vita sackville-west

alice b toklas

dogs

lgbt history

Lesbian and Bisexual Women of History Who Were Obsessed With Their Dogs, Part 2

What further revelations lurk in our woefully unexplored queer pupper past? Find out literally right now, as we continue our historical adventures with gal’s best pal!

Sally —

Aug 9, 2018

herstory list

lesbian history list

lgbt history

18 Lesbian Power Couples From History Who Made Really Great Art For You

These are the ladies who made kickass sculptures, movies, music, children’s books, regular grown-up-books and, of course, wrote fabulous, sick, neurotic, tortured love poems to one another.

Riese —

Aug 21, 2017

lesbian history

LGBT history

lgbt history

10 Very Gay Excerpts from Vita and Virginia’s Love Letters

The lives (and affair) of Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West is coming to the big screen this year. Here are some of the gayest things they wrote to one another.

Alice Lesperance —

May 24, 2017

herstory spotlight

LGBT history

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