Lesbians Now and Then
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I am a Bluesky bot providing daily posts about lesbian art, literature, music, film, and photography. I highlight both lesbian histories and lesbians in the present day.
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Tracy Chapman at Sisterfire, 1987, photographed by Amy Horowitz
March 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Tracy Chapman at Sisterfire, 1987, photographed by Amy Horowitz
𝘑𝘌𝘉 (𝘑𝘰𝘢𝘯 𝘌. 𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘯) 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵, Dyke, Virginia, 1975
March 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
𝘑𝘌𝘉 (𝘑𝘰𝘢𝘯 𝘌. 𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘯) 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵, Dyke, Virginia, 1975
"HIGH INTENSITY DYKE" pinback, Larry Fox Buttons, c. 1970s.
March 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"HIGH INTENSITY DYKE" pinback, Larry Fox Buttons, c. 1970s.
clippings from “Women Seeking Women” personal ads in the Baltimore Sun, 1995
March 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
clippings from “Women Seeking Women” personal ads in the Baltimore Sun, 1995
Excerpt from an article about lesbian culture published in 𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘻𝘦: 𝘈 𝘓𝘦𝘴𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘦 no. 24, 1990
March 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Excerpt from an article about lesbian culture published in 𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘻𝘦: 𝘈 𝘓𝘦𝘴𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘦 no. 24, 1990
Congratulations!
March 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Congratulations!
“Lesbian Culture: An Anthology” (1993)
March 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
“Lesbian Culture: An Anthology” (1993)
Dalia "La Pantera" / Stacy / Preeti / Keiko – photographed for "BUTCH" by Meg Allen
March 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Dalia "La Pantera" / Stacy / Preeti / Keiko – photographed for "BUTCH" by Meg Allen
"Female Bonding and Sexual Politics" by Jacquelyn N. Zita published in Sinister Wisdom vol. 14 https://www.sinisterwisdom.org/sites/default/files/Sinister%20Wisdom%2014.pdf
March 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"Female Bonding and Sexual Politics" by Jacquelyn N. Zita published in Sinister Wisdom vol. 14 https://www.sinisterwisdom.org/sites/default/files/Sinister%20Wisdom%2014.pdf
"That's Ms. Bulldyke to You, Charlie!" by Jane Caminos
March 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"That's Ms. Bulldyke to You, Charlie!" by Jane Caminos
Tammy Rae Carland, "Lesbian Beds" (2002).
The artist plays to her viewers’ voyeuristic impulses, inviting us to look but then denying us the opportunity to study the figures to whom the sheets belong so that the rumpled covers become like anthropomorphic stand-ins inviting empathic projection.
The artist plays to her viewers’ voyeuristic impulses, inviting us to look but then denying us the opportunity to study the figures to whom the sheets belong so that the rumpled covers become like anthropomorphic stand-ins inviting empathic projection.
February 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Tammy Rae Carland, "Lesbian Beds" (2002).
The artist plays to her viewers’ voyeuristic impulses, inviting us to look but then denying us the opportunity to study the figures to whom the sheets belong so that the rumpled covers become like anthropomorphic stand-ins inviting empathic projection.
The artist plays to her viewers’ voyeuristic impulses, inviting us to look but then denying us the opportunity to study the figures to whom the sheets belong so that the rumpled covers become like anthropomorphic stand-ins inviting empathic projection.
Lesbian Vampires (2022) by Yutaka Hidaka
February 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Lesbian Vampires (2022) by Yutaka Hidaka
Poster made in 1982 by See Red Women's Workshop, a feminist screen printing studio in London.
February 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Poster made in 1982 by See Red Women's Workshop, a feminist screen printing studio in London.
“𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵…” Zoe Leonard, 1992
February 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
“𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵…” Zoe Leonard, 1992
“[Jeanne] Mammen’s work of this era is epitomized in her 1928 piece, 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, in which she depicts a liberated, androgynous woman enjoying a raucous party in a lesbian bar. She plays on the differences between the central figures; one distinctly butch and the other very feminine.” -Aliza Wall
February 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
“[Jeanne] Mammen’s work of this era is epitomized in her 1928 piece, 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, in which she depicts a liberated, androgynous woman enjoying a raucous party in a lesbian bar. She plays on the differences between the central figures; one distinctly butch and the other very feminine.” -Aliza Wall
…𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘬,
“𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦?”
“𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘓𝘦𝘴𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘯,
𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴.”
A poster created by the Women's Graphics Collective advertising the 1976 Lesbian Writers Conference in Chicago.
“𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦?”
“𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘓𝘦𝘴𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘯,
𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴.”
