the herstory issue

all the things they said

greatest hits

lgbt history

16 “Hard-Core Facts” About Lesbians From 1963’s “A New Look At The Lesbian”

Conversations among their own group consist of sexual gossip, certainly in excess of what we might have designated as “good taste.”

Riese —

Nov 14, 2013

all the things they said

greatest hits

lgbt history

Masters of Homosex: 9 Vintage Books That Lied About Lesbians

Are you the college girl, the office girl, the career gal, the prostitute, the matron, the man-hater, the bohemian, the frigid wife, the dull dyke or the unsuccessful heterosexual?

Riese —

Nov 5, 2013

greatest hits

lesbian nightlife

lgbt history

25 Queer Parties You Should Go To If You Have A Time Machine

Vintage event posters, flyers and ads from 1914 – 1995.

Riese —

Mar 18, 2013

epic

girl gallery

issues

Epic Gallery: 150 Years Of Lesbians And Other Lady-Loving-Ladies

Photographs of lesbian, bisexual and otherwise-identified women, 1850-1999. Seriously this is really cool.

Riese —

Sep 19, 2012

'zines/magazines

alison bechdel

issues

Our Legacy: Six Lesbian Magazines From The Then Before Now

“No woman ever made a dime for her work, and some … worked themselves into a state of mental and physical decline on behalf of the magazine.”

Riese —

Sep 5, 2012

all the things they said

LGBT history

issues

Read A F*cking Book: “Stranger On Lesbos” Reminds Us How Far We’ve Come and What Hasn’t Changed

“I am glad to be here with you in 2012. But I am glad someone was there in 1950.”

Carmen —

Jul 31, 2012

LGBT history

Queer History

lgbt history

Ladies of Note: A Brief History of Women Composers, Queer and Otherwise

You know about Bach, Mozart and Beethoven, but what about the women who wrote classical music?

Rose —

Jul 23, 2012

female rap

feminism

playlists

Ladies Who Rap: The Playlist and Guided Herstory Tour

Let’s take a video-guided tour of the movement called ‘female rap’ with appearances by Salt-n-Pepa, Aaliyah, Lil’ Kim and more! Also, there’s a playlist.

the team —

Jul 17, 2012

LGBT history

Queer History

lgbt history

Stonewall, As It Seemed Then: The Advocate Remembers Best

Carmen’s Team Pick: “‘Don’t you know that these people have no place to go and need a place like that bar?’ she shouted.”

Carmen —

Jul 2, 2012

all the things they said

greatest hits

issues

Listling Without Commentary: Things Women Said About Lesbianism In The 1976 Hite Report on Female Sexuality

“Sex with a woman for me has involved pressing mound of Venus against mound of Venus on each other’s leg.”

Riese —

Jun 26, 2012

butch/femme

female masculinity

issues

Six Ways that 1950s Butches and Femmes F*cked with Society, Were Badass

“Butches & Femmes paved the way for tons of fantastic lesbians, radical queers, revolutionary feminists, and really awful (and awesome) hairstyles that came after them.”

Laura —

Jun 26, 2012

LGBT history

Queer History

issues

Queering The Library: Collecting Downtown, Riot Grrrl, Feminism & You

Vanessa chats with Marvin J. Taylor about Kathleen Hanna, Kathy Acker, lesbian comics, secret lesbians of early Hollywood and other fascinating secrets uncovered at Fales.

Vanessa —

Jun 25, 2012