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To celebrate International Lesbian Day, here are 5 books about international Lesbian lives. Lesbians and other LGBT+ people live all over the world. Our life experiences are different from person to person, country to country. Collections of these stories invite you to step into an unfamiliar life. These books include personal stories about ourselves. Get … Read more
“We weren’t born distrusting and fearing ourselves. That was part of our taming. We were taught to believe that who we are in our natural state is bad and dangerous. They convinced us to be afraid of ourselves. So we do not honor our own bodies, curiosity, hunger, judgment, experience, or ambition. Instead, we lock … Read more
“There are two things you should never do with your father: learn how to drive and learn how to kill a chicken.” ― Gabrielle Hamilton, Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef Here is the official-type book review of Hamilton’s Blood, Bones & Butter: Before chef and author Gabrielle Hamilton opened … Read more
“What do you do when you love your farm… but it doesn’t love you?” That’s the question Catherine Friend asks at the start of Sheepish, and anyone who has ever loved a house, a job or a relationship that kept breaking their heart will recognize it. Swap “farm” for almost anything and it still works. … Read more
Here’s a question that makes some city-dwelling queers uncomfortable: what if the most interesting LGBT stories in America aren’t happening in New York or San Francisco at all? Samantha Allen set out to find out. The result is Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States, published by Little, Brown in 2019. Allen, a journalist … Read more
Lesbian athlete and author Angela Madsen has passed away after trying to row from California to Hawai’i. Her lifeless body was found in the Pacific Ocean after the US Coast Guard was contacted. Madsen had radioed her wife, sayng she was going into the water, but failed to check in again. Madsen had been at … Read more
On June 21, Canada celebrates the heritage, diverse cultures and outstanding achievements of First Nations, Inuit and Métis with National Indigenous Peoples Day. This is a day for all Canadians to recognize and celebrate the unique heritage, diverse cultures and outstanding contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. In cooperation with Indigenous organizations, the Government … Read more
“The real question is: why would a person rather have an enemy than a conversation? Why would they rather see themselves as harassed and transgressed instead of having a conversation that would reveal them as an equal participant in creating conflict? There should be a relief in realizing one is not being persecuted, but actually, … Read more
Some poetry books are meant for a desk, a pencil and a quiet afternoon. Andrea Gibson’s Take Me With You is meant for a coat pocket. The /books entry notes that it’s small enough to carry around, and that’s the whole idea. This is a book designed to come along with you and be opened … Read more
I’m looking forward to reading Twisted Clay. “She loved … and killed … both men and women. She was utterly beautiful and utterly mad. This is a tale of passionate horror … a breath-taking venture into abnormal psychology … a story which cannot be forgotten. “ I have been spending a little time each day … Read more