Tag: lesbian
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CANCELLED: Scotch Verdict with Lillian Faderman
UPDATE: Unfortunately, we have had to cancel this event due to unforeseen circumstances. Join Lavender Menace for a conversation with Lillian Faderman about the writing of her acclaimed book Scotch Verdict. First published in 1983, the book details the experience of uncovering the story of a scandal surrounding a 19th-century boarding school in Edinburgh’s New Town.…
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Sapphic Spaces: In conversation with June Thomas
Join Wuthering Dykes Book Club and Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive for an evening with the lesbian legend June Thomas, author of A Place of Our Own. June will be in conversation with Sigrid Nielsen, co-founder of both Scotland’s first LGBT+ bookshop and Lavender Menace, and Sophie Haynes, who runs Wuthering Dykes. The event is…
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Dressing Dykes: an interview with Eleanor Medhurst
Eleanor Medhurst, fashion historian and author of Unsuitable: A History of Lesbian Fashion, visited Lavender Menace Queer Book Archive to talk about researching lesbian fashion and queer history with our volunteer, Georgie and our project coordinator, Keava. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and about your work? I refer to myself as…
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Lavender and Menaces
The clothed lesbian body as a tool of resistance, the sapphic significance of purple, and the making of the modern-day femme
