014

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Idol Worship: Brenda Howard, Bisexual Curmudgeon and Mother of Pride

lgbt history

Idol Worship: Brenda Howard, Bisexual Curmudgeon and Mother of Pride

“She could be difficult, she could be stubborn, she could be outrageous and she always stood up and spoke out for bisexual people and challenged biphobia even in the most…

Carmen —

Jun 4, 2013

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Idol Worship: Zelda Fitzgerald, The First American Flapper

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Idol Worship: Zelda Fitzgerald, The First American Flapper

On flappers, Zelda Fitzgerald, and sleeping around.

Carmen —

May 7, 2013

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idol worship

Idol Worship: Janis Joplin Rocks My World and Record Collection

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Idol Worship: Janis Joplin Rocks My World and Record Collection

The first album I came to own on vinyl was “Pearl.”

Carmen —

Apr 23, 2013

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LGBT history

Herstory Spotlight: Vita Sackville-West Wrote Words, Wooed Women, Wanted Woolf

issues

Herstory Spotlight: Vita Sackville-West Wrote Words, Wooed Women, Wanted Woolf

On the lady who wrote this to Virginia Woolf – “You have no idea how stand-offish I can be with people I don’t love. I have brought it to a…

Sawyer —

Jun 7, 2012