lesbian

I ♥ Sarah Waters

Amy S. Williams — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:26:44 -0400

I felt very much out of the lezzie-loop yesterday when I found out that Sarah Waters' second novel, Affinity, has been made into a movie and was the opening night film at Frameline this summer.

Female Bonding

Kyla — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 03:00:00 -0400

“Bind me as tight as you can, girls, with the biggest ropes and chains you can find!” The woman is smiling in ecstasy, plastered against a large wooden beam, ropes and chains taut against her body, as she begs her captors, a group of jubilant, scantily clad young women, to pull her shackles just a little bit tighter. The girls taunt their captive: “We are, Princess, even you can’t escape these bonds!”

L in a Handbasket

Kyla — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 20:00:00 -0400

Kate Clinton has been called the lesbian Jon Stewart. Her fans, however, prefer to think of Stewart as the straight Kate Clinton. Her career as a political humorist spans several White House administrations, but the current regime has offered her, like most liberal comedians, endless material for both her onstage comic monologues and her monthly columns for the Progressive and the Advocate.

Bitch Reads #2

Kyla — Fri, 01 Mar 1996 00:00:00 -0500

Defending Pornography
by Nadine Strossen

Ok, I agree with all of Strossen’s major points: that censorship is in general the enemy of feminism; that pornography is impossible to define; that “pornography” can be positive; that no government can be trusted not to use its power against those it is ostensibly supposed to be protecting. Above all, “Far from advancing women’s equality, this strong tendency to equate any sexual expression with gender discrimination undermines women’s equality” (p. 24).