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Hilary Swank Kicks Ass!
Beginning with the film Boys Don’t Cry actor Hilary Swank has continued to play characters who won’t settle for living half a life; people who risk everything to be full human beings. The Brandon Teena role, based on a true and tragic story of a young woman who lived as a boy, represented a major […]
What’s in a Butch’s Pockets?
Is it just me, or do all butches, soft or otherwise, carry alotta stuff in their pockets? My sweetheart has chronically empty pockets. I don’t understand how anyone can live that way. I guess I’m one of many dykes who took our Girl Scout motto to heart: I’m always prepared. Here’s today’s (and every day’s) […]
Who is Ms. Wonderful?
She probably already lives in your very own building. She is always smiling in your direction—or haven’t you noticed?—walking her heavily betesticled mucho masculine dog. You certainly have noticed in passing her tall dark and handsome sartorial elegance. You avert your eyes in the hallway, you show no apparent interest. You dare not even make […]
“Shut Your Faggot Mouth!”
Part 4 of a conversation between Margie Adam and Jewelle Gomez: Margie Adam: I think of the part of the play (Waiting for Giovanni by Jewelle Gomez) where Richard Wright walks offstage hurling a vicious comment: “Shut your faggot mouth!” In both performances I attended there was an audible gasp in the audience. I think […]
What Gays Do…On Vacation
I love my uber-friendly dentist’s office. They are totally moderne and pain-free in every way. The doctor loads up his iPod with cool tunes and docks it in his sound system. He could have a show on a west coast public radio station with his eclectic mix of rock, folk, blues and jazz. The receptionist/scheduler […]
From Betty to Olivia
When “The Feminine Mystique,†Betty Freidan’s seminal book arrived in the mail, it turned me inside out. I expected a how-to book on glamour – a feminine “mystique†– refining the ancient art of Allure/Glamour/Gorgeousness – how to put on make-up and look sexy. Right? What else would an unsophisticated 22 year old new immigrant […]
Dyke Caves
My anger had nowhere to go. It was huge. The headline that enraged me? “50 chief executives in finance saw their pay rise by an average of 20.4 percent.†Huh? I scurried back into my dyke cave and plunged my brain into fiction. I really dislike the term man cave. It creeps me out with […]
Margie Adam & Jewelle Gomez: Part 3
Three Blocks from My House – A Lifetime! Jewelle Gomez: I was lesbian from my childhood. I always knew I was a lesbian and I couldn’t quite figure out what I was supposed to do with that. Margie Adam: What does that mean: “I always knew I was a lesbian?” Jewelle Gomez:Â I just knew I […]
The Love Childe Wallis Stern
AMO ERGO SUM I love, therefore I am. I awoke this day alone to a nameless longing so deep it took my breath away and drew tears. It was a thought of you so close and animal strong like a scent in the open wind, like a bold rhythmic straddle, like a swell, like a […]
Margie Adam & Jewelle Gomez: Part 2
Editor’s note: I am thrilled to have feminist icons Margie Adam and Jewelle Gomez on Epochalips. These two have influenced our generation by paving the way as feminists and out lesbians in the early days to continuing to share their gifts with the world today. The following is the second of several excerpts from their […]
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