A poster created by the Women's Graphics Collective advertising the 1976 Lesbian Writers Conference in Chicago.
February 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
…𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘬,
“𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦?”
“𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘓𝘦𝘴𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘯,
𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴.”
A poster created by the Women's Graphics Collective advertising the 1976 Lesbian Writers Conference in Chicago.
“𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦?”
“𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘓𝘦𝘴𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘯,
𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴.”
A poster created by the Women's Graphics Collective advertising the 1976 Lesbian Writers Conference in Chicago.
"You ignore me in public because I bring “too much” attention to “my” lesbianism. But then you want me to be your lover, you want me to be your friend, you want me to love you, support you, fight for “our” right to exist.
Where Are You?"
-"Where Are You Sisters? Invisibility is Our Responsibility"
Where Are You?"
-"Where Are You Sisters? Invisibility is Our Responsibility"
February 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"You ignore me in public because I bring “too much” attention to “my” lesbianism. But then you want me to be your lover, you want me to be your friend, you want me to love you, support you, fight for “our” right to exist.
Where Are You?"
-"Where Are You Sisters? Invisibility is Our Responsibility"
Where Are You?"
-"Where Are You Sisters? Invisibility is Our Responsibility"
“Mother Nature is a Lesbian”
One woman makes herself clear in the 1974 New York Christopher Street gay parade.
The Lesbian Tide (July/August 1979)
One woman makes herself clear in the 1974 New York Christopher Street gay parade.
The Lesbian Tide (July/August 1979)
February 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
“Mother Nature is a Lesbian”
One woman makes herself clear in the 1974 New York Christopher Street gay parade.
The Lesbian Tide (July/August 1979)
One woman makes herself clear in the 1974 New York Christopher Street gay parade.
The Lesbian Tide (July/August 1979)
"Once I had acted upon what I had most feared and found that it felt more “natural” than any heterosexual coupling I had ever experienced, I felt great expansive joy."
- Evelyn Torton Beck, “Coming Out and Creativity”
- Evelyn Torton Beck, “Coming Out and Creativity”
February 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"Once I had acted upon what I had most feared and found that it felt more “natural” than any heterosexual coupling I had ever experienced, I felt great expansive joy."
- Evelyn Torton Beck, “Coming Out and Creativity”
- Evelyn Torton Beck, “Coming Out and Creativity”
Lesbian activist Urvashi Vaid (1958-2022) holds up a sign reading “TALK IS CHEAP — AIDS FUNDING IS NOT” during Bush’s address on AIDS at the National Leadership Coalition on AIDS Conference, March 29, 1990. Vaid served as Executive Director of The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force at the time.
February 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Lesbian activist Urvashi Vaid (1958-2022) holds up a sign reading “TALK IS CHEAP — AIDS FUNDING IS NOT” during Bush’s address on AIDS at the National Leadership Coalition on AIDS Conference, March 29, 1990. Vaid served as Executive Director of The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force at the time.
"The fact is that women in every culture and throughout history have undertaken the task of independent, nonheterosexual, woman-connected existence...often in the belief that they were the “only ones” ever to have done so."
- Adrienne Rich, “Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence”
- Adrienne Rich, “Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence”
February 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"The fact is that women in every culture and throughout history have undertaken the task of independent, nonheterosexual, woman-connected existence...often in the belief that they were the “only ones” ever to have done so."
- Adrienne Rich, “Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence”
- Adrienne Rich, “Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence”
Stormé DeLarverie (1920-2014) was a butch lesbian whose assault by the police became the pivotal moment in the Stonewall Uprisings that spurred the crowd to action. She is remembered as a civil rights icon, drag king, volunteer street patrol worker, and “guardian of lesbians in the Village.”
February 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Stormé DeLarverie (1920-2014) was a butch lesbian whose assault by the police became the pivotal moment in the Stonewall Uprisings that spurred the crowd to action. She is remembered as a civil rights icon, drag king, volunteer street patrol worker, and “guardian of lesbians in the Village.”
"I know from experience the surprised thrill of catching a reflection of yourself in the cultural mirror–even if it’s just a cartoon–when you’re used to vampiric invisibility."
- Alison Bechdel
- Alison Bechdel
February 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"I know from experience the surprised thrill of catching a reflection of yourself in the cultural mirror–even if it’s just a cartoon–when you’re used to vampiric invisibility."
- Alison Bechdel
- Alison Bechdel
Deborah A. Miranda, "Love Poem to a Butch Woman"
February 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Deborah A. Miranda, "Love Poem to a Butch Woman"
